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"The Victors" is the fight song of the University of Michigan. [1] Michigan student Louis Elbel wrote the song in 1898 after the football team's victory over the University of Chicago , which clinched an undefeated season and the Western Conference championship.
Bellville has found success in a variety of sports, holding multiple state tites. Softball won back to back state championships in 1983 & 1984, and Football win back to back state championships in 2021 & 2022 followed by state runners up in 2023. Belleville's team rivals are the Lincoln High School Railsplitters and the Romulus High School Eagles.
Michigan won, 12–11, capturing the program's first conference championship in a game that inspired "The Victors", which later became the school's fight song. [20] Michigan went 8–2 and 7–2–1 in 1899 and 1900, results that were considered unsatisfactory relative to the 10–0 season of 1898. [21]
Belleville quarterback Bryce Underwood makes a pass against Saline during the first half of a district final playoff game at Belleville High School in Belleville on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.
In 1917, "The Victors" began being played again as Michigan returned to the Western Conference, and it surpassed "Varsity" in popularity during the 1920s. [4] In 1951, the "M Fanfare", the university fanfare, was composed from both of Michigan's fight songs, "Varsity" and "The Victors", as well as its alma mater, "The Yellow and Blue". [7]
QB Bryce Underwood threw for five touchdowns as Belleville won its first Michigan high school football Division 1 title, 55-33, over Rochester Adams.
The latter was considered to be Michigan's school song during the 1890s and early 1900s. [191] Elbel's "The Victors March" published in the 1899 Michiganensian. The current fight song, "The Victors", was composed by Louis Elbel, a student at the University of Michigan's School of Music, after watching Michigan's 12–11 victory over Chicago in ...
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