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Football Champions 1975-2004

DIVISION 1
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  Walled Lake Western (Mike Zdebski) Utica Eisenhower 19-7
2000   Grand Ledge (Pat O'Keefe)  Utica Eisenhower 

 19-14
2001   Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach)  Utica Eisenhower 

 24-21
2002   Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach)  East Kentwood  

 36-26
2003   Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach)  Utica Eisenhower 

 24-16
2004 Rockford (Ralph Munger) Sterling Heights Stevenson
31-6

DIVISION 2
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  Saginaw (Donald Durrett)  Birmingham Brother Rice

14-7
2000 Birmingham Brother Rice (Al Fracassa)  Hudsonville

21-7
2001   Clinton Twp. Chippewa Valley (Mike Carr)  Jenison 

 26-13
2002  Lowell (Noel Dean)  Birmingham Brother Rice

31-14
2003 Rochester Adams (Tony Patritto)  Birmingham Brother Rice

28-7
2004 Muskegon (Tony Annese) Orchard Lake St. Mary's
31-7

DIVISION 3
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Herrington)		 Grand Rapids Creston 

42-35
2000  Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Herrington) 		 East Lansing    42-0
2001  Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Herrington) 		 Fruitport    28-6
2002  East Grand Rapids (Peter Stuursma)  DeWitt    55-14
2003  East Grand Rapids (Peter Stuursma)  Allen Park    28-15
2004 Lowell (Noel Dean) St. Johns 38-17

DIVISION 4
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  Orchard Lake St. Mary's
(George Porritt)		 Grand Rapids South Christian

34-13
2000  Orchard Lake St. Mary's
(George Porritt)		 Coopersville

26-13
2001  Chesaning (Jim Szappan) Orchard Lake St. Mary's

14-7
2002  Grand Rapids South Christian
(Bob Blacquiere)		 Riverview

42-13
2003  Three Rivers (Scot Shaw) DeWitt

24-6
2004

Muskegon Orchard View (Matthew McDonald)

Dewitt
31-14

DIVISION 5
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  Detroit Country Day (Dan MacLean) Muskegon Orchard View

39-32
2000  Jackson Lumen Christi (Herb Brogan) Spring Lake

42-15
2001  Jackson Lumen Christi (Herb Brogan) Livonia Clarenceville

49-0
2002  Montrose (Dennis Reinhart) Constantine

14-0
2003  Jackson Lumen Christi (Herb Brogan) Muskegon Oakridge

23-0
2004 Jackson Lumen Christi (Herb Brogan) Midland Bullock Creek

13-0

DIVISION 6
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  St. Charles (Robert Welzein) Hopkins

21-14
2000 Whittemore-Prescott (Kyle Tobin) Schoolcraft

31-20
2001 Schoolcraft (Larry Ledlow) McBain

26-8
2002 Negaunee (Paul Jacobson) Hopkins

28-20 (OT)

2003 Ravenna (Dusty Fairfield) Saginaw Nouvel

16-14
2004 Constantine ( Joe Trudeau) Suttons Bay
34-13

DIVISION 7
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999 Traverse City St. Francis (Larry Sellers) Gobles

23-6
2000 Iron Mountain (Tom Wender) Gobles

25-23
2001 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Greg Carter) Muskegon Cath. Central

23-7
2002 Mendon (John Schwartz) Decatur

21-14
2003 Traverse City St. Francis (Josh Sellers) Hudson

28-14
2004 Unionville-Sebewaing ( Tim Travis) Detroit St.Martin de Porres
14-7

DIVISION 8
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1999  Mendon (John Schwartz)  Gaylord St. Mary

7-6
2000 

Muskegon Catholic Central
(Mike Holmes)

 Crystal Falls Forest Park

13-6
2001  Mendon (John Schwartz) Beal City

20-0
2002 Waterford Our Lady (Mike Boyd) Gaylord St. Mary

13-10 (OT)

2003 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Greg Carter) Beal City

20-9
2004 Climax-Scotts (Kevin Langs) Crystal Falls Forest Park
42-8

CLASS AA
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1990 Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach) Detroit Martin Luther King 21-0
1991 Saginaw Arthur Hill (Jim Eurick) Detroit Catholic Central 13-12
1992 Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach) Saginaw Arthur Hill 21-20
1993 Dearborn Fordson (Jeff Stergalas) Westland John Glenn 12-7
1994 Troy (Gary Griffith) Bay City Central 17-0
1995 Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach) Holt 24-0
1996 Walled Lake Western (Chuck Apap) Sterling Heights Stevenson 34-18
1997 Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach) Ann Arbor Huron 23-7
1998 Detroit Catholic Central (Tom Mach) Rockford 27-23

