List of Arkansas state high school basketball champions

This is a list of Arkansas state high school basketball championships sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. ^[1]

Listings include champions at each classification level based on size. Each classification is based on how large the school is, 6A schools being the biggest, and 1A schools being the smallest. Early years of high school basketball were limited to a single state championship.

List of Arkansas state high school boys basketball champions

• 2024 - Central (20), Pine Bluff (15), Little Rock Christian (3), Central Arkansas Christian, East Poinsett County (4), Marked Tree (2)
• 2023 - Jonesboro (16), Pine Bluff (14), Little Rock Christian (2), Manila (2), Bigelow, County Line
• 2022 - North Little Rock (16), Jonesboro (15), Magnolia (10), Osceola (2), Lavaca, Bradley
• 2021 - North Little Rock (15), Jonesboro (14), Little Rock Mills University Studies (5), Harding Academy (2), [[Lee High School (Arkansas)|Lee (2)], Viola
• 2020 - Little Rock Central (19) and Conway (5) co-champs, West Memphis (7) and Jacksonville (3) co-champs, Little Rock Mills University Studies (4) and Magnolia (9) co-champs, Rivercrest and Osceola co-champs, England (3), Nevada (1) (7A, 6A, 5A, and 4A games cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic; both finalists in each classification were awarded state titles)
• 2019 – FS Northside (11), Marion, Magnolia (8), Ashdown, England (2), Izard County (2)
• 2018 – North Little Rock (14), Jonesboro (13), LR Parkview (14), Baptist Prep (6), McGehee, Earle (10), Guy-Perkins (6)
• 2017 – FS Northside (10), Jonesboro (12), Little Rock Mills University Studies (2), Baptist Prep (5), Episcopal Collegiate (3), Earle (9), Guy-Perkins (5)
• 2016 – Cabot, LR Parkview (13), Forrest City (2), Arkansas Baptist (4), Cedar Ridge (3), Earle (8), Bay (5)
• 2015 – North Little Rock (13), Pine Bluff (13), LR McClellan (3), Monticello (2), Episcopal Collegiate (2), England, Bay (4)
• 2014 – North Little Rock (12)*, Jonesboro (11), Forrest City, Brookland, Episcopal Collegiate, Cedar Ridge (2), Concord
• 2013 – North Little Rock (11), LR Hall (10), Jacksonville (2), Pottsville, Harding Academy, Cedar Ridge, Bay (3)
• 2012 – LR Hall (9), LR Parkview (12), Sylvan Hills, Clarksville(4), Earle (7), East Poinsett County (3), Mammoth Spring
• 2011 – LR Hall (8), LR Parkview (11), Alma (2), Clarksville (3), Rivercrest, East Poinsett County (2), Bay (2)
• 2010 – Conway (4), LR Hall (7), LR McClellan (2), Jonesboro Westside, Earle (6), Hughes, Wonderview
• 2009 – Fayetteville(5), Jacksonville, Greene County Tech (2), Stuttgart, Arkansas Baptist (3), Conway St. Joseph, Guy–Perkins (4)
• 2008 – LR Catholic, LR Hall (6), Siloam Springs, Lonoke (2), Rose Bud, Earle (5), Izard County
• 2007 – FS Northside (9), Jonesboro (10), Greene County Tech, Huntsville, Riverview, Junction City, Fayetteville Christian
• 2006 – LR Parkview (10), Blytheville (3), Dollarway, Buffalo Island Central (4), Guy–Perkins (3)
• 2005 – West Memphis (6), Alma, LR Christian, Buffalo Island Central (3), Guy–Perkins (2)
• 2004 – West Memphis (5), Mills University Studies, East Poinsett County, Altheimer (2), Waldo (4)
• 2003 – Pine Bluff (12), LR Fair (3), Pulaski Academy (2), Altheimer, Weiner
• 2002 – LR Parkview (9), Osceola, Pulaski Academy, Poyen, Viola
• 2001 – LR Hall (5), Osceola, Hughes, Marked Tree, Emerson
• 2000 – LR Fair (2), HS Lakeside, Lonoke (4), Earle (4), Turrell (2)
• 1999 – LR Central (18), Watson Chapel, Lonoke (3), Arkansas Baptist (2), Turrell
• 1998 – LR Parkview (8), Hot Springs (3), Clarksville (2), Stephens, Walker
• 1997 – West Memphis (4), Magnolia (7), Clarksville, Arkansas Baptist, Guy–Perkins
• 1996 – LR Fair, Hot Springs (2), Hamburg, Valley Springs (6), Saratoga (2)
• 1995 – LR Parkview (7), Searcy, Atkins, Crawfordsville, Saratoga
