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Blissfield Athletics Greatest Moments

**Note: This list is generated in chronological order, not by ranking.

1.     1955 Boys Basketball Regional Champions

2.     1969 Doug Bateson is first Blissfield BB player to score 50 points in a game vs. Grosse Ile

3.     1973 Baseball State Championship

4.     1973 Girls Basketball State Runner-up

5.     1976 Bob Beckey high jumps 6’9”

6.     1976 Baseball State Championship

7.     1977 Baseball State Championship

8.     1977 Rose Hejl – State Champion Track: 220 yard dash

9.     1977-80 Girls Track Regional Championships – 4 years straight

10.  1978 Beth Veldhoff – State Champion Track: Long Jump & 880 run

11.  1979 & 1980 Softball Regional Championships

12.  1980 Beth Veldhoff – State Champion Track: Long Jump

13.  1983 Boys Golf Regional Championship

14.  1984 Casey O’Neill – State Champion Track: 3200 run

15.  1986 Ray Soff makes his Major League debut with St. Louis Cardinals

16.  1990 Greg Denecker sets county career scoring record in boys basketball with 1,873 points

17.  1991 Boys Track Regional Championship

18.  1991-92 Boys Basketball – combined 40-0 in regular season

19.  1992 Baseball State Championship

20.  1992 Baseball ranked #10 in Nation

21.  1992 Brian LaTour – state record single season 19-0 pitching record

22.  1992-93 Kelly VanSchoyck – 2x State Champion Track: Long Jump

23.  1992 Mark Risch – State Champion Track: 330 Hurdles

24.  1993-98 Girls Track Regional Championships – 6 years straight

25.  1995-97 Girls Cross Country Regional Championships – 3 years straight

26.  1996-97 Competitive Cheer State Runner-up

27.  1996 Brad Fischer makes his Major League debut as a coach with the Oakland A’s

28.  1997-98 Reggie Robinson – 2x State Champion Wrestling: 171 pounds

29.  1999 Baseball State Runner-up

30.  1999 Volleyball Regional Championship / Final Four – 1st in program history

31.  2000 Baseball State Championship

32.  2001 Boys Basketball Regional Championship

33.  2001-04 Girls Cross Country Regional Championships – 4 years straight

34.  2002 Baseball State Championship

35. 2002  Baseball Coach Larry Tuttle is named the National High School Coach of the Year

36.  2003 Baseball State Championship

37.  2003 Football – 1st play-off appearance in history

38.  2003 Wrestling District Championship – 1st in program history

39.  2004 Jessie Seiler – State Champion Wrestling: 160 pounds

40.  2005 Volleyball State Championship

41.  2005 Hall of Fame Established

42.  2006 Dr. Ron Isley concludes 35 years as “Team Doctor” in football

43.  2007 “The Catch” by Aaron Hudson to defeat SMCC in football playoffs as time expires

44.  2007 Football State Runner-up

45.  2008 Larry Tuttle earns career victory 1000 in baseball- 1st coach in state history

46.  2009 Baseball State Runner-up

47.  2011 Softball Regional Championship

48.  2011 Boys Soccer District Championship – 1st in program history

49.  2012 Girls Soccer District Championship – 1st in program history

50.  1994-2012 Baseball LCAA Championships – 19 years straight

51.  2013 Denny Thompson concludes a 40 year coaching career

52.  2014 Girls Basketball – Undefeated regular season, #1 ranking in the state, regional champions

53.  2014 Boys Soccer League Championship – 1st in program history

54.  2016 Larry Tuttle earns career victory 1200 – 1st coach in state history

55. 2017 Kelsey Wyman sets school scoring record in Girl’s basketball

56. 2017 Brooke Henning hits the career double-double with 1,000 points & 1,000 rebounds in Girl’s basketball

57. 2019 Longest Varsity Baseball game in MHSAA history. Blissfield beat Hudson 2-1 in 21 innings

58. 2020 Gavin Ganun broke the county career passing record by more than 1,000yds with 6,491yds, and broke the county career TD record by more than a dozen with 75 career TDs

59. 2021 Larry Tuttle becomes Michigan’s All-Time Winningest Baseball Coach with his 1,316 victory.

60. 2021 Annabelle Smith wins the Division 3 State Championship in the Long Jump – 18′ 1″