Yearly Champions | Baseball

Baseball Yearly Champions 1971-2021

DIVISION 1

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
2021	Grand Blanc (Kevin Hubbs)	Portage Central	8-3
2020	Season Canceled (COVID-19)
2019	Portage Northern (Chris Andrews)	Rockford	10-4
2018	Grosse Pointe South (Dan Griesbaum)	Brownstown Woodhaven	8-1
2017	Saline (Scott Theisen)	Northville	5-2
2016	Warren DeLaSalle (Matt Cook)	Saline	7-6
2015	Hartland (Brian Morrison)	Portage Northern	2-1 (10)
2014	Bay City Western (Tim McDonald)	Grosse Pointe South	6-2
2013	Bay City Western (Tim McDonald)	Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice	1-0
2012	Hudsonville (Dave Van Nord)	Warren DeLaSalle	9-6
2011	Rockford (Ian Hearn)	Temperance Bedford	5-4
2010	Ann Arbor Pioneer (Jerry Holley)	Saline	4-1
2009	Warren DeLaSalle (Brian Kelly)	Saline	3-2
2008	Birmingham Brother Rice (Bob Riker)	Saline	8-0
2007	Lake Orion (Andy Schramek)	Farmington	4-3
2006	Grosse Pointe North (Frank Sumbera)	Detroit U-D Jesuit	7-5
2005	Sterling Heights Stevenson (Joe Emanuele)	Ann Arbor Pioneer	2-0
2004	Ann Arbor Pioneer (Jerry Holley)	Jenison	8-2
2003	Holland West Ottawa (Jim Caserta)	Birmingham Brother Rice	5-2
2002	Portage Central (Paul Schneider)	Warren Mott	7-0
2001	Grosse Pointe South (Dan Griesbaum)	Grand Ledge	2-1
2000	Warren DeLaSalle (Brian Kelly)	Detroit Catholic Central	3-1
1999	Detroit Catholic Central (John Salter)	Troy	6-5
1998	Midland (Terry Wilczek)	Saline	2-1

DIVISION 2

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
2021	Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Matt Petry)	Stevensville Lakeshore	9-0
2020	Season Canceled (COVID-19)
2019	Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Matt Petry)	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	8-1
2018	Stevensville Lakeshore (Mark Nate)	Saginaw Swan Valley	6-3
2017	Stevensville Lakeshore (Mark Nate)	Bay City John Glenn	1-0
2016	Holland Christian (Jim Caserta)	Linden	8-5
2015	Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Matt Petry)	Mt. Pleasant	4-1
2014	Mt. Pleasant (Luke Epple)	Richmond	7-2
2013	Grand Rapids Christian (Brent Gates)	Richmond	3-0
2012	Grand Rapids Christian (Brent Gates)	Bay City John Glenn	6-1
2011	St. Clair (William McElreath)	Grand Rapids Christian	4-1
2010	Dearborn Divine Child (Tony DeMare)	Grand Rapids West Catholic	4-2
2009	East Grand Rapids (Chris Lamange)	Orchard Lake St. Mary's	6-0
2008	Dearborn Divine Child (Tony DeMare)	Mt. Pleasant	14-3
2007	Mt. Pleasant (Luke Epple)	Orchard Lake St Mary's	7-4
2006	Battle Creek Lakeview (Jeff Sovern)	Escanaba	9-2
2005	Dearborn Divine Child (Tony DeMare)	Grand Rapids Christian	3-0
2004	Dearborn Divine Child (Tony DeMare)	Linden	7-0
2003	Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Jeff Willis)	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	12-6
2002	Monroe Jefferson (Dave Sontag)	Lapeer West	9-6
2001	Saginaw Swan Valley (Dennis Zehnder)	Wyoming Park	4-1
2000	Battle Creek Lakeview (Ray Perry)	Charlotte	8-3
1999	Sturgis (Bill Whitely)	Pinconning	3-2
1998	Orchard Lake St. Mary's (Greg Kolb)	Whitehall	8-6

