MaxPreps Cup: State leaders after winter season

By Kevin Askeland Apr 19, 2023, 11:00am

Find out who leads the 2022-23 race for top all-around athletic program in your state.

The MaxPreps Cup winter standings are out as schools head into the homestretch in the race to be crowned the nation's top high school athletic program.
 
Florida had five schools score 750 or more points in the winter standings, including overall leader American Heritage (Plantation) with 1,748 points. California is the only other state with five schools in the top 100, led by Buchanan (Clovis) with 841 points.

Bedford (N.H.) had the largest lead over the second-place school in its state with an 843 margin over No. 2 Gilford. Bedford ranks fourth overall with 1,436 points while Gilford has 593. Johnston (Iowa) holds the narrowest lead with a two-point margin over Xavier (Cedar Rapids), 579-577.

The MaxPreps Cup is a formula designed to rank the top overall high school athletic programs in the country. Points are awarded for state championships, runner-up finishes and placement in national rankings. Point totals awarded are based on size of state, popularity of sport, size of enrollment division and number of schools in the enrollment division. Schools are listed below with their formula point total following the winter sports season.
Buchanan's state-title winning wrestling program has lifted the school to the top of the MaxPreps Cup standings in California after the winter season. (Photo: Joe Bergman)
Buchanan's state-title winning wrestling program has lifted the school to the top of the MaxPreps Cup standings in California after the winter season. (Photo: Joe Bergman)
MaxPreps Cup Winter state by state standings

Alabama
1.
Hoover — 1,043
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys indoor track, girls basketball, girls indoor track
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 10
2. Mountain Brook (Birmingham) — 932
3. Cold Springs (Bremen) — 556
4. Arab — 526
5. Sparkman (Harvest) — 520



Alaska
1.
Grace Christian (Anchorage) — 539
Fall state champions: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2. Colony (Palmer) — 467
3. Lathrop (Fairbanks) — 414
4. West Anchorage (Anchorage) — 386
5. Dimond (Anchorage) — 342

Arkansas
1.
Bentonville — 1,251
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls golf
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys bowling
2. Fayetteville — 930
3. Cabot — 583
4. Lakeside (Hot Springs) — 552
5. Greenwood — 525

Arizona
1.
Phoenix Country Day (Paradise Valley) — 776
Fall state champions:
Girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls basketball
2. Perry (Gilbert) — 753
3. Highland (Gilbert) — 732
4. Liberty (Peoria) — 552
5. Salpointe Catholic (Tucson) — 534

California
1.
Buchanan (Clovis) — 841
Fall state champions:
Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 3
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
Winter national rankings: Boys wrestling, No. 2
2. Marina (Huntington Beach) — 758
3. Saint Francis (Mountain View) — 724
4. Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita) — 717
5. Cathedral Catholic (San Diego) — 692

Colorado
1.
Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch) — 1,024
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys tennis, football
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 23
Winter state champions: Boys ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 3
2. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village) — 707
3. Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs) — 688
4. Holy Family (Broomfield) — 545
5. Eaton — 540

Connecticut
1.
Greenwich — 845
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track, girls indoor track
2. Darien — 534
3. Joel Barlow (Redding) — 510
4. Pomperaug (Southbury) — 496
5. New Canaan (New Canaan) — 487



District of Columbia
1.
St. John's — 684
Fall state champions:
Girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 21; girls field hockey, No. 25
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball, No. 18
2. Sidwell Friends — 592
3. Gonzaga — 205
4. Friendship Collegiate Academy — 184
5. Maret — 150

Delaware
1.
Salesianum (Wilmington) — 900
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys indoor track, boys swimming, boys wrestling
2. Caravel (Bear) — 330
3. Smyrna — 296
4. Wilmington Charter (Wilmington) — 283
5. Ursuline Academy (Wilmington) — 271

Florida
1. American Heritage (Plantation) — 1,748
Fall state champions:
Girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 12
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 8; boys soccer No. 5
2. Columbus (Miami), 1,234
3. Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra), 957
4. Bolles (Jacksonville), 840
5. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 750

Georgia
1.
Pace Academy (Atlanta) — 870
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 17
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
2. Buford — 722
3. Wesleyan (Norcross) — 682
4. Mill Creek (Hoschton) — 620
5. Marist (Atlanta) — 601

Hawaii
1. 'Iolani (Honolulu) — 963
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 11
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, boys swimming, girls basketball
2. Punahou (Honolulu) — 703
3. Hawaii Baptist Academy (Honolulu) — 394
4. Konawaena (Kealakekua) — 289
5. Kahuku — 288

Idaho
1.
Boise — 793
Fall state champions:
Girls cross country, girls soccer, boys swimming
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls swimming
2. Bishop Kelly (Boise) — 784
3. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City) — 687
4. Rocky Mountain (Meridian) — 487
5. Lake City (Coeur d'Alene) — 440



