Nearly 70 years later, defunct Muskegon school s state title recaptured by players
Muskegon St. Joseph s H.S. closed for good in 1953, which also was the year its boys basketball team won the state championship. Three former players reflect. Author: Brent Ashcroft Updated: 6:19 PM EDT July 29, 2021
MUSKEGON, Mich. This is kind of the ultimate Go-Out-in-a-Blaze-of-Glory, story.
Winning a state championship in your high school s final year of existence, assuring that nobody and no other team can erase that accomplishment.
Three of the remaining five members of Muskegon St. Joseph s 1953 boys basketball title team gathered to reminisce about the determination, and the one free throw, that pushed the Saints to upset the state s best team.