Outgoing Chapin High principal Akil Ross summed up his school’s championship success in one sentence.

“You can’t spell “Champion” without Chapin,” said Ross after watching the boys’ soccer team claim its third straight championship, second in a row in Class 4A and the school’s 51st athletics title overall.

Chapin would add a baseball title to go with the S.C. High School League-best 14th championship in competitive cheer. Both the wrestling team and girls’ lacrosse also finished state runners-up for the second straight year.

This success translated into Chapin having the highest point total of any Chronicle Country school, according to a points system used by the S.C. Athletic Administrators Association to measure the state’s top athletics programs.

The school finished with a score of 860 in the annual Carlisle Cup, formerly known as the Director’s Cup, which utilizes a point system to gauge each school’s cumulative postseason success in 11 boys and 11 girls sports.

Chapin’s point total was third best among Class 4A schools and sixth among all schools. It was followed locally by future Region 5-5A rivals Lexington (775) and River Bluff (685), which placed third and fourth, respectively, in Class 5A along with sixth place Dutch Fork

(630).

Lexington claimed the Class 5A girls golf title for a state-record 13th time and was state runner-up in girls’ soccer. River Bluff came away with the girls’ tennis title and was runner-up for the second consecutive year in wrestling. Dutch Fork won its ninth competitive cheer title and repeated as Class 5A football champion.

Gilbert was the highest-ranked Chronicle Country school in Class 3A, followed by Batesburg-Leesville

(370), which placed fifth in Class 2A.

Bishop England was the overall Carlisle Cup winner with 1,280 points. It was followed by Wando, Dorman, Hilton Head Island and Eastside.

FINAL 2017-18 CARLISLE CUP STANDINGS

CLASS 5A

1. Wando (1,230), 2. Dorman (1,050), 3. Lexington (775), 4. River Bluff

(685), 5. J.L. Mann (670),

6. Fort Mill (645), 7. Dutch Fork (630), 8. Riverside

(610), 9. Nation Ford (530),

10. Spartanburg (520), 11. Spring Valley (510), 12. J.F. Byrnes (505), 13. Mauldin

(496.6), 14. Boiling Springs

(470), 15. Blythewood

(460), 16. Summerville

(420), 17. Hillcrest (396.6),

18. Fort Dorchester & Rock Hill (380), 20. T.L. Hanna

(370), 21. Clover (360), 22. Gaffney (320), 23. Wade Hampton (290), 24. Ashley Ridge (280), 25. Carolina Forest (260), 26. Woodmont

(255), 27. James Island

(250), 28. White Knoll

(236.6), 29. Northwestern & Socastee (230), 31. Irmo

(215), 32. West Ashley

(210), 33. West Florence

(180), 34. Greenwood

(170), 35. Stratford & Sumter (160), 37. Conway, Easley & Goose Creek (150),

40. Westside (105), 41. South Florence (60), 42. Laurens (30).

CLASS 4A

1. Hilton Head Island

(940), 2. Eastside (920), 3. Chapin (860), 4. A.C. Flora

(800), 5. Greenville (700),

6. Daniel (610), 7. South Aiken (590), 8. St. James

(560), 9. Myrtle Beach

(500), 10. Hartsville (460),

11. Beaufort (440), 12. Travelers Rest (430), 13. Greer & North Augusta

(390), 15. North Myrtle Beach & Wren (380), 17. Dreher (370), 18. Berkeley and Westwood (360), 20. South Pointe (350), 21. Ridge View (330), 22. Aiken

(300), 23. Lancaster & Lugoff-Elgin (290), 25. Cane Bay (280), 26. Airport & Belton-Honea Path (270),

28. Wilson (260), 29. Blue Ridge (250), 30. York (240),

31. Midland Valley (220),

32. Union County (200), 33. Pickens (190), 34. Darlington & Lower Richland

(180), 36. Colleton County

(160), 37. Crestwood & Lakewood (150), 39. Orangeburg-Wilkinson & Richland Northeast (90), 41. Stall (70), 42. Marlboro County (30)

CLASS 3A

1. Bishop England (1,270), 2. May River (780),

3. Waccamaw (760), 4. Seneca (625), 5. Bluffton (560),

6. Indian Ford (480), 7. Palmetto (458.33), 8. Walhalla

(430), 9. Woodruff (420),

10. Hanahan (415), 11. Chapman (385), 12. Gilbert, Pendleton and Powdersville (380), 15. Camden and Mid-Carolina (330), 17. Brookland-Cayce (300) & Swansea (300), 19. West Oak (275), 20. Clinton

(260), 21. Georgetown

(253.33), 22. Broome & Southside (250), 24. Oceanside Academy (240),

25. Battery Creek (225), 26. Wade Hampton (223.33),

27. Emerald & Newberry

(220), 29. Berea (210), 30. Ayner & Dillon (200), 32. Crescent (190),

33. Ridgeland-Hardeeville

(180), 34. Chester (173.3),

35. Manning (170), 36. Strom Thurmond (160), 37. Fairfield Central (150), 38. Loris (140), 39. Pelion

(123.33), 40. Timberland

(103.33), 41. Columbia

(90), 42. Lake City (80),

43. Carolina & Lake Marion

(70), 45. Edisto (30)

CLASS 2A

1. St. Joseph’s (760),

2. Academic Magnet (730),

3. Christ Church (710), 4. Southside Christian (550),

5. Batesburg-Leesville

(370), 6. Marion (360), 7. Woodland (350), 8. Bamberg-Ehrhardt & Ninety-Six

(340), 10. GCA (320), b11. Barnwell, Cheraw & Keenan (300), 14. Chesnee & Greer Middle College (270),

16. Landrum (260), 17. Carvers Bay (250), 18. Saluda (240), 19. Brashier Middle College (230), 20. Latta & Liberty (220), 22. Buford

(210), 23. Abbeville & Johnsonville (200), 25. Andrew Jackson, Fox Creek, Greenville Tech & Phillip Simmons

(180), 29. Chesterfield & Silver Bluff (150), 31. Andrews & Mullins (140), 33. Blacksburg, North Charleston and Whale Branch

(130), 36. Central and Lee Central (100), 38. Calhoun County & North Central

(90), 40. Eau Claire & Kingstree (70), 42. Allendale-Fairfax, Burke & Garrett

(40), 45. C.A. Johnson (10)

Source: www.scaaa.org