2019 CHSL championships l 2018 CHSL championships l Past CHSL champions l John Shada Award winners
Catholic High School League
2020 Football Championships
Saturday, October 24, 2020
At Detroit Catholic Central
Bishop Division
2020 CHSL Bishop Division champions: Detroit Catholic Central
Championship
Detroit Catholic Central (6-0) 45, Detroit Loyola (5-1) 14
Under the Catholic High School League’s new championship format, Central Division winner Detroit Catholic Central played AA Division leader Detroit Loyola for the Bishop Division title. Catholic Central rolled to a 45-14 victory to earn its first CHSL title since 2016 and its 36th overall. Catholic Central's defense was dominant, forcing six Loyola turnovers in the first half alone. Quarterback Declan Byle threw an 11-yard scoring pass to Owen Semp and five yards and 32 yards to Michael Ramirez, running back Connor Bell scored from four yards and one yard, and Danny Scott from one yard, and Charlie Mentzer kicked a 26-yard field goal.
2020 Detroit Catholic Central
Head coach: Gene Pulice l Athletic director: Aaron Babicz
Players: Declan Byle, Owen Semp, Sam Dersa, Brady Hewer, Logan Szymanski, Joe Medellin, Brady Blakita, Spencer Lyons, Billy Morphew, Chris Goebel, Kamron Davenport, Gavin Willard, Aidan Dimitriou, Johnny Rioux, Jermeir Reliford, Mohamed Jaffer, Jackson Ewald, Sean Field, James Almeda, Danny Scott, Jacob Saucedo, Jeran Sennett, Josh Liike, Evan Haeger, Ashton Chapman, Conor Murphy, James Turner, Brayden Courser, Gavan O’Neill, Conner Bell, Quinn Brady, Baechler Houser, Michael Wadowski, Hayden Gower, Adam Natoci, Charlie Mentzer, Chad Harpster, Cooper Croskey, Danny Turek, Gavin Nafso, Michael Beydoun, Jayson Saad, Andrew Ross, Joseph Collino, Dominic Amori, Aiden Wright, Jeff Banier, Liam Mason, Gage Kolakowski, George Murn III, Diego Guerra, Tommy Grace, Vincent Greene, Connor Apligian, Boston Meisner, Gordon Jones, Ryan Chenoweth, Bruno Guberinich, Ben Flake, Jovon Massey, Owen Lamarra, Connor Cohan, Mike Downs, Michael Ramirez, Connor Dewan, Joey Iafrate, Peter Denk, Connor Farida, Lucas Moscone, Brady Walter
> Catholic Central and Clarkston Everest Collegiate roll in Prep Bowl wins
> Detroit Catholic Central dominates Detroit Loyola in league championship
> Detroit Catholic Central rolls past Detroit Loyola, 45-14
> Short fields help Detroit Catholic Central roll Loyola, 45-14, for Prep Bowl title
> Catholic Central overwhelms Loyola to claim CHSL title
Cardinal Division
2020 CHSL Cardinal Division champions: Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Championship
Clarkston Everest Collegiate (6-0) 35, Riverview Gabriel Richard (5-1) 0
Clarkston Everest Collegiate won its third-straight CHSL championship in only their eighth season of football, dominating previously unbeaten Riverview Gabriel Richard, 35-0. Mountaineers' senior quarterback Giovanni Mastromatteo’s 28-yard touchdown strike to Joey Thibodeau got the day’s scoring binge started. Jack Lasceski’s two rushing touchdowns (58, 1) in the second quarter placed the Mountaineers on top 21-0 at the half. Mastromatteo threw for 152 yards and ran for another 65 on the ground. Lasceski logged 135 yards rushing. Slotback Jimmy Neme contributed a 50-yard rushing score for the Mountaineers in the third quarter and Nate Beggs finished off the onslaught with a two-yard plunge across the goal line.
2020 Clarkston Everest Collegiate
Head coach: Michael Pruchnicki l Athletic director: Ann Serra Lowney
Players: Jimmy Neme, Matthew Bautel, Giovanni Mastromatteo, Nathan Beggs, Gavin Ryeson, Jackson Pett, Dominic Cross, Jack Lasceski, Michael McGrath, Gavin Harris, Thomas Powrie, Johnny Nedwick, Matthew Neme, Joey Thibodeau, Michael Wojciechowski, Nathan Czach, Johnny Suran, Duncan Brown, Dominic Engle, Jonathon Brzezinski, Matthew Ross, Won Donghwan, Joe Milosch, Diego Ramirez-Gomez, Aidan Beauchamp, Steven Czach
> Everest Collegiate stays atop CHSL with 35-0 win over Richard
Past champions
Bishop Division
Formerly A-B Division
2020: Detroit Catholic Central
2019: Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory
2018: Warren De La Salle Collegiate
2017: Warren De La Salle Collegiate
2016: Detroit Catholic Central
2015: Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory
2014: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
2013: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
2012: Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory
2011: Detroit Catholic Central
2010: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
Cardinal Division
Formerly C-D Division
2020: Clarkston Everest Collegiate
2019: Clarkston Everest Collegiate
2018: Clarkston Everest Collegiate
2017: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood
2016: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood
2015: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2014: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2013: Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
2012: Detroit Loyola
2011: Detroit Loyola
2010: Detroit Loyola
Prep Bowl wildcard game
2020: No game played
2019: University of Detroit Jesuit
2018: Dearborn Divine Child
2017: Dearborn Divine Child
2016: Dearborn Divine Child
2015: Detroit Loyola
2014: Detroit Loyola
2013: Detroit Loyola
2012: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard
2011: Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory
2010: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard
John Shada Award
In 1971, the John Shada Award was instituted in honor and memory of the late John Shada, one of the Catholic League's outstanding coaches. The John Shada Football Award was presented to the offensive and defensive players in each division. In 1980, the award was changed to the John Shada Scholar-Athlete Award. Selection is based also on academic achievement, while being a member of the varsity team.
2020: William Cosnowski III, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Preparatory
2019: Kendel Taylor, Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic
2018: Grant Burgess, Clarkston Everest Collegiate
2017: Zachary Kennedy, University of Detroit Jesuit
2016: Matthew Winiarski, Pontiac Notre Dame Preparatory
2015: Christopher Kelly, Royal Oak Shrine Catholic
2014: Stephen Redding, Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic
2013: Dominic Doxen, Madison Heights Bishop Foley Catholic
2012: Kyle Cooper, Detroit Catholic Central
2011: Tyler Lendzion, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice
2010: Joseph Miekstyn, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard
