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Baseball Champions -- 1971-2004
DIVISION 1
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1998 Midland (Terry Wilczek) Saline 2-1
1999 Detroit Catholic Central (John Salter) Troy 6-5
2000  Warren DeLaSalle (Brian Kelly) Detroit Catholic Central  3-1
2001  Grosse Pointe South (Dan Griesbaum) Grand Ledge 2-1
2002 Portage Central (Paul Schneider) Warren Mott 7-0
2003 Holland West Ottawa (Jim Caserta) Birmingham Brother Rice 5-2
2004 Ann Arbor Pioneer (Jerry Holley) Jenison 8-2
 
DIVISION 2
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1998 Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Greg Kolb) Whitehall 8-6
1999 Sturgis (Bill Whitely) Pinconning 3-2
2000  Battle Creek Lakeview (Ray Perry)  Charlotte  8-3 
2001  Saginaw Swan Valley (Dennis Zehnder) Wyoming Park 4-1
2002  Monroe Jefferson (Dave Sontag) Lapeer West 9-6
2003  Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Jeff Willis) Grand Rapids Catholic Central 12-6
2004  Dearborn Divine Child (Tony DeMare) Linden 7-0
 
DIVISION 3
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1998 Quincy (Lonney Evon) Saginaw Nouvel 9-6
1999 Saginaw Nouvel (Mark Krzysiak) Blissfield 6-4
2000  Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Berrien Springs 3-0
2001  Flat Rock (Chris Elliott) Berrien Springs 11-5
2002 Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Clare 15-8
2003  Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Morley Stanwood 3-1
2004  Homer (Scott Salow) Shepherd 5-1
 
DIVISION 4
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1998 Southgate Aquinas (Doug Sombatti) Indian River
Inland Lakes		 9-3
1999 Decatur (Ben Botti) Bay City All Saints 8-0
2000  Bay City All Saints (Mike Regulski) Posen 3-1
2001 Harper Woods (Mike Rowinski) Decatur 4-2
2002 Decatur (Ben Botti) Taylor Light & Life 7-2
2003 Decatur (Ben Botti) Royal Oak Shrine 3-0
2004 Rochester HIlls Lutheran Northwest
(Jim Lepor) 		Bay City All Saints 6-5

CLASS A
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1971 Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (James Bresciami) Royal Oak Kimball 3-0
1972 Royal Oak Kimball (Frank Clouser) Detroit Western 3-1
1973 Midland (Frank Altimore) Royal Oak Kimball 1-0
1974 Livonia Churchill (Roger Frayer) Hazel Park 10-1
1975 Plymouth Salem (Wayne Sparkman) Bay City Handy 5-3
1976 Clarkston (Paul Tungate) Hazel Park 2-1
1977 Grand Ledge (Pat O'Keefe) Detroit Catholic Central 6-2
1978 Flint Southwestern (Marvin Rettenmund) East Kentwood 7-1
1979 Detroit Catholic Central (Frank Corej) Port Huron Northern 6-4
1980 Grosse Pointe North (Frank Sumbera) Royal Oak Kimball 9-6
1981 Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (James Bresciami) Flint Carman 7-6
1982 Midland (Frank Altimore) Plymouth Canton 5-4
1983 West Bloomfield (Larry Reichle) Midland Dow 19-3
1984 Walled Lake Western (Chuck Apap) Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher 9-8
1985 Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (James Bresciami) Jenison 5-1
1986 Ypsilanti (Pat Dignan) Birmingham Brother Rice 6-5
1987 Detroit Catholic Central (John Salter) Midland Dow 4-3 (9)
1988 Birmingham Seaholm (Don Sackett) Taylor Kennedy 11-9
1989 Harper Woods Notre Dame (Anthony Mardirosian) Milford 3-2
1990 Sterling Heights Ford (Dan Barnabo) Davison 7-5
1991 Plymouth Salem (John Gravlin) Rochester 4-1
1992 Birmingham Brother Rice (Ron Kalczynski) Lapeer West 15-11 (9)
1993 Warren deLaSalle (Brian Kelly) Grand Ledge 14-2
1994 Birmingham Brother Rice (Ron Kalczynski) Southgate Anderson 15-3
1995 Grand Ledge (Pat O'Keefe) Rochester Adams 7-4
1996 Mt. Pleasant (Luke Epple) Rochester Adams 7-3
1997 Rochester (Bob Dieters) Portage Central 8-1
 
