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1980 – 1998
The ledger, recomputed from the championship matches: Every one of Mishawaka's seven IHSAA volleyball championship matches was coached by Steve Anderson. The titles: 1980–81, over Twin Lakes (8-15, 15-4, 15-10), the team finishing 21–1; 1983–84, over Muncie Burris (15-9, 11-15, 16-14) — Burris came in 44–1 and left beaten — the Cavemen 30–3; and 1988–89, over Carroll of Fort Wayne (16-14, 15-9), the team 37–2. The runner-up finishes: 1981–82 to Roncalli (Mishawaka 33–4); 1986–87 to Muncie Burris (29–6); 1987–88 to Fort Wayne Snider (37–4); and 1998–99, in Class 4A, to Muncie Central (33–6). Recomputed from the match rows: three championships, four runners-up, seven finals.
The shape of it: The dynasty's core ran through the 1980s, when Mishawaka and Muncie Burris — the era's defining program — met in three finals across the decade and split the decade's argument between them. The 1998–99 final, a decade after the last title, closes the ledger; no Mishawaka team has reached the volleyball final since in the record reached.
Sources:
- IHSAA Volleyball State Championship Records Book (10 August 2022) — championship match results, all seven matches.
- South Bend Tribune, 21 October 2026 — Anderson as coach of the three 1980s titles, in the NIC fall-champions lineage.