Illinois
1.
Hinsdale Central (Hinsdale) — 1,214
Fall state champions:
Girls golf, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 8
2. New Trier (Winnetka) — 920
3. Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park) — 745
4. Benet Academy (Lisle) — 655
5. DePaul College Prep (Chicago) — 525

Indiana
1.
Carmel — 1,481
Fall state champions:
Girls golf, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 13; girls soccer, No. 9
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2. Noblesville — 1,063
3. Hamilton Southeastern (Fishers) — 502
4. Columbus North (Columbus) — 492
5. Center Grove (Greenwood) — 465

Iowa
1.
Johnston — 579
Fall state champions: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls country
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2. Xavier (Cedar Rapids) — 577
3. Waverly-Shell Rock (Waverly) — 427
4. Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines) — 395
5. Waukee — 366

Kansas
1.
Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission) — 792
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, football, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
2. Washburn Rural (Topeka) — 732
3. Shawnee Mission East (Shawnee Mission) — 715
4. Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park) — 714
5. Andover — 506

Kentucky
1.
Paul Laurence Dunbar (Lexington) — 779
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 4
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming
2. Sacred Heart (Louisville) — 723
3. St. Xavier (Louisville) — 701
4. Madison Central (Richmond) — 456
5. Lexington Catholic (Lexington) — 434

Louisiana
1.
St. Thomas More (Lafayette) — 1,009
Fall state champions:
Football, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 13
2. Episcopal (Baton Rouge) — 892
3. St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge) — 770
4. Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge) — 654
5. E.D. White (Thibodaux) — 554



Maine
1.
Yarmouth — 725
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, football, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 15
Winter state runners-up: Girls ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Girls ice hockey, No. 21
2. Scarborough — 620
3. Brunswick — 593
4. Cape Elizabeth — 540
5. York — 376

Maryland
1.
Poolesville — 715
Fall state champions:
Boys golf, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2. Severna Park — 667
3. McDonogh (Owings Mills) — 539
4. South Carroll (Sykesville) — 474
5. St. Mary's (Annapolis) — 445

Massachusetts
1.
St. John's Prep (Danvers) — 923
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, football
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 1
2. St. Mary's (Lynn) — 796
3. Brookline — 566
4. Westford Academy (Westford) — 522
5. Newton North (Newtonville) — 501

Michigan
1.
East Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids) — 845
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys ice hockey, boys swimming
2. Rockford — 768
3. Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills) — 675
4. Northville — 617
5. South Christian (Grand Rapids) — 485

Minnesota
1.
Wayzata (Plymouth) — 1,670
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 13; girls volleyball, No. 14; girls cross country, No. 9
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys skiing
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 9
2. Minnetonka — 867
3. Edina — 651
4. Minneota — 641
5. Rosemount — 580

Mississippi
1.
Madison-Ridgeland Academy (Madison) — 750
Fall state champions:
Boys swimming, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, football
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2. Jackson Prep (Jackson) — 661
3. St. Andrew's Episcopal (Ridgeland) — 569
4. Clinton — 564
5. Long Beach — 522



Missouri
1.
Incarnate Word Academy (St. Louis) — 625
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 6.
2. Rockhurst (Kansas City) — 572
3. Blair Oaks (Jefferson City) — 520
4. Christian Brothers (St. Louis) — 515
5. Rock Bridge (Columbia) — 505

Montana
1.
Hellgate (Missoula) — 761
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys swimming
2. Billings Central Catholic (Billings) — 727
3. Billings West (Billings) — 659
4. Manhattan Christian (Manhattan) — 654
5. Billings Senior (Billings) — 543

Nebraska
1.
Skutt Catholic (Omaha) — 882
Fall state champions:
Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 19
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2. Omaha Westside (Omaha) — 767
3. Lincoln East (Lincoln) — 602
4. Bennington — 448
5. Elkhorn North (Elkhorn) — 438

Nevada
1.
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) — 714
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, boys cross country, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 4
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Boys bowling
2. The Meadows School (Las Vegas) — 674
3. Coronado (Henderson) — 668
4. Shadow Ridge (Las Vegas) — 660
5. Centennial (Las Vegas) — 528

New Hampshire
1. Bedford — 1,436
Fall state champions:
Girls soccer, girls volleyball, football
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys skiing, boys swimming, girls skiing, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2. Gilford — 593
3. Pinkerton (Derry) — 546
4. Bishop Guertin (Nashua) — 518
5. Hanover — 484

New Jersey
1.
Westfield — 1,089
Fall state champions:
Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls tennis
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track, boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
2. Union Catholic (Scotch Plains) — 948
3. Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township) — 943
4. Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft) — 859
5. Haddonfield — 736



New Mexico
1. Volcano Vista (Albuquerque) — 746
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys wrestling, girls wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
2. Cleveland (Rio Rancho) — 665
3. Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque) — 613
4. La Cueva (Albuquerque) — 430
5. Eldorado (Albuquerque) — 429

New York
1. Shenendehowa (Clifton Park) — 620

Fall state champions: Boys volleyball, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls skiing
2. Bronx High School of Science (Bronx) — 588
3. St. Anthony's (Melville) — 560
4. St. Mary's (Lancaster) — 530
5. Scarsdale — 500

