Honors: CTE National Qualifiers, Sports Medals & Championships

Small class sizes have always provided USD 247 area students opportunities to play the sports they love and compete in a variety of student organizations that receive state and national recognition.

Please note: This list is known to be incomplete and is being updated as honors are confirmed. If you know of any corrections/additions, please email                    .

Rhodes Scholar

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

Baseball

Boys Basketball

  • [Cherokee] Final Four 1934
  • [McCune High] CNC Champions 1948
  • [McCune High] CNC League Champions 1949
  • [McCune High] Regional Champions 1949
  • [McCune High] Class B State Runner-Up 1949
  • (McCune High) CNC Champs 1950
  • [McCune High] Regional Champs 1958
  • [McCune High] Regional Champs 1965
  • CNC League Champions 1964
  • CNC League Champions 1965
  • CNC League Champions 1967
  • CNC League Champions 1981
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 1988
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 2003
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 2005
  • TRL League  Champs 2021
  • Undefeated TRL League Champs 2022
  • Undefeated TRL  League Champs 2023

Girls Basketball

  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 1980
  • CNC League Champions 1990
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 1992
  •  TRL League  Champs 2024

Cross Country

Debate/Forensics

Top 10% nationwide

National Qualifiers

  • 2015: 2
  • 2016: 3

State Champions

NSDA’s Leading Chapter Award for the Southeast Kansas NFL District

FBLA

National Medals

National Qualifiers

State Qualifiers

  • 2014: 17
  • 2015: 17
  • 2016: 20
  • 2017: 12

FCCLA

National Medals

National Qualifiers

FFA

Football

  • (McCune High) CNC Champs 1948
  • (McCune High) CNC Champs 1958
  • Duane Davis [McCune High] Kansas Shrine Bowl 1974
  • District Champions Class 3A 1981
  • District Champions Class 3A 1992
  • District Champions Class 3A 2000
  • District Champions Class 3A 2003
  • Bi-District Champions Class 3A 2003
  • District Champions Class 3A 2004
  • Bi-District Champions Class 3A 2004
  • Regional Champions Class 3A 2004
  • Bi-District Champions Class 3A 2005
  • Playoff Qualifier 2008
  • District Champions Class 3A 2010
  • Bi-District Champions Class 3A 2010
  • Ryan Rakestraw Kansas Shrine Bowl 2015
  • Playoff Qualifier 2018
  • TRL  Undefeated Champions 2019
  • Bi-Districts 2A Champs 2019
  • TRL Undefeated Champs 2021
  •  Playoff Qualifier 2021

HOSA

National Qualifiers

  • 2016: 2

Music

4-State Honor Band

Southeast District Honor Band

  • 2013: 3
  • 2014: 1
  • 2015: 3

Southeast District Honor Choir

  • 2013: 1
  • 2014: 1
  • 2015: 4
  • 2016: 5

Southeast District Honor Jazz Band

  • 2013: 2

State Music Festival Qualifiers

Scholars Bowl

  • CNC League Champions 1996
  • CNC League Champions 2000
  • CNC League Champions 2001
  • CNC League Champions 2002
  • State Champions Class 3A 2002

Softball

  •  TRL League Champs 2018
  • TRL Co- League Champs 2019
  • 2020  Canceled Covid 19

