There are 23 Kansas high school sporting events, but not every KSHSAA member school competes in all in 23.
Kansas’ larger high schools often have more state championships overall than the smaller ones because they have more opportunities to win them. So The Eagle has taken a dive into the state’s leaders in state championships at each classification.
Note: Classifications were based on the 2019-20 basketball assignments, given every Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) school competes in boys and girls basketball.
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Championships by classification
Class 6A
Shawnee Mission East has ruled Kansas’ largest classification with 92 state championships across 19 sports. That is among the most sports to have a title in all of Kansas.
Of Lawrence’s 91 titles, 77 of them came before 2000, but in the past 20 years, the Chesty Lions have championships in nine sports.
Wichita East had the most state titles of any Kansas high school in every decade except one until the 1970s.
High school | No. |
| Blue Valley North | 65 |
| Olathe East | 55 |
| Wyandotte | 49 |
| Shawnee Mission South | 45 |
| Washburn Rural | 44 |
| Manhattan | 41 |
| Wichita Southeast | 37 |
| Liberal | 35 |
| Hutchinson | 29 |
| Blue Valley Northwest | 28 |
| Stilwell Blue Valley | 28 |
| Wichita South | 27 |
| Blue Valley West | 25 |
| Wichita Heights | 24 |
| Shawnee Mission North | 24 |
| Wichita North | 23 |
| Derby | 22 |
| Olathe North | 20 |
| Shawnee Mission West | 20 |
| Garden City | 18 |
| Junction City | 18 |
| Olathe South | 18 |
| Topeka | 17 |
| Lawrence Free State | 15 |
| Wichita West | 10 |
| Haysville Campus | 9 |
| Mill Valley | 8 |
| Dodge City | 6 |
| Olathe Northwest | 6 |
| Gardner Edgerton | 5 |
| Olathe West | 1 |
Class 5A
Aquinas has the most titles of any high school in Kansas history, with 110, and all of them have come since 1980. The Saints have 32 in boys and girls soccer.
Kapaun won the 1980s and has 27 titles in golf and 15 in girls tennis alone. The Crusaders’ 86 titles are second-most in the Wichita area.
Kapaun’s City League rival, Bishop Carroll, comes in third in 5A with 61 titles. The Golden Eagles won just 20 before 2000. Their 41 in the past 20 years are among the most in Kansas.
| High school | No. |
| St. Thomas Aquinas | 110 |
| Kapaun Mt. Carmel | 86 |
| Bishop Carroll | 61 |
| Arkansas City | 41 |
| McPherson | 36 |
| Salina Central | 28 |
| Newton | 27 |
| Shawnee Heights | 26 |
| Leavenworth | 26 |
| St. James Academy | 25 |
| Emporia | 22 |
| Great Bend | 22 |
| Topeka Seaman | 22 |
| Andover | 20 |
| Goddard | 20 |
| Topeka West | 20 |
| Hays | 18 |
| Maize | 17 |
| Salina South | 16 |
| Sumner Academy | 14 |
| Andover Central | 12 |
| Wichita Northwest | 11 |
| Topeka Highland Park | 10 |
| Blue Valley Southwest | 10 |
| Bonner Springs | 8 |
| Spring Hill | 8 |
| Lansing | 6 |
| De Soto | 5 |
| Goddard Eisenhower | 4 |
| Maize South | 3 |
| Pittsburg | 3 |
| Basehor-Linwood | 3 |
| Valley Center | 2 |
| Schlagle | 2 |
| Washington | 2 |
| Turner | 1 |
Class 4A
Bishop Miege has 44 more titles than the next-closest Class 4A high school. The Stags’ 106 are second-most in Kansas all-time.
Topeka Hayden comes in second in 4A with 62 championships. The Wildcats have titles in an unbelievable 13 sports.
Baldwin’s cross country dominance has the Bulldogs up to third in 4A. Baldwin has won 24 of its 41 championships in cross country, with nine more coming in track.
| High school | No. |
| Bishop Miege | 106 |
| Topeka Hayden | 62 |
| Baldwin | 41 |
| Buhler | 37 |
| Andale | 28 |
| Clay Center | 22 |
| Abilene | 19 |
| Ottawa | 19 |
| Winfield | 18 |
| Augusta | 17 |
| Parsons | 16 |
| Independence | 15 |
| Wamego | 15 |
| Coffeyville Field Kindley | 14 |
| Wellington | 12 |
| Holton | 12 |
| Nickerson | 10 |
| Kansas City Piper | 10 |
| Rose Hill | 9 |
| Ulysses | 9 |
| Mulvane | 8 |
| El Dorado | 7 |
| Fort Scott | 7 |
| Pratt | 7 |
| Atchison | 7 |
| Paola | 7 |
| Clearwater | 6 |
| Chapman | 5 |
| Iola | 5 |
| Benton/Towanda Circle | 4 |
| Chanute | 4 |
| Girard | 4 |
| Eudora | 3 |
| Louisburg | 2 |
| Tonganoxie | 1 |
Class 3A
Collegiate’s 53 tennis championships are the most of any high school in one sport in Kansas history. Out of Class 3A, the Spartans have the most titles in Wichita.