DIVISION 3

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
2021	Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Dan Cimini)	Traverse City St. Francis	12-0
2020	Season Canceled (COVID-19)
2019	Homer (Scott Salow)	GPW University Liggett	4-0
2018	Riverview Gabriel Richard (Mike Magier)	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	3-0
2017	Madison Heights Bishop Foley (Greg Fettes)	Traverse City St. Francis	3-0
2016	Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Dan Cimini)	New Lothrop	12-0
2015	Jackson Lumen Christi (Phil Clifford)	Buchanan	8-0
2014	Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Dan Cimini)	Decatur	9-0
2013	Madison Heights Bishop Foley (Buster Sunde)	Grandville Calvin Christian	12-5
2012	Madison Heights Bishop Foley (Buster Sunde)	Lansing Catholic	8-2
2011	Madison Heights Bishop Foley (Buster Sunde)	Bridgman	8-2
2010	Shepherd (Jack Nartker)	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	13-6
2009	Shepherd (Jack Nartker)	Blissfield	4-0
2008	Grass Lake (Ben Hamilton)	Allendale	14-4
2007	Hillsdale (Chris Adams)	Beaverton	8-6 (9)
2006	Berrien Springs (John Donley)	Michigan Center	10-3
2005	Saginaw Nouvel (Tim Smith)	Homer	7-6
2004	Homer (Scott Salow)	Shepherd	5-1
2003	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Morley-Stanwood	3-1
2002	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Clare	15-8
2001	Flat Rock (Chris Elliott)	Berrien Springs	11-5
2000	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Berrien Springs	3-0
1999	Saginaw Nouvel (Mark Krzysiak)	Blissfield	6-4
1998	Quincy (Lonney Evon)	Saginaw Nouvel	9-6

DIVISION 4

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
2021	Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep (Smiley Verduzco)	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	9-2
2020	Season Canceled (COVID-19)
2019	Petersburg Summerfield (Travis Pant)	Saginaw Nouvel	9-0
2018	Beal City (Steve Pickens)	Unionville-Sebewaing	10-0
2017	Portland St. Patrick (Bryan Scheurer)	Hudson	6-2
2016	Sterling Heights Parkway Christian (Rich Koch)	Portland St. Patrick	10-3
2015	Muskegon Catholic Central (Steve Schuitema)	Centreville	10-8
2014	New Lothrop (Keith Villano)	Beal City	5-0
2013	Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Dan Cimini)	Beal City	3-2 (8)
2012	Decatur (Ben Botti)	Grosse Pte. Woods U Liggett	4-1
2011	Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Dan Cimini)	Merrill	5-1
2010	Beal City (Brad Antcliff)	St. Joseph Lake Michigan Cath.	5-0
2009	Beal City (Brad Antcliff)	Sterling Hts. Parkway Christian	3-1
2008	Bay City All Saints (Mike Regulski)	Lutheran HS Westland	2-1
2007	Reading (Rick Bailey)	Allen Park Inter-City Baptist	10-4
2006	Homer (Scott Salow)	Holton	3-2
2005	New Buffalo (Wayne Tremblay)	Southfield Christian	8-0
2004	Rochester HIlls Lutheran Northwest (Jim Lepor)	Bay City All Saints	6-5
2003	Decatur (Ben Botti)	Royal Oak Shrine	3-0
2002	Decatur (Ben Botti)	Taylor Light & Life	7-2
2001	Harper Woods (Mike Rowinski)	Decatur	4-2
2000	Bay City All Saints (Mike Regulski)	Posen	3-1
1999	Decatur (Ben Botti)	Bay City All Saints	8-0
1998	Southgate Aquinas (Doug Sombatti)	Indian River Inland Lakes	9-3

