Category: Southwest

Sunnyslope Green Team (Last Year Rank: 5) This is a solid basketball Student Section and one of the best in the state. The Green Team can pack the stands and it's not just the students or the parents. The entire community buys in on the school spirit at Sunnyslope. We will see how the Green Team will do in the National Winter playoffs in the 53-Student Section Bracket, but for now they're the 2024-2025 Arizona Winter Student Section of the Year! The Green Team was reached for comment. “Sunnyslope has always been about community, and that’s what makes us the best. One school, one family; the best in AZ!” https://www.instagram.com/p/DGBaMo_y7Nj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Pinnacle Crazies (Last Year: 2) St. Mary’s Bleacher Creatures (Last Year: 14) https://www.instagram.com/p/DG41Tewuf07/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Perry Puma Pit (Last Year: 3) https://www.instagram.com/p/DGW6_a4JmqE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Brophy Prep Stampede (Last Year:...

Kahuku Code Red (Last Year Rank: 1) Code Red has been the most consistent when it comes to showing off their Student Section on social media. They've definitely been a powerhouse in Hawaii Student Section and I'm sure it helps when you have a respectable athletic program. We'll find out how Code Red will do in the National Winter Student Section Playoffs soon, but for now, they're the 2024-2025 Hawaii Winter Basketball Student Section Champions! Kamehameha Kapalama (Last Year Rank: NR) This Student Section shows up for anyone, not just boys basketball. They definitely got a great showing in a historic season from the girls basketball squad this season! ‘Iolani (Last Year Rank: 6) Mililani (Last Year Rank: 5) Punahou (Last Year Rank: 4) Moanalua (Last Year Rank: NR) Baldwin (Last Year Rank: NR) Kaiser...

We continue our Final Rankings in all of the 50 states we covered this football season.  To say I’m overwhelmed with the work that comes along with this is an understatement. We had Student Section of the Week for over 10 weeks and that helped us determine who had the best Student Section and which one wanted it more. Just showing up in large crowds isn’t enough. It might fool other outlets that don’t cover Student Sections, but not us. We have to know how bad you want and marketing is key.  You will see top-notch Student Sections miss out at the top spot, but we kept saying it over and over and over again, in order to be considered number one, you have to win the Student Section of the Week title. Otherwise, what...

Let’s take a quick timeout from the Final State Rankings and go back to the Student Section Report roots! When this Student Section Rankings started with OC Sidelines in 2015, I didn’t expect an overwhelming reaction. We remember naming La Habra Clan (Now the La Habra Highlander Huddle) was our first Football Student Section Champion. We extend the Student Section Rankings to Southern California when OCSidelines became SoCal Sidelines with Murrieta Mesa being the 2016 SoCal Student Section Champions. When SoCalSidelines went out of business, we began SoCal Student Sections, which later became the Student Section Report. While we are the first and only ones to ever rank Student Sections all 50 states, it all started in Southern California, so I have still have knowledge of the Student Section scene in SoCal despite focusing in...

The time has come to start ranking 50 states that we covered this football season.  To say I’m overwhelmed with the work that comes along with this is a huge huge understatement. We had 12 Student Section of the Week winners in Arizona and that helped us determine who had the best Student Section and which ones wanted it more. Just showing up in large crowds isn’t enough. It might fool other outlets that don’t cover Student Sections, but not us. We have to know how bad you want it and marketing is key.  You will see top-notch Student Sections miss out at the top spot, but we kept saying it over and over and over again, in order to be considered number one, you have to win the Student Section of the Week title....

The time has come to start ranking 50 states that we covered this football season.  To say I’m overwhelmed with the work that comes along with this is a huge huge understatement. We had 11 Student Section of the Week winners in New Mexico and that helped us determine who had the best Student Section and which ones wanted it more. Just showing up in large crowds isn’t enough. It might fool other outlets that don’t cover Student Sections, but not us. We have to know how bad you want it and marketing is key.  You will see top-notch Student Sections miss out at the top spot, but we kept saying it over and over and over again, in order to be considered number one, you have to win the Student Section of the Week...

The time has come to start ranking 50 states that we covered this football season.  To say I’m overwhelmed with the work that comes along with this is a huge huge understatement. We had 11 Student Section of the Week winners in Nevada and that helped us determine who had the best Student Section and which ones wanted it more. Just showing up in large crowds isn’t enough. It might fool other outlets that don’t cover Student Sections, but not us. We have to know how bad you want it and marketing is key.  You will see top-notch Student Sections miss out at the top spot, but we kept saying it over and over and over again, in order to be considered number one, you have to win the Student Section of the Week title....

In 2015, yours truly began covering Student Sections in Orange County, California. We expanded to Southern California in 2017 and in 2021, we added four more states and added 15 more states. We went to 40 states two years ago. We went to all 50 states in winter of 2023. No one has ever done that before…until now! This is still a one-man operation for the most part, but we have some help with some partners on Instagram like OC Student Sections, Stadium Geeks, Maryland Student Section Rater, NorCal Student Sections and many more. I know that Student Sections have a lot of work to do to get the students to the games to cheer on their classmates and go along with the theme and make sure they don’t cause trouble. These student sections deserve...