Silver Lake won its first title in 1953 and hasn’t won fewer than five championships in any decade since the 1960s.
Nemaha Central’s 41 titles are the third-most in 3A. The Thunder used to be Baileyville B&B and also incorporated titles from Bern High School.
| High school | No. |
| Wichita Collegiate | 89 |
| Silver Lake | 53 |
| Baileyville B&B/Seneca Nemaha Central | 41 |
| Concordia | 34 |
| Lenora/Norton | 30 |
| Shallow Water/Scott City | 29 |
| Hesston | 22 |
| Assaria/Kipp/Gypsum Southeast of Saline | 21 |
| St. Marys | 19 |
| Bishop Ward | 19 |
| Smoky Valley | 18 |
| Edson/Goodland | 17 |
| Riley County | 17 |
| Beloit | 16 |
| Halstead | 15 |
| Lakin | 15 |
| Hoisington | 14 |
| Marysville | 14 |
| Sabetha | 14 |
| Douglass | 13 |
| Colby | 13 |
| Columbus | 13 |
| Holcomb | 12 |
| Mount Hope/Partridge/Haven | 11 |
| Wichita Trinity Academy | 11 |
| Carbondale Santa Fe Trail | 11 |
| Larned | 11 |
| Anthony/Harper-Chaparral | 10 |
| Hays Thomas More Prep | 10 |
| Baxter Springs | 9 |
| Lyons | 9 |
| Cheney | 8 |
| Hugoton | 8 |
| Osage City | 7 |
| Riverton | 7 |
| Kingman | 6 |
| Atchison County | 6 |
| Frontenac | 6 |
| Kismet Southwestern Heights | 6 |
| Russell | 6 |
| Wellsville | 6 |
| Atchison Maur Hill | 6 |
| Fredonia | 5 |
| Minneapolis | 5 |
| Phillipsburg | 5 |
| Caney Valley | 4 |
| Council Grove/Wilsey | 4 |
| Hiawatha | 4 |
| Burlington | 3 |
| Cimarron | 3 |
| Garnett Anderson County | 3 |
| Humboldt | 3 |
| Council Grove/Dwight/Wilsey | 2 |
| Galena | 2 |
| Hoyt Royal Valley | 2 |
| Westmoreland/St. George Rock Creek | 2 |
| Perry Lecompton | 2 |
| Easton Pleasant Ridge | 1 |
| Eureka | 1 |
| LaCygne Priairie View | 1 |
| Meriden Jefferson West | 1 |
| Neodesha | 1 |
| Parker/Prairie View | 1 |
| Osawatomie | 1 |
| Thayer/Cherryvale | 1 |
Class 2A
Sacred Heart is arguably the most impressive high school in Kansas, with at least three titles in nine sports. Its 40 championships leads Class 2A.
St. Mary’s Colgan won only team-sport championships until 1993. Since then, Colgan has 31 championships and 38 total, including 19 in baseball.
Stanton County has 34 total titles and 30 in cross country and track alone, which is among the most in Kansas.
| High school | No. |
| Salina Sacred Heart | 40 |
| Pittsburg St. Mary’s Colgan | 38 |
| Johnson Stanton County | 34 |
| Garden Plain | 28 |
| Moundridge | 26 |
| Bogue/Morland/Hill City | 22 |
| Conway Springs | 20 |
| Lebanon/Smith Center | 19 |
| Hoxie | 17 |
| Durham/Hillsboro | 16 |
| Kansas City Christian | 15 |
| Wichita Independent | 14 |
| Shawnee Maranatha Academy | 13 |
| Bennington | 12 |
| Elmdale/Strong City/Cottonwood Falls Chase County | 12 |
| Oakley | 12 |
| Sterling | 12 |
| Belleville Republic County | 11 |
| Hutchinson Trinity | 9 |
| Ellsworth | 9 |
| Inman | 9 |
| Soldier/Jackson Heights | 9 |
| Sublette | 9 |
| Allen Americus Northern Heights | 8 |
| Ellinwood | 8 |
| Nortonville/Winchester Jefferson County North | 8 |
| Rossville | 8 |
| Plainville | 7 |
| Spearville/Windthorst | 7 |
| Syracuse | 7 |
| Canton Galva | 6 |
| Blue Rapids Valley Heights | 6 |
| Leoti Wichita County | 6 |
| Medicine Lodge | 6 |
| Richmond Central Heights | 6 |
| WaKeeney Trego | 6 |
| Alma Wabaunsee | 5 |
| Marion Florence | 5 |
| Leon Bluestem | 4 |
| Brookville Ell-Saline | 4 |
| Elkhart | 4 |
| Ellis | 4 |
| Eskridge Harveyville Mission Valley | 4 |
| Herington | 4 |
| Pratt Skyline | 4 |
| Chautauqua/Sedan | 3 |
| Erie | 3 |
| Lyndon | 3 |
| Belle Plaine | 2 |
| Yates Center | 2 |
| Olathe Heritage Christian Academy | 2 |
| Sedgwick | 1 |
| Whitewater Remington | 1 |
| Oskaloosa | 1 |
| Arma Northeast | 1 |
| Horton | 1 |
| Howard West Elk | 1 |
| Lawrence Bishop Seabury | 1 |
Class 1A
From the time Wheatland/Grinnell won its first title in 1974, it went only three calendar years without a championship until 1998, its second-most recent title.
Central Plains has incorporated several high schools and their titles. The tiny school out of Claflin has 35 titles across nine sports with at least three in each.
Centralia is a rare 1A school to have not incorporated any titles from a closed school. Centralia has 33 championships, with only seven before 2000.
| High school | No. |
| Grainfield Wheatland/Grinnell | 38 |
| Bushton Quivira Heights/Holyrood/Claflin/Central Plains | 35 |
| Centralia | 33 |
| Hanover | 18 |
| Tribune Greeley County | 18 |
| Little River Windom Geneseo | 16 |
| Olpe | 16 |
| St. Francis | 16 |
| Victoria | 16 |
| Atwood Rawlins County | 15 |
| Beloit St. John’s Tipton | 15 |
| Burrton | 14 |
| Burr Oak White Rock/Mankato Rock Hills | 14 |
| Hanston/Jetmore/Hodgeman County | 13 |
| Montezuma South Gray | 13 |
| Osborne | 13 |
| Elbing Berean Academy | 12 |
| Ashland | 12 |
| Quinter | 12 |
| St. John Hudson | 12 |
| Pretty Prairie | 11 |
| Almena Northern Valley | 11 |
| Ness City | 11 |
| Oberlin Decatur County | 11 |
| Protection/Coldwater South Central | 11 |
| Clifton Clyde | 10 |
| Denton/Altoona Midway | 10 |
| Sharon Springs Wallace County | 10 |
| Downs Lakeside | 9 |
| Lucas Luray/Sylvan Grove | 9 |
| St. John | 9 |
| Courtland/Scandia Pike Valley | 8 |
| Natoma/Paradise | 8 |
| Washington County | 8 |
| Frankfort | 7 |
| Stockton | 7 |
| Waverly | 7 |
| Winona Triplains Brewster | 7 |
| Bucklin | 6 |
| Macksville | 6 |
| Meade | 6 |
| Mullinville/Greensburg Haviland Kiowa County | 6 |
| Sylvia/Langdon Fairfield | 6 |
| Wakefield | 6 |
| Norwich | 5 |
| Burdett/Rozel Pawnee Heights | 5 |
| Kinsley | 5 |
| Lincoln | 5 |
| Goessel | 4 |
| Fowler | 4 |
| Highland Doniphan West | 4 |
| Kensington West Smith County/Thunder Ridge | 4 |
| Kiowa South Barber | 4 |
| Lebo | 4 |
| Logan Palco | 4 |
| Madison Hamilton | 4 |
| McCracken/La Crosse | 4 |
| Ransom/Healy/Western Plains | 4 |
| Udall | 3 |
| Attica | 3 |
| Axtell | 3 |
| Dighton | 3 |
| Lost Springs Centre | 3 |
| Melvern/Quenemo/Marais Des Cygnes Valley | 3 |
| Oxford | 3 |
| Ransom/Healy/Western Plains | 3 |
| Rolla | 3 |
| St. Paul | 3 |
| Troy | 3 |
| Argonia | 2 |
| Peabody Burns | 2 |
| Burden Central | 2 |
| Burlingame | 2 |
| Caldwell | 2 |
| Deerfield | 2 |
| Hope/Rural Vista | 2 |
| Linn | 2 |
| Selden/Rexford Golden Plains | 2 |
| Stafford | 2 |
| Weskan | 2 |
| Hutchinson Central Christian | 1 |
| Cunningham | 1 |
| Ingalls | 1 |
| Miltonvale/Southern Cloud | 1 |
| Minneola | 1 |
| Moscow | 1 |
| Onaga | 1 |
| Otis Bison | 1 |
| Satanta | 1 |
| Solomon | 1 |
| South Haven | 1 |
| Tescott | 1 |
| Valley Falls | 1 |
| Wilson | 1 |