[Pulp Fiction]

Using the research I did for post #1, let's look at the State Championships of St. Xavier Tigers. A 6A, private school from Louisville and probably has the most overall accomplished athletics department in our Commonwealth. Since the adoption of the six class system (the '07/'08 school year), St. X has won multiple state titles each year. I have listed Classed and Non-Classed sports for reference. The years are listed as school years. The 2007 Boys Soccer season was played in the same school year as the 2008 Boys Tennis season. Fall sports and Spring sports do not cross the year barrier. Only winter sports do and those sports finish in the latter year.


2007/2008
Boys Soccer
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis

2008/2009
Boys Golf
Boys Soccer
Boys Swimming

2009/2010
3A Cross Country
6A Football
Boys Golf
Boys Soccer
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis

2010/2011
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis

2011/2012
3A Cross Country
Boys Soccer
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis

2012/2013
3A Cross Country
Boys Soccer
Boys Swimming
Wrestling
Boys Tennis

2013/2014
3A Cross Country
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis
Baseball

2014/2015
Boys Golf
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis

2015/2016
3A Cross Country
Boys Golf
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis
Baseball

2016/2017
3A Cross Country
Boys Golf
Boys Swimming
Boys Tennis



Other than Trinity, no other school can compare with these numbers recently. Not even other 6A schools, how does the KHSAA expect small schools to compete against this type of athletic program. Not just in the less populated areas of the state, but other teams in Region 7. Nobody will ever convince me the KHSAA shouldn't class all of their sports. My reply to anybody saying "keep it the way we've always had it" is this.... Why does the NCAA have Three divisions? If college athletics use a class system and every state that borders Kentucky uses a class system, then the KHSAA has no excuse. Maybe not all at once, but select five or six sports to start with and see how it goes. What we have now isn't working, it's only doing it's job because we are used to it.

St. Xavier has been a member of the KHSAA since 1920. According to the KHSAA website, here are St. X's Classed and Non-Classed team state championships. Bolded means they have the most team titles in the state, in that sport.


Cross Country: 22 :1:
(Next closest is Trinity with 18)
17 in Class 3A since 1971, When the three class system was adopted in CC.

Football: 12
3 in Class 3A; 8 in Class 4A; 1 in Class 6A
(Trinity leads with 24)

Golf: 21 :1:
(Next closest is Male with 7)

Soccer: 12 :1:
(Next closest is Ballard with 9)

Wrestling: 3
(Woodford County leads 13)

Basketball: 4
(Henry Clay & Lafayette tied with 6)

Swimming & Diving: 53 :1:
Consecutive since 1989 through 2017.
(Next closest is Highlands with 12)

Baseball: 7 :1:
(Next closest is Owensboro & DuPont Manual with 6)

Tennis: 26 :1:
(Next closest is Trinity with 5)

Track & Field: 10
3 Non-classed; 1 tie; 6 in Class 3A.
(Male leads with 32. 17 in Class 3A, 15 non-classed)


- St. X leads six of the ten boys sports with the most state championships. St. X has not won any state titles in the sport activities which started in 2012 (Bowling, Bass Fishing, Archery).
- Of the four (2 Classed, 2 Non-Classed) sports they don't lead in, a 5A or 6A school does.
- Of the six (5 Non-Classed, 1 Classed) sports they do lead in, the next closest teams are 5A or 6A.