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A state championship is a competition determining the best team or individual within a particular U.S. state, or the title awarded to the winner: The team won the state championship for the third year in a row.
Most commonly refers to high school athletics, where state-level competition represents the highest tier available.
Winning a state championship carries significant local prestige.
- titleFormal honorific or name
- trophyAward for winning
- finalsConcluding tests or matches
- playoffsChampionship elimination series
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
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- school sportsbasketball, varsity, football, JV, soccer
- youth sports tournamentsLittle League, basketball camp, swim meet, track meet, wrestling tournament
- cross countryrunner, race, meet, course, spikes
- competitionscontests, tournaments, match, matches, game
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Country-level competitive title
world championship · World Cup · nationals · Olympics · national finals
state championshippickup game
Spontaneous informal athletic contest
scrimmage · friendly match · regular season game · practice match · exhibition game
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