1997 Football
Championship Game: SCHS over Monroe City 28-0
Head Coach: Bobby Cornelison
Record: 14-0
Roster:
| 3-John Litvan | 25-Vince Van Rhein | 51-Ryan Ahlstrand | 65-Brian McCaskill | 79-Ryan Mais |
| 4-Mark Bult | 26-Kirk Schlueter | 52-Walker Myears | 66-Bart Pinkerton | 80-Michael Pickett |
| 5-Pat Ahlstrand | 27-Dennis Kitsmiller | 53-Ian Sheridan | 67-Craig Fetter | 81-Tyler York |
| 6-Mark Swift | 28-Andy Gould | 54-John McCleod | 68-Ben Cadle | 82-Chris Coleman |
| 10-Joe Pomerenke | 29-Chris Luzecky | 55-Carmine Ingenito | 69-Doug Schatzer | 83-Matt Thornton |
| 11-Mark Stewart | 30-Vinnie Ingenito | 56-Drew Johnson | 70-Nathan Carter | 85-Pat Medley |
| 12-John Hukriede | 31-Rick Gallagher | 57-Andy Claus | 71-Ben Coring | 88-Chris Plumpe |
| 13-Kyle Cernech | 34-Grant Knowlton | 58-Blake Southern | 72-Jake Halterman | 89-Matt Swift |
| 14-Paul Snyder | 35-Joe Swisshelm | 59-Mark Nelson | 73-Scott Green | 90-Andy Eck |
| 16-Vince Typaldos | 40-Chris Farrar | 60-Brandon Powell | 74-Seth Wand | 95-A.J. Weissler |
| 18-Nick Denning | 41-Chris Boyce | 61-Derrick Cara | 75-Jeff Ketterson | 99-Jake Wand |
| 19-Justin Moore | 45-Travis Galloway | 62-Jake Schibler | 76-John Ghirardelli | |
| 21-Jake Meese | 46-Ian Puetz | 63-Devin Cara | 77-John Goodman | |
| 24-Michael Tilton | 50-Jess Abel | 64-Kyle Burnham | 78-Zachary Payton |
Notable Notes
-Springield's first football state championship since 1981
-Springfield's second football state championship
-First time Monroe City was shut out in the '90's
News Clippings
"Catholic grabs title, 28-0" (Springfield News-Leader 11/30/97)
"Irish get sweet revenge" (Springfield News-Leader 11/30/97)
Box Score (Springfield News-Leader 11/30/97)