A total of 23 states have new leaders in the MaxPreps Cup state-by-state standings, including five states whose new leader was not in the top five coming out of the fall season.
Hoover (Ala.),
Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii),
Johnston (Iowa),
Whitman (Bethesda, Md.) and
Perry (Massillon, Ohio) were not among the top five teams in their state, but they had huge winter seasons to move up to No. 1.
Making the biggest leap was Hoover, moving all the way to No. 13 in the overall rankings and No. 1 in Alabama. The Buccaneers won four state titles over the winter, were the runner-up in a fifth and were ranked nationally in boys basketball.
The MaxPreps Cup is a competition to determine the best overall high school sports program in the country using a formula that awards points based on state championships, runner-up finishes and national rankings. The top five schools in each state are listed below along with their MaxPreps Cup rating.
After going 9-13 during the regular season, Perry made an improbable run to the Division II state championship game in Ohio. That helped the Panthers rise to the top of the MaxPreps Cup standings in the Buckeye State. (PHOTO: Jeff Harwell)
State-by-state MaxPreps Cup standings
1. Hoover — 1,188
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, girls basketball, boys indoor track, girls indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Girls bowling
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball, No. 6
2.
Scottsboro, 1,086
3.
Vestavia Hills, 755
4.
Thompson (Alabaster), 721
5.
Mars Hill Bible (Florence), 555
Alaska
1. Colony (Palmer) — 606
Fall state championships: Boys swimming
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state championships: Boys skiing, girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls wrestling
2.
Soldotna, 391
3.
Homer, 352
4.
West Anchorage (Anchorage), 317
5.
Chugiak — 304
Arizona
1. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix) — 833
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls swimming, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 8
Winter state championships: Girls soccer
2.
Perry (Gilbert), 694
3.
Brophy College Prep (Phoenix), 662
4.
Mica Mountain (Tucson), 572
5.
Phoenix Country Day (Paradise Valley), 519
Arkansas
1. Bentonville — 1,343
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
2.
Rogers, 895
3.
Shiloh Christian (Springdale), 686
4.
Providence Academy (Rogers), 482
5.
Brookland, 461
California
1. JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano) — 934
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 18
Winter state championships: Boys soccer
Winter national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 1
2.
Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes Estates), 874
3.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana), 794
4.
Buchanan (Clovis), 867
5.
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose), 821
Colorado
1. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village) — 1,551
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer, boys tennis, football, girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 9; boys soccer, No. 14; girls field hockey, No. 22; girls swimming, No. 13.
Winter state championships: Girls swimming
2.
Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch), 628
3.
Thompson Valley (Loveland), 590
4.
Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch), 910
5.
Air Academy (US Air Force Academy), 609
Connecticut
1. New Canaan — 951
Fall state championships: Football, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls swimming
Winter state championships: Boys ice hockey, girls ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Girls ice hockey, No. 19
2.
Greenwich, 783
3.
Darien, 758
4.
Glastonbury, 570
5.
Ridgefield, 563
Delaware
1. Salesianum (Wilmington) —
632
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, football
Winter state runners-up: Boyos swimming, boys wrestling
2.
Tatnall (Wilmington) — 473
3.
Caravel Academy (Bear), 344
4.
Middletown, 316
5.
St. Mark's (Wilmington), 297
District of Columbia
1. Gonzaga — 695
Fall state championships: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 10
Winter state championships: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball, No. 8
3.
St. Albans — 419
4.
St. John's, 370
5.
Eastern, 240
Florida
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 1,372
Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Football No. 24
Winter state championships: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls soccer
Winter national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 22; boys basketball, No. 18
2.
Bolles (Jacksonville) — 1,232
3.
American Heritage (Plantation), 999
4.
Mater Lakes Academy (Miami), 965
5.
Lake Mary, 813
Georgia
1. Pope (Marietta) — 822
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball, girls cross country, girls flag football
Fall national rankings: Girls flag football, No. 14
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
2.
Grayson (Loganville), 767
3.
Marist (Atlanta), 688
4.
Hebron Christian (Dacula), 652
5.
