White Cloud

White Cloud Jr/Sr High School
Location: White Cloud, MI
Coaches	Head Coaches: Stephen Smith (2022-Present) Tony McHattie (1986-2022) Assistant Coaches: Arnie Baker Kiranna Reynolds Cameron Karnes Dallas Dowling
State Championships	Class B: 2005 Class C: 1992, 2010, and 2023 State Qualifier: 1988,1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
National Championships	NAQT Small School Division: 2005 Runner-up 2004 3rd-place NAQT National Playoff Finalists: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2024
National Appearances	National Qualifier: 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
Program Status	Active
School Size	240
NAQT Page	link

Overview

White Cloud, often abbreviated WC, is a Class C school located in White Cloud, Michigan, which is about an hour drive north of Grand Rapids, nestled in northern rural Newaygo County. With much of the community alongside the banks of the White River and the Manistee National Forest, White Cloud is home to many rich, scenic views and family activities. WC continues to maintain a proud tradition of quiz bowl at both the middle and high school level.

For over 20 years, White Cloud has hosted its annual Jan Rademacher Memorial Quiz Bowl Invitational typically held in October or November. The tournament honors Jan Rademacher, a longtime volunteer assistant coach and namesake of the event, who passed away August 23, 2003. The invitational features a trophy given to the highest individual scorer named after Brian Derks, a former captain, leading scorer, and state and national qualifier for White Cloud. He died tragically in Iraq on August 13, 2005, as he was serving his country and his God. Beginning in 2024, the championship trophies for the competition now bear the name, Tony McHattie, to honor the legendary foundational leader and longtime coach of the White Cloud's quiz bowl program.

White Cloud ranks #1 all-time in Michigan among Class C-D schools for qualifying to State the most number of times (3 of those years we were Class B).

National Championship Meets

2000-2009

• 2004 - Placed 3rd and 5th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.
• 2005 - Placed 2nd and 8th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.
• 2006 - Placed 8th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.
• 2007 - Placed 5th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.
• 2008 - Placed 9th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.
• 2009 - Placed 7th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.

2010-2019

• 2010 - Placed 15th in USA at Nationals in small-school division.
• 2011 - Qualified to Atlanta NAQT Nationals, did not participate.
• 2012 - Placed 3rd in USA at Nationals in JV Division (Chip Beall)
• 2013 - Placed 3rd in USA at Nationals in small-school division (Chip Beall)
• 2014 - Placed 7th (tie) in USA at NAQT Nationals in small-school division.
• 2015 - Placed 17th (tie) in USA at NAQT Nationals in Atlanta in small- school division
• 2016 - Placed 33rd (tie) in USA at NAQT Nationals in Chicago in small-school division
• 2017 - Placed 41st (tie) overall and 19th (tie) very small schools in USA at NAQT Nationals in Chicago
• 2018 - Placed 15th (tie) overall and 7th (tie) very small schools in USA at NAQT Nationals in Chicago
• 2019 - Placed 34th overall and 15th very small schools in USA at NAQT Nationals in Chicago

2020-Present

• 2020 - NAQT Nationals cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic
• 2021 - Placed 27th overall and 10th very small schools in USA at NAQT Nationals (Online)
• 2022 - Qualified to Small-School Nationals in Chicago and to Class A Nationals in Atlanta, but we were not vaccinated for COVID so could not take part in person.
• 2023 - Placed 65th overall and 36th very small schools in USA at NAQT Nationals in Chicago
• 2024 - Placed 33rd overall in USA at NAQT SSNCT in Chicago

White Cloud's Highest Scoring Teams at Nationals

Top 20 Record (2004-2024)