• 1994 – Jonesboro (9), Dumas (4), Dermott (4), Bradley, Delight
• 1993 – LR Parkview (6), Dumas (3), Hamburg, Buffalo Island Central (2), Wabbaseka (5)
• 1992 – LR Parkview (5), Stuttgart, Eudora, Buffalo Island Central, Kingsland
• 1991 – West Memphis (3), Morrilton (2), Dermott (3), Delta, Wabbaseka (4)
• 1990 – Pine Bluff (11), Malvern (2), Star City, Caddo Hills, Parkdale
• 1989 – Blytheville (2), Malvern, Dermott (2), Delta (2), Wabbaseka (3)
• 1988 – LR Parkview (4), Trumann, Gosnell, Marked Tree, McNeil (3)
• 1987 – Fayetteville (4), Dumas (2), Pulaski Robinson, Delta, Parkdale
• 1986 – Blytheville, Hope, Dermott, Wabbaseka (2), St. Joseph
• 1985 – Russellville, Magnolia (6), Stamps, Earle (3), Carthage
• 1984 – LR Hall (4), Harrison, Drew Central (2), Wabbaseka, Parkdale
• 1983 – LR Hall (3), Marianna, Camden Fairview, Drew Central, West Side GF, Violet Hill
• 1982 – LR Hall (2), El Dorado, Lonoke (2), Gurdon, Valley Springs (5), Blevins
• 1981 – LR Hall, West Memphis (2), Bryant, Marvell, Crawfordsville, Wilmar
• 1980 – LR Central (17), West Memphis, Magnolia (5), Earle (2), Grady, Parkdale (2)
• 1979 – Pine Bluff (10), Blytheville, Osceola, Lake Village, Marmaduke (2), Parkdale
• 1978 – LR Parkview (3), Fayetteville (3), Dumas, Star City, Marmaduke, Plumerville
• 1977 – Pine Bluff (9), Texarkana, Osceola, Stephens, McNeil (2)
• 1976 – El Dorado, Conway (3), Monticello, Holly Grove, McNeil
• 1975 – LR Central (16), Fayetteville (2), Magnolia (4), Drew Central, Nemo Vista
• 1974 – FS Northside (8), Conway (2), Magnolia (3), Earle, Village
• 1973 – LR Central (15), Conway, Morrilton, Stamps, Vaster
• 1972 – LR Central (14), LR Parkview (2), Magnolia (2), Stephens (2), Menifee
• 1971 – NLR Ole Main (10), LR Parkview, Magnolia, Stephens, County Line
• 1970 – LR Central (13), LR McClellan, Searcy, Ouachita, Stephens Carver
• 1969 – North Little Rock (9), Camden Lincoln, Lonoke, Desha Central
• 1968 – FS Northside (7), Crossett, Green Forest (2), Pyatt
• 1967 – North Little Rock (8), Harrison, Green Forest, Taylor
• 1966 – LR Central (12), White Hall, Mountain Home, Greenbrier (2)
• 1965 – FS Northside (6), Newport, Greenbrier, Bay
• 1964 – North Little Rock (7), Brinkley, Delight
• 1963 – Monticello, Paragould, Lake Hamilton
• 1962 – Jonesboro (8), Manila, Sparkman
• 1961 – Helena–West Helena, Nettleton, Valley Springs (4)
• 1960 – Leachville, Mulberry, Jasper
• 1959 – Fort Smith (5), Ouachita, Pyatt, NLR Jones (4)
• 1958 – Fort Smith (4), Sheridan, Marmaduke, NLR Jones (3)
• 1957 – Rogers, Viola, NLR Jones (2)
• 1956 – Jonesboro (7), Valley View, NLR Jones ^[2]
• 1955 – Fort Smith (3), Delight
• 1954 – Jonesboro (6), Oden
• 1953 – Clinton, Bergman
• 1952 – Pine Bluff (8), Valley Springs (3)
• 1951 – Fort Smith (2), Valley Springs (2)
• 1950 – Van Buren, Valley Springs
• 1949 – North Little Rock (2), Arkansas School/Deaf
• 1948 – Fayetteville, Oden
• 1947 – Little Rock (11), Ouachita
• 1946 – Little Rock (10), Marshall
• 1945 – Little Rock (9), HS Lakeside
• 1944 – Little Rock (8), Center Ridge
• 1943 – North Little Rock, Formosa
• 1942 – Jonesboro (5), Marshall
• 1941 – Beebe, Judsonia
• 1940 – Jonesboro (4), New Edinburg
• 1939 – Ash Flat, Violet Hill
• 1938 – Jonesboro (3)
• 1937 – Jonesboro (2)
• 1936 – Coal Hill
• 1935 – Pine Bluff (7)
• 1934 – Pine Bluff (6)
• 1933 – Pine Bluff (5)
• 1932 – Hot Springs
• 1931 – Warren
• 1930 – Western Grove
• 1929 – Little Rock (7)
• 1928 – Pine Bluff (4)
• 1927 – Batesville
• 1926 – Pine Bluff (3)
• 1925 – Fort Smith
• 1924 – Pine Bluff (2)
• 1923 – Pine Bluff
• 1922 – Texarkana (3)
• 1921 – Leslie
• 1920 – Little Rock (6)
• 1919 – Texarkana (2)
• 1918 – Little Rock (5)
• 1917 – Little Rock (4)
• 1916 – Jonesboro
• 1915 – Stuttgart (2)
• 1914 – Stuttgart
• 1913 – Little Rock (3)
• 1912 – Little Rock (2)
• 1911 – Jonesboro Woodland College
• 1910 – Little Rock
• 1909 – Texarkana

