Seasonal rankings: Wichita area’s top prep programs for the fall, winter and spring
From football in the fall to track in the spring, some of the Wichita area’s high schools put on a show in the 2018-19 school year. Here are the programs ranked by how they performed in the fall, winter and spring.
2018-19 Individual Sport Rankings
Fall Season
Football, Volleyball, Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Girls Golf, Cross Country
1. Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 1
Total Points: 440
1 Class 5A State Championship (Girls Tennis)
1 State Runner-Up (Girls Cross Country)
3 Top Four State Finishes (Volleyball, Boys Soccer, Boys Cross Country)
1 Regional Championship (Football)
2 Individual Runners-Up (Steven, Steven/Stranghoner)
2 Individual Top Four State Finishes (Steven, Jackson)
5 First Team All-State Selections (Cundiff, Huslig, Huslig, Lee, Valenciana, Larkin)
8 Second Team All-State Selections (Niedens, Niedens, Nichols, Baalman, Bockover, Ricke, Zwiesler)
10 All-Metro Selections (Cundiff, Huslig, Lee, Larkin, Steven, Huslig, Pate, Jackson, Winter, Nielson)
2. Derby Panthers
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 15
Total Points: 298
1 Class 6A State Championship (Football)
1 Top Four State Finish (Boys Soccer)
8 First Team All-State Selections (Washington, Atkinson, Keener, Fisher, Benway, Igo, Syring, Vielmas)
8 Second Team All-State Selections (Simms, Conn, Lindsey, Aiyanyor, Ormsby, Washington, Dorsey, Young)
9 All-Metro Selections (Washington, Atkinson, Keener, Benway, Igo, Syring, Vielmas, Burke, Kalb)
3. Andale Indians
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Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 8
Total Points: 258
1 Class State Runners-Up (Girls Golf)
2 Top Four State Finishes (Volleyball, Football)
1 Individual Runner-Up (Brasser)
4 First Team All-State Selections (Fairchild, Venjohn, Easter, Bruna)
4 Second Team All-State Selections (Shackelford, Brand, Baalman, Parthemer)
5 All-Metro Selections (Fairchild, Easter, Bergkamp, Brasser, Anderson)
4. Maize South Mavericks
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 17
Total Points: 254
1 Class 5A State Runners-Up (Boys Soccer)
1 Top Four State Finishes (Girls Golf)
1 Regional Championship (Volleyball)
1 Individual Regional Championship (Wessley)
3 First Team All-State Selections (Fayette, Bliss, Bowman)
10 Second Team All-State Selections (Edwards, Veenis, Benefiel, Mitchell, Jones, Goering, Eskridge, Gerhardus, Joseph, Manske)
6 All-Metro Selections (Fayette, Bliss, Bowman, Jones, Magnuson, Rios)
5. Buhler Crusaders
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 13
Total Points: 234
1 Class 4A State Championship (Boys Cross Country)
1 State Runner-Up (Boys Soccer)
1 Top Four State Finish (Girls Cross Country)
1 Regional Championship (Girls Tennis)
1 Individual State Championships (Lindahl)
4 First Team All-State Selections (Quint, Severud, Taylor, Westfall)
4 Second Team All-State Selections (Fredrickson, Whitson, Stubbs, Boothe)
6. McPherson Bullpups
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 3
Total Points: 184
7. Andover Trojans
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 7
Total Points: 182
8. Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 6
Total Points: 162
9. Maize Eagles
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 11
Total Points: 157
10. Wichita Northwest Grizzlies
Last Year’s Fall Ranking: 21
Total Points: 156
11. Hesston Swathers
Total Points: 155
12. Goddard Lions
Total Points: 148
13. Garden Plain Owls
Total Points: 145
14. Conway Springs Cardinals
Total Points: 112
15. Sedgwick Cardinals
Total Points: 109
16. Wellington Crusaders
Total Points: 104
17. Salina Central Mustangs
Total Points: 93
18. Winfield Vikings
Total Points: 78
19. Trinity Academy Knights
Total Points: 76
19. Rose Hill Rockets
Total Points: 76
21. Arkansas City Bulldogs
Total Points: 74
22. Andover Central Jaguars
Total Points: 69
23. Collegiate Spartans
Total Points: 68
24. Eisenhower Tigers
Total Points: 59
25. Newton Railroaders