CLASS A
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1975 Livonia Franklin (Armand Vigna) Traverse City 21-7
1976 Midland Dow (Al Quick) Farmington Hills Harrison 36-27
1977 Birmingham Brother Rice (Albert Fracassa) Portage Central 17-7
1978 Traverse City (Jim Ooley) North Farmington 20-14
1979 Detroit Catholic Central (Thomas Mach) Escanaba 32-7
1980 Birmingham Brother Rice (Albert Fracassa) Dearborn Fordson 6-0
1981 Escanaba (Jerry Cvengros) Fraser 16-6
1982 Farmington Hills Harrison (John Herrington) Dearborn Fordson 17-14 (2 OT)
1983 Birmingham Brother Rice (Albert Fracassa) East Lansing 15-12
1984 Ann Arbor Pioneer (Charles Lori) Dearborn Fordson 38-12
1985 Traverse City (Jim Ooley) Troy 29-3
1986 Muskegon (Dave Taylor) Sterling Heights Stevenson 10-0
1987 Ann Arbor Pioneer (Charles Lori) Detroit Catholic Central 3-0
1988 Traverse City (Jim Ooley) Detroit Catholic Central 24-14
1989 Muskegon (Dave Taylor) Detroit Martin Luther King 16-13
1990 Birmingham Brother Rice (Al Fracassa) Midland 24-10
1991 East Lansing (Jeff Smith) Birmingham Brother Rice 14-0
1992 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (Pete Kutches) Walled Lake Western 21-18
1993 Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Harrington)		 Midland 12-9
1994 Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Harrington)		 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 17-13
1995 Lapeer West (Jeff Putnam) South Lyon 24-21
(2 OT)
1996 Grandville (Doug Throop) Farmington Hills Harrison 24-17
1997 Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Herrington)		 Midland Dow 21-6
1998 Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Herrington)		 Hudsonville 35-13
CLASS BB
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1990 Dowagiac Union (Bernard Thomas) Oxford 35-14
1991 Farmington Hills Harrison
(John Herrington)		 Cheboygan 34-7
1992 Oxford (Bud Rowley) Grand Rapids
Kenowa Hills		 20-13 (OT)
1993 East Grand Rapids (George Barcheski) Oxford 28-25 (OT)
1994 Monroe Jefferson (Marc Cisco) East Grand Rapids 19-18
1995 East Grand Rapids (George Barcheski) Allen Park 14-7
1996 Marshall (Rich Hulkow) Kingsford 14-13
1997 Ogemaw Heights (Larry Bellor) Marshall 19-12
1998 Menominee (Ken Hofer) Haslett 42-6
CLASS B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1975 Dearborn Divine Child (Robert LaPointe) Saginaw MacArthur 21-0
1976 East Grand Rapids (George Barcheski) Okemos 26-7
1977 Jackson Lumen Christi (Jim Crowley) Saginaw MacArthur 17-16
1978 Warren Woods (Dennis Zbozen) Grand Rapids Catholic Central 13-12 (OT)
1979 Jackson Lumen Christi (Jim Crowley) Grand Rapids West Catholic 21-0
1980 Muskegon Catholic Central (Pete Kutches) Okemos 29-0
1981 Farmington Hills Harrison (John Herrington) Muskegon Catholic Central 7-0
1982 Muskegon Catholic Central (Pete Kutches) Dearborn Divine Child 17-14
1983 East Grand Rapids (George Barcheski) Battle Creek Lakeview 35-0
1984 Wyoming Park (Jack VerDuin) Monroe Catholic Central 33-21
1985 Dearborn Divine Child (Wes Wishart) Wyoming Park 21-0
1986 Marysville (Walt Braun) Grand Rapids South Christian 38-15
1987 Grand Rapids Catholic Central (James Galvin) Farmington Hills Harrison 19-7
1988 Farmington Hills Harrison (John Herrington) St. Joseph 44-9
1989 Farmington Hills Harrison (John Herrington) DeWitt 28-27
1990 Dearborn Heights Robichaud (Robert Yauck, Sr.) Kingsford 21-7
1991 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (Joseph Sandersen) Coopersville 16-7
1992 Marysville (Walt Braun) Kingsford 21-12
1993 Kingsford (Chris Hofer) Imlay City 35-14
1994 Belding (Irv Sigler) Detroit Country Day 50-41
1995 Detroit Country Day (Joe D'Angelo) Muskegon Orchard View 28-14
1996 Jackson Lumen Christi (Herb Brogan) Belding 17-11
1997 Belding (Irv Sigler) Riverview 42-13
1998 Chesaning (Jim Szappan) Belding 41-38

CLASS CC
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1990 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Ron Thompson)		 Muskegon Oakridge 22-13
1991 Battle Creek Pennfield (Dave Hudson) Negaunee 14-8
1992 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Ron Thompson)		 Montague 12-7
1993 Hartford (James Webb) Onsted 43-14
1994 Orchard Lake St. Mary (George Porritt) Constantine 35-7
1995 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Gregory Carter)		 Whittemore-Prescott 14-6
1996 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Gregory Carter)		 Iron Mountain 30-14
1997 Muskegon Oakridge (Jack Schugars) Vermontville-Maple Valley 6-0
1998 Montrose (Dennis Reinhart) Whittemore-Prescott 21-14