Milton, 636
Hawaii
1. Punahou (Honolulu) —
683
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, boys swimming, girls soccer, girls swimming
2.
Kamehameha Kapalama (Honolulu), 638
3.
'Iolani (Honolulu), 577
4.
Kamehameha Hawai'i (Kea'au), 463
5.
Hawaii Baptist Academy (Honolulu), 422
Idaho
1. Rocky Mountain (Meridian) — 1,136
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, boys soccer, boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 25; girls cross country, No. 20
Winter state championships: Girls wrestling
2.
Sugar-Salem (Sugar City), 732
3.
Boise, 714
4.
Bishop Kelly (Boise), 635
5.
Twin Falls, 466
Illinois
1. Benet Academy (Lisle) — 858
Fall state championships: Girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 10
Winter state championships: Boys basketball
2.
New Trier (Winnetka), 792
3.
Althoff Catholic (Belleville), 715
4.
DePaul College Prep (Chicago), 705
5.
Hinsdale Central (Hinsdale), 660
Indiana
1. Carmel — 1,291Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 17; girls soccer, No. 18; girls swimming, No. 2; boys swimming, No. 4
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
Noblesville, 956
3.
Center Grove (Greenwood), 787
4.
Brownsburg, 637
5.
Carroll (Fort Wayne), 540
Iowa
1. Johnston — 685
Fall state championships: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state championships: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 10
2.
Southeast Polk (Pleasant Hill), 522
3.
Wahlert (Dubuque), 510
4.
Pella, 470
5.
Dowling Catholic (West Des Moines), 456
Kansas
1. Shawnee Mission East (Shawnee Mission) — 886
Fall state championships: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls tennis
Fall national Rankings: Girls golf, No. 11; boys soccer, No. 19
Winter state runners-up: Boys bowling, boys swimming
2.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita), 845
3.
Manhattan, 667
4.
Garden City, 602
4.
Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park), 602
Kentucky
1. Sacred Heart (Louisville) — 1,536
Fall state championships: Girls golf, girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls field hockey
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 9; girls soccer, No. 20
Winter state championships: Girls basketball, girls swimming
Winter national rankings: Girls basketball, No. 21
2.
Trinity (Louisville), 724
3.
Assumption (Louisville), 691
4.
Madison Central (Richmond), 515
5.
Bowling Green, 427
Louisiana
1. St. Thomas More (Lafayette) — 839Fall state championships: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross counry, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys wrestling, girls soccer
2.
Metairie Park Country Day (Metairie), 666
3.
Jesuit (New Orleans), 579
4.
E.D. White (Thibodaux), 576
Maine
1. Falmouth — 795
Fall state championships: Football, girls cross country
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, boys swimming, girls skiing
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
2.
Cheverus (Portland), 736
3.
Scarborough, 701
4.
Greely (Cumberland Center), 625
5.
Portland, 426
Maryland
1. Whitman (Bethesda) — 954
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 21
Winter state championships: Boys wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys swimming
2.
Archbishop Spalding (Severn), 739
3.
Severna Park, 722
4.
Liberty (Sykesville), 519
5.
Harford Tech (Bel Air), 488
Massachusetts
1. Newton North (Newtonville) — 871
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, girls indoor track, boys indoor track
2.
Medfield, 836
3.
Billerica Memorial (Billerica), 594
4.
Norwell, 540
5.
Weston, 508
Michigan
1. Northville — 849
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls golf, girls volleball
Fall national rankings: Girls volleyball, No. 18
2.
Saline, 671
3.
Byron Center, 565
4.
Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills), 560
5.
Rockford, 555
MInnesota
1. Edina — 1,392
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, girls swimming, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls swimming, No. 18; boys swimming, No. 14
Winter state championships: Boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls ice hockey
Winter national rankings: Girls ice hockey, No. 9; boys ice hockey, No. 14
2.
Wayzata (Plymouth), 1,206
3.
Minnetonka, 961
4.
Alexandria, 790
5.
Maple Grove, 616
Mississippi
1. Tupelo — 1,114
Fall state championships: Football, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming,, boys cross country, girls swimming
Winter state championships: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls soccer
2.
