Volleyball playoffs are underway now, and the football playoffs start next week.  All teams in the playoffs dream of a state championship, but of course only one team in each sport will win state.

But did you know that the Texas UIL each school year awards an overall state championship in each classification?  It is called the Lone Star Cup, and it is based on each school’s overall team achievement in the following sanctioned UIL Academic/Athletic/Music competitions:

*** Academic State

*** Baseball

*** Basketball

*** Congress

*** Cross Country (Individual Sport)

*** Film

*** Football

*** Golf (Individual Sport)

*** Marching Band

*** Mariachi Band

*** One-Act Play

*** Robotics

*** Soccer

*** Softball

*** Spirit

*** Swimming and Diving (Individual Sport)

*** Team Tennis

*** Tennis

*** Theatrical Design

*** Track and Field (Individual Sport)

***Volleyball

*** Wrestling (Individual Sport)

Standings for the Lone Star Cup are compiled via a year-long accumulation of points based on team success at the district and state level.  The points awarded vary for each competition, but for instance in football and other team sports:

First place in District……………. 4 points

Playoff Berth ……………………….  2 points

Each playoff victory ……………..  2 points

State Championship …………….  4 points

Below are the top finishers in each classification for the 2020/21 school year, along with other high finishers from the Central Texas area.

Class 6A

1.  Conroe The Woodlands
2. Southlake Carroll
3. Austin Westlake
4. Lewisville Flower Mound
5. Arlington Martin / Katy Seven Lakes (tie)
6. Allen
7. Deer Park / Katy Tompkins (tie)
8. Austin Lake Travis / San Antonio Reagan (tie)
9. Rockwall Heath
10. Humble Atascocita

Class 5A

1.  Dallas Highland Park
2. Friendswood
3. Grapevine
4. Amarillo
5. Cedar Park / Lucas Lovejoy (tie)
6. Dripping Springs / Frisco Wakeland (tie)
7. Aledo
8. Boerne Champion
9. Mont Belvieu Barbers Hill
10. Canyon Randall / Colleyville Heritage (tie)

Class 4A

1. Argyle
2. Canyon
3. Boerne
4. Melissa
5. Lindale
6. Corpus Christi Calallen / Midlothian Heritage (tie)
7. Salado
8. China Spring / Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway (tie)
9. Huffman Hargrave / Texarkana Pleasant Grove
10. Celina

Others in Class 4A:  #14 Stephenville, #15 Carthage, #17 Kennedale, #23 Waco La Vega

Class 3A

1. Brock
2. Holliday
3. Corpus Christi London / Shallowater (tie)
4. Lorena
5. Lago Vista
6. Gunter
7. Tuscola Jim Ned
8. Bushland / Whitesboro
9. Atlanta
10. Little River Academy

Class 2A

1. Shiner
2. Mason
3. Crawford
4. Panhandle
5. Normangee
6. Martin’s Mill
7. Lindsay
8. Lipan / Thrall
9. Christoval
10. Sundown

Other in Class 2A:  #15 Cisco

Class 1A

1. Nazareth
2. D’Hanis
3. Dodd City
4. Rankin
5. Neches / Sterling City (tie)
6. Abbott / Blum (tie)
7. Cumby Miller Grove
8. Slidell
9. Clyde Eula
10. Gail Borden County

Other in Class 1A:  #23 Cross Plains