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Boys Tennis Champions -- 1925-2004
Lower Peninsula
 
DIVISION 1
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1998 Birmingham Brother Rice (Keith Cullen) Ann Arbor Huron/Midland Dow
1999 Birmingham Brother Rice (Keith Cullen) Midland Dow
2000  Birmingham Brother Rice (Keith Cullen)  Detroit Catholic Central
2001  Ann Arbor Pioneer (Tom Pullen)/
Brimingham Brother Rice (Steve Herdoiza)
2002  Ann Arbor Pioneer ( Tom Pullen) Birmingham Brother Rice
2003  Ann Arbor Pioneer ( Tom Pullen) Birmingham Brother Rice
2004  Ann Arbor Pioneer (Tom Pullen) Ann Arbor Huron
 
DIVISION 2
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1998 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central
(Elliott Pearce)
East Lansing
1999 Okemos (Jim Powers) North Farmington
2000 Okemos (Jim Powers) Bloomfield Hills Lahser
2001 Portage Central (Pete Militzer) G.R. Forest Hills Central
2002 Bloomfield Hills Lahser (Jan Esper) G.R. Forest Hills Central
2003 G.R. Forest Hills Central (Dan Bentley) Okemos
2004 Okemos (Bryan Polston) Birmingham Groves
 
DIVISION 3
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1998 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
(Dave Sukup)
Holland Christian
1999 Detroit Country Day (Bill Ennis) Bloomfield Hills Andover
2000  Detroit Country Day (Bill Ennis)  East Grand Rapids
2001  East Grand Rapids (Dave Wollerman)  Detroit Country Day
2002 Petoskey (Ralph Tramontini)/
Bloomfield Hills Andover (Steve Kirschbaum)
 
2003 East Grand Rapids (Dave Wollerman) Detroit Country Day
2004 Bloomfield Hills Andover (Steve Herdoiza) Detroit Country Day
 
DIVISION 4
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1998 Detroit Country Day (Carole Russell) Grosse Pointe Woods Liggett
1999 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Chuck Wright/Bob Wood) Almont
2000 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Chuck Wright/Bob Wood)  Ann Arbor Greenhills
2001 Whitehall (Dick Morley)  Ann Arbor Greenhills
2002 Grosse Point Woods Universtiy Liggett (Bob Wood)/
Muskegon Catholic Central (Pete Charron)
 
2003 Buchanan (Steve Bender)/
Ann Arbor Greenhills (Eric Gajar)
 
2004 Ann Arbor Greenhills (Eric Gajar) Jackson Lumen Christi
 
OPEN CLASS
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1925 (No Tournament Held)  
1926 Royal Oak (Frank Peck)  
1927 Detroit Northwestern  
1928 Grand Rapids South (Cliff Gettings)  
1929 Grand Rapids South (Cliff Gettings)  
 
CLASS A-B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1930 Flint Northern (Lois Nickels)  
1931 Grand Rapids Central (Ralph Conger)  
1932  Grand Haven (Jack Thoma)   
  Grand Rapids Central (Ralph Conger)   
1933  Grand Rapids Central (Ralph Conger)   
1934  Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (Merwyn Mitchell)   
  Lansing Eastern (Herb Fox)   
  Monroe (Tom Tabling)   
 
