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Old unsourced athletics claims

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South Aiken won the AAAA State Golf Championship in 2004. The tennis team won the men's tennis state championship in 2002, 2003, and 2004. The men's soccer state championship in 2005(4A) and 2009 (3A). In the 2005 soccer season, South Aiken was ranked second in the Southern Region, and third overall in the United States.

Poking around the SCHSL site, South Aiken did win the boys' 2004 AAAA golf championship.[1]. Boys' tennis lost in the third round in 2002,[2] lost in the first round in 2003,[3], and lost in the first round in 2004.[4] Boys' soccer won AAAA in 2005[5] and won AAA in 2008;[6] JL Mann won in 2009.[7] I'm not sure how to verify the rankings, because it doesn't indicate what organization did the rankings. —C.Fred (talk) 03:37, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Generally, C.Fred, we don't discuss polls in US high school articles. Also no individual achievement, and rarely anything less than state champions. Thanks for finding the cites. John from Idegon (talk) 04:21, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, polls are so opinion-based and not in general use that I'm reluctant to mention them in high school articles. I'm not even sure I'd mention a power ranking in a high school sports article, even though I know of two states that use them for various purposes. —C.Fred (talk) 04:34, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Power rankings seem like WP:NOTNEWS to me. Altho generally prose is preferred to lists, I find using lists in school articles for athletic achievement cuts down on the crufty, poor excuse for a sports page garbage we frequently end up with. However, if there is something unique to discuss, that's another story. I'm thinking particularly of a school that may have gone 1-15 for the season and end up going all the way in the tournament only to lose in the finals.John from Idegon (talk) 06:54, 26 February 2017 (UTC)