Place:	PPG:	Year:	Notes:
1st	269.60	2014	Competed in Minneapolis Christian Green was All-American 240.50 ppg with all 14 matches included both days.
2nd	246.54	2024	12 games
3rd	240.50	2016	10 games
4th	237.20	2015	Competed in Atlanta 9 games 227.00 ppg overall both days
5th	233.50	2017
6th	227.03	2015
7th	225.40	2018
8th	224.77	2016
9th	220.00	2013	NAC (Chip Beall)
10th	216.61	2018
11th	216.24	2019
12th	195.00	2021
13th	182.96	2005	Placed 2nd in the nation behind Danville, KY
14th	167.50	2012	NAC (Chip Beall)
15th	150.50	2023
16th	130.21	2007

Note: Mr. McHattie used NAQT’s method of determining averages based on toss-ups heard. NAQT only counts the first day’s competition in their tabulation.
Prior to 2004, White Cloud did not attend NAQT National Tournaments. White Cloud attended NAC Chip Beall Nationals.

White Cloud's All-Time Leading Scorers at NAQT Nationals

Top 25 Double-Digit

Place:	Player:	Year:	PPG:
1st	Christian Green	2014 2013	68.46 123.3 (Chip Beall)
2nd	Cameron Karnes	2017 2016 2018	54.50 32.50 53.10
3rd	Parker Karnes	2021	46.11
4th	Delton Dowling	2019 2017 2018	40.00 20.00 18.40
5th	Brian Schaefer	2024 2023	38.85 31.00
6th	Jerry Reid	2007	35.42
7th	Jamia Tancock	2019 2018	33.20 18.85
8th	Mike Feldpausch	2015	32.73
9th	John Gunnell	2005	32.29
10th	Cameron Wilson	2010	31.75
11th	David Feldpausch	2014	30.74
12th	Samuel Viher	2024	30.98
13th	Ron Phillips	2015	29.28
14th	Cordell Talbott	2016	27.50
15th	Sariena Maka	2017	23.50
16th	Janessa Shepard	2021	23.33
17th	Jarrett Warlick	2024	16.92
18th	Wyatt Karnes	2024 2023	15.77 11.00
19th	Mitch Welch	2008	15.45
20th	Malachi Graves	2023	15.00
21st (tie)	Tiffany Tremlin	2005	10.76
21st (tie)	Valerie Kowalczyk	2008	15.45
22nd	Zane Keith	2021	10.34 (6 games)

State Championship Meets

Michigan High School Quiz Bowl State Championship

• 1992 - 1st Place at Class C-D (Defeated Detroit Country Day)
• 2005 - 1st Place at Class B (Defeated Ludington)
• 2023 - 1st Place at Class C-D (Defeated Kalamazoo Christian)

NAQT Michigan State Championship

• 2010 - 1st Place Small School Division (Awarded Trophy)
• 2013 - 1st Place Small School Division
• 2016 - 1st Place Small School Division
• 2017 - 1st Place Small School Division

NAQT Michigan State Qualifier

• 2018 - 1st Place Small School Division
• 2019 - 1st Place Small School Division

Notable State Performances

• 2014 - Runner-up Honors at Class C-D Michigan High School State Championship
• 2013 - 3rd Place at Class C-D Michigan High School State Meet (trophy)
• 2022 - 3rd Place at NAQT Class C-D State Meet hosted by DeWitt (online). 8-1 record
• 2024 - 3rd Place at NAQT Class C-D State Meet hosted by DeWitt 8-2 record
• 2021 - 4th Place at NAQT Class C-D State Meet hosted by DeWitt.

Central State Activities Association

Varsity Division Overall

• 12 CSAA Varsity Champions
• 1 CSAA Varsity Runner-up

• 2 CSAA Varsity B Champions
• 1 CSAA Varsity B Runner-up

Varsity

• 2010 - Varsity Meet Champions
• 2012 - Varsity Meet Runner-up
• 2013 - Varsity Dual Champions (1st offensively and 1st defensively)
• 2014 - Varsity Dual Champions (1st offensively and 1st defensively)
• 2015 - Varsity Meet Champions (1st offensively and 2nd defensively)
• 2016 - Varsity Dual Champions (1st offensively and 1st defensively)
• 2017 - Varsity Meet Champions
• 2018 - Varsity Dual Champions (1st offensively and 2nd defensively)
• 2019 - Varsity Dual Champions
• 2021 - Varsity Dual Champions
• 2022 - Varsity Dual Champions
• 2023 - Varsity Dual Champions
• 2024 - Varsity Dual Champions

