WINNEMUCCA - With the end of the high school sports season, the NIAA has announced its Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics and Citizenship winners for 2012-2013.
Pahranagat Valley was the Division IV winner. Incline took home the top honor in Division III, Boulder City in Division I-A and Bishop Manogue in Division I
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, the non-profit governing body of high school athletics in the Silver State, began the program in 2001. The scoring system awards points to schools based on their varsity teams' performances in the classroom, at the athletic venue and in the Citizenship Through Sports (CTS) Program.
Each of the three major categories in high school activities - academics, athletics and sportsmanship - are weighted equally, and boys and girls programs are combined in the standings table. Spirit and student council/leadership points were added after the conclusion of the winter season. Points were deducted at the conclusion of the spring season for ejections and other acts of unsportsmanlike conduct.
The NIAA honors the winning school in each classification by presenting it with a championship banner and commemorative trophy. The NIAA considers the Award of Excellence in Academics, Athletics and Citizenship to be its top overall program.
Boulder City, which previously captured the Division I-A award in 2005, 2006 and 2007, won its fourth consecutive honor this year with a grand total of 3,103 points. Faith Lutheran was second with 2,903 points.
The Eagles and Crusaders tallied 950 and 960 points, respectively, in the spring season, including 490 academic points each. Faith Lutheran, a three-time champion, was the last school to win the Division I-A title prior to Boulder City.
Elko scored 2,179 points to finish third and Lowry and Clark tied for fourth with 1,790 points.
Lowry won team state championships this year in wrestling and boys golf. The Buckaroos' 15 state championships in wrestling is a Nevada state record, as is the 12 state titles in boys golf.
The Buckaroos won academic state championships in volleyball, wrestling and softball.
Incline, the 2011 champion, defeated The Meadows, the defending champion, by 88 points to capture the Division III title in the closest award race at that level's history. The Highlanders (also the 2011 champion) scored 690 points in the spring season to finish with 2,475. The Mustangs managed 600 this past season to total 2,387.
The Meadows is a five-time past champion. Yerington banked 680 spring season points to finish third at 2,284. Lincoln County finished fourth with 2,165 points.
Pahranagat Valley won its eighth consecutive Division IV (Class 1A) Award banner. The Panthers topped Wells (2005 champion) by 60 points (1,600-1,540) in what was the closest race at that level's history. Sage Ridge (1,360 points), Eureka (1,210) and Virginia City (1,205) rounded out the top five.
Bishop Manogue captured its second straight award title at the Division I (Class 4A) level and its third in the last four years. The Miners tallied
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3,625 points, including a category record-setting 680
academic points in the spring season. Bishop Manogue out-distanced its nearest competitor (Centennial) by 450 points.
Bishop Manogue also got credit for turning in the first-ever perfect CTS self-assessment.
Centennial, Galena (2006 champion) and Reno (2011 and 2001 champion) finished second, third and fourth with 3,175, 3,085 and 3,005 points, respectively. Douglas (2,775), Bishop Gorman (2,705) and Coronado (2,625) rounded out the top seven. Palo Verde, a six-time champion, placed eighth (2,035 points).
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