Boys Track & Field

State Medals

  • Tarter [West Mineral High] Broad Jump 2nd 1941
  • Tarter [West Mineral High] Pole Vault 2nd 1941
  • Kernick, Vest, Nutt & Clark [McCune High] Mile Relay State Champion 1953
  • Semonick 180 Low Hurdles 4th 1954
  • Lane [West Mineral High] Javelin State Champion 1954
  • Wilson [McCune High] 120 H Hurdles 4th 1959
  • Justice [West Mineral High] 180 L Hurdles 5th 1959
  • Justice [West Mineral High] 180 Low Hurdles 2nd 1961
  • O’Neal [West Mineral High] 440 4th 1961
  • O’Neal 180 Low Hurdles 4th 1962
  • Mike Mordica Javelin 2nd 1970
  • Chris Naylor High Jump 4th 1972
  • Doug Chad 800M 2nd 1981
  • David Stricklin 1600M 3rd 1981
  • Derek Westervelt High Jump State Champion 1981
  • Scott Brynds 100M 5th 1986
  • Scott Brynds 100M 5th 1987
  • Mike Gall 400M 5th 1987
  • Mike Gall 400M 6th 1988
  • Paul Timmons Discus 3rd 1992
  • Korey Kimrey 1600M 3rd 1998
  • Brandon Figura Long Jump 4th 2000
  • Brandon Figura Long Jump 7th 2002
  • Michael Allen, Brandon Figura, Trent McGown & Rodney Schultze Boys 4×100 7th 2002
  • Braden Buzard, Sam Holden, Clint Rider & Lance Smith Boys 4×800  6th 2004
  • Travis Franklin Javelin 6th 2005
  • Jamie Han 800M 3rd 2008
  • Nick Renfro 300M Hurdles 2nd 2008
  • Ryan Rakestraw High Jump 5th 2012
  • Ryan Rakestraw High Jump 4th 2013
  • Ryan Rakestraw Long Jump 8th 2014
  • Ryan Rakestraw High Jump 5th 2015
  • Jaret Brumback      110m Hurdles 8th  2018
  • Jaret Brumback 300mh 3rd 2019
  • Jaret Brumback–      1st ranked 110mh all year. PR of 14.47. Fell over 7th hurdle at State. 4th fastest time in all classes in the state in  2019.
  • 2020 Season Cancelled Covid-19
  • Cullen Mutz   300mh 7th 2021
  • Hunter Newcomb Pole Vault 5th 2021
  • Cody Gath Pole Vault   8th 2021
  • Matthew Martinie 3rd 200m   2022- 8th Fastest Time All Classes
  • Matthew Martinie 6th 100m   2022
  • Ryan Wilkins 4th Shot Put    2022
  • TreySol Galindo 6th PV 2024
  • TreySol Galindo State Runner-up Pole Vault 2025

Girls Track & Field

State Medals

  • Julia Maxton 1600M 6th 1977
  • Girls 4×100 6th 1981
  • Jamie Cook High Jump 2nd 1985
  • Jamie Cook High Jump 5th 1986
  • Dustee Craddock Shot 6th 1994
  • Jaymee Cummins 300M Hurdles 5th 2004
  • Jaymee Cummins 300M Hurdles 2nd 2005
  • Jaymee Cummins, Jerri Cummins, Chara Heskett & Jenae Palmer    4×100 4th 2005
  • Laura Yancey Javelin 5th 2014
  • Laura Yancey Javelin 2nd 2015
  • Sailor Jackson Javelin 8th 2017
  • Sailor Jackson Pole Vault 8th 2017
  • 2020 Cancelled Covid 19
  • Eliz White 8th 800m   2022
  • Eliz White 7th 800m   2024
  • Eliz White 5th 800m   2025

TSA

National Medals

National Qualifiers

Volleyball

  • CNC League Champions 1974
  • Regional Champions Class 2A 1974
  • CNC League Champions 1975
  • CNC League Champions 1976
  • Regional Champions Class 2A 1976
  • CNC League Champions 1979
  • CNC League Champions 1980
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 1980
  • Sub-State Champions Class 4A 1981
  • Sub-State Champions Class 4A 1982
  • CNC League Champions 1990
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 1991
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 1999
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 2010
  • CNC League Champions 2011
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 2011
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 2012
  • Sub-State Champions Class 3A 2014
  • Regional Champs Class 2A 2024

Wrestling

State Medals

Yearbook

National Yearbook Program of Excellence

  • 2011-12
  • 2015-16

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Boys Golf

(Southeast no longer has a Golf team)

  • CNC League Champions 2000
  • Regional Champions Class 3A 2000
  • CNC League Champions 2001
  • Regional Champions Class 3A 2001
  • Regional Champions Class 3A 2002
  • CNC League Champions 2003

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