Varsity B

• 2018 - Varsity B Champions in Silver Division
• 2023 - Varsity B Champions
• 2024 - Varsity B Runner-up

Junior Varsity Overall

• 11 CSAA JV Champions
• 1 CSAA JV Runner-up

Junior Varsity

• 2010 - Junior Varsity Meet Champions
• 2012 - Junior Varsity Meet Runner-up (with one 9th grader and four junior high players (Mike Feldpausch, Ron Phillips, Vernon Klammer, Justin Thompson, and Bob Feldpausch)
• 2013 - Junior Varsity Dual Champions (1st offensively and 1st defensively)
• 2014 - Junior Varsity Champions (1st offensively and 1st defensively)
• 2015 - Junior Varsity Champions in Silver Division
• 2016 - Junior Varsity Champions in Silver Division
• 2018 - Junior Varsity Tri-Champions in Silver Division
• 2019 - Junior Varsity Dual Champions
• 2020 - Junior Varsity Dual Champions
• 2022 - Junior Varsity Champions (with six 6th graders)
• 2023 - Junior Varsity Champions
• 2024 - Junior Varsity Champions

Junior High

• 2023 - Junior High Champions - 1st Place
• 2024 - Junior High Champions - 1st Place (Small School)

Western Waterways Activities Conference

• 2 WWAC Championships
• 1 WWAC Tournament Championship

• 2000-2001 - Tournament Championship
• 2005 - Division Championship
• 2006 - Division Championship

West-Central Regional Conference

• 2 WCRC Championships
• 1 WCRC Runner-up
• 1 WCRC Tournament Runner-up

• 1989 - League Runner-up
• 1990 - Dual Meet Champions
• 1991 - Tournament Runner-up
• 1992 - Dual Meet Champions

Television Tournaments

• 10-time television champions, winning approximately a ¼ million dollars in college scholarships

• 2004 - WKAR QuizBusters Division Champion
• 2005 - WKAR QuizBusters Division Champion
• 2009 - WCMU Quiz Central Division and Grand Champions
• 2010 - WCMU Quiz Central Division and Grand Champions
• 2013 - WKAR QuizBusters Division Champion
• 2015-2016 - Placed 2nd on WKAR’s QuizBusters
• 2015-2016 - Placed 3rd on WCMU’s Quiz Central
• 2017 - WKAR QuizBusters Division Runner-up
• 2018 - WCMU Quiz Central Division Champion
• 2017-2018 - Placed 2nd on WKAR’s QuizBusters
• 2019 - WCMU Quiz Central Division Champion
• 2020 - Placed 3rd on WCMU’s Quiz Central
• 2021 - Placed 2nd in Division on WCMU’s Quiz Central
• 2022 - Placed 3rd in Division on WCMU’s Quiz Central
• 2023 - WCMU Quiz Central Division Champion, 2nd Place Overall

Jan Rademacher Memorial Quiz Bowl Invitational

Fun Facts

• Teams from Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana have journeyed to White Cloud to compete at the Jan Rademacher Memorial Quiz Bowl Invitational.
• National champions from Danville (Kentucky) and Russell (Kentucky) traveled to White Cloud to compete.
• Every year since quiz bowl began in 1987 (27 years), White Cloud has won at least one division at its own quiz bowl tournament. In 2016, we finished 2nd in the 12th-grade division to break the championship streak.

