2017-2018 State championship scoreboard
May 17, 2018 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365
Chaparral won the most title state titles in 2017-2018 of any school (5). Girls hoops was one. (AzPreps365 photo)
With the 2017-2018 sports school year in the books after Tuesday's final championship games, 56 of the 265 AIA member schools won at least one state title.
Leading the way was Chaparral with five titles -- fall boys golf, boys swimming, girls swimming, girls basketball and girls soccer. Next are Xavier Prep with four (swimming, volleyball, soccer and golf), Northland Prep (girls cross country, boys cross country, fall girls soccer and girls track and Desert Vista (boys cross country, boys winter soccer, boys volleyball and boys track). Next is Sunnyslope with three (badminton, girls volleyball and boys basketball),Casteel (football, girls winter soccer and boys track), Chandler (girls cross country, football and girls track) and Salpointe Catholic (girls volleyball, girls winter soccer and softball). Eleven schools won two titles -- Flagstaff, Page, Seton Catholic, Pinnacle, Valley Christian, Fountain Hills, Brophy Prep, Sabino, Campo Verde, Catalina Foothills and Pusch Ridge.
Here is the list of schools that won the 89 titles available:
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.
SPRING CHAMPIONS
Baseball -- 6A - Sandra Day O'Connor.5A - Liberty. 4A - Nogales. 3A - Sabino. 2A - Phoenix Christian. 1A - Bagdad. Softball -- 6A - Pinnacle. 5A - Cienega. 4A - Salpointe Catholic. 3A - Sahuarita. 2A - Benson. 1A - Superior. Boys track - D-I - Desert Vista. D-II - Campo Verde. D-III -- Casteel. D-IV -- Valley Christian. Girls track -- D-I - Chandler. D-II - North Canyon. D-III - Snowflake. D-IV - Northland Prep. Boys tennis - D-I - Brophy Prep. D-II - Catalina Foothills. D-III - Pusch Ridge. Girls tennis - D-I -- Desert Mountain. D-II - Catalina Foothills. D-III - Pusch Ridge. Beach volleyball - D-I -- Perry. D-II - Fountain Hills. Boys volleyball -- 6A - Desert Vista. 5A -- Higley. Spring golf -- D-III - Valley Christian.