Last fall was historic for the Perry football program.
The Ramblers qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs for the first time in program history under their own merits, making the field by finishing 5-4 and ranking 29th in Division 7 in playoff points. It was the first time Perry got a taste of postseason football outside of the COVID-19-impacted 2020 season when everybody made the state tournament just as the MHSAA allows in each of its other sports.
With Perry's appearance last fall, every football program from Greater Lansing has qualified for the playoffs at least once. Fowler leads all area programs with 36 all-time appearances (not counting its 2020 trip).
As opening night for the 2024 season looms closer on Aug. 29, here is a look at the number of all-time playoff appearances by Greater Lansing football teams as recognized by the MHSAA. This doesn’t include the 2020 season.
ALMA
▶ Playoff appearances: 14
▶ Years qualified : 1986, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
ASHLEY
▶ Playoff appearances: 7
▶ Years qualified : 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010
BATH
▶ Playoff appearances: 5
▶ Years qualified : 1992, 2000, 2013, 2022, 2023
CARSON CITY-CRYSTAL
▶ Playoff appearances: 10
▶ Years qualified : 1999, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
CHARLOTTE
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▶ Playoff appearances: 12
▶ Years qualified : 1990, 2000 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2022, 2023
CORUNNA
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▶ Playoff appearances: 12
▶ Years qualified : 1981, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023
DANSVILLE
▶ Playoff appearances: 9
▶ Years qualified : 1980, 1990, 1992, 2003, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
DEWITT
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▶ Playoff appearances: 29
▶ Years qualified : 1978, 1082, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
EASTERN
▶ Playoff appearances: 1
▶ Year qualified : 1997
EAST LANSING
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▶ Playoff appearances: 29
▶ Years qualified : 1977, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
EATON RAPIDS
▶ Playoff appearances: 2
▶ Years qualified : 2013, 2014
EVERETT
▶ Playoff appearances: 9
▶ Years qualified : 1986, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023
FOWLER
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▶ Playoff appearances: 36
▶ Years qualified : 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
FOWLERVILLE
▶ Playoff appearances: 12
▶ Years qualified : 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2019
FULTON
▶ Playoff appearances: 24
▶ Years qualified : 1977, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023
GRAND LEDGE
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▶ Playoff appearances: 21
▶ Years qualified : 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2-16, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
HASLETT
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▶ Playoff appearances: 20
▶ Years qualified : 1981, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
HOLT
▶ Playoff appearances: 17
▶ Years qualified : 1978, 1979, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022
IONIA
▶ Playoff appearances: 2
▶ Years qualified : 2021, 2023
ITHACA
▶ Playoff appearances: 27
▶ Years qualified : 1984, 1988 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
LAINGSBURG
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▶ Playoff appearances: 12
▶ Years qualified : 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023
LAKEWOOD
▶ Playoff appearances: 6
▶ Years qualified : 1992, 2002, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
LANSING CATHOLIC
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▶ Playoff appearances: 21
▶ Years qualified : 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
LESLIE
▶ Playoff appearances: 10
▶ Years qualified : 1983, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
MAPLE VALLEY
▶ Playoff appearances: 15
▶ Years qualified : 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2018
MASON
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▶ Playoff appearances: 19
▶ Years qualified : 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
MORRICE
▶ Playoff appearances: 15
▶ Years qualified : 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
OKEMOS
▶ Playoff appearances: 11
▶ Years qualified : 1976, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2018
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OLIVET
▶ Playoff appearances: 23
▶ Years qualified : 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
OVID-ELSIE
▶ Playoff appearances: 14
▶ Years qualified : 1991, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
OWOSSO
▶ Playoff appearances: 2
▶ Years qualified : 2001, 2012
PERRY
▶ Playoff appearances: 1
▶ Year qualified : 2023
PEWAMO-WESTPHALIA
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▶ Playoff appearances: 25
▶ Years qualified : 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
PORTLAND
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▶ Playoff appearances: 23
▶ Years qualified : 1975, 1996, 1997, 2000 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
PORTLAND ST. PATRICK
▶ Playoff appearances: 19
▶ Years qualified : 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
POTTERVILLE
▶ Playoff appearances: 8
▶ Years qualified : 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
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SARANAC
▶ Playoff appearances: 7
▶ Years qualified : 1977, 1978, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2023
SEXTON
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▶ Playoff appearances: 19
▶ Years qualified : 1985, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2023
ST. JOHNS
▶ Playoff appearances: 16
▶ Years qualified : 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
STOCKBRIDGE
▶ Playoff appearances: 8
▶ Years qualified : 1987, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016
WAVERLY
▶ Playoff appearances: 3
▶ Years qualified : 1982, 2002, 2012
WEBBERVILLE
▶ Playoff appearances: 7
▶ Years qualified : 1994, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
WILLIAMSTON
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▶ Playoff appearances: 17
▶ Years qualified : 1989, 1990, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Contact Brian Calloway at bcalloway@lsj.com. Follow him on X @brian_calloway.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Here are the years when Greater Lansing football teams have reached the MHSAA playoffs
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