Notes:

1. Little Rock HS became Little Rock Central in 1955.
2. Fort Smith HS became FS Northside in 1963.
3. North Little Rock Ole Main HS and NLR Jones HS merged in 1970.

• North Little Rock has vacated the 2014 title.

Past overall boys basketball champions

From 1972 to 1992, the Arkansas Activities Association organized an overall state championship tournament of the classification state champions.

• 1992 – LR Parkview (2)
• 1991 – West Memphis (3)
• 1990 – Pine Bluff (2)
• 1989 – Blytheville
• 1988 – LR Parkview
• 1987 – Fayetteville
• 1986 – Dermott
• 1985 – Magnolia
• 1984 – LR Hall (2)
• 1983 – LR Hall
• 1982 – Gurdon
• 1981 – West Memphis (2)
• 1980 – West Memphis
• 1979 – Parkdale
• 1978 – Dumas
• 1977 – Pine Bluff
• 1976 – Conway
• 1975 – LR Central (3)
• 1974 – FS Northside
• 1973 – LR Central (2)
• 1972 – LR Central

Most boys basketball championships

• 20 - Little Rock/LR Central
• 16 - Jonesboro
• 16 - North Little Rock
• 15 - Pine Bluff
• 14 - LR Parkview
• 11 - Fort Smith/FS Northside
• 10 - Earle
• 10 - LR Hall
• 10 - Magnolia