Total Points: 54
25. Belle Plaine Dragons
Total Points: 54
27. Circle Thunderbirds
Total Points: 46
28. Campus Colts
Total Points: 36
28. Wichita East Blue Aces
Total Points: 36
28. Halstead Dragons
Total Points: 36
31. Mulvane Wildcats
Total Points: 32
31. El Dorado Wildcats
Total Points: 32
33. Augusta Orioles
Total Points: 30
33. Salina South Cougars
Total Points: 30
35. Hutchinson Salthawks
Total Points: 24
36. Wichita North Redskins
Total Points: 14
36. Douglass Bulldogs
Total Points: 14
38. Wichita West Pioneers
Total Points: 12
39. Cheney Cardinals
Total Points: 10
40. Valley Center Hornets
Total Points: 8
41. Wichita Heights Falcons
Total Points: 4
42. Independent Panthers
Total Points: 0
42. Wichita South Titans
Total Points: 0
42. Haven Wildcats
Total Points: 0
42. Clearwater Indians
Total Points: 0
42. Wichita Southeast Golden Buffaloes
Total Points: 0
Winter Season
Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Boys Swimming and Diving, Bowling
1. Derby Panthers
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 3
Total Points: 255
1 Class 6A State Championship (Wrestling)
1 Top Four State Finish (Girls Basketball)
1 AVCTL I Championship (Boys Swimming and Diving)
2 Individual State Championships (Squires, Wills)
2 Individual Runners-Up (Wells, Lindsey)
7 Individual Top Four State Finish (Woods, Ross, Wills, Lindsey, Westmoreland, Washington, Tafoya)
1 First Team All-State Selection (Brown)
1 Second Team All-State Selection (Alford)
6 All-Metro Selections (Brown, Alford, Squires, Wills, Ross, Tafoya)
2. Goddard Lions
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 10
Total Points: 196
1 Class 5A State Championship (Wrestling)
1 Regional Championship (Girls Basketball)
2 Individual State Championships (Henschel, Fisher)
5 Individual Runners-Up (Glover, Fisher, Craine, Dopps, Atkins)
4 Individual Top Four State Finish (Fisher, Davidson, Atkins, Willert)
1 First Team All-State Selection (Hackerott)
3 All-Metro Selections (Hackerott, Fisher, Fisher)
3. McPherson Bullpups
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 2
Total Points: 190
1 Top Four Class 5A State Finish (Girls Basketball)
2 AVCTL III Championships (Boys Basketball, Boys Swimming and Diving)
2 Individual State Championships (Powers, Radke)
2 Individual Runners-Up (Powers, 400 Free Relay)
4 Individual Top Four State Finishes (Frantz, Thrash, Powers, Hampton)
1 Second Team All-State Selection (Pyle)
4. Campus Colts
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 12
Total Points: 182
2 Class 6A State Championships (Boys Bowling, Girls Bowling)
6 Individual Runners-Up (Sheler, McCracken, Bowen, Bowen, Schroeder, Lennen)
3 Individual Top Four State Finishes (Kleinschrodt, Reams, Cessna)
1 Individual Regional Championship (Herd)
1 Second Team All-State Selection (Chapman)
2 All-Metro Selections (McCracken, Bowen)
5. Andover Central Jaguars
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 9
Total Points: 171
1 Class 5A State Championship (Boys Basketball)
1 AVCTL II Championship (Boys Bowling)
3 Individual Top Four State Finish (Thomas, Hsu, Hsu)
1 First Team All-State Selection (Bell)
2 Second Team All-State Selections (Belt, Leedom)
2 All-Metro Selections (Bell, Herrmann)
6. Maize Eagles
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 8
Total Points: 163
7. Wichita Heights Falcons
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 19
Total Points: 146
8. Garden Plain Owls
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 7
Total Points: 139
9. Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 1
Total Points: 119
10. Cheney Cardinals
Last Year’s Winter Ranking: 14
Total Points: 106
11. Wichita Northwest Grizzlies
Total Points: 104
11. Augusta Orioles
Total Points: 104
13. Trinity Academy Knights
Total Points: 103
14. Wichita Southeast Golden Buffaloes
Total Points: 91
15. Maize South Mavericks
Total Points: 90
16. Arkansas City Bulldogs
Total Points: 88
17. Wichita East Blue Aces
Total Points: 82
18. Andale Indians
Total Points: 76
19. Salina Central Mustangs
Total Points: 74
19. Independent Panthers