White Cloud Team Results

• 2012 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division
• 2012 - 1st Place 10th Grade Division
• 2013 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division
• 2013 - Grand Championship, defeated Holland A and B combined
• 2014 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division
• 2015 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division
• 2016 - Runner-up 12th Grade Division
• 2017 - Runner-up 12th Grade Division
• 2018 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division
• 2018 - 1st Place 9th Grade Division
• 2019 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division
• 2019 - 1st Place 9th Grade Division
• 2022 - 1st Place 12th Grade Division - Tier D
• 2023 - Runner-up 12th Grade Division – Tier C
• 2024 - 1st Place – Varsity Small School Division – Tier D

Brian Derks Memorial Award

• Top White Cloud scorer at Jan Rademacher Memorial Quiz Bowl Invitational

• 2005 - Jerry Reid (Junior)
• 2006 - Jerry Reid (Senior)
• 2007 - Cameron Wilson (Sophomore)
• 2007 - Mitch Welch (Junior)
• 2008 - Cameron Wilson (Junior)
• 2009 - Cameron Wilson (Senior)
• 2010 - Riki Wilson (Senior)
• 2011 - Howard York (Sophomore)
• 2012 - Christian Green (Junior)
• 2013 - Christian Green (Senior)
• 2014 - Ron Phillips (Junior)
• 2015 - Cordell Talbott (Senior)
• 2016 - Cameron Karnes (Junior)
• 2017 - Cameron Karnes (Senior)
• 2018 - Delton Dowling (Senior)
• 2019 - Parker Karnes (Junior)
• 2020 - Parker Karnes (Senior) Received at Fulton-Middleton Invitational
• 2021 - Anthony Solis-Victoria (Senior)
• 2022 - Malachi Graves (Senior)
• 2023 - Brian Schaefer (Senior)
• 2024 - Wyatt Karnes (Senior)

Bill Martin Most-Valuable-Player Award

• Initiated in 2016
• Voted on by the team and coaches

• 2016 - Senior Captain Ron Phillips
• 2017 - Senior Co-Captain Sariena Maka
• 2018 - Senior Captain Cameron Karnes
• 2019 - Senior Captain Jamia Tancock
• 2020 - Junior Co-Captain Parker Karnes
• 2021 - Senior Co-Captain Parker Karnes
• 2022 - Senior Captain Anthony Solis-Victoria
• 2023 - Senior Captain Malachi Graves
• 2024 - Senior Captain Brian Schaefer

All-American Players

• 2005 - John Gunnell: 2nd leading scorer at NAQT Nationals
• 2006 - Jerry Reid: 4th leading scorer at NAQT Nationals
• 2007 - Jerry Reid: 4th leading scorer at NAQT Nationals
• 2013 - Christian Green: Unofficial All-American at NAC Nationals
• 2014 - Christian Green: 10th leading scorer at NAQT Nationals

All-State Players

Overview

• 14 All-State First Team Player Selections, denoted by *
• 3 All-State Second Team Player Selections, denoted by ^
• 6 All-State Nominees total in 2008 and 2009 combined.
• 3 All State Nominees in 2018

Players

• 2005 - Tiffany Tremlin* (Class B)
• 2007 - Jerry Reid* (Class C-D)
• 2008 - Mitch Welch* (Class C-D)
• 2008 - Cameron Wilson and Chelcee Lawrence (Class C-D nominated)
• 2009 - Mitch Welch* (Class C-D)
• 2009 - Chelcee Lawrence* (Class C-D)
• 2009 - Cameron Wilson (Class C-D nominated)
• 2010 - Cameron Wilson* (Class C-D)
• 2013 - Christian Green* (Class C-D)
• 2014 - Christian Green* (Class C-D)
• 2015 - Mike Feldpausch* (Class C-D)
• 2016 - Ron Phillips (Class C-D received votes from officials)
• 2017 - Cameron Karnes* (Class C-D)
• 2018 - Cameron Karnes* (Class C-D)
• 2018 - Jamia Tancock* (Class C-D)
• 2018 - Delton Dowling (Class C-D nominated)
• 2019 - Jamia Tancock* (Class C-D)
• 2020 - Parker Karnes (Class C-D All-State season statistics, but the coronavirus forced the cancellation of the State Meet in 2020)
• 2021 - Parker Karnes^ (Class C-D #6 overall scorer)
• 2021 - Janessa Shepard (Class C-D missed All-State Second Team, #12 overall scorer)
• 2022 - Brian Schaefer^ (Class C-D #9 overall scorer)
• 2023 - Brian Schaefer^ (Class C-D #6 overall scorer)
• 2024 - Brian Schaefer* (Class C-D #3 overall scorer)