List of Arkansas state high school girls basketball champions

2024 - LR Central (1), Greenwood (7), Farmington (4), Bergman, Mount Vernon-Enola, Mammoth Spring 2023 - Conway (3), Greenwood (6), Farmington (3), Salem, Mount Vernon-Enola, Mammoth Spring 2022 - North Little Rock (5), Greenwood (5), Nashville, Bergman, Melbourne (4), Norfork 2021 - FS Northside (8), Jonesboro (3), Harrison (5), Mayflower, Melbourne (3), Rural Special 2020 - Bentonville/Fayetteville, Nettleton/Greenwood, Farmington/Star City, Mtn. View/Valley Springs, Melbourne, Kirby 2019 – FS Northside (6A) (7), LR Christian (5A), Batesville (4A) (6), Mountain View (3A) (2), Melbourne (2A) (2), Wonderview (1A) (3) 2018 – North Little Rock (7A), Jonesboro (6A) (2), Hot Springs (5A), Central Arkansas Christian (4A) (4), Charleston (3A), Earle (2A), Wonderview (1A) (2) 2017 – Fayetteville (7A), Marion (6A), Watson Chapel (5A), Pocahontas (4A), Hoxie (3A), Quitman (2A), Bay (1A) 2016 – North Little Rock (7A), Jonesboro (6A), Watson Chapel (5A), Riverview (4A), Valley Springs (3A), Earle (2A), Nemo Vista (1A) 2015 – Fayetteville (7A), Greenwood (6A), Hot Springs (5A), Riverview (4A), Greenland (3A), Marmaduke (2A), Nemo Vista (1A) 2014 – Conway (7A), Greenwood (6A), Paragould (5A), Malvern (4A), eStem (3A), Spring Hill (2A), Nemo Vista (1A) 2013 – FS Northside (7A), LR Hall (6A), Jacksonville (5A), Malvern (4A), Greenland (3A), Norphlet (2A), Nevada (1A) 2012 – Cabot, LR Parkview, Greenwood, Star City, Greenland, England, Wonderview 2011 – Fayetteville, El Dorado, Watson Chapel, Shiloh Christian, Mountain View, England, Calico Rock 2010 – North Little Rock, Watson Chapel, Greenwood, Prairie Grove, Valley Springs, Conway Christian, Kirby 2009 – Fayetteville, Lake Hamilton, Vilonia, Shiloh Christian, Charleston, Danville, Scranton 2008 – Conway, Watson Chapel, Camden Fairview, Huntsville, Marshall, Carlisle, Kingston 2007 – FS Northside, LR Parkview, Camden Fairview, Central Arkansas Christian, Marshall, Carlisle, Sacred Heart 2006 – North Little Rock, Morrilton, Central Arkansas Christian, Strong, Sacred Heart 2005 – LR Parkview, Alma, Central Arkansas Christian, Strong-Huttig, Guy-Perkins 2004 – LR Parkview, Harrison, Farmington, Harding Academy, Wickes 2003 – West Memphis, Morrilton, De Queen, Poyen, Guy-Perkins 2002 – FS Northside, Harrison, Highland, Greenland, Guy-Perkins 2001 – FS Northside, Harrison, Ozark, Palestine-Wheatley, Guy-Perkins 2000 – FS Northside, Harrison, Ozark, Greenland, Bradley 1999 – FS Northside, Siloam Springs, Dover, Greenland, Mt. Pleasant 1998 – FS Southside, Hot Springs, Ozark, Tuckerman, St. Joseph 1997 – LR Hall, Hot Springs, Huntsville, Caddo Hills, Van-Cove 1996 – FS Southside, Greene County Tech, Pocahontas, County Line, Van-Cove 1995 – Pine Bluff, Lake Hamilton, Mena, East Poinsett, West Side GF 1994 – Fayetteville, Ridgecrest, Pocahontas, Valley Springs, Emerson 1993 – Fayetteville, Greene County Tech, Vilonia, Caddo Hills, Delta 1992 – West Memphis, Batesville, Dardanelle, Nevada, Alpena 1991 – Bryant (4), Batesville, Lamar, County Line, Parkdale 1990 – Hot Springs, Rivercrest, Star City, South Side BB, Kingsland 1989 – Bryant, Wynne, Gentry, South Side Bee Branch, Parkdale 1988 – Bryant, Batesville, Lamar, Flippin, Newark 1987 – FS Southside, Hamburg, Drew Central, Turrell, Huttig 1986 – FS Southside, Mountain Home, Mansfield, Mount Ida, Union 1985 – FS Southside, Searcy, Hamburg, Flippin, Newark 1984 – Blytheville, Wynne, McCrory, Flippin, Guy-Perkins 1983 – Marianna, Batesville, Clinton, Palestine, McNeil 1982 – Bryant, Batesville, Eudora, Palestine, McNeil 1981 – LR McClellan, Wynne, Altheimer, Waldo, Emerson