Total Points: 74
21. Buhler Crusaders
Total Points: 70
22. Circle Thunderbirds
Total Points: 62
22. Salina South Cougars
Total Points: 62
24. Winfield Vikings
Total Points: 60
25. Rose Hill Rockets
Total Points: 47
26. Hutchinson Salthawks
Total Points: 46
27. Mulvane Wildcats
Total Points: 42
28. Newton Railroaders
Total Points: 38
29. Haven Wildcats
Total Points: 31
30. Douglass Bulldogs
Total Points: 20
31. El Dorado Wildcats
Total Points: 18
32. Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders
Total Points: 16
33. Eisenhower Tigers
Total Points: 14
33. Clearwater Indians
Total Points: 14
35. Halstead Dragons
Total Points: 10
35. Wichita North Redskins
Total Points: 10
35. Wichita West Pioneers
Total Points: 10
35. Wichita South Titans
Total Points: 10
39. Valley Center Hornets
Total Points: 8
40. Hesston Swathers
Total Points: 6
40. Wellington Crusaders
Total Points: 6
42. Collegiate Spartans
Total Points: 4
42. Belle Plaine Dragons
Total Points: 4
44. Andover Trojans
Total Points: 0
44. Conway Springs Cardinals
Total Points: 0
44. Sedgwick Cardinals
Total Points: 0
Spring Season
Baseball, Softball, Girls Soccer, Track and Field, Girls Swimming and Diving, Boys Tennis, Boys Golf
1. Bishop Carroll Golden Eagles
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 1
Total Points: 706
2 Class 5A State Championships (Boys Track and Field, Girls Swimming and Diving)
2 State Runners-Up (Softball, Girls Track and Field)
2 Top Four State Finishes (Baseball, Girls Soccer)
11 Individual State Championships (Marvin, Marvin, Hull, Nordhus, 200 Medley Relay, Winter, Schmidt, Winter, Schmidt, Shelton, 400 Free Relay)
7 Individual Runners-Up (Simon, Jackson, Nordhus, Nordhus, Linn, Shelton, 200 Free Relay)
1 Individual Top Four State Finish (Nordhus)
2 Individual Regional Championships (4x100, Redick)
10 First Team All-State Selections (Ebright, Flax, Smith, Marcotte, Kerschen, Schuckman, Lasak, Bockover, Lubbers, Wingler)
6 Second Team All-State Selections (Faber, Blasi, Stockemer, Watkins, Eck, Allen)
16 All-Metro Selections (Ebright, Flax, Smith, Marcotte, Watkins, Bockover, Lubbers, Marvin, Hull, Nordhus, Jackson, Winter, Schmidt, Shelton, 200 Medley Relay, Shellhammer)
2. Andale Indians
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 4
Total Points: 465
2 Class 4A State Championships (Boys Track and Field, Girls Track and Field)
1 State Runner-Up (Softball)
1 Top Four State Finish (Boys Golf)
1 League Championship (Baseball)
4 Individual State Championships (McPhail, Eck, Fairchild, Anderson)
5 Individual Runners-Up (Meyer, Fairchild, Cates, 4x100, Marx)
10 Individual Top Four State Finish (4x800, Scott, Fairchild, Fairchild, Marx, Eck, 4x400, Liby, Fairchild, Fairchild)
6 Individual Regional Championships (4x400, Hunter, Scott, Venjohn, Hein, 4x800)
5 First Team All-State Selections (Eck, Eck, Choate, Gordon, Grimes)
2 Second Team All-State Selections (Bugner, Hahn)
6 All-Metro Selections (Eck, Schrader, Hunter, Ryan, Eck, Fairchild,)
3. Buhler Crusaders
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 14
Total Points: 304
1 Class 4A Runner-Up (Baseball)
1 Top Four State Finish (Boys Tennis)
3 Individual State Championships (Hawkins, Hawkins, Engelken/Engelken)
2 Individual Runners-Up (4x800, Engelland)
2 Individual Top Four State Finishes (4x100, Bentley)
5 First Team All-State Selections (Neill, Hutton, Fredrick, Tanksley, Epp)
6 Second Team All-State Selections (Hawkinson, Henderson, McCrudy, Goans, Mattison, DeMeyer)
4. Garden Plain Owls
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 12
Total Points: 301
1 Class 2A State Championship (Girls Track and Field)
1 State Runners-Up (Softball)
1 League Championship (Baseball)
4 Individual State Championships (Hammond, Hammond, 4x100, Catlin)
2 Individual Runners-Up (4x400, Puetz)
2 Individual Top Four State Finishes (Cordova, Rose Gorges)
5 Individual Regional Championships (Byers, Dreiling, Puetz, Catlin)
5 First Team All-State Selections (Eck, Eck, Choate, Gordon, Grimes)
2 Second Team All-State Selections (Bugner, Hahn)
