Lone Star Cup

The Texas Lone Star Cup is given by the University Interscholastic League (UIL) and is based on a school district’s combined academic and athletic achievements. All UIL member high schools in good academic and athletic eligibility standing will be included for contention.

What the UIL recognizes

This annual program recognizes five high schools, one in each of the six UIL classifications (6A, 5A, 4A, 3A, 2A, and 1A), based on their overall team achievement in sanctioned UIL Athletic/Academic championships. As of July 1, 2020[1] this included:

Team Sports

• Boys' Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Soccer
• Girls' Basketball, Soccer, Softball, and Volleyball
• Tennis

Individual Sports

• Boys' Cross Country, Golf, Track and Field, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, and Wrestling
• Girls' Cross Country, Golf, Track and Field, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, and Wrestling

Non-Athletic Competitions

• Academic events included in the State Academic Meet
• Congress
• Film
• Marching Band
• Mariachi
• One-Act Play
• Robotics (FIRST and BEST)
• Spirit
• Theatrical Design

Points and Standings

Standings for the Lone Star Cup are compiled via a year-long accumulation of points based on team success at the district and state level in the UIL activities listed above.

Rankings in state or national polls do not count in Lone Star Cup standings.

Lone Star Cup points are accrued as follows:

Athletic Contests

Team Sports

• Regular Season: District Championship and Play-off Berth--4
• Regular Season: Play-off Berth Only--2
• Playoffs: Each Victory or Advancement via Bye or Forfeit--2

Overall Team Standings in Individual Sports (State Meet only, not including Team Tennis)

• First Place--10
• Second Place--8
• Third Place--6
• Fourth Place--4
• Fifth Place--2

Team Tennis (State Meet only)

• State Championship--10
• State Runner-up--8
• State Semifinalist--5

Academic Competitions

Overall Team Standings in One Act Play (State Meet only)

• First Place--10
• Second Place--8
• Third Place--6

Academic Events

• District Championship--4
• Regional Championship--4
• Overall Team Standings in State Meet:
  • First Place--10
  • Second Place--8
  • Third Place--6
  • Fourth Place--4
  • Fifth Place--2

Music Competitions

Marching Band

• Area Championship--4
• Overall Standings in State Meet:
  • First Place--10
  • Second Place--8
  • Third Place--6
  • Fourth Place--4
  • Fifth Place--2

In the event of a team championship tie (common in academic events) or a tie in the final standings for the individual sports and academic competitions, the schools will split the allotted points of that place and the place immediately following.

• Example: A two-way tie for third in the Boys' Cross Country competition would result in 10 points (6 points for third place plus 4 points for fourth place) being split between the two teams; thus, each team would receive five points.

Official Tie Breakers

If two schools in the same classification finish the UIL athletic/academic year tied atop the Lone Star Cup point standings, the overall winner will be determined as follows:

• First tiebreaker--most overall state championships in all activities included in the Lone Star Cup program
• Second tiebreaker--most total points received at the State Academic Meet
• Third tiebreaker--most district championships in team sports included in the Lone Star Cup program

Prior Lone Star Cup Champions

The award began with the 1997-98 school year. [2]

School Year	Class A	Class 2A	Class 3A	Class 4A	Class 5A	Class 6A (2014-)
1997-98	(tie) Karnack/Windthorst	Hamilton	(tie) Aledo/Dripping Springs	Highland Park	San Antonio Churchill	-
1998-99	Windthorst	Holliday	Sweeny	Highland Park	Kingwood High	-
1999-2000	Karnack	Holliday	Wimberley	Highland Park	San Antonio Churchill	-
2000-01	Shiner	Celina	Abilene Wylie	Southlake Carroll	Kingwood High	-
2001-02	Shiner	Holliday	Atlanta	Southlake Carroll	Austin Westlake	-
2002-03	Windthorst	Weimar	Canyon	Highland Park	Kingwood High	-
2003-04	Windthorst	Holliday	Canyon	Highland Park	Kingwood High	-
2004-05	Windthorst	Holliday	Canyon	Highland Park	Kingwood High	-
2005-06	Lindsay	Argyle	Abilene Wylie	Highland Park	The Woodlands	-
2006-07	Lindsay	Tatum	Canyon	Highland Park	Plano West	-
2007-08	Lindsay	Salado[lower-alpha 1]	Canyon	Highland Park	The Woodlands	-
2008-09	Lindsay	Brock	Argyle	Friendswood	The Woodlands	-
2009-10	Cayuga	Brock	Lucas Lovejoy	Friendswood	The Woodlands	-
2010-11	Lindsay	Cameron Yoe	Lucas Lovejoy	Boerne Champion	The Woodlands	-
2011-12[3]	Lindsay	White Oak	Argyle	Lake Travis	Southlake Carroll	-
2011-12	Lindsay	White Oak	Argyle	Austin Lake Travis	Southlake Carroll	-
2012-13	Weimar	Salado	Argyle	Cedar Park	Southlake Carroll	-
2013-14	Weimar	Salado	Argyle	Friendswood	Southlake Carroll	-
2014-15	Cross Plains	Shiner	Brock	Argyle	Austin Vandegrift	Southlake Carroll
2015-16	Happy	Windthorst	Brock	Argyle	Austin Vandegrift	Austin Westlake
2016-17	Nazareth	Sundown	Wall	Argyle	Dallas Highland Park	Conroe The Woodlands
2017-18	Nazareth	Mason	Brock	Argyle	Prosper	Conroe The Woodlands
2018-19	Nazareth	Mason	Brock	Argyle	Dallas Highland Park	Southlake Carroll
2019-20	not awarded[lower-alpha 2]

1. In 2007-2008, Salado and Poth tied with 60 points. Salado won on the tiebreaker of number of state championships won that year – it won two (Boys' Golf and Baseball) while Poth did not win any.
2. The 2019-2020 UIL Lone Star Cup was not awarded due to the interruption of spring events due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]

References

1. "UIL Lone Star Cup Rules and Scoring". University Interscholastic League. Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
2. UIL: Media: Lonestar Cup Champions
3. Doelle, Chris (July 2, 2012). "Southlake & Lake Travis break records among UIL Lone Star Cup Winners". Lone Star Gridiron.
4. "UIL Lone Star Cup 2019-20 Update" (Press release). University Interscholastic League. 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2020-07-01.

External links

• The UIL's Lone Star Cup Media Information Page