CLASS B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1971 Detroit Lutheran West (Roger Aumann) Pinconning 4-1
1972 Carleton Airport (Lowell Potratz) Midland Bullock Creek 5-4
1973 Flint Bentley (Jim Vukovich) Romeo 2-0
1974 Flint Powers (Jim Vanitvelt) Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher 4-0
1975 Burton Bentley (Jim Vukovich) Wyoming Godwin Heights 3-2
1976 Wyoming Park (Ronald Engels) Coldwater 6-5
1977 Gibraltar Carlson (John Lefevre) Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher 7-1
1978 Jackson Lumen Christi (Dan Atkin) Spring Lake 10-6
1979 Southgate Aquinas (Johnny Zimmerman) South Haven 5-1
1980 Flint Powers (William Haley) Mt. Pleasant 8-7
1981 Bay City All Saints Central (Bill Harris) Tecumseh 7-1
1982 Southgate Aquinas (Johnny Zimmerman) Bay City Handy 6-2
1983 Remus Chippewa Hills (James Novar) Coloma 4-1
1984 Redford Thurston (Emil Majeski) Wyoming Park 2-1
1985 Grand Rapids Catholic Central (John Dolce) Fenton 6-2
1986 Battle Creek Lakeview (Raymond Perry) Harper Woods
Bishop Gallagher		 4-3
1987 Bay City Handy (Dave Petrosky) Battle Creek Lakeview 1-0 (9)
1988 Mt. Clemens Clintondale (Jim Killoren) Battle Creek Lakeview 17-4
1989 Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher
(Thomas Trompics)		 Fenton 5-3
1990 Stevensville Lakeshore (Steve Adler) Madison Heights Bishop Foley 6-2
1991 Chelsea (Wayne Welton) Midland Bullock Creek 6-5
1992 Dearborn Divine Child (Mark Falvo) Wyoming Park 9-6
1993 DeWitt (Frank Deak) Carleton Airport 4-3 (11)
1994 Trenton (Vic Bechard) Grand Rapids Catholic Central 3-1
1995 Detroit Country Day (Frank Orlando) Spring Lake 7-3
1996 Grandville Calvin Christian (Jay Milkamp) DeWitt 7-6 (9)
1997 Saginaw Nouvel (Steve Jaksa) DeWitt 3-2
 
CLASS C
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1971 Hamtramck St. Ladislaus (Mike Soluk) Dearborn Sacred Heart 4-0
1972 Center Line St. Clement (Bill Krug) Hamilton 2-1
1973 Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Novi 4-0
1974 Center Line St. Clement (Ed McLaughlin) St. Joseph Lake Mich. Catholic 7-1
1975 Bronson (Phil Wotta) Vermontville Maple Valley 8-1
1976 Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Ravenna 5-3
1977 Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Center Line St. Clement 4-2
1978 Bay City All Saints (Leon Giffel) Addison 8-0
1979 Allen Park Cabrini (Donald Oboza) Clare 2-0
1980 Dundee (Gordon Burkhart) Parchment 3-1
1981 Allen Park Cabrini (Donald Oboza) Buchanan 9-8
1982 Sanford Meridian (Tom Axtell) Buchanan 6-4
1983 DeWitt (Frank Deak) Lake Fenton 5-1
1984 Berrien Springs (Dan Wright) Orchard Lake St. Mary 4-2
1985 Buchanan (Bob Storm) Grandville Calvin Christian 3-2
1986 Pontiac Catholic (Frank Freeburn) Hamilton 3-2
1987 Niles Brandywine (Charles Hurdle) Coleman 8-5
1988 Hartford (Howard Hyde) Morley-Stanwood 11-10
1989 Berrien Springs (John Donley) Erie-Mason 10-5
1990 Saginaw Nouvel (Stephen Jaksa) Homer 10-5
1991 Erie-Mason (Tom McGarry) Pewamo-Westphalia 12-4
1992 Blissfield (Larry Tuttle) Saginaw Nouvel 11-9
1993 Coleman (Joe Albaugh) Detroit Country Day 7-0
1994 Grandville Calvin Christian (Jay Milkamp) Riverview Gabriel Richard 5-4
1995 Three Oaks-River Valley (Jerry Hinman) Grandville Calvin Christian 17-3
1996 Lansing Catholic Central (Phil Booth) Sanford-Meridian 8-5
1997 Three Oaks-River Valley (Jerry Hinman) Boyne City 15-3
 
CLASS D
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1971 Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (Jim Powell) Portland St. Patrick 5-1
1972 Ann Arbor St. Thomas (Mike Ramker) Grosse Pte. Woods Univ. Liggett 7-1
1973 Cheboygan Catholic (Leo Yeck) Portland St. Patrick 7-6
1974 Cheboygan Catholic (Leo Yeck) Freesoil 2-0
1975 Climax-Scotts (Mark Whitney) Grass Lake 3-1
1976 Climax-Scotts (Bob Weessies) Caseville 10-2
1977 Ann Arbor St. Thomas (Joe McDermott) Potterville 10-9
1978 Saranac (Terry Dawson) Frankfort 4-1
1979 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Joe Haklin)		 Frankfort 4-3
1980 Grass Lake (Joe Bechtel) Muskegon Western
Michigan Christian		 2-1
1981 Reading (Jack Kerspilo) Mesick 1-0
1982 Mesick (James Linna) Colon 3-2
1983 New Buffalo (Roger Vink) Morrice 5-4 (10)
1984 Climax-Scotts (Bob Weessies) Maple City-Glen Lake 6-2
1985 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian
(Joe Hicks)		 Grass Lake 5-4 (9)
1986 Harper Woods (Ron Smith) Wyoming Lee 3-2
1987 Bridgman (Gary Owen) Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 10-9 (8)
1988 Grass Lake (Joe Bechtel) Gaylord St. Mary 11-6
1989 Colon (Dennis Hendrickson) Gaylord St. Mary 11-6
1990 Traverse City St. Francis (Craig Bauer) Climax-Scotts 7-6
1991 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
(Daniel Webster)		 Bay City All Saints 10-3
1992 Hillman (David Checkley) Athens 8-7
1993 Beal City (Ron Schafer) Portland St. Patrick 10-7
1994 Hillman (David Checkley) Bridgman 9-2
1995 New Buffalo (John Cosich) Hillman 10-4
1996 Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (Earl Hartman) Center Line St. Clement 12-0
1997 Hillman (David Checkley) Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 5-0