Hoover High School Has State's Best Athletic Program: Poll

HOOVER, AL — A poll ranking the best athletic programs in each state has Hoover High School as Alabama's best program. The poll was released last week by sports news site Stadium Talk.

The poll looked at schools from all 50 states and Washington D.C. The school sports include everything from football to swimming to rugby to crew. The criteria 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.

Stadium Talk recalled the MTV reality series "Two-A-Days," which featured the Hoover High School football team, and aired from 2006 to 2007.

"The reason why MTV chose Hoover High is because of its dominant football program, which had won four straight state titles when the show premiered," the article says. "Since then, the school has won six more championships for a total of 13 state titles, with 11 coming since 2000."

In addition to football success, the Bucs have also won state championships in baseball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys and girls track and field, girls golf and girls swimming and diving in the last 10 years.