Big Nine Conference

(Overall yearly champions)

(1973-2000)

Year Champion Coach(s)
1973 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1974 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1975 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1976 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1977 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1978 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1979 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1980 Flushing Art Vince
1981 Flushing Art Vince
1982 Carman Ray Giguere
1983 Carman Ray Giguere
1984 Carman Ray Giguere
1985 Carman Ray Giguere
1986 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1987 Carman-Ainsworth Ray Giguere
1988 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1989 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1990 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1991 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1992 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1993 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1994* Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1995 Grand Blanc Tony Whitt
1996 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
1997 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
1998 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
1999 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
2000 Grand Blanc Randy Wise

 

Big NIne Tournament Champions

 

Year Champion Coach(s)
1973 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1974 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1975 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1976 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1977 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1978 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1979 Grand Blanc Lynn Freiheit
1980 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1981 Flushing Art Vince
1982 Grand Blanc and Carman Mick Faulman and Ray Giguere
1983 Carman Ray Giguere
1984 Carman Ray Giguere
1985 Carman Ray Giguere
1986 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1987 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1988 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1989 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1990 Grand Blanc and Powers Catholic Mick Faulman and Ed Czarnecki
1991 Powers Catholic Ed Czarnecki
1992 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1993 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1994 Grand Blanc Mick Faulman
1995 Grand Blanc Tony Whitt
1996 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
1997 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
1998 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
1999 Grand Blanc Randy Wise
2000 Grand Blanc Randy Wise

 

Big Nine champions at No. 1 singles

Year Name School
1973 Rick McLavich Kearsley
1974 Warren Church Grand Blanc
1975 Barry Bedford Kearsley
1976 Barry Bedford Kearsley
1977 Matt Stiltz Grand Blanc
1978 Steve Stolik Powers Catholic
1979 Vince Roman Grand Blanc
1980 Tom Johnson Grand Blanc
1981 Curtis Wright Flushing
1982 Scott Spooner Kearsley
1983 Kyle Canada Carman
1984 Tom Jahn Powers Catholic
1985 Richard Siegel Carman
1986 Tom Jahn Powers Catholic
1987 Tom Jahn Powers Catholic
1988 Brent Chafee Owosso
1989 Brent Chafee Owosso
1990 Tim Matuszewski Carman-Ainsworth
1991 Jason McKimmy Powers Catholic
1992 Rory McKimmy Grand Blanc
1993 William Farah Powers Catholic
1994 William Farah Powers Catholic
1995 William Farah Powers Catholic
1996 Chris Wise Grand Blanc
1997 Nick Kushuba Grand Blanc
1998 Luke Tomycz Powers Catholic
1999 Mike MacVay Grand Blanc
2000 Eric Huffman Flushing

 

Longest dual meet winning streaks in Big Nine history

(Conference wins only)

School Streak Time Span Coach
Grand Blanc 73 1991- Randy Wise**
Grand Blanc 66 1973-1980 Lynn Freiheit***

*At the beginning of the 1994 season, the Big Nine Conference did away with its 2/3-1/3 system of determining its overall league champion in favor of a 50-50 system. Before 1994, the conference duals counted 2/3 towards the overall championship and the season-ending tournament counted 1/3. Since 1995, the duals and season-ending league tournament each count 50 percent towards determing the overall league champion.

**Mick Faulman, who returned to coach Grand Blanc in 1989, started the streak in 1991. Tony Whitt took over in 1995and then handed over the reigns to Randy Wise in 1996. Grand Blanc's last loss was a 7-0 setback to Powers Catholic on April 25, 1991.

***Lynn Freiheit started the first streak in 1973. Freiheit, who is still the only Big Nine boys' coach to win state Coach of the Year honors (1979), left Grand Blanc to take the head tennis job at Oral Roberts University at the conclusion of the 1978-79 school year. Mick Faulman, who played for Freiheit, took over for his former boss in the spring of 1980. Grand Blanc's first streak came to and end on April 22, 1980 when it lost to Flushing 4-3.

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