Most popular high school basketball teams in each state

A look at the programs fans are following on MaxPreps.

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Our numbers show that interest and attention follow success in high school basketball.

That's not different than other levels of play — think college basketball Blue Bloods or LeBron James and the Los Angels Lakers in the NBA.

We compiled the numbers on high school basketball teams with the most views on team pages combined with followers between April 2019 to April 2020.

No surprise, the results correlate closely with high-level success. See the top five in each state below.

Graphic by Ryan Escobar

Alabama

1. Mountain Brook (Birmingham)

2. Lindsay Lane Christian Academy (Athens)

3. Lee (Montgomery)

4. Pinson Valley (Pinson)

5. Calhoun (Letohatchee)

Alaska

1. East (Anchorage)

2. Colony (Palmer)

3. West (Anchorage)

4. Wasilla

5. Dimond (Anchorage)

Arizona

1. Chinle

2. Pinnacle (Phoenix)

3. Hillcrest Prep (Phoenix)

4. Millennium (Goodyear)

5. Shadow Mountain (Phoenix)

Arkansas

1. Magnolia

2. Marion

3. Izard County (Brockwell)

4. West Memphis

5. Mills University Studies (Little Rock)

California

1. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth)

2. San Ysidro (San Diego)

3. Mater Dei (Santa Ana)

4. Sheldon (Sacramento)

5. Rancho Christian (Temecula)

Colorado

1. Rangeview (Aurora)

2. Denver East (Denver)

3. Chaparral (Parker)

4. Smoky Hill (Aurora)

5. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village)

Connecticut

1. East Catholic (Manchester)

2. Windsor

3. Hillhouse (New Haven)

4. Wilbur Cross (New Haven)

5. Sacred Heart (Waterbury)

Delaware

1. Sanford (Hockessin)

2. Dover

3. Salesianum (Wilmington)

4. Woodbridge (Bridgeville)

5. Caesar Rodney (Camden)

District of Columbia

1. Gonzaga

2. St. John's

3. Wilson

4. Archbishop Carroll

5. Roosevelt

Florida

1. IMG Academy (Bradenton)

2. Montverde Academy (Montverde)

3. Downey Christian (Orlando)

4. Oak Ridge (Orlando)

5. University (Fort Lauderdale)

Georgia

1. McEachern (Powder Springs)

2. Grayson (Loganville)

3. Norcross

4. Wheeler (Marietta)

5. Newton (Covington)

Hawaii

1. Punahou (Honolulu)

2. Kahuku

3. Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu)

4. Lahainaluna (Lahaina)

5. Campbell (Ewa Beach)

Idaho

1. Rigby

2. Rocky Mountain (Meridian)

3. Madison (Rexburg)

4. Preston (Preston)

5. Borah (Boise)

Illinois

1. Morgan Park (Chicago)

2. Curie (Chicago)

3. Simeon (Chicago)

4. Evanston

5. Whitney Young (Chicago)

Indiana

1. La Lumiere (La Porte)

2. Blackford (Hartford City)

3. Carmel (Carmel)

4. Silver Creek (Sellersburg)

5. Marion

Iowa

1. Waukee

2. Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines)

3. Des Moines North (Des Moines)

4. Iowa City West (Iowa City)

5. Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill)

Kansas

1. Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire)

2. Derby

3. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission)

4. Heights (Wichita)

5. Blue Valley North West (Overland Park)

Kentucky

1. Covington Catholic (Park Hills)

2. Blazer (Ashland)

3. Marshall County (Benton)

4. Trinity (Louisville)

5. Male (Louisville)

Louisiana

1. Scotlandville (Baton Rouge)

2. Peabody (Alexandria)

3. Bossier (Bossier City)

4. Madison Prep Academy (Baton Rouge)

5. Rayville

Maine

1. Bonny Eagle (Standish)

2. Thornton Academy (Saco)

3. Edward Little (Auburn)

4. Portland

5. Greely (Cumberland Center)

Maryland

1. DeMatha (Hyattsville)

2. St. Frances Academy (Baltimore)

3. Poly (Baltimore)

4. St. Charles (Waldorf)

5. Westlake (Waldorf)

Massachusetts

1. Lynn English (Lynn)

2. Brockton (Brockton)

3. Everett (Everett)

4. Northfield Mount Hermon (Mount Hermon)

5. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (Cambridge)

Michigan

1. Lincoln (Ypsilanti)

2. Benton Harbor

3. Clarkston

4. Beecher (Flint)

5. University of Detroit Jesuit (Detroit)

Minnesota

1. Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis)

