OK, time to defend the sport I cover. The all-knowing Kosmo made a statement in Tuesday's paper AND ONLINE that girls soccer is the most successful sport in Oakland County, regardless of season. Huh-hem ... hem (That's a cough, trying to get his attention).
OK, so maybe I'm a little biased towards tennis because I played the sport in high school. Maybe I'm a little more "In-the-know" than some because I cover both the boys and girls. Don't get me wrong. Girls soccer in this county has been tremendously successful. And who knows, by the time I get done writing this blog, the numbers may back that up. But let's not forget about hockey, or boys or girls swimming. What about football, lacrosse or golf?
SO, because I'm a numbers guy. I figured maybe I could do a little research and toss out a few numbers. So what I decided to do was go back to through the archives and see which sports have achieved a high amount of success. I counted up the number of championships in each sport, along with the number of runner-ups.
And I started with the year 2003 (10 years ago). Here's what I found out:

Sport - championships - runner-ups
Girls Tennis 15-12
Girls soccer 15-12
Boys tennis 9-16
Hockey 15-4
Football 8-11
Girls swimming 12-6
Boys lacrosse 11-7
Girls golf 6-10
Boys soccer 9-6
Girls lacrosse 7-7
Boys swimming 6-8
Baseball 6-6
Girls basketball 8-1
Boys track 5-4
Boys X-C 5-3
Volleyball 3-5
Girls cheer 6-1
Gymnastics 4-3
Girls X-C 5-1
Boys golf 4-2
Wrestling 3-3
Girls track  2-4
Boys skiing 2-4
Girls skiing 3-2
Softball 2-3
Boys bowling 3-1
Boys basketball 3-0
Girls bowling 2-1

NOTES

• There are eight divisions in football, four in most other sports, save for hockey and swimming (three each). Lacrosse has just two divisions, and began MHSAA play in 2005. Cheer went from three to four divisions in 2007. Bowling began MHSAA sanctioned play in 2006.
• Girls tennis and hockey, along with girls soccer, led the way with overall championships. Girls tennis averages 1.5 state titles per year, while hockey is also at 1.5. Girls soccer nets 1.4 championships per year - with a distinct possibility of adding to that this year, with six teams still alive heading into the semifinals.
• Per opportunity, boys and girls lacrosse are the most successful. Thanks to Brother Rice, 11 of the 16 (almost 3 out of every 4) boys' tate titles have come from Oakland County. Nearly half (7) of the girls champions reside here. Birmingham United has four of them, Sacred Heart the other three.
• Of the 1,019 possible MHSAA team championships, 179 have been won by Oakland County teams. Another 141 teams have finished runner-up. About one in every three state finalists comes from this county. 
• But what is actually most impressive is that every sport - all 28 - has been won by a county team at least twice.
• The team (school) with the most team titles is Brother Rice lacrosse, with eight. Country Day girls tennis, Novi girls soccer, Mercy swimming, Country Day boys soccer and Cranbrook hockey have five each. Catholic Central hockey, Groves girls swimming, Birmingham United girls lacrosse, Country Day girls basketball and Marian soccer have four apiece.

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