Greyhounds are known as the champion of sprinters in the canine world, and that's proving to be the case for the Carmel (Ind.) Greyhounds as well. With three state championships in the winter, Carmel sprinted past the rest of the schools in the nation to take over the top spot in the latest MaxPreps Cup Winter Rankings.
The MaxPreps Cup is an effort to rank the top high school athletic
programs in the country. Points are awarded for state championships,
state runner-up finishes and national rankings. Points are awarded based
on popularity of sport, based on participation numbers, the size of the
state, the size of schools in a playoff division and the number of
teams participating in that playoff division.
As is usually the case, Carmel won state championships in girls swimming and boys swimming. Indiana does not break down its state swimming championships by class and Carmel has dominated the event for decades. The girls team won its 35th straight state championship while the boys swim team won its seventh in a row.
Carmel added a boys basketball state championship as well and finished ranked in the MaxPreps Top 25 national rankings.
The Greyhounds, who were No. 8 in the fall, edged North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.) for the No. 1 winter ranking. The Pennsylvania school was in second place following the fall sports season and added state titles in boys basketball, boys swimming and girls swimming. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), the top school in the fall rankings, did not appear in a state championship game in the winter and dropped to No. 6.
Rounding out the top five are Marist (Atlanta), which was No. 6 in the fall, Century (Bismarck, N.D.), which stayed at No. 4, and Bentonville (Ark.), which moved up 40 spots to No. 5.
MaxPreps Cup Winter Standings
1. Carmel (Ind.), 1538Fall state champions: Boys tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys swimming, girls swimming
2. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 1525Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls swimming, girls basketball
3. Marist (Atlanta), 1147Fall state champions: Football, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
4. Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 1052Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls swimming, girls volleyball, football
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
5. Bentonville (Ark.), 1038Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, boys golf
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, boys wrestling, girls swimming
6. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1000Fall state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, football
7. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 996Fall state champions: Football, girls golf
Fall state runners-up: boys golf
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
8. New Albany (Ohio), 965Fall state champions: Girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
9. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 951Fall state champions: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls soccer, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
10. Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 926Fall state champions: Girls field hockey, girls soccer
Winter state champions: Girls basketball, girls swimming
11. Sioux Falls Christian (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 921Fall state champions: Boys golf, boys soccer, boys cross country, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
12. Waukee (Iowa), 919Fall state champions: Boys golf
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball, boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
13. Carl Albert (Midwest City, Okla.), 914Fall state champions: Football
Fall state runners-up: Girls softball
Winter state champions: Girls swimming, boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming
14. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 907Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls field hockey
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track, girls gymnastics, girls indoor track
15. Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.), 899Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Football, boys golf
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming, boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
16. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 893Fall state champions: Boys soccer, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
17. Boise (Idaho), 886Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys swimming, girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer, girls volleyball
18. Mountain Brook (Birmingham, Ala.), 881Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls indoor track
19. Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.), 858Fall state champions: Boys swimming, boys cross country, football
Winter state champions: Boys soccer
20. E.D. White (Thibodaux, La.), 848Fall state champions: Boys swimming, boys cross country, girls swimming, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track, boys soccer
21. Hoover (Ala.), 842Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls indoor track, boys bowling
22. St. Thomas More (Lafayette, La.), 818Fall state champions: Football
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls soccer
23. Ponte Vedra (Fla.), 808Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls soccer
24. Greenwood (Ark.), 806Fall state champions: Football, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country, girls golf
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
25. Wakeland (Frisco, Texas), 801Winter state champions: Boys soccer
Winter state runners-up: Girls soccer
26. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.), 796Fall state champions: Boys tennis, football, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
27. Pioneer (Ann Arbor, Mich.), 795Fall state champions: Girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys tennis
Winter state champions: Boys swimming
28. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 792Fall state champions: Boys cross country, football, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketeball
29. Cathedral Prep (Erie, Pa.), 785Fall state champions: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Football
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
29. Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 785Fall state champions: Girls volleyball, boys cross country, boys soccer
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
31. St. Andrew's Episcopal (Ridgeland, Miss.), 783Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, boys soccer, girls soccer
32. Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.), 774Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
33. Southside Christian (Simpsonville, S.C.), 770Fall state champions: Football, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
34. Bedford (N.H.), 768Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys skiing, boys swimming, girls basketball, girls skiing, girls swimming
35. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), 767Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls tennis
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
36. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 755Fall state champions: Football
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls soccer
37. Southlake Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 754Fall state champions: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls cross country
38. Episcopal (Baton Rouge, La.), 751Fall state champions: Girls cross country, boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys indoor track
Winter state runners-up: Girls indoor track, boys soccer
39. Westminster (Atlanta), 742Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
40. Valor Christian (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), 740Fall state champions: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Football
Winter state champions: Girls basketball, boys ice hockey
41. Brentwood (Tenn.), 735Fall state champions: Girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football
42. Madison Central (Madison, Miss.), 733Fall state champions: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Girls soccer
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
