La Salle Academy Named Best High School for Sports in RI

La Salle Academy Named Best High School for Sports in RI

La Salle Academy is the best high school in Rhode Island for sports, according to rankings by Stadium Talk.

“The United States has over 37,000 high schools, and broadcast access to games and events for some high schools rivals that of collegiate programs. Just think: Forty years ago, the NBA Finals were aired on tape delay. Now, you can stream a live junior varsity archery contest between high school teams,” writes Stadium Talk.

Stadium Talk lists La Salle’s enrollment at 1,560 students and tuition at $15,400.

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Stadium Talk on La Salle

About La Salle, Stadium Talk writes:

Whenever the La Salle Rams reach the mountaintop, they usually stay there a while. They are renowned for their three-peats, four-peats, and 17-peats. They won 17 straight football state titles in the 1930s and '40s and have won 33 state championships in all.

Their gymnastics team also multi-peated to the tune of 10 consecutive state titles from 2003 to 12.

The boys’ lacrosse team won seven straight state titles from 2012 to 2018 while the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams won every state title from 2001 to 2005.

La Salle may be the big fish in the small pond of Rhode Island, but they’ve also won several New England Championships, which came against the top schools from the six most northeastern U.S. states.

The Method

Stadium Talk compiled a list of the top high school sports programs by state, plus Washington, D.C.

The sports they specialize in include everything from football to swimming to rugby to crew.

The criteria used emphasized state and national championships above all else, but it also took into account all-time wins, record streaks and collegiate/Olympic/professional athletes produced.