MaxPreps Cup — Top boys, girls high school athletic programs

The Patriots won state titles in girls tennis and softball and finished second in girls track, allowing them to finish with the No. 1 girls sports program in the nation, according to the MaxPreps Cup rankings formula. The Patriots edged Houston (Germantown, Tenn.) by close to 100 points (1,065-983). Meanwhile Porter-Gaud (Charleston, S.C.) finished tied with Kinkaid (Houston) tied for third place with 941 points. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), the No. 1 girls program after the winter sports season, dropped to No. 5.

American Heritage also finished as the top medium school rankings, finished No. 7 on the Top 25 boys athletic program list and No. 8 on the Top 25 spring sports programs list.

St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.) easily finished as the nation's top boys sports program. With 1,701 points, St. Xavier outdistanced No. 2 Carmel (Ind.) by nearly 500 points.

Westminster (Atlanta) finished the year as the top small schools program and it also had the top spring sports program with 1,097 of its 1,834 total points coming during the final third of the school year.

Following are the five MaxPreps Cup lists with previous rankings from the winter sports season also noted. Medium schools are those that generally have between 1,000 and 2,000 students while small schools have under 1,000 students.

The MaxPreps Cup rankings are determined by awarding points for state championships and runner-up finishes based on the type of sport, the size of the state, the enrollment classification of the sport and the total number of teams competing in that classification. Points are also awarded for appearing in national rankings for various sports.
MaxPreps Cup Top 25 Girls Athletic Programs
1. (NR) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 1,065
2. (10) Houston (Germantown, Tenn.), 983
3. (NR) Porter-Gaud (Charleston, S.C.), 941
3. (12) Kinkaid (Houston), 941
5. (1) Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 939
6. (6) Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 925
7. (NR) Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 919
8. (NR) Wellesley (Mass.), 906
9. (7) Edina (Minn.), 893
10. (3) Archbishop Mitty (San Jose, Calif.), 874
11. (19) Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), 843
12. (25) Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 839
13. (22) Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 832
14. (NR) Punahou (Honolulu), 815
15. (NR) Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 794
16. (16) Chaparral (Scottsdale, Ariz.), 793
17. (NR) Serra (Gardena, Calif.), 790
18. (2) La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 789
19. (21) Bozeman (Mont.), 777
22. (NR) Westminster (Atlanta), 747
23. (NR) Summit (Bend, Ore.), 743
24. (NR) Lake Norman Charter (Huntersville, N.C.), 740
25. (18) Haddonfield (N.J.), 739
MaxPreps Cup Top 25 Boys Athletic Programs
1. (1) St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), 1,701
2. (2) Carmel (Ind.), 1,189
3. (8) Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, N.J.), 1,176
4. (7) Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), 1,145
5. (NR) Westminster (Atlanta), 1,087
6. (5) Highland Park (Dallas), 1,000
7. (4) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 974
8. (NR) Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.), 959
9. (NR) Homewood (Ala.), 955
10. (NR) Torrey Pines (San Diego), 946
11. (NR) Delbarton (Morristown, N.J.), 934
12. (3) Allen (Texas), 917
13. (19) Essex (Essex Junction, Vt.), 907
14. (6) Haddonfield (N.J.), 874
15. (14) Salesianum (Wilmington, Del.), 873
16. (11) Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.), 872
17. (16) Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 862
18. (NR) Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 848
19. (NR) Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 829
20. (22) Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.), 826
21. (NR) Carroll (Southlake, Texas), 823
22. (NR) Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.), 812
23. (NR) Union (Tulsa, Okla.), 810
24. (12) Minnetonka (Minn.), 800
25. (NR) Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 791

MaxPreps Cup Top 10 Small School Athletic Programs
1. (4) Westminster (Atlanta), 1,834
2. (1) Haddonfield (N.J.), 1,613
3. (8) Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 1,419
4. (3) Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 1,227
5. (7) Walker Governor's (Richmond, Va.), 1,136
8. (NR) Auburn (Riner, Va.), 1,028
9. (NR) Gordon Lee (Chickamauga, Ga.), 1,020
10. (NR) The King's Academy (Woodstock, Ga.), 1,014

Max Preps Cup Top 25 Medium School Athletic Programs
1. (1) American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 2,039
2. (NR) Porter-Gaud (Charleston, S.C.), 1,716
3. (NR) Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.), 1,526
4. (8) Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.), 1,374
5. (3) Western Albemarle (Crozet, Va.), 1,348
6. (2) Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1,335
7. (4) Bishop Carroll (Wichita, Kan.), 1,273
8. (15) Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), 1,170
9. (10) Saint Francis (Mountain View, Calif.), 1,103
10. (13) Greely (Cumberland Center, Maine), 1,073
11. (6) Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission, Kan.), 1,071
12. (9) Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 1,062
13. (14) St. Paul's Episcopal (Mobile, Ala.), 1,060
14. (5) Washington (Tulsa, Okla.), 1,038
15. (7) Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, N.C.), 1,020
16. (17) Charlotte Catholic (Charlotte, N.C.), 1,015
17. (NR) Cardinal Newman (Columbia, S.C.), 1,005
18. (NR) Portsmouth (Portsmouth, N.H.), 999
19. (NR) Buford (Buford, Ga.), 997
20. (NR) Blessed Trinity (Roswell, Ga.), 996
21. (11) Marist (Atlanta, Ga.), 993
22. (NR) Westlake Academy (Westlake, Texas), 947
23. (NR) Summit (Bend, Ore.), 946
24. (NR) Argyle (Argyle, Texas), 935
25. (NR) St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Ga.), 932

MaxPreps Cup Top 25 Spring Sports Athletic Programs
1. Westminster (Atlanta), 1,097
2. Baylor (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 1,048
3. Punahou (Honolulu), 958
4. Jackson Prep (Jackson, Miss.), 922
5. Porter Gaud (Charleston, S.C.), 896
6. Homewood (Ala.), 823
7. Torrey Pines (San Diego), 822
8. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 820
9. Wando (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), 810
10. Vestavia Hills (Ala.), 788
11. Auburn (Ala.), 770
12. Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 755
13. Parkview (Lilburn, Ga.), 722
14. Falmouth (Falmouth, Maine), 709
15. Portsmouth (N.H.), 699
16. Edmond North (Edmond, Okla.), 683
17. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 664
18. Auburn (Riner, Va.), 655
19. Issaquah (Wash.), 648
20. Watchung Hills Regional (Warren, N.J.), 646
21. Union (Tulsa, Okla.), 645
22. St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), 636
23. Brentwood (Tenn.), 631
24. La Cueva (Albuquerque), 622
25. Starr's Mill (Fayetteville, Ga.), 608