When Mentor lost to Aurora, 2-1, in a baseball Division I regional final on Friday, it fell just short of an unprecedented feat. It would have been the first time a Division I school advanced to the state final four in football, boys basketball and baseball in the same school year.

By advancing to the state semifinal round in football and winning the state championship in hoops, the Cardinals are still in exclusive company.

Beginning with Canton McKinley in 1930-31, 25 schools have qualified for the state semis in two of those three sports in the same school year, with 20 of those coming since the state football tournament begin in 1972 (boys basketball started in 1923, baseball in 1928).

Here's a look at the list of big-school division, multisport final-four bids in football, boys basketball and baseball in the same school year:

1930-31: Canton McKinley, baseball and basketball

1935-36: Bridgeport, baseball and basketball

1936-37: Canton McKinley, baseball and basketball

1961-62: Lima Senior, baseball and basketball

1969-70: Dayton Chaminade, baseball and basketball

1972-73: Cincinnati Elder, baseball and basketball

1975-76: Findlay, football and baseball

1984-85: North Canton Hoover, football and basketball

1992-93: St. Ignatius, football and baseball

1994-95: St. Ignatius, football and baseball

1996-97: St. Ignatius, football and baseball

1997-98: Canton McKinley, football and basketball

1997-98: St. Edward, baseball and basketball

1997-98: St. Ignatius, football and basketball

1999-2000: St. Ignatius, football and baseball

2001-02: St. Ignatius, football and baseball

2003-04: Toledo St. John’s, basketball and football

2004-05: Canton McKinley, football and basketball

2006-07: Mentor, football and baseball

2007-08: Cincinnati St. Xavier, basketball and football

2007-08: St. Edward, baseball and basketball

2009-10: Cincinnati Elder, football and baseball

2009-10: Cincinnati Moeller, basketball and baseball

2011-12: Toledo Whitmer, football and basketball

2012-13: Mentor, football and basketball

The list could grow by one later tonight. Cincinnati Moeller, which won the Division I state championship in football, was scheduled to play in a baseball regional final.

- Howard Primer