Harmony High School made a major stride forward in re-capturing the Orange Belt Conference All-Sports Award thanks to a strong showing in the eight-sport winter sports season that ended with boys and girls wrestling this past week.
Th e Longhorns won the coveted award as the county’s top sports program four straight years (2021-24), but St. Cloud wrested it away last year. Harmony entered the winter sports season trailing the Bulldogs 49.5-45.5 in 2025-26.
But with championships in boys and girls wrestling last Wednesday and girls soccer in December, and second-place showings in girls basketball, girls weightlifting and competitive cheerleading, Harmony led the county with 55 winter points. That collection moved the Longhorns ahead of the Bulldogs in the year-long race, 100.5-91.5.
St. Cloud’s lone first-place finish in winter sports came in girls weightlifting.
Other schools claiming winter OBC championships included Tohopekaliga in competitive cheer and boys’ soccer and Osceola and Gateway in boys and girls basketball.
Poinciana and Tohopekaliga made the biggest jumps in their point totals during the winter.
After collecting just two points in the fall, the Eagles racked up 24 in the winter to move into seventh place past Liberty. Tohopekaliga nearly doubled its fall point total (27) in the winter (46), tying the Tigers with Gateway for fourth place at 73.
A potential 80 points (88 if five schools sponsor fishing) are on the line in the spring, as OBC Championships will be contested in boys and girls tennis and track, baseball, softball, flag football, and boys weightlifting and volleyball.
“To be honest, it’s going to be tough to make up a nine-point deficit,” St. Cloud coach Bryan Smart said. “The Longhorns are traditionally strong in the spring sports. But I know all our coaches and athletes will give their best this spring and you never know what might happen.”
Recently, the OBC All-Sports Award has come down to a two-team race between the Longhorns and Bulldogs. Since opening in 2004, Harmony has won the award 12 times; while St. Cloud has won it times. In the 39-year history of the award, Osceola has won 15 times, the last in 2011, with St. Cloud and Harmony tied with 12 each, passing it amongst each other since 2012. The OBC was originally created in the 1980s and initially also included Orange County schools like Bishop Moore and Jones.
Teams earn eight points for a championship down to one point for eighth place. Championships are determined by a week-long tournament for team sports like basketball and soccer and a one-day tournament for individual sports like wrestling and weightlifting. A minimum of five schools must sponsor a sport for it to count in the standings.
OBC Standings
(through winter sports)
Harmony 100.5
St. Cloud 91.5
Celebration 79
Tohopekaliga 73
Gateway 73
Osceola 54
Poinciana 26
Liberty 15
