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1970 MCC Football Game 9: Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Muskegon Big Reds

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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 7: Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Benton Harbor Tigers

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GAMETIME CONDITIONS

  • Location: Benton Harbor, Michigan
  • Date: October 30, 1970
  • Game Location: Filstrup Field
  • Geographic Coordinate: 42°06′12″N 86°27′26″W
  • Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
  • Sunset:   5:39 pm ET
  • Condition: Mostly Cloudy
  • Degrees:  55 Degrees
  • Wind Speed: 9 MPH
  • Wind Direction:  SSE

Opponent Profile:

 

 

1970 Benton Harbor Football Team

Michigan Sports Classification:  Class A 

Colors:  Orange and Black

Nickname:  Tigers

Year Founded:  1870

League:  Lake Michigan Athletic Conference (LMAC)

Head Coach:  Les Butgereit

   Record Prior to MCC Game:  4 – 2

Record After MCC Game:  4 – 3

1970 Season Final Record:  5 – 4

1970 Scores

GAME STATISTICS

GAME NOTES

  • The win against Benton Harbor clinched the 1970 Lake Michigan Athletic Conference (LMAC) Championship for MCC.
  • The LMAC Championship was the first Conference Championship in MCC history.
  • The 1970 MCC win against Benton Harbor was the 6th against against Class A teams.
  • BH had only 54 yards Total Offense.
  • BH was held to only 35 yards Rushing making it the 6th straight game holding the opponent to less than 55 yards
  • Both BH Running Backs Don Hopkins and Rodney Rhodes, ran a sub 10 second 100 yard dash.
  • Don Hopkins signed a baseball contract in 1970 and played for the Oakland Athetics through the 1976 season.
  • Rodney Rhodes was a 2 year letterman as a split end for the University of Wisconsin Badgers.
  • Comedian “Sinbad” was a Freshman at BH in 1970 and was probably at the BH Homecoming Game against MCC.
  • BH Head Coach Les Butgereit only coached Varsity football for 3 years from 1969 through 1971.
  • BH Head Coach Butgereit was primarily the Benton Harbor varsity golf coach,  a position he held for 20 years from 1956 through 1976 when the sport was dropped by the high school.
  • Less than seven years later, BH Head Coach Butgereit passed away at only 46 years old on October 4, 1977.

Crusaders mentioned in the Herald – Palladium and  Muskegon Chronicle clippings below*:

  • Jim Spilka
  • Tom Holmes
  • Frank Belmonte
  • Bruce Bourdon
  • Steve Spetoskey
  • Jim White
  • Mark Carslake
  • Dave Komosinski
  • Steve Jados
  • John Dombrowski
  • Neil Sweet
  • Dave Beckmann
  • Dennis Treptow
  • Jim Tejchma
  • Steve Lenar

*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!

Herald – Palladium

Benton Harbor NEWSPAPER QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“Muskegon Catholic Central’s football factory is back in business again.”

Click here for larger Herald Palladium clipping

Muskegon Chronicle

Muskegon Catholic NEWSPAPER QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“Picked in pre-season play to be no higher than third or fourth, Catholic thus fashioned it’s first conference football crown in what is considered one of the strongest grid leagues in the state.” 

Click here for larger Muskegon Chronicle clipping

Next Game:

Game 8

Reeths Puffer Rockets (4 – 2 – 1)

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Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders (6 -1)

FRIDAY, November 6, 1970 7:00 PM

1970 MCC Football Game 4: Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Mona Shores Sailors

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Sailor Stadium picture courtesy of current Mona Shores Director of Athletics Todd Conrad
GAMETIME CONDITIONS
  • Location: Norton Shores, Michigan
  • Date: October 9, 1970
  • Game Location: Sailor Stadium
  • Geographic Coordinate: 43°11′08″N 86°16′20″W
  • Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
  • Sunset:   6:11 pm ET
  • Condition: Cloudy
  • 63 degrees
  • 16 mph wind speed
  • SSW wind direction

Opponent Profile:

1970 Mona Shores Team Profile

Michigan Sports Classification:  Class A 

Colors: White, Navy Blue, Columbia blue

Nickname: Sailors

Year Founded: 1962

League:  Lake Michigan Athletic Conference (LMAC)

Head Coach:  Don Mosley

   Record Prior to MCC Game:    1 – 2

Record After MCC Game:         1 – 3

1970 Season Final Record:      1– 8

1970 Scores

Game Statistics

Game NOTES

  • The 1970 MCC win against Mona Shores was the 3rd straight against Class A teams.
  • The 1970 MCC defense held the Sailors to only 37  total yards and 2 first downs. 
  • The 46 point winning margin by the 1970 MCC team was the largest  in the 50 game series against MS spanning between 1964 and 2013 and the second most total points scored by MCC in a single game against MS eclipsed only by the 2011 MCC team’s 48 points.
  • MS Head Coach Don Mosley was admitted to the Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame (MASHF) in 2009 primarily from his legacy of being the MS Wrestling Coach as described in his profile: Between 1962 and 2001, his teams racked up a 489-186-4 record, winning an amazing 72 percent of their matches. During that span, the Sailors dominated the city wrestling meet, earning 20 city titles.
  • Coach Mosley was MS Head Football Coach for only 3 years from 1968 through 1970.
  • Head Coach Mosely’s best record in MS Football was 8 -1 in 1968 whose .889 winning percentage stood as best all time for a MS football team for 47 years  until the 2015 Sailor football team, with a 1o – 1 record/.909 winning percentage finally took the top spot.
  • In Week 3 1070, MCC played Grand Rapids Union, one of the oldest Michigan High Schools founded in 1859. In Week 4 1970, MCC played Mona Shores (MS) that was one of the youngest Michigan High Schools at that time, founded in 1962.
  • The Muskegon Chronicle article below was one of only two all season NOT written by Chronicle Sports Writer Mart Tardani.

