Nearly 70 years later, defunct Muskegon school's state title recaptured by players Muskegon St. Joseph's H.S. closed for good in 1953, which also was the year its boys' basketball team won the state championship. Three former players reflect. Author: Brent Ashcroft Updated: 6:19 PM EDT July 29, 2021 MUSKEGON, Mich. — This is kind of the ultimate 'Go-Out-in-a-Blaze-of-Glory,' story. Winning a state championship in your high school's final year of existence, assuring that nobody and no other team can erase that accomplishment. Three of the remaining five members of Muskegon St. Joseph's 1953 boys' basketball title team gathered to reminisce about the determination, and the one free throw, that pushed the Saints to upset the state's best team.