August is here, which means the 2025-26 high school sports season is just a few short weeks away. Football teams will be taking the field for practice beginning on Aug. 14, with soccer, field hockey, cross country and more to follow suit.

This summer has been a busy one for The Providence Journal sports staff, as Bill Koch, Eric Rueb and Jacob Rousseau have been diving into our archives in search of the best high school athletes of the century, so far. That means looking at the top performers from fall, winter and spring sports since 2000. The spring and winter sports have nearly all been published, both online and in the pages of The Journal, and the plan is the publish every sport before the 2025-26 school year begins.

If you missed any of these players so far, don't worry. We're round

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