Madison Central (Madison), 993
3.
Saltillo, 879
4.
Hancock (Kiln), 747
5.
Corinth, 587
Missouri
1. Rockhurst (Kansas City) — 689
Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 8, boys swimming, No. 5, boys cross country, No. 14
2.
Lafayette (Wildwood), 665
3.
Chadwick, 635
4.
Fair Grove, 630
5.
St. Louis University (St. Louis), 625
Montana
1. Billings Central Catholic (Billings) — 1,321
Fall state championships: Girls golf, boys soccer, football, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming, girls basketball
2.
Bozeman, 793
3.
Billings West (Billings), 746
4.
Gallatin (Bozeman), 627
5.
Laurel, 512
Nebraska
1. Skutt Catholic (Omaha) — 895Fall state championships: Football
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, boys wrestling, girls basketball
2.
Omaha Westside (Omaha), 826
3.
Millard West (Omaha), 524
4.
Papillion-LaVista South (Papillion), 510
5.
Lincoln East (Lincoln), 479
Nevada
1. Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) — 773Fall state championships: Football, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf
Fall national rankings: Football, No. 7
Winter state championships: Girls basketball
Winter national rankings: Boys basketball, No. 16
2.
Coronado (Henderson), 673
3.
Centennial (Las Vegas), 653
4.
Truckee (Calif.), 641 (competes in Nevada)
5.
Faith Lutheran (Las Vegas), 561
New Hampshire
1. Bedford — 1,030
Fall state championships: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, boys swimming, girls basketball, girls indoor track, girls swimming
2.
Pinkerton (Derry), 876
3.
Hanover, 727
4.
Souhegan (Amherst), 496
5.
Milford, 492
New Jersey
1. Haddonfield — 933Fall state championships: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 22
Winter state championships: Boys indoor track, boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
Westfield, 920
3.
Shawnee (Medford), 889
4.
DePaul Catholic (Wayne), 680
5.
Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township), 637
New Mexico
1. Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque) — 863
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
La Cueva (Albuquerque), 747
3.
Cleveland (Rio Rancho), 477
4.
Texico, 468
5.
St. Michael's (Santa Fe), 415
New York
1. Brooklyn Technical (Brooklyn) — 831
Fall state championships: Football, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
2.
Albertus Magnus (Bardonia), 644
3.
Marcellus, 578
4.
Northville, 560
5.
Bronx High School of Science (Bronx), 550
North Carolina
1. Cardinal Gibbons (Raleigh) — 1,289
Fall state championships: Girls volleyball, girls field hockey, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Girls cross country, No. 13
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls indoor track
2.
Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville), 1,075
3.
Seaforth (Pittsboro), 835
4.
Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw), 640
5.
Corvian Community (Charlotte), 610
North Dakota
1. Sheyenne (West Fargo) — 780
Fall state championships: Boys tennis, football
Fall state runners-up: Girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Girls golf, No. 12
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
2.
Century (Bismarck), 724
3.
Red River (Grand Forks), 483
4.
Bismarck, 373
5.
Horace, 368
Ohio
1. Perry (Massillon) — 659Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, boys wrestling, girls bowling
Winter national rankings: Boys wrestling, No. 13
2.
Upper Arlington (Columbus), 657
3.
Mason, 652
4.
Summit Country Day (Cincinnati), 645
5.
Olentangy Orange (Lewis Center), 632
Oklahoma
1. Lincoln Christian (Tulsa) — 824Fall state championships: Boys cross country, football, girls cross country
Winter state championships: Girls basketball
2.
Owasso, 625
3.
Washington, 601
4.
Carl Albert (Midwest City), 549
5.
Hooker, 544
Oregon
1. Jesuit (Portland) — 1,401
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls soccer, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 20; girls soccer, No. 12.
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
2.
Crater (Central Point), 596
3.
Catlin Gabel (Portland), 524
4.
Summit (Bend), 511
5.
Marist (Eugene), 483
Pennsylvania
1. North Allegheny (Wexford) — 1,058
Fall state championships: Boys golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 9; girls swimming, No. 7
Winter state championships: Boys swimming
2.
Cathedral Prep (Erie), 1,020
3.
