Lone Star Cup Winners Crowned
By Chris Schmidt, Public Affairs Representative | Monday, August 27, 2012 2:03 PM
Lake Travis activity coordinators, school board members and the superintendent (far right) celebrate the Lone Star Cup win at the district convocation ceremonies. Assistant Athletic Director Traci Neely presented the trophy and a $1,000 check to Superintendent Brad Lancaster.
Photo by Jeanne Acton
Each year, schools around the state compete for the right to be called UIL state champion. Those state champions then compete for the right to take home the UIL Lone Star Cup.
The UIL Lone Star Cup Award recognizes five high schools – one in each of the five UIL classifications – each year based on their overall team achievement in a variety of sanctioned academic, athletic and music championships. In 2012, Southlake Carroll, Austin Lake Travis, Argyle, White Oak and Lindsay won the coveted trophy with their overall excellence in UIL competitions.
With five state championships in the 2011-12 season, Southlake Carroll High School captured its third Lone Star Cup victory and first in Conference 5A with 100 points. The Dragons’ five state titles, most among Lone Star Cup winners, came in football, boys’ and girls’ cross country and boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving.
Austin Lake Travis High School scored 112 Lone Star Cup points, the most in school history, en route to its first-ever Lone Star Cup victory. The Cavaliers repeated as state champions in volleyball, football and boys’ golf and earned points for participating at the state level in marching band, team tennis, girls golf and baseball.
With state championship victories in academics and boys basketball, a state runner-up in football and as reigning 3A marching band state champs, Argyle High School won its third Lone Star Cup trophy. Argyle and Southlake Carroll are the only schools to win Lone Star Cups in multiple conferences. The Eagles were champions in 2006 in 2A and 2009 in 3A.
White Oak High School captured its first Lone Star Cup trophy after winning state championships in academics and boys’ basketball. The Roughnecks also placed fourth at the State Marching Band Contest and were state semifinalists in volleyball.
After state runner-up finishes in academics and girls’ track and field and lengthy playoff runs in volleyball and softball, Lindsay High School claimed its sixth Lone Star Cup trophy. With its six victories, the Knights have the most Lone Star Cup wins in Conference 1A and are only three behind overall leader Dallas Highland Park.
Each Lone Star Cup winner will be presented with the trophy and a $1,000 scholarship check.
Below are the Top Ten schools in each classification for the 2012 UIL Lone Star Cup Standings:
1A
1. * Lindsay 66 pts.
2. Shiner 66 pts.
3. Stamford 56 pts.
4. Mason 46 pts.
4. Windthorst 46 pts.
6. Martin’s Mill 44 pts.
6. Munday 44 pts.
8. Lovelady 42 pts.
8. Seymour 42 pts.
10. Cayuga 40 pts.
10. Clarksville 40 pts.
10. Flatonia 40 pts.
10. Grapeland 40 pts.
10. Muenster 40 pts.
* Lindsay wins tiebreaker.
2A
1. White Oak 68 pts.
2. Melissa 64 pts.
3. Brock 62 pts.
4. Poth 56 pts.
5. Wall 54 pts.
6. Holliday 48 pts.
7. Tatum 47 pts.
8. Crawford 46 pts.
9. Bushland 44 pts.
10. Gunter 42 pts.
3A
1. Argyle 94 pts.
2. Abilene Wylie 72 pts.
2. Lucas Lovejoy 72 pts.
4. Liberty Hill 64 pts.
5. Celina 58 pts.
5. Lubbock Cooper 58 pts.
7. Andrews 56 pts.
8. West Columbia Columbia 54 pts.
9. La Vernia 50 pts.
9. Lorena 50 pts.
4A
1. Austin Lake Travis 112 pts.
2. Dallas Highland Park 106 pts.
3. Friendswood 80 pts.
4. Montgomery 79 pts.
5. Waco Midway 78 pts.
6. Cedar Park 76 pts.
7. San Antonio Alamo Heights 74 pts.
8. Aledo 68 pts.
9. Northwest Nelson 64 pts.
10. Canyon Randall 58 pts.
5A
1. Southlake Carroll 100 pts.
2. Conroe The Woodlands 92.5 pts.
3. San Antonio Reagan 76 pts.
4. Austin Westlake 74 pts.
5. Lewisville Marcus 66 pts.
6. Katy Seven Lakes 64 pts.
7. Mission Sharyland 62 pts.
8. Deer Park 60 pts.
8. Northside O’Connor 60 pts.
10. Arlington Martin 58 pts.
10. Laredo Alexander 58 pts.
10. San Antonio Churchill 58 pts.