CLASS C
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1975 Ishpeming (Mike Mileski) Hudson 38-22
1976 Flat Rock (Lawrence Dugan) Onaway 30-8
1977 Orchard Lake St. Mary (Art Paddy) Iron River
West Iron County		 48-12
1978 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
(Tim McGee)		 Bad Axe 18-16
1979 Ishpeming (John Croze) Watervliet 13-0
1980 Munising (Terry Sayen) White Pigeon 19-7
1981 Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port (Bill McLellan) North Muskegon 15-6
1982 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Ron Thompson)		 Rogers City 44-0
1983 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Ron Thompson)		 Traverse City St. Francis 28-26
1984 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Ron Thompson)		 Grand Rapids South Christian 38-26
1985 Lansing Catholic Central (Phil Booth) St. Ignace 33-6
1986 Detroit Country Day (Joe D'Angelo) Muskegon Catholic Central 18-14
1987 Erie-Mason (Al Romano) Saginaw Nouvel 14-7
1988 Detroit St. Martin dePorres
(Ron Thompson)		 Ravenna 22-14
1989 Schoolcraft (Larry Ledlow) Ontonagon 14-7
1990 Muskegon Catholic Central
(Mike Holmes)		 Galesburg-Augusta 21-6
1991 Muskegon Catholic Central
(Mike Holmes)		 Harbor Beach 34-0
1992 Traverse City St. Francis (Larry Sellers) Harper Woods
Bishop Gallagher		 28-21 (2 OT)
1993 Iron Mountain (Thomas Wender) Manchester 28-8
1994 Ravenna (Dusty Fairfield) Schoolcraft 43-7
1995 Muskegon Catholic Central
(Mike Holmes)		 Morenci 19-7
1996 Ravenna (Dusty Fairfield) Morenci 30-14
1997 Ravenna (Dusty Fairfield) Decatur 48-26
1998 Unionville-Sebewaing (Tim Travis) Traverse City St. Francis 16-8
CLASS DD
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1990 Marion (Thomas Cutler) Waterford Our Lady
of the Lakes		 33-7
1991 Mendon (John Schwartz) Lake Linden-Hubbell 30-14
1992 Lake Linden-Hubbell (Ronald Warner) Sand Creek 16-3
1993 Mendon (John Schwartz) McBain 7-0
1994 Maple City Glen Lake (Bill Hollenbeck) Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes 20-10
1995 Mendon (John Schwartz) Lake Linden-Hubbell 19-8
1996 Pittsford (Bob Clement) Maple City Glen Lake 47-7
1997 Lawrence (Jim Coady) Mio 28-6
1998 Fulton-Middleton (Ed Lark) Harper Woods
Bishop Gallagher		 21-20

CLASS D
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1975 Crystal Falls-Forest Park (Richard Mettlach) Flint Holy Rosary 50-0
1976 Crystal Falls-Forest Park (Richard Mettlach) Flint Holy Rosary 14-6
1977 Flint Holy Rosary (Bill Hermann) Crystal Falls-Forest Park 21-20
1978 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Ron Thompson) Crystal Falls-Forest Park 38-14
1979 Norway (Robert Giannunzio) Schoolcraft 21-6
1980 Norway (Robert Giannunzio) Fowler 25-0
1981 Detroit St. Martin dePorres (Ron Thompson) Crystal Falls-Forest Park 34-0
1982 Mendon (Roger Smith) Rudyard 44-8
1983 St. Ignace (Barry Pierson) Mendon 15-12
1984 Gobles (Daniel Armstrong) Crystal Falls-Forest Park 31-22
1985 Battle Creek St. Philip (Michael Hume) Bessemer 31-0
1986 Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary (Loren Dietrich) Fowler 36-24
1987 Martin (Bob Kubiak) Beal City 21-0
1988 Schoolcraft (Larry Ledlow) Frankfort 42-7
1989 Mendon (John Schwartz) Lake Linden-Hubbell 31-0
1990 Frankfort (Tim Klein) Lawrence 33-6
1991 Frankfort (Tim Klein) Portland St. Patrick 21-7
1992 Portland St. Patrick (Chris Schrauben) Frankfort 34-13
1993 Fowler (Steve Spicer) Frankfort 17-0
1994 Beal City (Ben Steele) Litchfield 35-14
1995 Fowler (Steve Spicer) Baraga 28-6
1996 Fowler (Neal Hoffman) Lake Linden-Hubbell 10-0
1997 Lake Linden-Hubbell (Ronald Warner) Portland St. Patrick 30-8
1998 Fowler (Neal Hoffman) Iron Mountain
North Dickinson		 26-8