Softball Champions 1975-2023

Division 1

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up

Score

2023 Hartland (Taylor Wagner) Brownstown Woodhaven 9-1
2022 Allen Park (Michael Kish) Macomb Dakota 5-0
2021 South Lyon (Dan DePaulis) Allen Park 5-0
2020  Season Canceled (COVID-19)    
2019 Warren Regina (Diane Laffey) Howell  3-2 (8)
2018  Caledonia (Tom Kaechele)  Hartland  6-4
2017 Macomb Dakota (Rick Fontaine) Grandville 4-3 (8)
2016 Farmington Hills Mercy (Alec Lesko) Macomb Dakota 4-0
2015 Warren Regina (Diane Laffey) Caledonia 5-0
2014  Bay City Western (Rick Garlinghouse) Portage Central 4-2
2013 Mattawan (Alicia Smith) Bay City Western

2-1 

2012  Hudsonville (Tom Vruggink)  Mattawan  2-1 (10) 
2011 Mattawan (Alicia Smith/Teri Clark) Anchor Bay

12-0 

2010 Hudsonville (Tom Vruggink) White Lake Lakeland 6-2 
2009 Hudsonville (Tom Vruggink) New Baltimore Anchor Bay

3-0

2008 Garden City (Barry Patterson) Alpena

2-1 

2007 Harper Woods Regina (Diane Laffey) White Lake Lakeland

2-1

2006  Harper Woods Regina (Diane Laffey) White Lake Lakeland

 8-0

2005  Harper Woods Regina (Diane Laffey) Portage Northern

1-0

2004  Harper Woods Regina (Diane Laffey) Portage Northern

5-2

2003  Brighton (Pam Lee-Campbell)  Escanaba

3-0 

2002  Portage Northern (Tom Hamilton)  Farmington Hills Mercy

4-0 

2001  Portage Northern (Tom Hamilton)  Waterford Kettering 

4-0 

2000  Portage Northern (Tom Hamilton) Waterford Kettering

7-0 

1999 Okemos (Dan Stolz) Jenison

2-1 (8)

1998 Waterford Kettering (Joe Alsup) Portage Northern

3-0

Division 2

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up

Score

2023 Gaylord (Tony Vaden) Vicksburg 8-3
2022 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Trenton 6-2
2021 Owosso (JoEllen Smith) Marysville 8-5
2020  Season Canceled (COVID-19)    
2019 Escanaba (Gary Salo) Stevensville Lakeshore 7-3
2018  Escanaba (Jamie Segorski)  South Haven  5-0
2017 Ida (Dawn Forter) Richmond 8-4 (9)
2016 Richmond (Howard Stuart) Vicksburg 2-0
2015  Wayland Union (Cheri Ritz) Frankenmuth 11-0
2014  Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Livonia Ladywood 4-3 
2013 Tecumseh (Jeff Nowak) Saginaw Swan Valley 5-1
2012 Livonia Ladywood (Scott Combs)  Saginaw Swan Valley  4-0
2011 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Milan 2-1
2010 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Mt. Pleasant 8-0
2009 Niles (Gary Collins) Livonia Ladywood 4-0
2008 Tecumseh (Kristalyn Smith) Wyoming Rogers

4-3 (9) 

2007  Tecumseh (Kristalyn Smith) Comstock Park

3-1

2006 Wayland (Cheri Ritz) Monroe Jefferson

7-4

2005 Wyoming Rogers (Tim Hudson) Trenton

6-1

2004 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) St. Clair Shores Lake Shore

6-0

2003 Chelsea (Kim Reichard) Comstock

6-1

2002 Chelsea (Kim Reichard) Byron Center

7-3 (10)

2001  Wyoming Rogers (Tom Hudson)  Pinconning 

6-2 

2000  Pinconning (Dale Billingsley)  Wyoming Rogers 

1-0 (8) 

1999 Wyoming Rogers (Tom Hudson) Chelsea

3-1

1998 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Dearborn Divine Child

3-0

Division 3

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up

Score

2023 Standish-Sterling (Rich Sullivan) Ottawa Lake Whiteford 1-0
2022 Millington (Greg Hudie) Evart 3-2 (8)
2021 Richmond (Howard Stuart) Buchanan 2-1
2020  Season Canceled (COVID-19)    
2019 Millington (Greg Hudie) Schoolcraft 8-0
2018  Coloma (Wendy Goodline)  Millington 7-6
2017 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (John Morningstar) Napoleon 13-1
2016 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (John Morningstar) Grandville Calvin Christian 6-0
2015  Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (John Morningstar) Bronson 2-0
2014  Gladstone (Ashley Hughes) Unionville-Sebewaing 2-1 
2013 Dundee (Mickey Moody) Unionville-Sebewaing 3-0 (9)
2012  Clinton (Al Roberts)  Gladstone  4-0
2011 Clinton (Al Roberts) Frankenmuth 4-2
2010 Olivet (Mark Sundberg) Allen Park Cabrini 2-1 (11)
2009 Gladstone (Gerald Smith) Reese

