How to Find Out How Many State Championships a High School Football Team Has Amassed

A community takes pride in its high school football team's state championships, with locals often remembering who scored the winning touchdown or made the big play years ago. But only those with the best of memories might recall just how many championships a high school team has won and in what years. If you take the time to do a bit of digging, you can find all the information you need about a school's gridiron glory.

Instructions

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      Visit the website of the association that oversees high school sports in your state. Many state websites have championship information for each sport. For example, the Oregon School Activities Association (osaa.org) lists football champions dating back to 1940. The Alabama High School Athletic Association (ahsaa.com) has records of official champions from 1966 forward. For 1920 to 1965, it lists "mythical" champions --- schools that were voted the best but did not win a title game because such a game did not exist. Call the state association if it does not post the records on its website and ask for the information or ask to review records in that office, if it is close to you.

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      This student can take pride in the awards in her school's trophy case.

      Call the office of your high school athletic director. Ask the athletic director or his assistant for the number of football championships. Determine if the school has records through which you can sort. Alternatively, ask if the school has a trophy case in which it displays all school trophies and look for the football trophies yourself.

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      Ask the librarian to help you locate microfiche or microfilm.

      Review microfiche or microfilm of old newspapers at a public or university library, if schools and state officials can provide only partial information. If schools only have a list of recent titles, you can supplement the information by checking newspapers from previous years. State championship games usually are played in November or early December, so that limits the number of newspapers you will need to scan.