43. Mount Notre Dame (Cincinnati), 727Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
44. Plant (Tampa, Fla.), 717Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys soccer
44. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 717Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
46. Jackson Hole (Jackson, Wyo.), 709Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, football, girls golf
Winter state champions: Girls skiing, Boys skiing
47. Morgan (Utah), 707Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Football, girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
47. Bishop Kelley (Tulsa, Okla.), 707Fall state champions: Girls volleyball, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming
49. Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa, Pa.), 705Fall state champions: Football, girls soccer
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
50. Pace Academy (Atlanta), 703Fall state champions: Girls volleyball, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
51. St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), 702Fall state champions: Boys soccer, boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys swimming
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2. Laurel (Mont.), 699Fall state champions: Football, girls golf, girls soccer, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
53. Westlake (Austin, Texas), 671Fall state champions: Football
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
54. Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 667Fall state champions: Boys swimming, football, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls soccer
55. Hilton Head (Hilton Head Island, S.C.), 664Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
56. St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge, La.), 657Fall state champions: Girls swimming, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
Winter state champions: Girls indoor track
57. Buford (Ga.), 655Fall state champions: Football, girls volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling
58. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 651Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls softball, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys tennis
58. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.) 651Fall state champions: Boys golf, boys cross country, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls field hockey girls golf, girls soccer
60. Auburn (Ala.), 647Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, football, boys swimming
61. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), 646Fall state champions: Football
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
62. Oviedo (Fla.), 645Fall state champions: Boys swimming, girls bowling
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming
62. Bishop Guertin (Nashua, N.H.), 645Winter state champions: Boys wrestling, girls ice hockey, boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming, girls basketball
64. Archbishop Hoban (Akron, Ohio), 640Fall state champions: Boys golf, football
65. Harding Academy (Memphis, Tenn.), 634Fall state champions: Football
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, boys golf
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
66. Madison Prep Academy (Baton Rouge, La.), 632Fall state champions: Football
Winter state champions: Boys basketball, girls basketball
66. Eastside (Taylors, S.C.), 632Fall state champions: Boys swimming, boys cross country, girls swimming
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
68. O'Gorman (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 627Fall state champions: Boys soccer, girls volleyball, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
69. Jenks (Okla.), 624Fall state champions: Football
Winter state champions: Boys swimming, girls swimming
70. Cody (Wyo.), 623Fall state champions: Football, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball, boys skiing, girls skiing
71. Hamilton (Chandler, Ariz.), 620Fall state champions: Boys golf, girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Football
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
72. Marietta (Ga.), 618Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
73. Manhattan Christian (Manhattan, Mont.), 617Fall state champions: Boys cross country, football, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls volleyball
74. Newman (New Orleans), 614Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls cross country, boys swimming
Winter state champions: Girls soccer
Winter state runners-up: boys basketball
75. Flower Mound (Texas), 612Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Girls soccer
76. Sky View (Smithfield, Utah), 606Fall state champions: Football
Winter state champions: Girls basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
77. Whitfield (St. Louis, Mo.), 605Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling, girls basketball
78. Tuttle (Okla.), 604Fall state champions: Girls softball
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling, girls basketball
79. Holy Innocents Episcopal (Atlanta), 603Fall state champions: Girls volleyball
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, girls cross country
Winter state runners-up: Boys basketball
80. Stevens (Rapid City, S.D.), 602Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, boys cross country, girls tennis
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling, girls wrestling, girls basketball
81. Central (Cheyenne, Wyo.), 592Fall state champions: girls tennis
Fall state runners-up: Girls swimming, boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys indoor track, girls indoor track
82. Mountain Home (Ark.), 591Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country
Winter state champions: Girls wrestling
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, boys wrestling
83. Unionville (Kennett Square, Pa.), 590Fall state champions: Girls golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf, girls volleyball
83. MICDS (St. Louis), 590Fall state champions: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys swimming, football
85. Thompson (Alabaster, Ala.), 588Fall state champions: Football
Winter state runners-up: Boys wrestling, girls bowling
86. Fremont (Neb.), 582Fall state champions: Boys cross country
Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys bowling
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
86. Cheyenne Mountain (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 582Fall state champions: Boys golf
Fall state runners-up: Boys tennis, boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys wrestling
88. Summertown (Tenn.), 579Fall state champions: Girls golf, girls volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Girls basketball
89. Mason (Ohio), 575Fall state runners-up: Girls golf
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming, girls swimming
89. Ankeny (Iowa), 575Fall state champions: Football, girls volleyball
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming
91. Lassiter (Marietta, Ga.), 573Fall state champions: Girls softball
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming
92. Bozeman (Mont.), 571Fall state champions: Girls golf, girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer
Winter state champions: Girls swimming
93. Oak Hall (Gainesville, Fla.), 570Fall state champions: Girls cross country
Fall state runners-up: Boys cross country, football
93. Mars (Pa.), 570Fall state champions: Boys soccer, girls soccer
95. McCallie (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 569Fall state champions: Boys cross country, football
Fall state runners-up: Boys golf
96. Highlands (Fort Thomas, Ky.), 566Fall state runners-up: Girls cross country
Winter state champions: Boys basketball
Winter state runners-up: Boys swimming
96. Huntsville (Ala.), 566Fall state champions: Boys cross country, girls swimming, boys swimming
98. Marquette (Mich.), 565Fall state champions: Boys soccer
Fall state runners-up: Boys volleyball, boys cross country
Winter state champions: Boys swimming
Winter state runners-up: Girls swimming, girls skiing
98. Greensburg Central Catholic (Greensburg, Pa.), 565Fall state runners-up: Boys soccer, girls soccer, girls golf
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Cranbrook Kingswood (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), 565
Fall state champions: Boys tennis, girls swimming
