St. Andrew's Episcopal wins 2023-2024 MHSAA All-Sports Award for Class 2A
JACKSON — The MHSAA's 2023-2024 athletic season is in the books, and it's time to recognize the athletic programs that excelled across the board in the past year with the Blue Cross & Blue Shield Mississippi All-Sports Award powered by the the MHSAA and SB Live. The awards are designed to identify the top schools in the state in overall athletic performance for the given school year.
The winners are decided by a points-based system in which schools are rewarded for both reaching the post-season and advancing once their teams get there.
State Championships are worth a total of 30 points, with the runners-up receiving 25 and the teams that reached the semifinal (or finished third) earning 20, and so on. Each team that reached the post-season in a team sport or finished in the top eight in a state meet earned some points.
This year, the MHSAA sponsored 22 different sports, including volleyball, girls and boys swimming, boys and girls cross country, football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls bowling, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls powerlifting, boys and girls track, girls and boys golf, softball, baseball, tennis and archery.
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Without further ado, here's a look at the schools in the MHSAA’s Class 2A that excelled on the fields, courts and arenas across the Magnolia State. Congratulations to all our honorees.
Class 2A All Sports Winners
1. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Saints (325)
State Titles: Girls swimming, Boys Swimming, Girls Cross Country, Boy Cross Country, Boys Soccer, Boys Track, Baseball
Before realignment, St. Andrew’s was a front-runner for this award year-in and year-out in Class 3A. They took that success to new heights in Class 2A this year, winning a remarkable seven state championships. The Saints also finished first runner-up in girls track and played for a state title in volleyball.
2. East Union Urchins (217.5)
State titles: Girls powerlifting, Softball
East Union got off to a solid start in the fall, with the volleyball team advancing to the third round of the playoffs and both the boys and girls finishing second in the state cross country meet. Their score was buoyed, as usual, by a state championship in softball and a championship series appearance in baseball.
3. Eupora Eagles (152.5)
State titles: Boys Golf
The 2023-2024 athletic year was another solid one for Eupora, an athletic program that charted points in half of the 22 sports. The state championship in golf was huge, but the Eagles also made the playoffs in volleyball, football, girls and boys basketball and advanced past the first round in softball and baseball. Both Eagle cross-country teams notched top-three finishes at their respective state meets.
The best of the rest:
4. Loyd Star (122.5)
5. Union (120)
6. Charleston (117.5)
7. Walnut (110)
8. Ingomar (107.5)
9. Clarkdale (102.5)
10. Pelahatchie (100)
TYLER CLEVELAND