By the slimmest of margins.

The Point Pleasant High School athletic program earned the 2010-11 Cardinal Conference All-Sports award by just half a point over Poca.

The Big Blacks and Lady Knights combined for a 65.5 point total, while Poca finished in second with 65 points.

Scoring for the award was based on the final standings in 13 sports.

Point Pleasant claimed first in four of the 13 sports, winning outright titles in wrestling, boys track and girls track. The baseball team tied with Chapmanville for first place.

Point Pleasant was second in golf, football, boys tennis and girls tennis. The Lady Knights soccer team placed third in the conference.

The boys basketball team was fourth, softball placed sixth, volleyball was seventh and girls basketball tied for seventh.

Poca tied with Point Pleasant for the most league titles, taking the top spot in golf boys basketball, boys tennis and girls tennis.

Sissonville won two league titles (volleyball, girls soccer), Chapmanville won two titles (softball, baseball), while Wayne (football) and Scott (girls basketball) each won one league title.

Point totals for each sport were based on the number of competing teams, eight teams (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1), seven teams (8-6-5-4-3-2-1), six teams (8-6-4-3-2-1), five teams (6-4-3-2-1), and four teams (5-3-2-1).



2010-11 Cardinal Conference All-Sports standings

Point Pleasant 65.5

Poca 65

Chapmanville 49

Sissonville 43

Scott 41

Wayne 39.5

Herbert Hoover 36

Tolsia 19

Cardinal Conference standings by sport

Golf: 1. Poca, 2. Point Pleasant, 3. Chapmanville, 4. Scott, 5. Herbert Hoover, 6. Wayne.

Volleyball: 1. Sissonville, 2. Wayne, 3. Herbert Hoover, 4. Tolsia, 5. Poca, 6. Chapmanville, 7. Point Pleasant.

Girls Soccer: 1. Sissonville, 2. Poca, 3. Point Pleasant, 4. Herbert Hoover.

Football: 1. Wayne, 2. Point Pleasant, 3. Herbert Hoover, 4. Chapmanville, 5. Poca, 6. Scott, 7. Tolsia, 8. Sissonville.

Boys Basketball: 1. Poca, 2. Scott, 3. Chapmanville, 4. Point Pleasant, t-5. Herbert Hoover, Sissonville and Tolsia, 8. Wayne.

Girls Basketball: 1. Scott, 2. Tolsia, 3. Chapmanville, 4. Sissonville, 5. Poca, 6. Wayne, t-7. Herbert Hoover and Point Pleasant.

Wrestling: 1. Point Pleasant, 2. Herbert Hoover, 3. Sissonville, 4. Poca.

Baseball: t-1. Chapmanville and Point Pleasant, 3. Herbert Hoover, 4. Wayne, 5. Sissonville, 6. Poca, 7. Scott, 8. Tolsia.

Softball: 1. Chapmanville, 2. Wayne, 3. Sissonville, 4. Scott, 5. Poca, 6. Point Pleasant, 7. Herbert Hoover, 8. Tolsia.

Boys Tennis: 1. Poca, 2. Point Pleasant, 3. Chapmanville, 4. Scott.

Girls Tennis: 1. Poca, 2. Point Pleasant, 3. Chapmanville, 4. Herbert Hoover, 5. Scott, 6. Sissonville.

Boys Track: 1. Point Pleasant, 2. Poca, 3. Sissonville, 4. Wayne, 5. Scott, 6. Herbert Hoover, 7. Chapmanville.

Girls Track: 1. Point Pleasant, 2. Poca, 3. Scott, 4. Sissonville, t-5. Herbert Hoover and Wayne.