Fifty-three schools won state titles in 2012-2013 season
May 16, 2013 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365
With Desert Mountain and Notre Dame Prep winning the Division I and Division II baseball crowns, respectively, on Tuesday night, the 2012-2013 prep athletic year ended.
That means the championship scorecard is complete and there are facts and figures that can now be told. Here they are:
There were 72 championship trophies handed out covering 13 sports. Fifty-three schools won a state title. Walking away with the most was Xavier Prep with five. Brophy Prep and Salpointe Catholic notched four apiece and Ironwood Ridge captured three. Seven schools won two -- Blue Ridge, Catalina Foothills, Flagstaff, Hopi, Joy Christian, Pusch Ridge and Thunderbird. Private schools took home 26 of the titles.
The breakdown:
XAVIER (5) -- Cross country, golf, swimming, soccer and tennis. BROPHY (4) -- Swimming, soccer, tennis and track. SALPOINTE (4) -- Girls golf, girls swimming, boys soccer and girls track. IRONWOOD RIDGE (3) -- Football, wrestling and boys tennis. BLUE RIDGE (2) -- Fall boys soccer and fall girls soccer. CATALINA FOOTHILLS (2) -- Girls soccer and girls tennis. FLAGSTAFF (2) -- Girls cross country and girls volleyball. HOPI (2) -- Girls cross country and boys cross country. JOY CHRISTIAN (2) -- Football and boys basketball. PUSCH RIDGE (2) -- Boys tennis and girls track. THUNDERBIRD (2) -- Fall boys golf and wrestling. ARCADIA -- Boys swimming. ARIZONA LUTHERAN -- Boys track. CACTUS SHADOWS -- Boys cross country. CAMP VERDE -- Wrestling. CAMPO VERDE -- Girls soccer. CHANDLER -- Girls track. CORONA DEL SOL -- Boys basketball. CORTEZ -- Boys soccer. DESERT CHRISTIAN -- Baseball. DESERT MOUNTAIN -- Baseball. DESERT VISTA -- Boys cross country. ESTRELLA FOOTHILLS -- Softball. FOUNTAIN HILLS -- Baseball. GILBERT CHRISTIAN -- Boys basketball. HAMILTON -- Football. HIGHLAND -- Boys volleyball. HORIZON -- Grils volleyball. MIAMI -- Girls tennis. MINGUS -- Girls track. MOUNTAIN POINTE -- Badminton. MESA MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Fall boys golf. NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN -- Football. NOTRE DAME -- Baseball. PAGE -- Girls cross country. PARADISE VALLEY -- Boys basketball. QUEEN CREEK -- Football. RAYMOND KELLIS -- Boys track. RED MOUNTAIN -- Softball. RIO RICO -- Boys cross country. SAGUARO -- Girls basketball. ST. MARY'S -- Girls basketball. SALT RIVER -- Girls basketball. SAN MANUEL -- Softball. SEDONA RED ROCK -- Girls volleyball. SETON CATHOLIC -- Football. SUNNYSIDE -- Wrestling. SUNRISE MOUNTAIN -- Softball. TUBA CITY -- Girls volleyball. VALLEY CHRISTIAN -- Spring boys golf. VERITAS PREP -- Girls volleyball. WILLIAMS FIELD -- Boys track. WINSLOW -- Girls basketball.