CLASS A
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1935 Monroe (Tom Tabling) Lansing Eastern &
Grosse Pointe
1936 Lansing Eastern (Herb Fox) Monroe
1937 Kalamazoo Central (Roy Mesick) Owosso
1938 Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills (Merwyn Mitchell) Grosse Pointe
1939 Monroe (Tom Tabling) Kalamazoo
1940 Kalamazoo State High (Singles) Kalamazoo Western State High
Ann Arbor (Doubles) (Donald Drake) Monroe
1941 Ann Arbor (Singles) (Donald Drake) Jackson
  Kalamazoo Central (Kryn Rybrand)  Wyandotte 
1942 (No Tournament Held)  
1943 (No Tournament Held)  
1944 (No Tournament Held)  
1945 Grosse Pointe (Lawrence Westerville) Monroe
1946 Grosse Pointe (Lawrence Westerville) Monroe
1947 Grosse Pointe (Lawrence Westerville)
Monroe (Tom Tabling)
Kalamazoo Central
1948 Kalamazoo State High Grosse Pointe
1949 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Kalamazoo State High
1950 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Grosse Pointe
1951 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Kalamazoo Central
1952 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Kalamazoo Central
1953 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Monroe
1954 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Mt. Clemens
1955 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Holland
1956 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Kalamazoo Central
1957 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Bay City Central
1958 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Holland
1959 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Holland
1960 Kalamazoo University High (Carl Engels) Hamtramck
1961 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Grosse Pointe
1962 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Ann Arbor University High
1963 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Monroe
1964 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) East Grand Rapids
1965 East Grand Rapids (Bill Boeskoell) Hamtramck
1966 Detroit Austin (Tom Watters) Hamtramck
1967 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Ann Arbor
1968 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Niles
1969 Hamtramck (Jean Hoxie) Ann Arbor Pioneer
1970 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) Midland
1971 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin)
Holland (Roger Plagenhoef)
Kalamazoo Central (John DeVos)
Lapeer (Rod McEachern)
Royal Oak Kimball
1972  East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) 
Holland (Roger Plagenhoef)
Fraser & Midland Dow 
1973 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) Midland Dow
1974 Detroit Austin (Ed Knuth) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1975 Ypsilanti (Claude Wilbanks) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook & Midland Dow
1976 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (Herm Kiewiet) Portage Northern
1977 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (Herm Kiewiet) Grand Blanc
1978 Ann Arbor Huron (Gordon Boettcher) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
1979 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (Herm Kiewiet) Grand Blanc
1980 Ann Arbor Huron (Gordon Boettcher) Birmingham Brother Rice
1981 Ann Arbor Huron (Gordon Boettcher) Kalamazoo Loy Norrix
1982 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (Herm Kiewiet) Ann Arbor Huron
1983 Ann Arbor Huron (Gordon Boettcher)
Birmingham Brother Rice (Don McKercher)
Midland Dow
1984 Midland Dow (Joe Haskins) Detroit Catholic Central
1985 Detroit Catholic Central (Frank Garlicki) East Lansing
1986 Detroit Catholic Central (Frank Garlicki) Midland Dow
1987 Birmingham Brother Rice (Faith Garcia) East Lansing
1988 Birmingham Brother Rice (Michael Woodyx) Okemos
1989 Okemos (Jim Powers) Ann Arbor Pioneer
1990 Ann Arbor Pioneer (Tony Verbanac) Grosse Pointe South
1991 Ann Arbor Pioneer (Tom Pullen) Detroit Catholic Central
1992 Okemos (Jim Powers) Ann Arbor Pioneer
1993 Ann Arbor Pioneer (Tom Pullen)
Bloomfield Hills Lahser (Jan Esper)
Okemos
1994 Okemos (Jim Powers) Ann Arbor Huron
1995 Okemos (Jim Powers) Ann Arbor Huron
1996 Ann Arbor Huron (James Burdelski) Ann Arbor Pioneer
1997 Okemos (Jim Powers) Ann Arbor Huron
 
CLASS B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1935 Grand Haven (Jack Thoma) Midland & Benton Harbor
1936 East Lansing (Marshall Goodwin) Grand Haven
1937 Grand Haven (Jack Thoma) East Lansing & Dowagiac
1938 East Lansing Grand Haven & Plymouth
1939 St. Joseph (Bill Larkin) East Lansing & Kalamazoo State
1940 Dowagiac (Singles) (William Carey) St. Clair
East Lansing (Doubles) (H. L. Smith) Grand Haven
1941 Grand Haven (Singles) (Jack Thoma) South Haven
Dowagiac (Doubles) (William Carey) St. Joseph
1942
1943
(No Tournament Held)
(No Tournament Held)
 
