East Grand Rapids High School - Athletics

Athletics

EGRHS has accumulated 117 state championships in 15 sports, as well as many conference championships in the Ottawa-Kent Conference (O-K). The school's main rivalry in the OK White Division is with the Grand Rapids Christian Eagles. However, in football the big rivalry is with the Lowell Red Arrows.

EGRHS offers 15 boys' sports, 15 girls' sports, and one coed team. Boys' and girls' teams compete in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field. In addition, boys' teams compete in the MHSAA in baseball, football, ice hockey, and wrestling and girls' teams in softball and volleyball.

The Pioneers' boys' and girls' water polo teams compete in the Michigan Water Polo Association (MWPA), while the coed crew team is a member of the Scholastic Rowing Association of Michigan. The girls' field hockey team is a member of the Michigan High School Field Hockey Association, and girls also participate in Dance Team. The boys' lacrosse team won six Michigan High School Lacrosse Coaches Association (MHSLCA) titles before the sport was sponsored by the MHSAA.

State athletic championships (all MHSAA unless noted):

Fall

• Girls' Cross Country (4): 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009 (L.P. Division 2)
• Football (11): 1955 (Class B Detroit Free Press), 1976, 1983 (Class B), 1993, 1995 (Class BB), 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (Division 3)
• Girls' Golf (2): 1979 (L.P. Open Class), 1999 (L.P. Division 3)
• Girls' Swimming and Diving (17): 1978, 1979 (Class B-C-D), 1981–1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998-2001 (L.P. Class B-C-D), 2009-2010 (L.P. Div. 3), 2010-2011 (L.P. Div. 3)
• Boys' Tennis (16): 1936 (Class C-D), 1955, 1956, 1960 (L.P. Class B), 1965, 1970-1973 (L.P. Class A), 1975, 1977-1979 (L.P. Class B), 2001, 2003, 2007-Spring (L.P. Division 3)

Winter

• Boys' Basketball (1): 1950 (Class C)
• Boys' Skiing (2): 1997, 1999 (Class B-C-D)
• Boys' Swimming and Diving (23): 1948-1962, 1976-1979 (Class B-C-D), 1980-1982 (L.P. Class B-C-D), 2008 (L.P. Division 3)

Spring

• Baseball (1): 2009 (Division 2)
• Boys' Golf (4): 1939 (Class C-D), 1950 (L.P. Class C-D), 1951 (L.P. Class B), 2005 (L.P. Division 2)
• Boys' Lacrosse (9): 1993 (MHSLCA B), 1994 (MHSLCA C), 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004 (MHSLCA B), 2007, 2008, 2009 (Division 2)
• Girls' Soccer (3): 2000, 2001 (Division 3), 2002 (Division 2)
• Girls' Tennis (16): 1979, 1984–1987, 1992, 1994-1996 (L.P. Class B), 1997–1998, 2000–2003, 2009 (L.P. Division 3)
• Boys' Track & Field (6): 1940 (L.P. Class C), 1944 (L.P. Class B), 1946, 1948, 1950 (L.P. Class C), 1958 (L.P. Class B)
• Girls' Water Polo (1): 2005 (MWPA)