MaxPreps Cup: Top boys, girls high school sports programs

A pair of schools named after the Catholic saint have also proven to be overachievers in their own right. According to the MaxPreps Cup standings, St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) is the top boys athletic program in the nation so far for the 2017-18 school year while Xavier College Prep (Phoenix) is considered the girls athletic program.

The MaxPreps Cup standings attempt to compare high school athletic programs by awarding points for state championships, runner-up finishes, and national rankings. Point totals are based on the size of state, the popularity of the sport, the enrollment level of competition and the number of teams competing in that level of competition.

St. Xavier, an all-boys school, has a 74-point lead over Carmel (Ind.), a coed school, when considering just the boys sports for each school. St. Xavier has 1,065 points while Carmel has 991.

Xavier College Prep has a much larger lead in the girls division. An all-girls school, Xavier College Prep leads La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), a coed school, by 150 points when considering just girls sports. Xavier College Prep has 939 points to La Salle Academy's 789.

MaxPreps has also identified the top medium-sized schools, the top small schools and the top winter sports programs for 2017-18 after the completion of the Winter Sports season. Medium-sized schools are those that participate in enrollment division that generally have between 1,000 and 2,000 students. Similarly, small schools have less than 1,000 students.

American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.) is the top medium school, edging out fellow Florida school Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.) by 59 points — 1,219 to 1,160. The two schools are nearly 200 points ahead of the third-best school.

Haddonfield (N.J.) is easily the top small school with 1,302 points. That total is over 400 points higher than second-place Skutt Catholic (Neb.).

Carmel (Ind.) is the top Winter Sports program, scoring 675 points during that sports season alone. It edges out La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.) by 25 points.
Top 25 Girls Athletic Programs
1. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 939
2. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 789
3. Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 757
4. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 756
5. Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township, N.J.), 752
6. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 706
7. Edina (Minn.), 695
8. Zionsville (Ind.), 675
9. Fayetteville (Ark.), 666
10. Houston (Germantown, Tenn.), 651
11. Greenwich (Conn.), 639
12. Kinkaid (Houston), 617
13. Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 615
14. Millbrook Prep (Millbrook, N.Y.), 589
15. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 575
16. Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 567
17. RHAM (Hebron, Conn.), 561
18. Haddonfield (N.J.), 561
19. Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), 546
20. Ridge (Basking Ridge, N.J.), 536
21. Bozeman (Mont.), 526
22. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 505
23. Ursuline Academy (Cincinnati), 505
24. Dimond (Anchorage, Alaska), 504
25. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 503

Top 25 Boys Athletic Programs
1. St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), 1065
2. Carmel (Ind.), 991
3. Allen (Texas), 917
4. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 779
5. Highland Park (Dallas), 750
6. Haddonfield (N.J.), 741
7. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), 717
8. Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, N.J.), 691
9. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 657
10. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 653
11. Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.), 648
12. Minnetonka (Minn.), 641
13. Scarborough (Maine), 632
14. Salesianum (Wilmington, Del.), 630
15. Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.), 623
16. Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 612
17. Western Albemarle (Crozet, Va.), 603
18. Clarkston (Mich.), 603
19. Essex (Essex Junction, Vt.), 599
20. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 592
21. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 585
22. Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.), 561
23. Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.), 554
24. Dorman (Roebuck, S.C.), 551
25. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.), 537
Top 10 Small School Athletic Programs
1. Haddonfield (N.J.), 1302
2. Skutt Catholic (Omaha, Neb.), 871
3. Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 761
4. Westminster (Atlanta), 737
5. Evansville Memorial (Evansville, Ind.), 720
6. Minster (Ohio), 680
7. Walker Governor's (Richmond, Va.), 665
8. Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 664
9. Panguitch (Utah), 654
10. University (San Francisco), 620
Top 25 Medium School Athletic Programs
1. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 1219
2. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1160
3. Western Albemarle (Crozet, Va.), 976
4. Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.), 849
5. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.), 844
6. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 780
7. Chapel Hill (N.C.), 780
8. Albuquerque Academy (N.M.), 778
9. Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 770
10. Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.), 759
11. Marist (Atlanta), 741
12. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 704
13. Greely (Cumberland Center, Maine), 692
14. St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.), 688
15. Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), 685
16. Linganore (Frederick, Md.), 680
17. Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.), 660
18. Loudoun Valley (Purcellville, Va.), 656
19. Lakeside (Hot Springs, Ark.), 654
20. Baptist Prep (Little Rock, Ark.), 649
21. Hanover (N.H.), 640
22. Pulaski Academy (Little Rock, Ark.), 638
23. Palmer Ridge (Monument, Colo.), 633
24. Scottsboro (Ala.), 629
25. E.D. White (Thibodaux, La.), 609
Top 25 Winter Sports Athletic Programs
1. Carmel (Ind.), 675
2. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 650
3. Western Albemarle (Crozet, Va.), 624
4. Greely (Cumberland Center, Maine), 605
5. Washington (Tulsa, Okla.), 604
6. Allen (Texas), 525
7. Warren Central (Indianapolis), 524
8. Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 504
9. West Campus (Sacramento, Calif.), 500
10. McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.), 495
11. Croatan (Newport, N.C.), 495
12. Poolesville (Md.), 490
13. Bridgewater-Raritan (Bridgewater, N.J.), 489
14. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 486
15. Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia), 480
16. Pleasant Valley (Chico, Calif.), 475
17. Hanover (N.H.), 475
18. Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 471
19. Campbell County (Gillette, Wyo.), 468
20. St. Johnsbury Academy (Vt.), 466
21. Minnetonka (Minn.), 466
22. St. John's (Houston), 465
23. Edison Academy (Detroit), 460
24. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), 456
25. South Shore (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 454