Madison Central, Germantown headline 2018-19 All-Sports Awards winners

There’s a new 6A All-Sports Award champion for the third year in a row.

Madison Central beat out Ocean Springs to claim the award. In 5A, Germantown secured its second straight Clarion Ledger All-Sports Award.

The Clarion Ledger has decided an all-sports champion in each MHSAA class for the past 30 years. This season's totals included 23 sports: 11 girls sports, 11 boys sports and combined teams in archery and tennis.

Here’s how each classification shaped out.

6A

Madison Central accrued 367.5 points to win the award for 6A, with championships in boys tennis, girls tennis and girls swimming, along with runner-up finishes in boys swimming, girls soccer and golf.

Ocean Springs, last year’s champion, picked up titles in cross country, girls golf and girls soccer to finish second with 330.5 points.

Runner-up finishes in archery, girls tennis and soccer allowed Northwest Rankin to come in third with 306.5. Brandon also tallied over 300 points (302) with the help of a volleyball title and a runner-up finish in fast-pitch softball.

5A

Germantown was the lone 5A school to earn over 300 points (334), bolstered by championships in golf, powerlifting and tennis. They also added a runner-up finish in girls golf and top-three finishes in cross country and track and field.

Lafayette earned 291.5 points for second place, with a girls soccer title, a boys bowling title and runner-up finishes in girls tennis, boys tennis, baseball. Neshoba Central won titles in fast-pitch softball, slow-pitch softball and girls bowling to finish third in the classification with 260.5 points.

4A

Pontotoc won the All-Sports Award without winning any state titles this past school year. The school totaled 261.5 points with state runner-up finishes in cross country and track and field. Corinth wasn’t far off, tallying 231 points with the help of a boys golf championship, and girls and boys cross country titles.

Vancleave, the only other 4A team to earn over 200 points (210.5), won volleyball and girls golf titles.

3A

St. Andrew’s coasted to the 3A All-Sports crown for the second school year in a row. The school earned 377 points, the most of any team regardless of classification.

They won titles in girls swimming, boys tennis and girls tennis. St. Andrew's also won the overall 3A team tennis title and a girls track and field championship.

Kossuth won titles in girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, and boys and girls bowling to earn 273 points and a second-place finish. Titles in slow-pitch softball and fast-pitch softball helped South Pontotoc accumulate 180.5 points to come in third.

2A

Class 2A’s All-Sports Award was the closest of all classifications. Madison-St. Joseph, last year’s runner-up, compiled 240.5 points to win the award. They won titles in girls golf and boys swimming. St. Patrick totaled 219 points to finish on the heels of St. Joe.

East Union, the 2017-18 champion, finished in third place with 204 points, winning titles in slow-pitch softball and girls powerlifting.  

1A

While the 2A All-Sports Awards race was closely contested, the 1A race was completely lopsided. Tupelo Christian Preparatory School racked up 350.5 points to win the award for the fourth year in a row.

They won titles across the board in cross country and track and field, won another in girls tennis and had runner-up finishes in boys golf and boys tennis. Sacred Heart tallied 213 points, winning boys and girls soccer titles and the overall tennis title. Resurrection Catholic finished third with 136.5 points.

Top 10 results in each class

6A

1. Madison Central – 367.5

2. Ocean Springs – 330.5

3. Northwest Rankin – 306.5

4. Brandon – 302

5. Tupelo -273.5

6. Oxford – 273

7. Pearl – 246

8. Clinton – 227.5

9. Desoto Central – 219

10. Hernando – 215

5A

1. Germantown – 334

2. Lafayette – 296.5

3. Neshoba Central – 260.5

4. Long Beach – 241

5. Center Hill – 225.5

6. Lewisburg – 224

7. Saltillo – 206.5

8. Brookhaven – 205

9. West Jones – 182

10. Cleveland Central – 147.5

4A

1. Pontotoc – 261.5

2. Corinth – 231

3. Vancleave -210.5

4. West Lauderdale – 197.5

5. Florence - 158.5

6. Pass Christian – 158

7. New Albany – 156

8. Caledonia - 155.5

9. Amory – 154.5

10. Newton County – 146

3A

1. St. Andrew’s – 377

2. Kossuth – 273

3. South Pontotoc – 180.5

4. Wesson – 163

5. Choctaw Central – 154

6. North Pontotoc -- 145

7. Water Valley – 133

8. Columbia – 132.5

9. Nettleton – 128

10. Forest – 117.5

2A

1. Madison-St. Joseph – 240.5

2. St. Patrick – 219.5

3. East Union – 204

4. Calhoun City – 146

5. Loyd Star – 130.5

6. Walnut – 120.5

7. West Lincoln – 118.5

8. Pisgah – 116

9. Eupora – 114.5

10. Philadelphia – 106.5

1A

1. Tupelo Christian Preparatory School – 350.5

2. Sacred Heart – 213

3. Resurrection – 136.5

4. Myrtle – 120

5. Pine Grove – 113.5

6. Biggersville – 111.5

7. Smithville – 109

8. Hamilton – 107.5

9. Hickory Flat – 105.5

10. Simmons – 100.5