sentences:  In 1997 the boys basketball team made history by winning the school's first ever State Championship, coached by Roosevelt Barnes in only his second year as head coach.The following year, the boys basketball team won the Catholic League Championship but lost to Detroit Cass Tech in the City Championship game at Calihan Hall by the score of 73–68.The Spartans fell short of a back to back state title and were eliminated from the State playoffs in the Regional finals to eventual State Champion St. Martin DePorres.