Bay City Central High School

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Bay City Central High School (or BCC) is a high school located at 1624 Columbus Ave., Bay City, Michigan. Its mascot is the wolf, and its colors are purple and gold.

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[edit] Building History

The building that is now known as Bay City Central opened March 27, 1922.[1] The original architectural plans called for two floors, but a third was added to provide room for Bay City Junior College (which now exists as Delta College, and is now located in University Center, Michigan). The "New Gymnasium" was constructed in 1957, and the cafeteria/commons received major renovations in 1995. The school's bell tower (which contains two classrooms and a now-defunct observatory) was closed in 1983 due to fire code restrictions and remains unopened to this day.

[edit] Football

Bay City Central hosts one of the most successful high school football programs in the state of Michigan. It ranks among the top twenty in all-time wins and has produced several Division I football players. BCC is known for its undersized, but tough players. BCC plays in the Saginaw Valley Conference, which produces some of the most talented teams in the state, despite being physically outmatched by other teams in the conference.

[edit] Football Stadium

The Bay City Central Wolves football team plays its home games in Engel Stadium. The need for the stadium was demonstrated on Thanksgiving Day, 1924, when Bay City Central and Flint Central played one another. The original stadium was what is now the student parking lot. Its 1,500-person capacity bleachers were not nearly enough for the 10,000 strong who came to watch the game. Because of this, Central Stadium (as it was originally called) opened in 1925. It was made possible through a fund-raiser, whereby local citizens bought commemorative bricks by making one- and five-dollar pledges. At the time, it was second in size to only Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor and Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. The stadium is reportedly the oldest high school stadium in Michigan and originally seated 7,000.

On September 23, 1973, the name of Central Stadium was changed to Elmer Engel Stadium in honor of the long-time successful head coach of the Central Wolves. In recent years, Engel Stadium has received substantial renovations.

[edit] Elmer Engel

In 1950, Elmer Engel inherited the reins of a football team that had lost 27 consecutive games and worked them to a 3-6 record. Throughout the next 23 years, no Central varsity football team lost more than three games per year as Engel led the Central Wolves to five Class A state football championships. Three teams went undefeated and Engel’s 165-34-8 record at Bay City Central earned him a spot in the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame.

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Russell Croteau Jr. (2002) - Noble scholar and unlicenced proctologist[2]
  • Edward Jablonski (1941) - Gershwin Biographer[3]
  • Justin Sayen (2002) - Media gadfly and man about town[4]
  • Marian Neumeyer (1927) - Namsake of "Marian the Librarian" from The Music Man[5]
  • Jason Pacynski (2001) - Financial Analyst and Freestyle Walking Guru[6]
  • Brian Valencia (2001) - Composer/Lyricist[7]
  • Irene Warsaw (1925) - Poet[8]
  • Eric Devendorf (Attended Bay City Central but is not considered alumni because he transfered to a different school) - College Basketball Player[9]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Bay City Central School History. Bay City Central High School. Retrieved on 2006-07-04.
  2. ^ {{cite news |author = baycitycentral.com |url = http://baycitycentral.com/alumni.php?p=alumnihall |title = "BCC Alumni and Graduates" |publisher = Bay City Central High School |date = n.d. |accessdate = 2006-07-17 }}</li> <li id="_note-2">'''[[#_ref-2|^]]''' {{cite news |author = baycitycentral.com |url = http://baycitycentral.com/alumni.php?p=alumnihall |title = "BCC Alumni and Graduates" |publisher = Bay City Central High School |date = n.d. |accessdate = 2006-07-17 }}</li> <li id="_note-3">'''[[#_ref-3|^]]'''
    • [[Angela Lanza (singer)|Angela Lanza]] (2002) - Singer <ref>
    {{cite news |author = Kenneth Malkin (recorded transcript) |url = http://www.bcschools.net/minutes/May2002/May%202002.htm |title = Board of Education - Official Proceedings - Regular Board Meeting |publisher = Bay City Public Schools |date = [[2002-05-13]] |accessdate = 2006-06-01 }}</li> <li id="_note-4">'''[[#_ref-4|^]]''' {{cite news |author = baycitycentral.com |url = http://baycitycentral.com/alumni.php?p=alumnihall |title = "BCC Alumni and Graduates" |publisher = Bay City Central High School |date = n.d. |accessdate = 2006-07-17 }}</li> <li id="_note-5">'''[[#_ref-5|^]]''' {{cite news |author = Jason Pacynski |url = http://pshits.tripod.com |title = "Freestyle Walker" |publisher = Jason Pacynski |date = [[2005-04-15]] |accessdate = 2006-07-17 }}</li> <li id="_note-6">'''[[#_ref-6|^]]''' {{cite news |author = Nick Baldock |url = http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=29247 |title = "Don't worry, be happy for the small things" |publisher = Yale Daily News |date = [[2005-04-15]] |accessdate = 2006-07-17 }}</li> <li id="_note-7">'''[[#_ref-7|^]]''' {{cite news |author = baycitycentral.com |url = http://baycitycentral.com/alumni.php?p=alumnihall |title = "BCC Alumni and Graduates" |publisher = Bay City Central High School |date = n.d. |accessdate = 2006-07-17 }}</li> <li id="_note-8">'''[[#_ref-8|^]]''' {{cite news |author = Jason Pacynski |title = "BCC Alumni and Graduates" |publisher = Jason Pacynski |date = n.d. |accessdate = 2007-03-26 }}</li></ol></ref>

[edit] External links

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