CLASS A

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
1997	Rochester (Bob Dieters)	Portage Central	8-1
1996	Mt. Pleasant (Luke Epple)	Rochester Adams	7-3
1995	Grand Ledge (Pat O'Keefe)	Rochester Adams	7-4
1994	Birmingham Brother Rice (Ron Kalczynski)	Southgate Anderson	15-3
1993	Warren DeLaSalle (Brian Kelly)	Grand Ledge	14-2
1992	Birmingham Brother Rice (Ron Kalczynski)	Lapeer West	15-11 (9)
1991	Plymouth Salem (John Gravlin)	Rochester	4-1
1990	Sterling Heights Ford (Dan Barnabo)	Davison	7-5
1989	Harper Woods Notre Dame (Anthony Mardirosian)	Milford	3-2
1988	Birmingham Seaholm (Don Sackett)	Taylor Kennedy	11-9
1987	Detroit Catholic Central (John Salter)	Midland Dow	4-3 (9)
1986	Ypsilanti (Pat Dignan)	Birmingham Brother Rice	6-5
1985	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (James Bresciami)	Jenison	5-1
1984	Walled Lake Western (Chuck Apap)	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher	9-8
1983	West Bloomfield (Larry Reichle)	Midland Dow	19-3
1982	Midland (Frank Altimore)	Plymouth Canton	5-4
1981	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (James Bresciami)	Flint Carman	7-6
1980	Grosse Pointe North (Frank Sumbera)	Royal Oak Kimball	9-6
1979	Detroit Catholic Central (Frank Corej)	Port Huron Northern	6-4
1978	Flint Southwestern (Marvin Rettenmund)	East Kentwood	7-1
1977	Grand Ledge (Pat O'Keefe)	Detroit Catholic Central	6-2
1976	Clarkston (Paul Tungate)	Hazel Park	2-1
1975	Plymouth Salem (Wayne Sparkman)	Bay City Handy	5-3
1974	Livonia Churchill (Roger Frayer)	Hazel Park	10-1
1973	Midland (Frank Altimore)	Royal Oak Kimball	1-0
1972	Royal Oak Kimball (Frank Clouser)	Detroit Western	3-1
1971	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (James Bresciami)	Royal Oak Kimball	3-0

CLASS B

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
1997	Saginaw Nouvel (Steve Jaksa)	DeWitt	3-2
1996	Grandville Calvin Christian (Jay Milkamp)	DeWitt	7-6 (9)
1995	Detroit Country Day (Frank Orlando)	Spring Lake	7-3
1994	Trenton (Vic Bechard)	Grand Rapids Catholic Central	3-1
1993	DeWitt (Frank Deak)	Carleton Airport	4-3 (11)
1992	Dearborn Divine Child (Mark Falvo)	Wyoming Park	9-6
1991	Chelsea (Wayne Welton)	Midland Bullock Creek	6-5
1990	Stevensville Lakeshore (Steve Adler)	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	6-2
1989	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (Thomas Trompics)	Fenton	5-3
1988	Mt. Clemens Clintondale (Jim Killoren)	Battle Creek Lakeview	17-4
1987	Bay City Handy (Dave Petrosky)	Battle Creek Lakeview	1-0 (9)
1986	Battle Creek Lakeview (Raymond Perry)	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher	4-3
1985	Grand Rapids Catholic Central (John Dolce)	Fenton	6-2
1984	Redford Thurston (Emil Majeski)	Wyoming Park	2-1
1983	Remus Chippewa Hills (James Novar)	Coloma	4-1
1982	Southgate Aquinas (Johnny Zimmerman)	Bay City Handy	6-2
1981	Bay City All Saints Central (Bill Harris)	Tecumseh	7-1
1980	Flint Powers (William Haley)	Mt. Pleasant	8-7
1979	Southgate Aquinas (Johnny Zimmerman)	South Haven	5-1
1978	Jackson Lumen Christi (Dan Atkin)	Spring Lake	10-6
1977	Gibraltar Carlson (John Lefevre)	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher	7-1
1976	Wyoming Park (Ronald Engels)	Coldwater	6-5
1975	Burton Bentley (Jim Vukovich)	Wyoming Godwin Heights	3-2
1974	Flint Powers (Jim Vanitvelt)	Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher	4-0
1973	Flint Bentley (Jim Vukovich)	Romeo	2-0
1972	Carleton Airport (Lowell Potratz)	Midland Bullock Creek	5-4
1971	Detroit Lutheran West (Roger Aumann)	Pinconning	4-1