North Carolina
1.
Myers Park (Charlotte) — 1,142
Fall state champions:
Girls field hockey
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls field hockey, No. 5
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls swimming
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball No. 21
2. Cuthbertson (Waxhaw) — 699
3. Central Cabarrus (Concord) — 579
4. Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) — 500
5. Mount Airy (Mount Airy) — 460
5. Green Hope (Cary) — 460

North Dakota
1.
Red River (Grand Forks) — 796
Fall state champions:
Boys tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Boys ice hockey, No. 13
2. Century (Bismarck) — 612
3. Central Cass (Casselton) — 493
4. Minot — 346
4. Bismarck — 346

Ohio
1.
Mason — 705
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf
2. St. Ignatius (Cleveland) — 700
3. St. Edward (Lakewood) — 556
4. Archbishop Hoban (Akron) — 535
5. New Bremen — 530

Oklahoma
1.
Edmond North (Edmond) — 1,214
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys swimming, girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
Winter national rankings: Boys wrestling, No. 4; girls basketball, No. 22
2. Carl Albert (Midwest City) — 833
3. Washington — 621
4. Stillwater — 594
5. Caddo — 575



Oregon
1.
Jesuit (Portland) — 1,427
Fall state champions:
Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 2; girls cross country, No. 12
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2. Summit (Bend) — 674
3. West Linn — 650
4. Wilsonville — 570
5. Crescent Valley (Corvallis) — 487

Pennsylvania
1.
North Allegheny (Wexford) — 1,135
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 16
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
2. Imhotep Charter (Philadelphia) — 699
3. Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa) — 510
4. Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg) — 475
5. Moon Area (Moon Township) — 467

Rhode Island
1. La Salle Academy (Providence) — 1,033
Fall state champions:
Football, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys ice hockey, boys indoor track, girls basketball, girls ice hockey
2. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick) — 700
3. Barrington — 561
4. St. Raphael Academy (Pawtucket) — 513
5. South Kingstown (Wakefield) — 479

South Carolina
1. Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant) — 786
Fall state champions:
Girls tennis, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls golf, football
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
2. Fort Mill — 725
3. Bishop England (Charleston) — 607
4. Eastside (Taylors) — 587
5. Wren (Piedmont) — 515

South Dakota
1.
Harrisburg — 716
Fall state champions:
Boys golf, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Football
Winter state runners-up: Girls gymnastics
2. Stevens (Rapid City) — 636
3. Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls) — 617
4. Jefferson (Sioux Falls) — 323
5. Riggs (Pierre) — 294

Tennessee
1.
Baylor (Chattanooga) — 734
Fall state champions:
Football
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball, girls golf
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
2. Signal Mountain — 706
3. Page (Franklin) — 689
4. Cleveland — 687
5. Battle Ground Academy (Franklin) — 623



Texas
1.
Southlake Carroll (Southlake) — 1,019
Fall state champions:
Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 25; girls cross country, No. 11
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 4
2. Prestonwood Christian (Plano) — 825
3. Duncanville — 692
4. DeSoto — 675
5. Allen — 649

Utah
1. Lone Peak (Highland) — 1,090
Fall state champions:
Boys golf, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 4
Winter state champions: Girls swimming, girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 16
2. American Fork — 708
3. Morgan — 561
4. Skyridge (Lehi) — 551
5. Skyline (Salt Lake City) — 508

Vermont
1.
Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg) — 1,310
Fall state champions:
Girls field hockey, girls soccer, girls cross country, football
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls volleyball, boys golf
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2. Essex (Essex Junction) — 659
3. Rice Memorial (South Burlington) — 510
4. Montpelier — 509
5. Mount Anthony (Bennington) — 441

Virginia
1.
Blacksburg — 902
Fall state champions:
Boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls indoor track
2. Abingdon — 615
3. Western Albemarle (Crozet) — 560
4. Langley (McLean) — 547
5. Paul VI (Chantilly) — 528

Washington
1.
Curtis (University Place)568
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls bowling
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls wrestling
2. Issaquah — 476
3. Lakeside (Seattle) — 461
3. Columbia River (Vancouver) — 461
5. Okanogan — 452

West Virginia
1.
Morgantown — 832
Fall state champions:
Girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
2. Parkersburg South (Parkersburg) — 611
3. Williamstown — 506
4. Charleston Catholic (Charleston) — 440
5. Fairmont Senior (Fairmont) — 367



Wisconsin
1.
Arrowhead (Hartland) — 865
Fall state champions:
Girls swimming, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys swimming
2. Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay) — 797
3. Xavier (Appleton) — 563
4. Middleton — 532
5. Kettle Moraine (Wales) — 506

Wyoming
1. Cody — 725
Fall state champions:
Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track, girls basketball, girls indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
2. Central (Cheyenne) — 649
3. Sheridan (Sheridan) — 594
4. Jackson Hole (Jackson) — 575
5. Laramie — 501