CPA ends Oakland's 3-year, 36-game win streak in one of Tennessee high school football's upsets of the year

No matter how dominant a team is, all streaks come to an end at some point.

That was the case Thursday night as CPA hosted Oakland and avenged last season's heart-breaking three-point loss to the Patriots with a dominant 35-14 victory, ending Oakland's 36-game win streak.

"Tonight was about execution just like every football game that's ever been played," CPA coach Ingle Martin said. "Our kids played hard and Oakland was in a tough spot being on fall break this week sandwiched in between games with Blackman and Riverdale. They've won all those games in a row and are odds on favorites to win the state championship again and we entered this game kind of limping.

"Hopefully this is something that our kids can build from as we enter our off week and and then come back ready to finish."

The loss was the first for the Patriots since the 2019 Class 6A semifinals against Maryville. It was also their first regular season loss since they loss to Maryville in 2018 and the first time a Kevin Creasy-led Oakland team has loss to a team from Middle Tennessee.

CPA (4-4) entered the game off of back-to-back losses against Cane Ridge and FRA where the Lions allowed more than 30 points in each game.

Oakland (6-1) outgained CPA 309-297, but the Lions intercepted a pair of Oakland passes and also forced a critical turnover on downs in the first quarter that ultimately led to them taking a two-possession game.

The Lions ran for 173 yards a team with junior back Asher Keck leading the way with 169 yards and the game's first touchdown. Crews Law scored on a pair of goal line touchdowns a 10-yard touchdown connection between Braden Streeter and London Humphrey's with 8:48 remaining put the game out of reach.

"There's a lot you can learn from a loss," Oakland coach Kevin Creasy said. "Our guys feel pretty bad right now and they need to feel bad. A lot of players who played before them in Oakland uniform who would not be very happy with the way they performed especially in critical parts of the game.

"You have to gave CPA a lot of credit because they came ready to play and we just always had something go wrong. It's better to have this happen now than in the playoffs, but at the same time, we have to get back to work."

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