Asst. Coach Ralph Bradley (left), Asst. Coach Frank Gawkowski (standing), Head Coach Waldo Keating (seated)
Friday, November 20, 2020
Month: November 2020
1970 MCC Football Game 9: Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Muskegon Big Reds
GAMETIME CONDITIONS:
- Location: Muskegon, Michigan
- Date: November 13, 1970
- Game Location: Hackley Stadium
- Geographic Coordinate: 43°13′29″N 86°14′46″W
- Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
- Sunset: 5:24 pm ET
- Condition: Cloudy
- Temperature: 44 Degrees
- MPH Wind Speed: 13 MPH
- Wind Direction: N
Opponent Profile:
1970 Muskegon High School
Michigan Sports Classification: Class A
Colors: Cardinal and Cream
Nickname: Big Reds
Year Founded: 1872
League: Lake Michigan Athletic Conference
Head Coach: Roger Chiaverini
Record Prior to MCC Game: 6 – 2
Record After MCC Game: 7 – 2
1970 Season Final Record: 7 – 2
Muskegon High School (MHS) 1970 Scores
MHS/MCC Game Statistics
1970 Muskegon High School (MHS) Football Notes:
- MHS was the 7th Class A Team played by Class B MCC in the 1970 season.
- MCC had already clinched the LMAC Championship before the MHS game. MHS finished second.
- The two losses on the 1970 MCC Schedule were to Class A MHS (#5, 12-20) and Class A Grand Rapids Catholic (#1, 18-32-2)) who are both in the top five in most games played against MCC and the only two schools in the top five that have a winning record through 2020 against MCC.
- The 32 points scored and 285 yards gained by MHS was the most given up by MCC in the 1970 season.
- Between 1964 and 1970 MHS Coach Chiaverini was 7 – o at MHS vs. MCC lifetime
- After the 1970 football season, MHS Coach Chiaverini left MHS and moved to MCC . It took him until the 1973 season to beat MHS. Between 1971 and 1978 he was 4-4 at MCC vs MHS lifetime.
- MHS Coach Roger Chiaverini was honored three times by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) as a West All Star Coach and Hall of Fame Coach in 1983, and as a Jim Crowley Award winner in 1993. He was also inducted in the Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, the same year as MCC track star Jerry Fitzpatrick and MCC running back Bobby Morse.
- 1970 MCC JV Football Coach Larry Sellers wrote tributes to both MHS Coach Chiaverini and MCC Coach Waldo Keating for their MHSFCA Crowley Awards.
- Chiaverini coached for 7 high schools and 1 college (Western Michigan University) in his 31 year coaching career.
Crusaders mentioned in the Muskegon Chronicle clipping below*:
- Bruce Bourdon
- Mark Carslake
- Tom Holmes
- Dave Komosinski
- John Zimmer
- Frank Engle
- Jim White
- Steve Jados
- Jim Spilka
- Dan Ozios
*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!
Muskegon Chronicle
MUSKEGON CATHOLIC CENTRAL NEWSPAPER QUOTEs OF THE WEEK:
“Well it was quite a season for us just the same. We had a great bunch of seniors and we’ll miss them all. We’ll still be accepting the Lake Michigan Athletic Conference trophy at our league meeting on Monday” said the coach (Waldo Keating).
“The last time I was involved in a state championship game was 1959. I hope it’s not another 11 years before we get the same opportunity” he remarked (Waldo Keating).”
Click link for large view: Muskegon Catholic vs Muskegon, Muskegon Chronicle, Nov. 14, 1970
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1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Football Postseason Final Rankings /Awards
- Final Rankings
- Individual Honors
- 1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Football Season Epilogue
1970 MCC Football Game 8: Reeths-Puffer Rockets at Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders
GAMETIME CONDITIONS:
- Location: Muskegon, Michigan
- Date: November 6, 1970
- Game Location: Kehren Stadium
- Geographic Coordinate: 43°13′8″N 86°16′20″W
- Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
- Sunset: 5:30 pm ET
- Condition: Cloudy
- Temperature: 54 Degrees
- MPH Wind Speed: 16 MPH
- Wind Direction: SW
Opponent Profile:
1970 Reeths-Puffer
Michigan Sports Classification: Class B
Colors: Green and White
Nickname: Rockets
Year Founded: 1958
League: Seaway Conference
Head Coach: Gale Bolthouse
Record Prior to MCC Game: 4 – 2 – 1
Record After MCC Game: 4 – 3 – 1
1970 Season Final Record: 4 – 3 – 1
Reeths Puffer (RP) 1970 Scores
RP/MCC Game Statistics
1970 Reeths Puffer Football Notes:
- The 30 points scored by MCC was the most given up by R-P in 75 previous games.
- After 7 games, 6 against Class A opponents, game 8 against R-P was only the second and final Class B team on the 1970 MCC Football schedule.
- Mona Shores earned its only win of their season by beating R-P in the first game of the season.
- R-P played Fruitport HS to a tie in game 5 but came in second in the Seaway Conference to Fruitport due to a loss to last place Whitehall High School in game 7.
- The 1970 R-P team played only 8 games so the loss to MCC was their last game of the 1970 season.
- Head Coach Bolthouse was 1st team all Southwestern Michigan Conference quarterback for Grand Haven HS in 1943, enlisted in the Navy in June 1944 immediately after graduating and, after serving, played center for the Michigan State Football squad for 4 years.
- Head Coach Bolthouse passed away in 1972 less than 2 years after the 1970 season at only 45 years old.
- R-P honored Coach Bolthouse by renaming their football field “Gale Bolthouse Stadium” in 1973.
- Gale Bolthouse Stadium was demolished in 1998 when R-P moved to the current Rocket Stadium.
Crusaders mentioned in the Muskegon Chronicle clipping below*:
- Jim Spilka
- Dave Komosinski
- Steve Jados
- Tom Holmes
- John Dombrowski
- Frank Belmonte
- Tom Kern
*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!
Muskegon Chronicle
MUSKEGON CATHOLIC CENTRAL NEWSPAPER QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“The 17 – 8 deficit forced Catholic to demonstrate the mark of a true champion…the ability to come from behind.”
1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders Football 50th Anniversary 