1944 (No Tournament Held)  
1945 Kalamazoo State High East Grand Rapids
1946 Kalamazoo State High (David C. Arnold) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1947 Kalamazoo State High Ypsilanti Central
1948 Battle Creek Lakeview (Bob Stout)
Ypsilanti (William Bedford)
South Haven
1949 St. Joseph (Bill Larkin) Birmingham
1950 Kalamazoo State High East Lansing
1951 East Lansing (Cliff Worden) Kalamazoo State High
1952 Dowagiac (Claire DeMull) East Lansing
1953 Holland Christian (Clare Pott) East Grand Rapids
1954 Holland Christian (Clare Pott) East Grand Rapids
1955 East Grand Rapids (Bill Kutsche) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1956 East Grand Rapids (Bill Kutsche) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1957 Kalamazoo University High (Carl Engels) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1958 Kalamazoo University High (Carl Engels) East Grand Rapids
1959 Kalamazoo University High (Carl Engels) East Grand Rapids
1960 East Grand Rapids (Robert Porter) Sturgis
1961 Sturgis (Harley Pierce) Holland Christian
1962 Kalamazoo University High (Carl Engels) Holland Christian
1963 Holland Christian (Clare Pott) Kalamazoo University High
1964 Kalamazoo University High (Carl Engels) Mason
1965 Holland Christian (Clare Pott) Sturgis
1966 Kalamazoo University High (Bob Gill) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1967 Sturgis (Harley Pierce) Rockford
1968 Sturgis (Harley Pierce) Kalamazoo Hackett
1969 Sturgis (Harley Pierce) Detroit Borgess
1970 Sturgis (Harley Pierce) Cedar Springs
1971 Sturgis (Harley Pierce) Manistee
1972 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) Detroit Austin
1973 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) Kalamazoo Hackett
1974 Vicksburg (F. Swift Noble) Fremont & Sturgis
1975 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) Detroit Austin
1976 Detroit Austin (Ed Knuth) East Grand Rapids
1977 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1978 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1979 East Grand Rapids (Charlie Partin) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook
1980 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) East Grand Rapids
1981 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) Three Rivers
1982 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) East Grand Rapids
1983 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) East Grand Rapids
1984 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) Okemos
1985 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (Don Brown) East Grand Rapids
1986 Okemos (Jim Powers) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
1987 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
East Grand Rapids
1988 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
East Grand Rapids
1989 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
East Grand Rapids
1990 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
Holland Christian
1991 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
Bloomfield Hills Andover
1992 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
Bloomfield Hills Andover
1993 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
Mason
1994
 
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
(Don Brown)
 
Mason (Dee McCaffrey)
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
1995 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern
(Dave Sukup)
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
1996 Detroit Country Day (Carole Russell) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
1997 Bloomfield Hills Andover (Steve Kirshbaum)
Detroit Country Day (Carole Russell)
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
 
CLASS C-D
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1930 Maple Rapids (Max Paine)
Tecumseh (Jean Quinn-Holmes)
1931 Centreville (Bill Truckenmiller/Bob Bucknell)
  Tecumseh (Jean Quinn-Holmes)   
1932  Centreville (Bill Truckenmiller/Bob Bucknell)   
  Saugatuck (Lloyd Waugh)   
1933  Grosse Pte. Detroit University (Earl Kimber)   
1934 East Tawas (Ron Butterfield)  
  Kalamazoo State High   
1935 East Tawas (Ron Butterfield) Ypsilanti Roosevelt, Kalamazoo State High & Ann Arbor Univ.
St. Clair (Gene Maybee)
1936 East Grand Rapids (C.W. Gustafson) North Muskegon
1937 East Tawas (Ron Butterfield) Lowell & Dearborn St. Alphonsus
1938 Ann Arbor University High
(Edgar G. Johnston)
St. Clair (Al West)
East Grand Rapids
1939 St. Clair (Al West) East Grand Rapids
1940 Grosse Pointe Detroit U. (Earl Kimber) North Muskegon
Ann Arbor University (John M. Trytten) Ann Arbor University
1941 Grosse Pointe St. Paul (Singles) Dearborn St. Alphonsus
Ypsilanti Roosevelt(Leonard Menzi) Detroit St. Rita
1942 (No Tournament Held)  
1943 (No Tournament Held)  
1944 (No Tournament Held)  
1945 Grandville (C. Lieffers) Grand Rapids Wyoming Park
1946 Grosse Pointe Detroit U. (Earl Kimber) Gladwin
1947 Grand Rapids Wyoming Park (Carl Engels)
Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Robert Taffee)
Rockford
1948 Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Bill Rajkovich) Richland
1949 Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Bill Rajkovich) Grosse Pointe Detroit University School & Ypsilanti Roosevelt
1950 Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Bill Rajkovich) East Grand Rapids & Rockford
1951 Galesburg (John Caldwell) Grand Rapids Wyoming
1952 Grand Rapids Wyoming Park (John Tower) Ann Arbor University High
1953 Grand Rapids Lee (Raymond Postema) Galesburg
1954 Galesburg (John Caldwell)
Grand Rapids Lee (Raymond Postema)
Grosse Pointe Woods Univ. (Bill Bellows)
Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Bill Rajkovich)
Ann Arbor University High
1955  East Jordan (Max Damoth)  Ypsilanti Roosevelt 
1956
 
Grosse Pointe Woods Univ. (Bill Bellows)
Plainwell (Harley Pierce)
 
