With their 52-20 victory over Muskegon Heights on Friday night, Muskegon Catholic Central won their 500th game as a program. Celebrating this historic occasion, we will take a look at the 500 wins by the numbers.
716: Number of Games Played
.703: Win Percentage (500-209-7 record)
500: Wins
53: Seasons with at least a .500 winning percentage (out of 69, including this year)
31: Playoff Appearances (not including a presumed appearance this fall)
15: State Championship Game Appearances (1980, 81, 82, 86, 90, 91, 95, 2000, 01, 06, 08, 13, 14, 15, 16)
13: Conference Championships (see below)
12: State Championships in the playoff era (1980, 82, 90, 91, 95, 2000, 06, 08, 13, 14, 15, 16)
1: Mythical State Championship (1974)
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Crusaders were members of the Lake Michigan Athletic Conference (LMAC) from 1966-1984, when the conference disbanded. In 2014, Muskegon Catholic Central joined the Lakes 8 Conference, a partnership that will conclude this fall as the league is set to fold. In their 26 yers affiliated in a conference, MCC won the 13 league titles.
1972 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
1973 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
1974 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
1978 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
1980 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
1981 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
1982 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
2014 Lakes 8 Conference
2015 Lakes 8 Conference
2016 Lakes 8 Conference
2017 Lakes 8 Conference
2020 Lakes 8 Conference
2021 Lakes 8 Conference
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
1980 Class B, defeat Okemos
1982 Class B, defeat Dearborn Divine Child
1990 Class C, defeat Galesburg-Augusta
1991 Class C, defeat Harbor Beach
1995 Class C, defeat Morenci
2000 Division 8, defeat Crystal Falls Forest Park
2006 Division 7, defeat Grass Lake
2008 Division 8, defeat Crystal Falls Forest Park
2013 Division 8, defeat Beal City
2014 Division 8, defeat Munising
2015 Division 8, defeat Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2016 Division 8, defeat Ottawa Lake Whiteford
WINS AGAINST OPPONENTS
35: Mona Shores
31: Muskegon Heights
22: Orchard View
18: Benton Harbor, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, West Catholic
17: Grand Haven
13: Reeths Puffer
12: Muskegon, Traverse City St Francis
10: Ludington, Manistee, Ravenna, Traverse City Central
9: Grand Rapids Union, Saginaw Nouvel
8: Creston
7: Flint Northwestern, Grand Rapids Central, Hopking
6: Allendale, Beal City, Fruitport, Ottawa Hills
5: Holton, Mendon
4: Cadillac, Detroit Country Day, Frankfort, Grand Rapids Christian, Hesperia, McBain, North Muskegon, Spring Lake
3: Covert, Flint Southwestern, Fowler, Gobles, Godwin Heights, Kalamazoo Hackett, Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart, Pewamo Westphalia, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Sault Ste Marie White Pine (ONT), South Bend St Joseph (IN), St Ignace
2: Algonac, Belding, Benzie Central, Climax-Scotts, Crystal Falls Forest Park, Decatur, Detroit Catholic Central, East Grand Rapids, Ecorse, Fremont, Galesburg-Augusta, Grant, Harbor Beach, Holland, Merrill, Middleton-Fulton, Reed City, Saginaw Buena Vista, South Bend Riley, (IN), St Joseph, Swartz Creek, Toledo Central Catholic (OH), Tri-Unity Christian, Ubly, Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, Westland Lutheran,
1: Baldwin, Battle Creek St Philip, Breckenridge, Burton Bendle, Chesaning, Chicago Hope Academy (IL), Chicago Marian (IL), Chicago St Philips (IL), Coleman, Colon, Coopersville, Dearborn Divine Child, Detroit Henry Ford Creative Studies, Detroit University Prep, Edwardsburg, Flint Northern, Flint Powers Catholic, Grass Lake, Harper Woods Gallagher, Harrison, Hillsdale, Howe School (IN), Jackson Lumen Christi, Jenison, Kingsford, LaCrosse Aquinas (WI), Lawton, Maple City Glen lake, Melvindale Academy for Business & Tech, Menominee, Milwaukee Thomas More (WI), Morenci, Mt Clemens St. Mary, Munising, Negaunee, New Buffalo, New Lothrop, Norway, Oakridge, Okemos, Ontonagon, Otisville LakeVille, Ottawa Lake Whiteford, Portage Northern, Redford Union, Richmond, Riverview Gabriel Richard, Saginaw Arthur Hill, Saugatuck, Shelby, Shepherd, Sioux Falls Washington (SD), Sparta, St Charles, St Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic, Stephenson, Stevensville Lakeshore, Suttons Bay, Unionville-Sebewaing, Vestaburg, Webberville, Wyoming