Metro League State Champions

The list of Metro League state championships grew by two this month as Rainier Beach won the boys 3A basketball crown and Garfield won the 4A.

Here is the list of all-time city state champion teams. (Poll champions for years before state playoffs are not included):

Boys

Basketball

Biggest classification: Lincoln - 1945, 1956, 1957.

Garfield - 1955, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1998.

Roosevelt - 1946, 1973, 1982.

Ingraham - 1969.

Blanchet - 1963 (not a Metro member at time).

Cleveland - 1976.

Second-biggest classification:

Cleveland - 1975.

Rainier Beach - 1988, 1998.

Chief Sealth - 1989.

Franklin - 1994, 1995.

O'Dea - 1993, 1997.

Baseball

Second-biggest classification:

Blanchet, 1996.

Cross-country

Biggest classification: Franklin, 1964, 1967.

Hale - 1966.

Blanchet - 1983, 1984, 1986.

Second-biggest classification:

Seattle Prep - 1972 (not a Metro member at the time).

Lakeside - 1980.

Blanchet - 1991, 1992.

Third-biggest classification:

Seattle Prep - 1966 (not a Metro member at the time).

Football

Biggest classification: Blanchet - 1974 (not a Metro member at time).

Ingraham - 1988.

Second-biggest classification:

O'Dea - 1991, 1994, 1995.

Golf

Biggest classification: Ingraham, 1972.

Second-biggest classification:

Lakeside, 1986.

Seattle Prep, 1995.

Gymnastics

Biggest classification: Hale, 1970.

West Seattle, 1971.

Soccer

Biggest classification: Blanchet, 1980.

Second-biggest classification:

Hale, 1985; O'Dea, 1990.

Swimming

Second-biggest classification:

Seattle Prep, 1996.

Tennis

Biggest classification: Seattle Prep, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964 (not a Metro member for these titles).

Lakeside, 1971.

Second-biggest classification:

Lakeside, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1994.

Seattle Prep, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997.

Track

Biggest classification: Franklin 1964 (tie with Aberdeen), 1967; Ingraham, 1965.

Garfield, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 (tie with Lakes), 1989 (tie with Mead).

Second-biggest classification:

Rainier Beach, 1986, 1987.

O'Dea, 1995.

Girls

Basketball

Biggest classification: Garfield - 1980, 1987.

Second-biggest classification:

Lakeside, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994.

Blanchet - 1995, 1996.

Cross-country

Biggest classification: Chief Sealth, 1975.

Second-biggest classification:

Lakeside, 1982, 1991.

Soccer

Second-biggest classification:

Lakeside, 1995, 1996.

Softball

Biggest classification: Blanchet, 1980.

Tennis

Second-biggest classification:

Lakeside, 1979 (tie with Mark Morris-Longview), 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994.

Seattle Prep, 1993, 1996, 1997.

Track

Biggest classification: Hale, 1971 (invitational meet).

West Seattle, 1974.

Garfield, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1997.

Second-biggest classification:

Rainier Beach, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988.

Cleveland, 1989.

Lakeside, 1991, 1992, 1996.

Garfield, 1993.

Volleyball

Biggest classification: Ingraham, 1973, 1974.

West Seattle, 1975.

Second biggest classification:

Blanchet, 1991.