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WSN Cup Standings: Arrowhead, Notre Dame, Xavier top standings after winter sports

04/09/2024, 1:30pm CDT
By Colton Wilson

To view the full WSN Cup Standings, please click here.

The WSN Cup is an award that honors schools that provide and achieve success in many of the WIAA sponsored sports. The award totals points earned in both boys and girls sports. All WIAA sponsored sports are included as part of the scoring for the award.

Large School Division

Arrowhead is the two-time defending Large School Division winner in the WSN Cup, and has won 13 total WSN Cups overall. The Warhawks were second in the standings to Middleton after the fall sports season, but passed the Cardinals after a strong winter season. Arrowhead blew out the rest of the Large School Divisions in the winter season, scoring 332 points, which was nearly 150 more points than Muskego. The girls basketball team's state title and boys basketball runner-up finished accounted for over half the points for Arrowhead while the boys swim and dive team finished third at state.

Muskego, Middleton, Menomonie, and Franklin round out the top five in the winter standings.

Winter Standings - Large School Division

1. Arrowhead - 332 points
2. Muskego - 178.67 points
3. Middleton - 177 points
4. Menomonie - 176.67 points
5. Franklin - 170.67

The overall standings have shifted in the Large Schools Division as well after the winter seasons. Middleton and Arrowhead switched the top two spots, while Franklin jumped from fifth to third place in the standings. Neenah climbed from sixth to fourth while Brookfield East fell two spots to fifth. Marquette dropped out of the top five and into sixth place.

Overall Standings - Large School Division

1. Arrowhead - 688 points
2. Middleton - 663 points
3. Franklin - 435.67 points
4. Neenah - 406 points
5. Brookfield East - 391.83 points

Medium School Division

Notre Dame won the Medium School Division (enrollment between 500 and 100) last year after a ten-year gap between WSN Cup titles. The Tritons hold a narrow lead over Edgewood in the standings after the Crusaders had a great winter season. For Notre Dame, the Tritons scored the second most points in the medium division in the winter season. A boys hockey state championship and girls basketball runner-up finish accounted for 180 of the 197.27 total points for Notre Dame.

For Crusaders of Edgewood led the winter sports season with 250 points. A Division 3 State Championship in girls basketball was the top point getter, but the Crusaders also got points from a state appearance in boys hockey and good finishes at state in both gymnastics and boys swim and dive. Pewaukee, McFarland, and West Salem rounded out the top 5 in the winter season.

Winter Standings - Medium Schools Division

1. Edgewood - 250 points
2. Notre Dame - 197.27 points
3. Pewaukee - 181.43 points
4. McFarland - 170 points
5. West Salem - 152.92 points

The top five changed from the end of the fall season to the end of winter. Notre Dame and Edgewood sit in the top two spots again while McFarland improves to third place from fourth. Whitefish Bay climbs to the fourth spot after finishing sixth in the fall season while Pewaukee climbs from fifteenth to fifth. Lakeside Lutheran and Rice Lake dropped from third and fourth place to seventh and eighth in standings.

Overall Standings - Medium Schools Division

1. Notre Dame - 499.27 points
2. Edgewood - 464.33 points
3. McFarland - 341.5 points
4. Whitefish Bay - 305 points
5. Pewaukee - 297.43 points

Small School Division

Xavier is in the Small Schools Division (enrollment under 500) for just the second season and took home the WSN Cup in the smallest division last year. Though the Hawks finished outside the top five in the winter season, a strong enough fall season still has them atop the overall standings in the Small School Division. Xavier scored 100 points via the basketballs during the winter season. A runner-up finish in Division 3 girls basketball accounted for 80 of those points.

Aquinas closed the gap with Xavier after a strong winter season. The Blugolds scored the most points in the Small Schools Division, 154.92. Aquinas scored points in every winter sport except boys swim and dive, getting 60 total points from the boys basketball team making the state tournament. Mineral Point, Laconia, Saint Croix Falls, and Fennimore rounded out the top five in the winter sports standings.

Winter Sports Standings - Small Schools Division

1. Aquinas - 154.92 points
2. Mineral Point - 121.75 points
3. Laconia - 110 points
4. Saint Croix Falls - 105.67 points
5. Fennimore - 105 points

The top five is a little different in the Small Schools Division from after the fall season to now, after the winter. Xavier and Aquinas stay put in the top 2 spots in the standings. Saint Croix Falls climbs four spots to sit at third overall. Kohler moved up just one spot to fourth while McDonell Central Catholic jumped all the way from eleven to five in the standings. Lancaster and Saint Mary Catholic dropped out of the top five in the standings, with Lancaster sitting at sixth and Saint Mary Catholic at seventh.

Overall Standings - Small Schools Division

1. Xavier - 535 points
2. Aquinas - 502.62 points
3. Saint Croix Falls - 265.67 points
4. Kohler - 234 points
5. McDonell Central Catholic - 231.67 points

To view the full WSN Cup Standings, please click here.

Divisions - Starting in 2008-09 schools will be placed in three divisions. The Large School Division is for schools with enrollment over 1000. Medium Schools are classified as 500 to 1000 and Small School division is below 500. In 2007-08 schools with enrollments of 900 or more were in the large school division while schools with enrollments up to 900 were in the small schools division. 

Points - Points are awarded for finishes in the state tournament of every team sport. Generally, the top 32 teams in each sport are awarded points. If less than 32 teams participate in a non-bracket sport state meet then those are the only schools that are awarded points. For Co-op teams the total points are divided equally amongst all schools in the co-op.

For more information on the WSN Cup award and to see the full scoring system and rules, please click here.

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