4 All-Metro Selections (Eck, Schrader, 4x100, Rockers)
5. Trinity Academy Knights
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 17
Total Points: 278
1 Class 4A State Championship (Boys Golf)
1 State Runner-Up (Boys Tennis)
2 Regional Championships (Baseball, Girls Soccer)
2 Individual State Championships (Vanlandingham, Weatherford)
2 Individual Runners-Up (Majors, 400 Free Relay)
3 Individual Top Four State Finish (Kerr, Weatherford, 200 Free Relay)
3 Individual Regional Championships (Lieb, Scheufler, Hedstrom)
4 Second Team All-State Selections (Adler, Klaver, Winter, Hancock)
2 All-Metro Selections (Adler, Vanlandingham)
6. Cheney Cardinals
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 11
Total Points: 276
7. Maize Eagles
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 8
Total Points: 232
8. Augusta Orioles
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 19
Total Points: 221
9. Derby Panthers
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 7
Total Points: 221
9. Campus Colts
Last Year’s Spring Ranking: 15
Total Points: 207
11. Kapaun Mt. Carmel Crusaders
Total Points: 201
12. Maize South Mavericks
Total Points: 169
13. Valley Center Hornets
Total Points: 161
14. Andover Trojans
Total Points: 158
15. McPherson Bullpups
Total Points: 154
15. Newton Railroaders
Total Points: 154
17. Wichita East Blue Aces
Total Points: 150
18. Circle Thunderbirds
Total Points: 128
19. Goddard Lions
Total Points: 126
20. Wichita Northwest Grizzlies
Total Points: 112
21. Mulvane Wildcats
Total Points: 109
22. Sedgwick Cardinals
Total Points: 106
23. Andover Central Jaguars
Total Points: 94
23. Salina South Cougars
Total Points: 94
25. Hutchinson Salthawks
Total Points: 84
26. Rose Hill Rockets
Total Points: 83
27. Arkansas City Bulldogs
Total Points: 78
27. Winfield Vikings
Total Points: 78
29. Salina Central Mustangs
Total Points: 76
29. Wellington Crusaders
Total Points: 76
29. Collegiate Spartans
Total Points: 76
32. Hesston Swathers
Total Points: 70
33. Eisenhower Tigers
Total Points: 65
34. Wichita North Redskins
Total Points: 64
35. Wichita Heights Falcons
Total Points: 58
35. Wichita West Pioneers
Total Points: 58
37. Independent Panthers
Total Points: 56
38. Wichita South Titans
Total Points: 38
39. Haven Wildcats
Total Points: 36
40. Halstead Dragons
Total Points: 34
41. Clearwater Indians
Total Points: 30
42. El Dorado Wildcats
Total Points: 18
43. Conway Springs Cardinals
Total Points: 16
44. Douglass Bulldogs
Total Points: 8
45. Wichita Southeast Golden Buffaloes
Total Points: 4
46. Belle Plaine Dragons
Total Points: 0
How it works
Team Sports
State Championship: 125 Points
State Runner-Up: 100
Top Four State Finish: 75
Regional Championship: 50
League Championship: 25
First Team All-State Selection: 6
Second Team All-State Selection: 4
All-Metro Selection: 2
Individual Sports
Team State Championship: 50 Points
Team Runner-Up: 40
Team Top Four State Finish: 30
Team Regional Championship: 20
Team League Championship: 10
Individual State Championship: 10
Individual Runner-Up: 8
Individual Top Four State Finish: 6
Individual Regional Championship: 4
All-Metro Selection: 2
Programs competing in team sports earn more points based on their successes because of the cumulative, simultaneous effort of the group. Also, though individual sports do not typically earn more points after individual performances are added, the difference is much smaller.
Teams that win a state championship in a team sport are not given cumulative points, meaning 50+40+30, Etc. for winning a quarterfinal or semifinal game. The team’s ultimate finish dictates how many points are earned.
Individuals who win a state championship in an individual sport are not given cumulative points, meaning 10+8+6, Etc. for reaching a semifinal or winning a regional title, too. An athlete’s ultimate finish dictates how many points are earned for his/her team.
Because swimming and diving does not have a regional meet, league meets are counted as regionals, and points are reflected as such.
This story was originally published June 25, 2019 at 3:34 PM.