They are on my top 5 list!!
105-27-1 in the playoffs with 9 titles and 2 runner-up's…….
Yeah, that makes my top 5 list
And if you look at just the last 25 years that record goes to 91-13-1 with 9 titles and 1 runner-up.
Yeah......that is top 5 all day long I think
Here is what I wrote on the 6A site
Below are my top 25 programs of all time, now I just need to narrow it down to the top 5.
Katy, SLC, Highland Park, Lake Travis, Aledo, Mart, Carthage, Abilene, Daingerfield, Ennis, Brownwood, Refugio, Permian, Longview, Austin Westlake, WOS, Celina, Canadian, Allen, Judson, Newton, Plano, Stamford, Cameron Yoe and Bremond.
Final answer:
#5 West Orange-Stark- I was hesitant to put this team on my list because I wanted to only have teams that have played 50+ years. Anything less than that I dont feel would be enough of a sample size to really gauge the program. Having said all of that its hard to argue with their success. They are 416-100-3 all time with 4 state titles. They won back to back two different times, '86-'87 and '15-'16. Since they began playing football in 1977 they have only 1 season under .500! Hard to keep them off my list with those numbers.
#4 Mart- They had a rough start from 1912-1928 but after that Mart has been pretty good. They have an overall record of 776-356-43 with 8 state titles. Strictly speaking about the playoffs Mart is 119-38-2. In the last 21 years Mart has won 6 of their 8 titles. Even without the wins of late they really dont have a terrible record year to year.
#3 Odessa Permian- One of the teams on my Mount Rushmore checks in at number 3. It seems like they were off to winning a title in each decade since their program started but they have been average as of late. Permian is 541-173-13 overall with 6 state titles. They have a title in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. Since 1999 Permian has been average to slighty above. If they won a title in the 2000's then they would be higher on my list.
#2 Southlake Carroll- Another of the teams I had on my Mount Rushmore makes an appearance in my top 5 programs. Carroll has an all time record of 545-153-8 with a ridiculous playoff record of 111-28-1. Their 8 state titles have come over an impressive span from 1988-2011. Southlake comes in at #2 all time in win percentage with a minimum of 500 games played.
#1 Highland Park- As a program they are the most impressive to me. Overall record is 843-259-27. They have 6 titles overall with 3 coming 2016-2018. If you look at their record each year they never really have a dip in success. From 1960 to 1975 I would say is the roughest time for them but they still were over .500 in 10 of the 16 seasons. Maybe they have a rough couple seasons but they always bounce back and win 9 or 10 games. Each decade since the 1920's they have winning teams and have never gone 0-10.