Crusaders mentioned in the Muskegon Chronicle article below*:

  • Jim Spilka
  • Dan Ozios
  • Bruce Bourdon
  • Jim White

*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!

Newspaper Quote of the week:

“Coach Mosley, calling the Crusaders “a fine team”, said it was the worst defeat one of his teams had ever suffered.”

Muskegon Chronicle

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Next Game:

Game 5

Traverse City Central Trojans (3 – 1)

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Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders (3 -1)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1970 7:00 PM

1970 MCC Football Game 2: Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Portage Northern Huskies

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Gametime Conditions:
  • Location: Portage, Michigan
  • Date: September 25, 1970
  • Game Location: McCamley Field
  • Geographic Coordinate:  42.198013 | Longitude : -85.586285
  • Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
  • Sunset:   6:34 pm ET
  • Condition: Fair
  • 66 degrees
  • 5 mph wind speed
  • ESE wind direction

Opponent Profile:

1970 Portage Northern Team Profile

Michigan Sports Classification:  Class A 

Colors:  Brown, White, Orange

Nickname: Huskies

Year Founded: 1965

League:  Big 6

Head Coach:  Bud Breed – 1982 MHSFCA Hall of Fame Inductee

   Record Prior to MCC Game:    1 – 0

Record After MCC Game:         1 – 1

1970 Season Final Record:      8- 1

1970 Scores

1970 Portage Northern Football Notes:

  • Portage Northern lost only 1 game in 1970 – to Muskegon Catholic Central.
  • The 22 – 6 MCC/Portage Northern final score represented the the worst Portage Northern offensive and defensive effort in 1970.
  • MCC held Portage Northern to 2 yards rushing.
  • In 1970, Portage Northern played one common MCC opponent, Grand Rapids Union.  MCC beat that team.
  • In game 9 Portage Northern beat Grand Rapids Union 18 – 0.
  • Portage Northern Head Coach Bud Breed is a dual Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) inductee as one of the original Board of Directors and as a Football Coach.
  • The original McCamley Field built in 1959, home to Portage Northern, was torn down in 2018 and upgraded to a new facility at the same location (pictured above).

Crusaders mentioned in the Kalamazoo Gazette and Muskegon Chronicle articles below*:

  • Bruce Bourdon
  • Tom Kern
  • John Zimmer
  • Tom Holmes
  • Dave Komosinski
  • John Dombrowski
  • Mark Carslake
  • Frank Belmonte
  • Steve Jados
  • Dan Ozios
  • Jim Spilka
  • Frank Engle
  • Jim Tejchma

*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!

Kalamazoo Gazette

Muskegon Chronicle

Next Game:

Game 3

Grand Rapids Union Red Hawks

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Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders

Friday, OCTOBER 2, 1970 7:00 pm

1970 MCC Football Game 1: Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Grand Rapids Catholic Central Cougars

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Gametime Conditions:
  • Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Date: September 18, 1970
  • Game Location: Houseman Field
  • Geographic Coordinate:  42.9660°N 85.6462°W
  • Game Start: 7:00 pm ET
  • Sunset: 6:48 pm ET
  • Condition: Partly Cloudy
  • 61 degrees
  • 13 mph wind speed
  • WSW wind direction

Opponent Profile:

1970 Grand Rapids Catholic Central

Michigan Sports Classification:  Class A

Colors: Royal Blue and White

Nickname: Cougars

Year Founded: 1906

League:  Grand Rapids City League

Head Coach: Jerry Sieracki

Record Prior to MCC Game:    0 – 0

Record After MCC Game:         1 – 0

1970 Season Final Record:      6- 3

GRCC 1970 Scores

1970 Grand Rapids Catholic Central (GRCC) Football Notes:

  • Out of their 6 wins in 1970, GRCC shut out 4 teams (including MCC)  and allowed only 2 points against Lansing Everett because of a snap over the head of their punter in the end zone spoiling a 5th shut out of their 6 wins.
  • The 1959 MCC Football team lost the state championship to  GRCC 6-0 on November 13, 1959…the same date, day and time 11 years later, in 1970, that MCC played Muskegon High School.
  • In 1970, GRCC played two common MCC opponents.  MCC beat both.
  • In game 5 GRCC beat Grand Rapids Union 27 – 0
  • In Game 9 GRCC lost to Traverse City Central  28 – 20

Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders at Grand Rapids Catholic Central Cougars Program

COVER

To enlarge: MCC vs GRCC Program Cover

ROSTERS

 

To enlarge:  MCC vs GRCC Program Rosters

 

Crusaders mentioned in Grand Rapids Press and Muskegon Chronicle articles below*:

  • Tom Kern
  • Bruce Bourdon
  • Jim Spilka
  • Steve Coyne
  • Tom Holmes
  • John Zimmer

*Let these Crusaders know that they are in the newspaper this week…only 50 years later!

Grand Rapids Press

Muskegon Chronicle

Next Game:

Game 2

Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders (0 -1)

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Portage Northern Huskies (1 – 0)

Friday, September 25, 1970 7:00 pm