All-Time 2A State Champions
Posted: Sun May 17, 2020 9:25 pm
Was bored tonight, so I put together the list of all time State Champions in Class 2A because I thought it would be kind of cool to see. Co-Campions are denoted, and when 2 Champions are separated by a “/“, the first team was the Division I Winner & the team after the “/“ was the Division II Winner. After looking at it, man how things have changed since the 1940s!! Some of those early 2A Champions are very big today. Looking back through the information, 1948 was the first year there was a Class 2A State Championship. In 1959, Stamford beat Brady 19-14 to win Class 2A. However, Stamford was stripped of the title a few weeks later for violating the “Recruiting Rule”:
“The Interscholastic League’s executive committee, meeting in Austin, ruled that Stamford had violated the recruiting rule in the case of Wendell Ray Robinson, 210-pound All-State center. In addition to losing the state title, Stamford was placed on probation for the next two years and will be disqualified from any district honors in 1960... Reports of a ‘Stamford investigation’ have been heard in Brady for the last several weeks. Although the league did not say so, reports here said the first tip to the league came in an unsigned letter, postmarked from Seymour, a district rival of Stamford. Robinson remained in Stamford when his family moved to Floydada in the spring of 1959. H lived in the Stamford fire station and reportedly performed duties in return for his lodging. The committee decided that he had done nothing in return for the lodging and found that his meals had been paid for by a group of boosters, not connected with the school system. Robinson was found guilty of violating the amateur rule which prohibits the payment of any money or ‘valuable consideration’ for participating in athletics.”
All-Time 2A State Champions
1939 - Lubbock
1940 - Amarillo
1941 - Wichita Falls
1942 - Austin
1943 - San Angelo
1944 - Port Arthur
1945 - Highland Park
1946 - Odessa
1947 - San Antonio Brackenridge
1948 - Waco
1949 - Wichita Falls
1950 - Wichita Falls
1951 - Arlington
1952 - Terrell
1953 - Huntsville
1954 - Phillips
1955 - Stamford
1956 - Stamford
1957 - Terrell
1958 - Stamford
1959 - Brady (Stamford stripped of Title)
1960 - Denver City
1961 - Donna
1962 - Jacksboro
1963 - Rockwall
1964 - Palacios
1965 - Plano
1966 - Sweeny
1967 - Plano
1968 - Daingerfield
1969 - Iowa Park
1970 - Refugio & Iowa Park (Co-Champs)
1971 - Jacksboro
1972 - Boling
1973 - Friendswood
1974 - Newton
1975 - La Grange
1976 - Rockdale
1977 - Wylie
1978 - Sealy
1979 - Van
1980 - Pilot Point & Tidehaven (Co-Champs)
1981 - Pilot Point
1982 - Eastland
1983 - Boyd
1984 - Groveton
1985 - Electra
1986 - Shiner
1987 - Lorena
1988 - Corrigan-Camden
1989 - Groveton
1990 - Groveton
1991 - Schulenburg
1992 - Schulenburg
1993 - Goldthwaite
1994 - Goldthwaite
1995 - Celina
1996 - Iraan
1997 - Stanton
1998 - Omaha Paul Pewitt / Celina
1999 - Mart / Celina
2000 - Sonora / Celina
2001 - Blanco / Celina
2002 - Corrigan-Camden / Rosebud-Lott
2003 - San Augustine/ Garrison
2004 - Boyd / Crawford
2005 - Newton / Celina
2006 - Tatum / Mart
2007 - Farmersville / Canadian
2008 - Muleshoe/ Daingerfield
2009 - Pilot Point / Daingerfield
2010 - Daingerfield / Idalou
2011 - Melissa / Refugio
2012 - Cameron Yoe / East Bernard
2013 - Cameron Yoe / Cisco
2014 - Canadian / Bremond
2015 - Canadian / Bremond
2016 - Refugio / Bremond
2017 - Mart / Muenster
2018 - Mason / Mart
2019 - Refugio / Mart
“The Interscholastic League’s executive committee, meeting in Austin, ruled that Stamford had violated the recruiting rule in the case of Wendell Ray Robinson, 210-pound All-State center. In addition to losing the state title, Stamford was placed on probation for the next two years and will be disqualified from any district honors in 1960... Reports of a ‘Stamford investigation’ have been heard in Brady for the last several weeks. Although the league did not say so, reports here said the first tip to the league came in an unsigned letter, postmarked from Seymour, a district rival of Stamford. Robinson remained in Stamford when his family moved to Floydada in the spring of 1959. H lived in the Stamford fire station and reportedly performed duties in return for his lodging. The committee decided that he had done nothing in return for the lodging and found that his meals had been paid for by a group of boosters, not connected with the school system. Robinson was found guilty of violating the amateur rule which prohibits the payment of any money or ‘valuable consideration’ for participating in athletics.”
All-Time 2A State Champions
1939 - Lubbock
1940 - Amarillo
1941 - Wichita Falls
1942 - Austin
1943 - San Angelo
1944 - Port Arthur
1945 - Highland Park
1946 - Odessa
1947 - San Antonio Brackenridge
1948 - Waco
1949 - Wichita Falls
1950 - Wichita Falls
1951 - Arlington
1952 - Terrell
1953 - Huntsville
1954 - Phillips
1955 - Stamford
1956 - Stamford
1957 - Terrell
1958 - Stamford
1959 - Brady (Stamford stripped of Title)
1960 - Denver City
1961 - Donna
1962 - Jacksboro
1963 - Rockwall
1964 - Palacios
1965 - Plano
1966 - Sweeny
1967 - Plano
1968 - Daingerfield
1969 - Iowa Park
1970 - Refugio & Iowa Park (Co-Champs)
1971 - Jacksboro
1972 - Boling
1973 - Friendswood
1974 - Newton
1975 - La Grange
1976 - Rockdale
1977 - Wylie
1978 - Sealy
1979 - Van
1980 - Pilot Point & Tidehaven (Co-Champs)
1981 - Pilot Point
1982 - Eastland
1983 - Boyd
1984 - Groveton
1985 - Electra
1986 - Shiner
1987 - Lorena
1988 - Corrigan-Camden
1989 - Groveton
1990 - Groveton
1991 - Schulenburg
1992 - Schulenburg
1993 - Goldthwaite
1994 - Goldthwaite
1995 - Celina
1996 - Iraan
1997 - Stanton
1998 - Omaha Paul Pewitt / Celina
1999 - Mart / Celina
2000 - Sonora / Celina
2001 - Blanco / Celina
2002 - Corrigan-Camden / Rosebud-Lott
2003 - San Augustine/ Garrison
2004 - Boyd / Crawford
2005 - Newton / Celina
2006 - Tatum / Mart
2007 - Farmersville / Canadian
2008 - Muleshoe/ Daingerfield
2009 - Pilot Point / Daingerfield
2010 - Daingerfield / Idalou
2011 - Melissa / Refugio
2012 - Cameron Yoe / East Bernard
2013 - Cameron Yoe / Cisco
2014 - Canadian / Bremond
2015 - Canadian / Bremond
2016 - Refugio / Bremond
2017 - Mart / Muenster
2018 - Mason / Mart
2019 - Refugio / Mart