Class C

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
1997	Three Oaks-River Valley (Jerry Hinman)	Boyne City	15-3
1996	Lansing Catholic Central (Phil Booth)	Sanford-Meridian	8-5
1995	Three Oaks-River Valley (Jerry Hinman)	Grandville Calvin Christian	17-3
1994	Grandville Calvin Christian (Jay Milkamp)	Riverview Gabriel Richard	5-4
1993	Coleman (Joe Albaugh)	Detroit Country Day	7-0
1992	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Saginaw Nouvel	11-9
1991	Erie-Mason (Tom McGarry)	Pewamo-Westphalia	12-4
1990	Saginaw Nouvel (Stephen Jaksa)	Homer	10-5
1989	Berrien Springs (John Donley)	Erie-Mason	10-5
1988	Hartford (Howard Hyde)	Morley-Stanwood	11-10
1987	Niles Brandywine (Charles Hurdle)	Coleman	8-5
1986	Pontiac Catholic (Frank Freeburn)	Hamilton	3-2
1985	Buchanan (Bob Storm)	Grandville Calvin Christian	3-2
1984	Berrien Springs (Dan Wright)	Orchard Lake St. Mary's	4-2
1983	DeWitt (Frank Deak)	Lake Fenton	5-1
1982	Sanford Meridian (Tom Axtell)	Buchanan	6-4
1981	Allen Park Cabrini (Donald Oboza)	Buchanan	9-8
1980	Dundee (Gordon Burkhart)	Parchment	3-1
1979	Allen Park Cabrini (Donald Oboza)	Clare	2-0
1978	Bay City All Saints (Leon Giffel)	Addison	8-0
1977	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Center Line St. Clement	4-2
1976	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Ravenna	5-3
1975	Bronson (Phil Wotta)	Vermontville Maple Valley	8-1
1974	Center Line St. Clement (Bill Krug)	St. Joseph Lake Mich. Catholic	7-1
1973	Blissfield (Larry Tuttle)	Novi	4-0
1972	Center Line St. Clement (Bill Krug)	Hamilton	2-1
1971	Hamtramck St. Ladislaus (Mike Soluk)	Dearborn Sacred Heart	4-0

Class D

Year	Champion (Coach)	Runner-Up	Score
1997	Hillman (David Checkley)	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	5-0
1996	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (Earl Hartman)	Center Line St. Clement	12-0
1995	New Buffalo (John Cosich)	Hillman	10-4
1994	Hillman (David Checkley)	Bridgman	9-2
1993	Beal City (Ron Schafer)	Portland St. Patrick	10-7
1992	Hillman (David Checkley)	Athens	8-7
1991	Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes (Daniel Webster)	Bay City All Saints	10-3
1990	Traverse City St. Francis (Craig Bauer)	Climax-Scotts	7-6
1989	Colon (Dennis Hendrickson)	Gaylord St. Mary	11-6
1988	Grass Lake (Joe Bechtel)	Gaylord St. Mary	11-6
1987	Bridgman (Gary Owen)	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	10-9 (8)
1986	Harper Woods (Ron Smith)	Wyoming Lee	3-2
1985	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (Joe Hicks)	Grass Lake	5-4 (9)
1984	Climax-Scotts (Bob Weessies)	Maple City Glen Lake	6-2
1983	New Buffalo (Roger Vink)	Morrice	5-4 (10)
1982	Mesick (James Linna)	Colon	3-2
1981	Reading (Jack Kerspilo)	Mesick	1-0
1980	Grass Lake (Joe Bechtel)	Muskegon Western Michigan Christian	2-1
1979	Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (Joe Haklin)	Frankfort	4-3
1978	Saranac (Terry Dawson)	Frankfort	4-1
1977	Ann Arbor St. Thomas (Joe McDermott)	Potterville	10-9
1976	Climax-Scotts (Bob Weessies)	Caseville	10-2
1975	Climax-Scotts (Mark Whitney)	Grass Lake	3-1
1974	Cheboygan Catholic (Leo Yeck)	Freesoil	2-0
1973	Cheboygan Catholic (Leo Yeck)	Portland St. Patrick	7-6
1972	Ann Arbor St. Thomas (Mike Ramker)	Grosse Pte. Woods Univ. Liggett	7-1
1971	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart (Jim Powell)	Portland St. Patrick	5-1