1980 – LR McClellan, Rivercrest, Clarksville, Palestine, Parkdale 1979 – Fayetteville, Alma, Vilonia, Waldo, Parkdale 1978 – Russellville, Rivercrest, Gurdon, Stephens, Plumerville 1977 – Lonoke, Stephens, McNeil 1976 – Alma, Stephens, Calico Rock 1975 – Stephens, Calico Rock 1974 – Rivercrest, Calico Rock 1973 – Highland, Melbourne 1972 – Stephens, Guy–Perkins 1971 – Prescott, Vilonia 1970 – Ashdown, Plumerville 1969 – Ashdown, Bradley 1968 – Ashdown, Bradley 1967 – Perryville, Bradley 1966 – Perryville, Bradley 1965 – Perryville, Glenwood 1964 – England, Lewisville 1963 – Leslie, Shawnee 1962 – Leslie, Bradley 1961 – England, Viola 1960 – Waldo, Greenbrier 1959 – England, Viola 1958 – Manila, Greenbrier 1957 – Ashdown, Greenbrier 1956 – Emerson, Greenbrier 1955 – Van Buren 1954 – Van Buren 1953 – Van Buren 1952 – Emerson 1951 – Van Buren 1950 – Van Buren 1949 – Marked Tree 1948 – Marked Tree 1947 – Marianna 1946 – Marked Tree

Past overall girls basketball champions

From 1972 to 1992, the Arkansas Activities Association organized an overall state championship tournament of the classification state champions.

• 1992 – Dardanelle
• 1991 – Bryant (4)
• 1990 – South Side Bee Branch
• 1989 – Bryant (3)
• 1988 – Bryant (2)
• 1987 – FS Southside (2)
• 1986 – FS Southside
• 1985 – Hamburg
• 1984 – Guy-Perkins
• 1983 – Batesville
• 1982 – Bryant
• 1981 – LR McClellan
• 1980 – Clarksville
• 1979 – Waldo
• 1978 – Stephens (4)
• 1977 – Stephens (3)
• 1976 – Calico Rock
• 1975 – Stephens (2)
• 1974 – Rivercrest
• 1973 - Melbourne
• 1972 – Stephens

Most girls basketball championships

• 8 - FS Northside
• 7 - Fayetteville, Greenwood
• 6 - Batesville, Bradley, Greenland, Guy–Perkins
• 5 - England, FS Southside, Harrison, Hot Springs, Stephens, North Little Rock, Van Buren, Watson Chapel Melbourne
• 4 - Bryant, Calico Rock, Central Arkansas Christian, Melbourne

See also

• United States portal
• Sports portal

• Arkansas Activities Association
• List of Arkansas state high school baseball champions
• List of Arkansas state high school football champions
• List of Arkansas state high school swimming champions
• List of Arkansas state high school tennis champions
• List of Arkansas state high school track and field champions

References

1. "2011–2012 Review of Sports" (PDF). Arkansas Activities Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
2. Demeril, Evin. "The Would-Be Razorbacks Pioneer: Eddie Miles". Sporting Life Arkansas. Retrieved May 22, 2013.

External links

• Arkansas Activities Association: Basketball