Carmel Athletics … A Winning Tradition
Carmel High School won its first IHSAA State Championship in 1970 when Coach Don Huffer’s boys’ golf team captured the state title with a team score of 611 in the first year of the two day tournament format. Since that beginning, CHS has won 169 state championships; 154 of which are IHSAA titles, 8 Indiana High School Soccer Association titles, five Indiana Cheerleading Association championships, and 2 Indiana Girls Lacrosse Association titles. The Hounds have won state championships in 19 of the 22 sports offered at CHS. In addition to 169 championships, CHS has been the state runner-up 68 times since 1966. The Greyhounds have been state champion or state runner-up in ALL 20 sports currently offered by the IHSAA, the only school to achieved this feat. Additionally, Carmel has been named team National Champions 17 times by various coaches association and media outlets.
A great source of pride are the 61 Carmel High School graduates who have received a state mental attitude award. In addition to these outstanding young people, CHS is the home of 324 individual, doubles, or relay state champions!
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
Boys’ Basketball – 1977, 2012, 2013, 2019
Boys’ Cross Country – 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
Football – 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2019
Boys’ Golf – 1970, 1971, 1982, 1989, 1990, 2018, 2019
Boys’ Soccer – 1985, 1987, 1991, 2006
Boys’ Swimming – 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Boys’ Tennis – 1980, 1981, 1987, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Boys’ Track – 2000, 2015, 2016, 2017
Girls’ Basketball – 2008
Girls’ Cross Country – 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Girls’ Golf – 1980, 2013
Girls’ Lacrosse – 2018, 2019
Girls’ Soccer – 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2018
Softball – 1994, 2011
Girls’ Swimming – 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
*34 consecutive state championships (1986-present) which is the longest all-time state championship streak in the nation in any sport. Source: National Federation of State High School Associations.
Girls’ Tennis – 1989, 1990, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Girls’ Track & Field – 1998, 1999
Volleyball – 2014
Competition Cheerleading – 2000, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017
STATE RUNNER-UP TEAMS
Baseball – 1997
Boys’ Basketball – 1970, 2018
Boys’ Cross Country – 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2019
Football – 1975, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018
Boys’ Golf – 1968, 1975, 2000, 2007, 2017
Boys’ Soccer – 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2005
Boys’ Swimming – 1998, 2000, 2009
Boys’ Tennis – 1991, 2014
Boys’ Track & Field – 2014
Wrestling – 1966
Girls’ Basketball – 1995
Girls’ Cross Country – 1981, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2009
Girls’ Golf – 2009, 2010, 2012
Gymnastics – 1983
Girls’ Soccer – 1986, 1987, 1996, 2014, 2019
Softball – 1997
Girls’ Tennis – 1981
Girls’ Track & Field – 2001
Competition Cheerleading – 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2012
Volleyball – 2012, 2013
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
Boys Soccer – 2006
Boys Swimming & Diving – 2004, 2017, 2019
Girls Soccer – 2002, 2011
Girls Swimming & Diving – 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