1-0

2008 Galesburg-Augusta (Edward Bowe) Allen Park Cabrini

5-0

2007 Unionville-Sebewaing (Lary Houthoofd) Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central

8-0

2006 Unionville-Sebewaing (Lary Houthoofd) Ida

4-1

2005 Freeland (Dan Behmlander) Riverview Gabriel Richard

4-0

2004  Gladstone (Gerald Smith) Niles Brandywine

2-1

2003  Freeland (Dan Behmlander) Niles Brandywine

1-0

2002  Kalamazoo Christian (Marty DeJong) Saginaw Swan Valley

2-0

2001  Niles Brandywine (Jim Myers)  Rogers City 

6-2

2000  Kalamazoo Christian (Marty DeJong)  Lansing Catholic Central

2-0 

1999 Kalamazoo Christian (Marty DeJong) Richmond

3-2

1998 Kalamazoo Christian (Marty DeJong) Richmond

2-1

Division 4

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up

Score

2023 Unionville-Sebewaing (Marc Reinhardt) Mendon 5-4
2022 Unionville-Sebewaing (Isaiah Gainforth) Ottawa Lake Whiteford 4-1
2021 Unionville-Sebewaing (Isaiah Gainforth) Rudyard 14-1
2020  Season Canceled (COVID-19)    
2019 Unionville-Sebewaing (Isaiah Gainforth) Kalamazoo Christian 3-1
2018  Centreville (Scott Logan)  Coleman 5-2
2017 Indian River Inland Lakes (Krissi Thompson) Ottawa Lake Whiteford 8-0
2016 Unionville-Sebewaing (Steve Bohn) Indian River Inland Lakes 1-0
2015  Unionville-Sebewaing (Steve Bohn) Kalamazoo Christian 5-0
2014  Rogers City (Karl Grambau) Kalamazoo Christian 3-2
2013 Kalamazoo Christian (Karla Reno) Ubly 16-6
2012  Dansville (Mick Ream)  Petersburg-Summerfield  3-2 
2011 Petersburg-Summerfield (Robert Taylor) Unionville-Sebewaing 6-5 (8)
2010 Petersburg-Summerfield (Robert Taylor) Onaway 2-1
2009 Unionville-Sebewaing (Lary Houthoofd) Decatur

4-0

2008 Bay City All Saints (Brad Walraven) Homer

4-0

2007 Allen Park Cabrini (Debbie Norman) Frankfort

10-0

2006 Allen Park Cabrini (Debbie Norman) Petersburg-Summerfield

2-0

2005 Coleman (Joe Albaugh) Muskegon Catholic Central

11-0

2004 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Rogers City

12-0

2003 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Bay City All Saints

5-1

2002 Bath (Marc Kibby) Springport

2-0

2001  Mason County Eastern (Bill Cole)  Traverse City St. Francis 

5-1 

2000  Waterford Our Lady (Michael Boyd)  Mason County Eastern

5-2 

1999 Bay City All Saints (Brad Walraven) Maple City Glen Lake

4-0

1998 Burr Oak (Denny Gray) Mason County Eastern

10-0

Class A

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1997 Portage Northern (Tom Hamilton) Brighton

3-0 (10)

1996 Hartland (Jack Peters) Clinton Township Chippewa Valley

2-0 (9)

1995 Jenison (Jerry Hoag) White Lake Lakeland

4-0

1994 Jenison (Jerry Hoag) Ann Arbor Pioneer

2-0 (11)

1993 Mt. Pleasant (Ted McIntyre) Flint Kearsley

3-0

1992 Jenison (Jerry Hoag) Plymouth Canton

1-0 (9)

1991 Waterford Kettering (Jan Meagher) Garden City

8-0

1990 Jenison (Jerry Hoag) Livonia Franklin

3-0

1989 Harper Woods Regina (Diane Laffey) White Lake Lakeland

5-4 (17)

1988 Jenison (Jerry Hoag) Taylor Center

15-0

1987 Jenison (Jerry Hoag) East Detroit

2-1

1986 Livonia Franklin (Joe Epstein) Waterford Kettering

1-0

1985 Mt. Clemens L'Anse Creuse North (Gerald Donnelly) Livonia Franklin

5-0

1984 Belleville (Peggy Curtis) Mt. Clemens L'Anse Creuse North

3-0

1983 Belleville (Peggy Curtis) Fraser

4-0

1982 Royal Oak Kimball (Vincent Caruso) Grandville

1-0

1981 Lansing Eastern (Jean Robinson) Warren Cousino

8-0

1980 Flint Carman (Mary Schmidt) East Detroit

2-1

1979 Royal Oak Dondero (Gary Bryce) Grand Ledge

2-1 (9)

1978 Waterford Township (Joe Alsup) East Detroit

4-0

1977 Portage Central (Tom Monroe) Flint Carman

4-3

1976 Bay City Central (Fran Danek) Detroit Bishop Borgess

4-1

1975 Detroit Bishop Borgess (Cathy Collins) Portage Central

15-3

Class B

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1997 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Essexville-Garber

