Rhode Island is a small state but it has two of the best high school athletic programs in the nation.
Bishop
Hendricken (Warwick) has the nation's top boys sports program
while La Salle Academy (Providence) has the top girls program,
according to the MaxPreps Cup standings following the winter sports
season.
Bishop Hendricken, an all-boys school, has won seven
state titles and was ranked No. 4 in the nation in boys cross country
during the fall. La Salle Academy, a co-ed school, has won six state
championships in girls sports and has finished second in two others.
Video: MaxPreps Cup Winter Standings Find out who leads the race to be crowned the nation's top all-around sports program.
Christian
Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.) is just 35 points behind Bishop Hendricken
(1050-1015) in the boys division while Carmel (Ind.), the overall
national leader with 1,831 points, ranks second in the girls with 832
points.
The boys and girls categories are two of 11 offshoots of the
MaxPreps Cup standings following the winter sports season – initially released on April 30.
Other lists include: Top 25 medium-sized school rankings, Top 10 small school
rankings, regional rankings (midwest, south, southwest, northeast, west
coast) and Top 10 public and private schools.
American Heritage
(Plantation, Fla.), last year's overall champion, is the top
medium-sized school (1,000 to 2,000 students) with 1,205 points. It is
one point ahead of Edina (Minn.) with 1,204.
Westminster (Atlanta), the 2013 overall MaxPreps Cup champ, is the No. 1 small school with 791 points.
For
the regional rankings, Carmel is No. 1 in the midwest, La Salle Academy
is the top team in the northeast, Green Hope (Cary, N.C.) leads the
south, Highland Park (Dallas) is No. 1 in the southwest and Jesuit
(Portland, Ore.) leads the west coast.
Carmel is the No. 1 public school while Jesuit is the top private school.
The MaxPreps Cup is a ranking system devised to rate every high school
sport state championship in the nation in order to determine the
nation's best overall high school sports programs. Varying point totals
are awarded to teams that win a state title, or finish in second place,
based on the type of sport, the size of the state, the type of
enrollment division and the number of teams participating in the
enrollment division. Points are also awarded for teams that appear in
national rankings for selected sports.
Jesuit (Portland) captured Oregon's state title for boys basketball, helping secure the No. 1 spot among all private schools nationally in the MaxPreps Cup standings.
Photo by: Brian Murphy
Breaking down the MaxPreps Cup Top Boys Programs
1.
Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), 1050
2.
Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.), 1015
3.
Carmel (Ind.), 999
4.
Bozeman (Mont.), 913
5.
Highland Park (Dallas), 830
6.
St. Xavier (Louisville, Ky.), 808
7.
Haddonfield (N.J.), 798
8.
Unity Christian (Hudsonville, Mich.), 780
9.
Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, N.J.), 758
10.
Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 723
11.
Salesianum (Wilmington, Del.), 676
12.
Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 669
13.
Weddington (Matthews, N.C.), 654
14.
Tea (S.D.), 650
15.
Duncanville (Texas), 639
16.
Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.), 639
17.
Chapel Hill (N.C.), 630
18.
Catholic-B.R. (Baton Rouge, La.), 614
19.
Catholic Central (Novi, Mich.), 609
20.
Edina (Minn.), 596
21.
Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.), 595
22.
Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 592
23.
Bedford (N.H.), 592
24.
St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio), 586
25.
Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), 585
Top Girls Programs
1.
La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 960
2. Carmel (Ind.), 832
3.
Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 825
4.
North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 770
5.
Bentonville (Ark.), 760
6.
American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 760
7.
Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 746
8.
Jonesboro (Ark.), 744
9. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 737
10.
Beavercreek (Ohio), 733
11.
Immaculate Heart Academy (Washington Township, N.J.), 729
12.
Lincoln Southwest (Lincoln, Neb.), 711
13.
Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 674
14.
Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 664
15.
Houston (Germantown, Tenn.), 654
16.
Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), 618
17.
Hanover (N.H.), 618
18. Edina (Minn.), 608
19.
Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 587
20.
Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 586
21.
Cuthbertson (Waxhaw, N.C.), 575
22.
Millennium (Goodyear, Ariz.), 571
23.
Minnetonka (Minnetonka, Minn.), 558
24.
Niwot (Colo.), 552
25.
Middleton (Wis.), 548
Best Medium-Sized Schools1. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 1205
2. Edina (Minn.), 1204
3. Haddonfield (N.J.), 1158
4. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1108
5. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 1084
6. Jonesboro (Ark.), 902
7.
Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.), 887
8. Hanover (N.H.), 879
9.
St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Ga.), 846
10.
Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 831
11. Weddington (N.C.), 829
12. Chapel Hill (N.C.), 805
13.
University Lab (Baton Rouge, La.), 793
14. Unity Christian (Hudsonville, Mich.), 780
15.
Pope (Marietta, Ga.), 768
16.
Webb (Knoxville, Tenn.), 755
17. Tea (S.D.), 755
18. Bishop England (Charleston, S.C.), 744
19.
Moorestown (N.J.), 738
20.
Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.), 731
21.
Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.), 720
22.
Morgan (Morgan, Utah), 709
23. Millennium (Goodyear, Ariz.), 696
24. Cuthbertson (Waxhaw), 690
25.
Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.), 685
Best Small Schools
1.
Westminster (Atlanta), 791
2.
Signal Mountain (Tenn.), 757
3.
Hilmar (Calif.), 720
4.
Southern Columbia Area (Catawissa, Pa.), 705
5.
St. Margaret's (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), 695
6.
St. Mary's (Lynn, Mass.), 695
7.
Lake Highland Prep (Orlando, Fla.), 695
8.
River Hill (Clarksville, Md.), 693
9.
Pewamo-Westphalia (Pewamo, Mich.), 665
10.
Northwest Christian (Phoenix), 643
Midwest Standings
1. Carmel (Ind.), 1831
2. Bozeman (Mont.), 1374
3. Edina (Minn.), 1204
4. Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.), 1015
5. Century (Bismarck, N.D.), 991
6. Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.), 887
7. Middleton (Wisc.), 866
8. Aquinas (Overland Park, Kan.), 831
9.
Kelly Walsh (Casper, Wyo.), 809
10.
Hellgate (Missoula, Mont.), 801
East Standings
1. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 1389
2. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 1270
3. Haddonfield (N.J.), 1158
4. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), 1050
5. Wellesley (Mass.), 942
6. Champlain Valley Union (Hinesburg, Vt.), 921
7. Hanover (N.H.), 879
8.
Essex (Essex Junction, Vt.), 861
9. Bedford (N.H.), 831
10.
Concord-Carlisle (Concord, Mass.), 796
South Standings
1. Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 1262
2. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 1205
3. Bentonville (Ark.), 1197
4. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1108
5. Oviedo (Fla.), 948
6. Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.), 934
7. Jonesboro (Ark.), 902
8. St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Ga.), 846
9. Weddington (N.C.), 829
10. Sacred Heart (Louisville, Ky.), 825
Southwest Standings
1. Highland Park (Dallas), 830
2. La Cueva (Albuquerque, N.M.), 782
3.
Bishop Lynch (Dallas, Texas), 760
4. Xavier College Prep (Phoenix), 746
5. Albuquerque Academy (Albuquerque, N.M.), 731
6. Salpointe Catholic (Tucson, Ariz.), 720
7. Millennium (Goodyear, Ariz.), 696
8.
Decatur (Texas), 685
9.
Cleveland (Rio Rancho, N.M.), 679
10.
Tuttle (Okla.), 672
West Coast Standings
1. Jesuit (Portland), 1406
2. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City), 1084
3. Lone Peak (Highland), 1074
4. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth), 917
5.
Dimond (Anchorage, Alaska), 840
6.
Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas), 824
7.
American Fork (American Fork, Utah), 796
8.
Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii), 784
9.
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.), 745
10.
Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.), 744
Top Public Schools
1. Carmel (Ind.), 1831
2. Bozeman (Mont.), 1374
3. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.), 1270
4. Green Hope (Cary, N.C.), 1262
5. Edina (Minn.), 1204
6. Bentonville (Ark.), 1197
7. Haddonfield (N.J.), 1158
8. Sugar-Salem (Sugar City, Idaho), 1084
9. Lone Peak (Highland, Utah), 1074
10. Century (Bismarck, Mont.), 991
Top Private Schools
1. Jesuit (Portland, Ore.), 1406
2. La Salle Academy (Providence, R.I.), 1389
3. American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.), 1205
4. Bolles (Jacksonville, Fla.), 1108
5. Bishop Hendricken (Warwick, R.I.), 1050
6. Christian Brothers (St. Louis, Mo.), 1015
7. Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.), 934
8. Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.), 917
9. Billings Central Catholic (Billings, Mont.), 887
10. St. Pius X Catholic (Atlanta, Ga.), 846