Centralia is the Class 1A All-Sports Award winner for the 2011-12 school year. This is Centralia’s second title. It won the award in 2009.
The Panthers and Lady Panthers scored 27 points in the competition, just 4.5 points ahead of second place Tribune-Greeley County. Hoxie and St. John-Hudson tied for third with 22 points and Pike Valley rounded out the top five with 21 points.
The Panther football team got the year started with the right foot forward, as it won the class 2-1A state title 20-14 over a splendid La Crosse team. La Crosse was undefeated heading into the championship. Centralia finished the year as state champions with a 10-3 record.
After its first round win, the Panthers defeated three teams that had a combined record of 32-1. One of which was Pittsburg-Colgan, the top seed of the tournament and also undefeated before meeting Centralia in the state playoffs.
In its second round game, the Panthers met Wathena-Riverside, a strong one-loss team. In the state playoffs, Centralia outscored its opponents 142-49.
Centralia enjoyed success in volleyball, another fall sport. The Lady Panthers took home second place as it fell in three sets to St. John-Hudson, the third-place finisher in the all-sports award. St. John finished with a record of 43-2.
Centralia made it to the final match by defeating Goessel, Pike Valley and Spearville. It then lost a tough match 25-21, 23-25, 25-12.
The Lady Panthers boast a rich tradition in volleyball, as it is holders of multiple undefeated seasons, and owners of several one- and two-loss seasons. Between 1997 and 2004, Centralia lost just 11 matches. The same span the school won 312 matches, a win percentage of .966.
The Centralia boys’ basketball team made it to the state tournament, but lost its opening game in Emporia to Udall 69-64. Udall was the state runner-up. The Panthers finished the season with an 18-7 record.
The Lady Panthers girls’ basketball team also made it to the state tournament, but as well lost in the first round to third-place finisher Waverly.
The Centralia boys’ track team tied for second at state behind championship performances from Lukas Koch in the 800, 1600 and 3200 meter runs. He alone scored 30 points for his team at the meet. As a team, Centralia scored 38 points at the state championship meet.
How we scored it: We awarded points to the top eight team finishers at the state championships in every sport. Eight points went to the champion, seven to the runner-up, six to the third-place team and so on, down to one point for eighth place.
In the event of ties, we split the points. In sports that did not have contests to decide all places, such as football, we split third-place points among the semifinal losers and split the points for fifth through eighth places among the quarterfinal losers.
Place School Score
1 Centralia 27
2 Tribune 22.5
T-3 Hoxie 22
T-3 St. John 22
5 Pike Valley 21
6 South Gray 19.5
7 Ashland 18.5
8 Baileyville B&B 17
T-9 Madison 16.5
T-9 Norwich 16.5
T-9 Spearville 16.5
12 La Crosse 15
13 Udall 14
14 Hutchinson Central Chr. 13
T-15 Macksville 12.5
T-15 Otis-Bison 12.5
T-17 Axtell 12
T-17 Waverly 12
T-19 Bishop Seabury 10.5
T-19 Hope 10.5
T-19 Thunder Ridge 10.5
22 South Haven 9.5
23 Wallace County 9
24 Osborne 8.5
T-25 Frankfort 8
T-25 Lakeside 8
T-25 Victoria 8
T-28 Burden-Central 7.5
T-28 Logan 7.5
29 Pretty Prairie 7
30 Goessel 6.5
T-31 Fowler 6
T-31 Ingalls 6
T-31 St. Paul 6
T-34 Burrton 5
T-34 Claflin 5
T-34 Colony Crest 5
T-34 Dexter 5
T-34 Hanover 5
T-34 Moscow 5
T-34 Wetmore 5
41 Minneola 4
T-42 Hodgeman County 3
T-42 Quinter 3
T-44 Altoona-Midway 2.5
T-44 Bucklin 2.5
T-44 Caldwell 2.5
T-44 Cedar Vale 2.5
T-44 Centre 2.5
T-44 Chetopa 2.5
T-44 Cunningham 2.5
T-44 Dighton 2.5
T-44 South Barber 2.5
T-44 Weskan 2.5
T-44 Wheatland-Grinnell 2.5
