Greatest Moments
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″ |