1-0

1996 Wyoming Park (Jeanne Kimball) Stevensville Lakeshore

4-0

1995 Stevensville Lakeshore (Denny Dock) Wyoming Rogers

4-1

1994 Ortonville-Brandon (Don Peters) Saginaw Swan Valley

3-2

1993 Pinconning (Ted Chapman) Fenton

1-0 (20)

1992 Hudsonville Unity Christian (Sharon Ludema) Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central

7-6

1991 Grand Rapids Northview (Tom Judson) Marysville

6-1

1990 Marine City (Marv Osterland) Hudsonville Unity Christian

3-2 (8)

1989 Pinconning (Ted Chapman) Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central

5-1

1988 Bay City Handy (Irene Green) Jackson Northwest

1-0

1987 Sanford-Meridian (Gary Edwards) Richland Gull Lake

4-1

1986 Saginaw Swan Valley (Thomas Kennelly) Battle Creek Harper Creek

4-0

1985 Chelsea (Charles Waller) Richmond

7-4

1984 Mt. Morris (Tom Stasik) Chelsea

2-0

1983 Marysville (Jim Venia) Ludington

13-1

1982 Chelsea (Charles Waller) Ogemaw Heights

3-2

1981 Saginaw Douglas MacArthur (Sue Skulley) Eaton Rapids

8-4

1980 Fenton (Dave Lazar) Grand Rapids Northview

6-0

1979 Fenton (Dave Lazar) South Haven

10-4

1978 Fenton (Dave Lazar) South Haven

8-5

1977 Grosse Ile (Ann Schiebner) South Haven

5-3

1976 Holland Christian (Dennis Spoelman) Tecumseh

7-2

1975 Dearborn Divine Child (Nancy Bryden) Tecumseh

14-4

Class C

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1997 Kalamazoo Christian (Marty DeJong) Clinton 6-0
1996 Kalamazoo Christian (Marty DeJong) Bay City All Saints 2-0
1995 Lake Fenton (Jerry Cowan) Goodrich 10-6
1994 Ida (Brian Cousino) Grandville Calvin Christian 5-2
1993 Grandville Calvin Christian (Robert Ritsema) Ida 5-2 (9)
1992 Riverview Gabriel Richard (Bob Wilkerson) Berrien Springs 4-2
1991 Frankenmuth (Gerald Doerr) Riverview Gabriel Richard 8-1
1990 Merrill (David Kennedy) Kent City 4-0
1989 Ida (Brian Cousino) Homer 7-5
1988 Grandville Calvin Christian (Robert Ritsema) Ida 8-0
1987 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Tawas City 2-0
1986 Morenci (Kay Johnson) Grandville Calvin Christian 9-0
1985 Morenci (Kay Johnson) Pontiac Catholic 3-0
1984 Petersburg-Summerfield (Deanne Vanderpool) Breckenridge 2-0
1983 Pontiac Catholic (Betty Wroubel) Sanford-Meridian 1-0
1982 New Lothrop (Jim Lahmann) Pontiac Catholic 1-0
1981 Vandercook Lake (Yvonne Freeman) Breckenridge 5-4 (9)
1980 Berrien Springs (Roy Rennhack) Lakeview 11-4
1979 St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (Tom Briggs) Armada 7-2
1978 Shepherd (Bruce Vieneault) New Lothrop 2-0
1977 DeWitt (Debbie Boyd) Center Line St. Clement 12-5
1976 Byron (Lura Coleman) Kalamazoo Christian 17-10
1975 Riverview Gabriel Richard (Darlene Covell) Kalamazoo Christian 5-0

Class D

Year Champion (Coach) Runner-Up Score
1997 Burr Oak (Denny Gray) Kingston 6-0
1996 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (Ed Arbour) Hillman 3-1
1995 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Morrice 5-0
1994 Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic (Jim Benoit) Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 5-4
1993 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Morrice 7-2
1992 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Mendon 2-0
1991 Bay City All Saints Central (Brad Walraven) Frankfort 9-6
1990 Frankfort (Suzanne Harris) Bay City All Saints 7-3
1989 Allendale (Ray Lutka) Bay City All Saints 8-5
1988 Bay City All Saints Central (Brad Walraven) Ottawa Lake-Whiteford 11-6
1987 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford (Kris Knisel) Bay City All Saints 6-5
1986 Marcellus (Ron Swartz) Central Lake 3-0
1985 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford (Kris Knisel) McBain 9-1
1984 Ottawa Lake-Whiteford (Kris Knisel) Central Lake 6-5
1983 Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Michael Boyd) Morenci 3-2 (9)
1982 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (Jim Hess) Gaylord St. Mary Cathedral 9-2
1981 Portland St. Patrick (Dick Willemin) Wyoming Lee 3-2
1980 Central Lake (Gary Johnson) Vestaburg 2-1
1979 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (Jim Hess) Morenci 6-5
1978 Laingsburg (Bronwyn Krupa) Central Lake 6-1
1977 Allendale (George Sushecki) Mason County Eastern 8-0
1976 Flint Holy Rosary (Jo Lake) Allendale 9-2
1975 Flint Holy Rosary (Jo Lake) Freesoil 10-6