SportTechie at the Movies: When the Game Stands Tall
(TriStar Pictures) Earlier this month, SportTechie was invited to attend a pre-showing of When the Game Stands Tall, which opens today. The movie is about the De La Salle Spartans, who currently own the longest winning streak in high school football with 151 consecutive wins. While the movie was about a program that took winning to unprecedented heights, it was also about the numerous trials and tribulations that occurred during that fateful season when the streak ended. It was a story less about how such a streak was created and maintained; and more centrally focused on the downfall of the team, then its eventual redemption, all of which occurred within the span of just a few months. It also...