Delphos St. John's Blue Jays Boys Basketball History

1949 Class B State Champs ~ 1983 Class A State Champs ~ 2002 Division IV State Champs
12 State Tournament Appearances ~ Top 10 Most Wins in Ohio history

Midwest Athletic Conference
(MAC) Champs (10)
1983, 1987, 1989, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2024
Western Buckeye League
(WBL) Champs (8)
1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982
State Runner-Up (4)
1954, 1973, 1998, 2001
State Semi-Finalists (5)
1924, 1982, 1990, 1995, 2017
District Champs (18)
1924, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1964, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015, 2017
Sectional Champs (41)
1924, 1930, 1957, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024

DSJ Basketball YouTube ChannelDelphos St. John's Basketball YouTube Channel added 3/1/2021

Welcome to DSJAlumni's history of Blue Jay basketball web site. This web site features a database of every game ever played (over 2,000 games!) in St. John's history. We offer a variety of custom pages and searches from this database. You can see a list of the Blue Jay's All-Time Opponents, view a Season by Season record of every DSJ team, check out playoff results, DSJ's record against the MAC and WBL, check out some of our special searches, or perform a custom search of your own!

Beginning with the first basketball team in 1919 until 1952, St. John’s basketball was played in the old auditorium on the second floor of the current grade school. When that gym proved too small to hold the growing crowds the Blue Jays moved their home games to the newly built Jefferson Middle School in 1952. Ground was broken on April 1, 1956 for St. John’s new gymnasium. The new gym was not completed until the spring of 1957. The first basketball game in the new gymnasium was held on December 10, 1957 as the Blue Jays hosted Sidney. The Jays were victorious 53-45.
Source: 50 Years in the Vatican

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We want to make this site as accurate as possible. Please contact us if you have any of the following: Individual Honors (All-League, All-District, etc.) Roster, Team picture, news articles, season ticket (to get dates and home/away), or anything else that you think would be interesting to add. My e-mail is dsj.history@gmail.com with any info, suggestions, or questions.

All-Time OHSAA State Tournament Appearances

Rank Appearances School
1.
28
Canton McKinley
2.
18
Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's
3.
16
Cleveland Villa-Angela St. Joe
4.
15 Portsmouth
5.
14
Middletown
T7.
12
Delphos St. John's
T7.
12
Lakewood St. Edward's
T7.
12
Zanesville
10.
11
Cleveland East Tech
11.
10
Columbus East
11. 10 Kettering Alter
as of 2021-22 season
Source: Ohio High School Athletic Association All-Time State Participation

Delphos St. John's State Teams
1924, 1949 (1st), 1954 (2nd), 1973 (2nd), 1982, 1983 (1st), 1990, 1995, 1998 (2nd), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (1st), 2017

Other Championships

Holiday Tournament Champs
1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971
Toledo Holiday Prep Classic Champs
1981
Exempted Village Champs
1948, 1950, 1953
Northwest Parochial Champs
1931
Spencerville Tournament Champs
1923

Special thanks to Don Huysman and Coach Bob Arnzen for supplying much of the basketball information.

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