2017-2018 championship scoreboard
March 9, 2018 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365
With two-thirds of the 2017-2018 sports school year in the books, 40 schools of the 265 AIA member schools have won at least one state title.
Leading the way is Chaparral with five titles -- fall boys golf, boys swimming, girls swimming, girls basketball and girls soccer. Next is Xavier Prep with four (swimming, volleyball, soccer and golf) and Northland Prep with three (girls cross country, boys cross country and fall girls soccer and Sunnyslope with three (badminton, girls volleyball and boys basketball). Seven schools have won two titles (Casteel, Chandler, Desert Vista, Flagstaff, Page, Salpointe and Seton Catholic).
Here is the list of schools that have won the 58 titles available thus far:
FALL CHAMPIONS
Badminton -- D-I - Perry, D-II - Sunnyslope. Boys golf -D-I - Chaparral, D-II - Arcadia. Girls golf - D-I - Xavier Prep. D-II - Cactus Shadows. Boys cross country - D-1 - Desert Vista, D-II - Flagstaff, D-III - Page, D-IV - Northland Prep. Girls cross country - D-I - Chandler, D-II - Flagstaff, D-III - Ganado, D-IV - Northland Prep. Boys soccer -- Phoenix Country Day. Girls soccer - Northland Prep. Boys swimming - D-I - Brophy Prep. D-II Chaparral, D-III - Seton Catholic. Girls swimming - D-I - Xavier, D-II - Chaparral, D-III - Sabino. Football - 6A - Chandler, 5A - Centennial, 4A - Saguaro, 3A - Casteel, 2A Thatcher, 1A - Williams. Girls volleyball - 6A - Xavier Prep, 5A - Sunnyslope, 4A - Salpointe, 3A - Fountan HIlls, 2A - Scottsdale Christian, 1A - St. Michael.
WINTER CHAMPIONS
Boys soccer -- 6A - Desert Vista, 5A - Campo Verde, 4A - Gila Ridge, 3A - Yuma Catholic. Girls soccer - 6A - Xavier Prep, 5A - Chaparral, 4A - Salpointe, 3A - Casteel. Wrestling - D-I - Sunnyside, D-II - Queen Creek, D-III - Yuma, D-IV- St. Johns. Boys basketball - 6A - Pinnacle, 5A - Sunnyslope, 4A - Shadow Mountain, 3A - Winslow, 2A - Rancho Solano, 1A - The Gregory School. Girls basketball - 6A - Valley Vista, 5A - Chaparral, 4A - Seton Catholic, 3A - Page, 2A - Leading Edge Academy, 1A - St. Michael.