2. Eden Prairie (Eden Prairie)

3. Hopkins (Minnetonka)

4. Champlin Park (Champlin)

5. Apple Valley

Mississippi

1. Callaway (Jackson)

2. Olive Branch

3. Meridian

4. Velma Jackson (Camden)

5. Center Hill (Olive Branch)

Missouri

1. Vashon (St. Louis)

2. Christian Brothers (St. Louis)

3. Chaminade (St. Louis)

4. Sikeston

5. Rockhurst (Kansas City)

Montana

1. Billings West (Billings)

2. Jefferson (Boulder)

3. Browning (Browning)

4. Great Falls (Great Falls)

5. Hellgate (Missoula)

Nebraska

1. Millard North (Omaha)

2. Bellevue West (Bellevue)

3. Omaha Central (Omaha)

4. Creighton Prep (Omaha)

5. Omaha Westside (Omaha)

Nevada

1. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas)

2. Findlay Prep (Henderson)

3. Bishop Manogue (Reno)

4. Spanish Springs (Sparks)

5. Clark (Las Vegas)

New Hampshire

1. Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro)

2. New Hampton School (New Hampton)

3. Dover

4. Exeter

5. Manchester Central (Manchester)

New Jersey

1. Patrick School (Hillside)

2. Camden

3. Roselle Catholic (Roselle)

4. St. Benedict's Prep (Newark)

5. Hudson Catholic (Jersey City)

New Mexico

1. Santa Fe

2. Pecos

3. Gallup

4. Cleveland (Rio Rancho)

5. Espanola Valley (Espanola)

New York

1. Glens Falls

2. Long Island Lutheran (Brookville)

3. Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains)

4. Finney (Penfield)

5. Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn)

North Carolina

1. Farmville Central (Farmville)

2. North Mecklenburg (Huntersville)

3. South Granville (Creedmoor)

4. South Central (Winterville)

5. Millbrook (Raleigh)

North Dakota

1. Oak Grove Lutheran (Fargo)

2. Enderlin

3. Thompson

4. St. John

5. Red River (Grand Forks)

Ohio

1. SPIRE Institute (Geneva)

2. St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron)

3. Archbishop Moeller (Cincinnati)

4. St. Edward (Lakewood)

5. Trotwood-Madison (Trotwood)

Oklahoma

1. Norman North (Norman)

2. Union (Tulsa)

3. Broken Arrow

4. Midwest City

5. Mustang

Oregon

1. Jefferson (Portland)

2. Grant (Portland)

3. Sherwood (Sherwood)

4. West Linn

5. North Medford (Medford)

Pennsylvania

1. Roman Catholic (Philadelphia)

2. Coatesville

3. Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia)

4. Kennedy Catholic (Hermitage)

5. Archbishop Wood (Warminster)

Rhode Island

1. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick)

2. La Salle Academy (Providence)

3. Shea (Pawtucket)

4. Mt. Pleasant (Providence)

5. Central (Providence)

South Carolina

1. Dorman (Roebuck)

2. Ridge View (Columbia)

3. Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg)

4. Keenan (Columbia)

5. Wren (Piedmont)

South Dakota

1. Brandon Valley (Brandon)

2. Dakota Valley (North Sioux City)

3. Lennox

4. Red Cloud (Pine Ridge)

5. Lincoln (Sioux Falls)

Tennessee

1. Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Chattanooga)

2. Memphis East (Memphis)

3. Briarcrest Christian (Eads)

4. Whitehaven (Memphis)

5. Bearden (Knoxville)

Texas

1. Duncanville

2. Yates (Houston)

3. Dickinson (Dickinson)

4. Lancaster

5. Vandegrift (Austin)

Utah

1. Wasatch Academy (Mt. Pleasant)

2. Davis (Kaysville)

3. Lone Peak (Highland)

4. Sky View (Smithfield)

5. Bingham (South Jordan)

Vermont

1. Fair Haven

2. Rutland

3. Mt. St. Joseph Academy (Rutland)

4. Rice Memorial (South Burlington)

5. Brattleboro

Virginia

1. Paul VI (Fairfax)

2. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson)

3. Marshall (Richmond)

4. King's Fork (Suffolk)

5. Lake Braddock (Burke)

Washington

1. O'Dea (Seattle)

2. Garfield (Seattle)

3. Union (Vancouver)

4. Eastside Catholic (Sammamish)

5. Gonzaga Prep (Spokane)

West Virginia

1. Huntington Prep (Huntington)

2. Chapmanville Regional (Chapmanville)

3. Martinsburg

4. Logan

5. Fairmont Senior (Fairmont)

Wisconsin

1. Nicolet (Glendale)

2. Hamilton (Sussex)

3. La Crosse Central (La Crosse)

4. Dominican (Whitefish Bay)

5. Kaukauna

Wyoming

1. Campbell County (Gillette)

2. East (Cheyenne)

3. Central (Cheyenne)

4. South (Cheyenne)

5. Sheridan

Most popular high school basketball teams in each state

A look at the programs fans are following on MaxPreps.

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