Ypsilanti Roosevelt
1957 Grosse Pointe Woods Univ. (Bill Bellows) Ypsilanti Roosevelt
1958 Muskegon Christian (Elmer Walcott) Grosse Pointe Univ.
1959 Grosse Pointe Woods Univ. (Bill Bellows) Ann Arbor University
1960 Ann Arbor University High (W. Robert Dixon) Grosse Pointe Univ.
1961 Ypsilanti Roosevelt (Alister MacDonald) Galesburg
1962 Galesburg-Augusta (Jim VanZandt) Kalamazoo St. Augustine
1963 Galesburg-Augusta (Jim VanZandt) Grosse Pointe Univ.
1964 Kalamazoo St. Augustine (Louis LaScala) Grosse Pointe Univ.
1965 Galesburg-Augusta (Jim VanZandt) Grosse Pointe Univ.
1966 Grosse Pointe University High (Bob Wood) Galesburg-Augusta
1967 Grosse Pointe University High (Bob Wood) Galesburg-Augusta
1968 Grosse Pointe University High (Bob Wood) Galesburg-Augusta
1969 Galesburg-Augusta (Jim VanZandt) Grosse Pointe Univ.
1970  Galesburg-Augusta (Jim VanZandt)  Bloomfield Hills Roeper 
1971
 
Galesburg-Augusta (Jim VanZandt)  Detroit Country Day & 
Bloomfield Hills Roeper
1972 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Galesburg-Augusta
1973 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood)
Kalamazoo Christian (Doug Warners)
Olivet & Detroit Country Day
1974 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Bay City All Saints
1975 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood)
Kalamazoo Hackett (Matt Chandler)
Detroit Country Day
1976 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Kalamazoo Hackett
1977 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Detroit Country Day
1978 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Almont
1979 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Detroit Country Day
1980 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Kalamazoo Hackett
1981 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Detroit Country Day
1982 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Kalamazoo Hackett
1983 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Kalamazoo Hackett
1984 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood) Detroit Country Day
1985 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central (Tom Harwood) Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
1986 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/Chuck Wright)
Detroit Country Day
1987 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/Chuck Wright)
Detroit Country Day
1988 Detroit Country Day (Brad Gilman) Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
1989 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Bob Wood/Chuck Wright) Detroit Country Day
1990 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/Chuck Wright)
Detroit Country Day
1991 Detroit Country Day (Brad Gilman) Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
1992 Detroit Country Day (Brad Gilman) Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
1993 Detroit Country Day (Carole Russell) Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
1994 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/David Tidwell)
Kalamazoo Christian
1995 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/David Tidwell)
North Muskegon (Joe Gentle)
Kalamazoo Christian
1996
 
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/David Tidwell)
 
North Muskegon 
1997 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett
(Bob Wood/David Tidwell)
 
Lansing Catholic Central 

Boys Tennis Champions -- 1945-2004
Upper Peninsula
 
DIVISION 1
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
2001 Marquette (Charlie Drury) Kingsford
2002 Marquette (Charlie Drury) Negaunee
2003 Marquette (Charlie Drury) Negaunee
2004 Marquette (Charlie Drury) Iron Mountain
 
DIVISION 2
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
2001 Iron Mountain  (Rhonda Carey) Stambaugh West Iron County
2002 Iron Mountain  (Rhonda Carey) Stambaugh West Iron County
2003 Iron Mountain  (Rhonda Carey) Stambaugh West Iron County
2004 Iron Mountain (Rhonda Carey) Ishpeming

OPEN CLASS

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1945 Wakefield (F. W. Duffin) Bessemer
 
CLASS B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1946 Ironwood Marquette & Menominee
1947 Ironwood Menominee
 
CLASS A-B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1948 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
1949 Iron Mountain (Amos Marston)
Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson)
Kingsford
1950 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
1951 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
1952 Escanaba (Frank Miketinac) Marquette
1953 Kingsford (Henry Mattson) Iron Mountain
1954 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Kingsford
1955 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
1956 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1957 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
1958 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Kingsford
1959 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba Holy Name
1960 Escanaba Holy Name (Bob Dufour) Marquette Graveraet
1961 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
1962 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1963 Stambaugh (Don Elliott) Marquette Graveraet
1964 Marquette Graveraet (Mickey Johnson) Stambaug
1965 Stambaugh (Don Elliott) Marquette
 
OPEN CLASS
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1966 Crystal Falls (Jeff Scandin) Stambaugh
1967 Stambaugh (Don Elliott) Marquette
1968 Stambaugh (Don Elliott) Escanaba Holy Name
1969 Wakefield (Eugene Maki) Marquette
1970 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Wakefield
1971 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba Holy Name
1972 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1973 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1974 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1975 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Ironwood
1976 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Iron Mountain
 
CLASS A-B
Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up
1977 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Gwinn
1978 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Gwinn
1979 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1980 Marquette (Mickey Johnson) Escanaba
1981