All-Confernce Players

Overview

• 71 Total - CSAA All-Conference Awards
• 50 1st Team All-Conference
• 21 Honorable Mention All-Conference

Players

• 2009 - Cameron Wilson: 1st Team All-Conference Top Vote Recipient
• 2009 - Mitch Welch: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2009 - Chelcee Lawrence: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2009 - Ross Pike: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2010 - Cameron Wilson: 1st Team All-Conference Top Vote Recipient
• 2010 - Kira Visser: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2011 - Riki Wilson: 1st Team All-Conference Top Vote Recipient
• 2011 - Dwight Phillips: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2011 - Brock Mirkle: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2012 - Christian Green: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2012 - David Feldpausch: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2012 - Howard York: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2012 - Dillon Gehrett: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2013 - Christian Green: 1st Team All-Conference Top Vote Recipient
• 2013 - Howard York: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2013 - David Feldpausch: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2013 - Dillon Gehrett: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2014 - Christian Green: 1st Team All-Conference (Leading scorer in conference)
• 2014 - David Feldpausch: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2014 - Howard York: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2014 - Mike Feldpausch: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2015 - Mike Feldpausch: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2015 - Ron Phillips: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2015 - Cordell Talbott: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2015 - Sariena Maka: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2016 - Cordell Talbott: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2016 - Ron Phillips: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2016 - Cameron Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2016 - Sariena Maka: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2016 - James Shepard: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2017 - Cameron Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2017 - Sariena Maka: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2017 - Delton Dowling: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2017 - Jennifer Shepard: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2017 - Kiranna Franklin: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2018 - Cameron Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2018 - Delton Dowling: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2018 - Parker Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2018 - Janessa Shepard: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2018 - Jamia Tancock: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2018 - Jennifer Shepard: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2018 - Kiranna Franklin: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2019 - Delton Dowling: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2019 - Jamia Tancock: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2019 - Parker Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2019 - Janessa Shepard: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2020 - Parker Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2020 - Janessa Shepard: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2020 - Anthony Solis-Victoria: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2020 - Brendan Lodden: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2021 - Parker Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2021 - Janessa Shepard: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2022 - Brian Schaefer: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2022 - Zane Keith: 1st Team All-Conference in 2022
• 2022 - Anthony Solis-Victoria: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2022 - Malachi Graves: 1st Team All-Conference

• 2023 - Malachi Graves: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2023 - Brian Schaefer: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2023 - Zane Keith: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2023 - Wyatt Karnes: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2023 - Jarrett Warlick: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2023 - Andrea Feldpausch: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2023 - Anna Mohr: Honorable Mention All-Conference

• 2024 - Brian Schaefer: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2024 - Samuel Viher: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2024 - Wyatt Karnes: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2024 - Jarrett Warlick: 1st Team All-Conference
• 2024 - Andrea Feldpausch: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2024 - Anna Mohr: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2024 - Samantha Kukal: Honorable Mention All-Conference
• 2024 - Charlotte Karnes: Honorable Mention All-Conference

External Links

White Cloud Public Schools Website

NAQT White Cloud Results

News Articles

Swim N Win & Spartan Harvest Throwdown 2024
18th Annual Holland Invitational 2024
Jan Rademacher Memorial Quiz Bowl Invitational 2024
NAQT SSNCT 2024
Class C-D State Competition 2024
CSAA Conference Championship 2024
Mitten Cup 2024
NAQT SSNCT 2023
Class C-D- State Championship 2023
Swim N Win 2023
17th Annual Holland Invitational 2023
Jan Rademacher Memorial Quiz Bowl Invitational 2023
White Cloud Competes at WCMU Quiz Central June 2018
White Cloud Competes at WCMU Quiz Central February 2018
WZZM One Good Thing - Tony McHattie