Northwestern Lehigh (New Tripoli), 945
4.
Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia), 540
5.
Bishop McCort (Johnstown), 537
Rhode Island
1. La Salle Academy (Providence) — 1,096
Fall state championships: Girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, boys cross country, boys soccer
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, boys indoor track, girls gymnastics, girls ice hockey
Winter state runners-up: Girls indoor track
2.
Bishop Hendricken (Warwick), 890
3.
Moses Brown (Providence), 704
4.
North Kingstown, 673
5.
Prout (Wakefield), 526
South Carolina
1. Wando (Mt. Pleasant) — 852
Fall state championships: Girls swimming, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls volleyball
2.
Fort Mill, 785
3.
Oceanside Collegiate Academy (Mt. Pleasant), 618
4.
Porter-Gaud (Charleston), 545
5.
Wilson Hall (Sumter), 450
South Dakota
1. Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls) — 1,024
Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls tennis
Winter state championships: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2.
Harrisburg, 723
3.
Lincoln (Sioux Falls), 637
4.
Brandon Valley (Brandon), 525
5.
Pierre T.F. Riggs (Pierre), 382
Tennessee
1. Baylor (Chattanooga) — 1,104
Fall state championships: Girls soccer
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls golf, girls volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys swimming, No. 16
Winter state championships: Boys wrestling
2.
Webb (Knoxville), 884
3.
Brentwood, 754
4.
McCallie (Chattanooga), 656
5.
Houston (Germantown), 579
Texas
1. Vandegrift (Austin) — 1,039
Fall state championships: Football
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Fall national rankings: Boys cross country, No. 7
Winter state championships: Boys soccer
Winter national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 17
2.
Southlake Carroll (Southlake), 861
3.
Randall (Amarillo), 855
4.
Cedar Park, 763
5.
Keller, 657
Utah
1. Lone Peak (Highland) — 1,449
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, girls volleyball, girls cross country.
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls tennis
Fall national rankings: Boys golf, No. 2; girls soccer, No. 7; girls cross country, No. 2.
Winter state championships: Girls basketball, girls swimming
2.
Panguitch, 663
3.
Corner Canyon (Draper), 614
4.
Canyon View (Cedar City), 594
5.
Olympus (Salt Lake City), 569
Vermont
1. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg) — 1,155
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys soccer, football, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country.
Winter state championships: Girls indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Boys skiing
2.
Essex (Essex Junction), 734
3.
U-32 (Montpelier), 438
4.
Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans), 377
5.
St. Johnsbury Academy (St. Johnsbury), 376
Virginia
1. Blacksburg — 844
Fall state championships: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
Winter state championships: Boys swimming, girls indoor track
2.
Auburn (Riner), 616
3.
Langley (McLean), 583
4.
Atlee (Mechanicsville), 580
5.
Floyd County (Floyd), 540
Washington
1. Cedar Park Christian (Bothell) — 554Fall state championships: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls soccer
Fall national rankings: Girls soccer, No. 20
2.
Sumner, 550
3.
Mercer Island, 504
4.
Bellevue, 448
5.
Issaquah, 444
West Virginia
1. Morgantown — 526
Fall state championships: Girls soccer, girls volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball, girls swimming
2.
Charleston Catholic (Charleston), 517
3.
University (Morgantown), 438
4.
Williamstown, 396
5.
Bridgeport, 324
Wisconsin
1. Middleton — 835
Fall state championships: Boys soccer, girls swimming
Fall state runners-up: Boys volleyball
Fall national rankings: Boys soccer, No. 23
Winter state championships: Boys swimming
2.
Aquinas (La Crosse), 673
3.
Edgewood (Madison), 636
4.
Divine Savior Holy Angels (Milwaukee), 612
5.
Catholic Memorial (Waukesha), 411
Wyoming
1. Cody — 778
Fall state championships: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls swimming, girls volleyball
Winter state championships: Boys indoor track, girls indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball, girls basketball
2.
Sheridan. 737
3.
Star Valley (Afton), 582
4.
Laramie, 574
5.
Kelly Walsh (Casper), 416
