Look throughout the U.S. highschool sports activities panorama and also you’ll see that soccer clearly outranks the opposite choices, with over one million athletes hitting the gridiron.
In truth, in accordance with the info from one research, solely seven states don’t have soccer as the highest sport.
Contemplating that kind of overwhelming demand, it appears a extra attention-grabbing query is that this: What’s the subsequent hottest?
Right here’s how that breaks down for all 50 states…
Alabama
(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Baseball
Alaska
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Soccer (basketball is No. 1)
Arizona
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Arkansas
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
California
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Colorado
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Connecticut
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Delaware
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Soccer
Florida
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Georgia
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Hawaii
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(Picture: Mateusz Dach through Pexels)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Idaho
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Illinois
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Indiana
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Iowa
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Kansas
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Kentucky
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Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Louisiana
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Maine
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Maryland
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Second hottest boys sport: Soccer
Massachusetts
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Michigan
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Minnesota
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Mississippi
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(Chris Todd, For the Clarion-Ledger)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Missouri
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(Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY through USA TODAY NETWORK)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Montana
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Soccer (observe and discipline is No. 1)
Nebraska
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Second hottest boys sport: Soccer (observe and discipline is No. 1)
Nevada
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
New Hampshire
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Soccer
New Jersey
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
New Mexico
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(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
New York
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
North Carolina
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
North Dakota
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Soccer (basketball is No. 1)
Ohio
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Oklahoma
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Oregon
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Pennsylvania
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(Kirby Lee/Picture of Sport-USA TODAY Sports)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Rhode Island
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
South Carolina
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
South Dakota
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Tennessee
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Texas
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(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Utah
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Vermont
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Soccer (soccer is No. 1)
Virginia
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Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Washington
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
West Virginia
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Basketball
Wisconsin
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(USA TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject
Wyoming
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(US TODAY)
Second hottest boys sport: Observe and Subject