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December 23, 2022 – 19,041 Days Later…Original November 6, 1970 Muskegon Catholic Central vs Reeths Puffer Football Radio Broadcast!!!!

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Hello 1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Football Community!!!

Going through some family audio cassette recordings recently from the 1970’s we discovered a cassette with a recording of the last 10 minutes of the 1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders vs Reeths Puffer Rockets football game from November 6, 1970. The details of that game are on the Muskegon Catholic vs Reeths Puffer blog post we published back on November 6, 2020, the 50th Anniversary of that game titled 1970 MCC Football Game 8: Reeths-Puffer Rockets at Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders.

The link below is a recording of the last ten minutes of the last game we won that year…our 7th win in a row. Before this game we had already been christened Lake Michigan Athletic Conference (LMAC) Champions. After this game we were ranked Associated Press #1 in Class B.

We believe that this could be the only recording , either video or audio, of any of our games from the 1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Football season. If anyone has more 1970 MCC Football audio or video from that year, please let us know and we will be happy to post those also.

The timing of this post just before Christmas, 2022 is not a coincidence.  At 7:00 pm ET tonight, December 23, 2022 it will mark exactly 19,041 days ago to the minute that this game began.

We want to dedicate this post to all of our Teammates, Coaches, Cheerleaders, Band, Classmates, Families and Fans as a Christmas present and a tribute to all of you, both living and to those who have passed on.

We hope this recording provides some joy and fond memories to all of you for this holiday season, and beyond, that you can share with your loved ones.

We can raise our glasses together tonight at 7:00 pm ET to celebrate our historic season…

CHEERS!

Muskegon Catholic Central vs Reeths Puffer Rockets Original Radio Broadcast Game Recording
November 6, 1970

Around 10:36 left in the 4th quarter on the game clock…

NOTE:  If you want to download this audio, just click on the 3 dots to the right of the recording bar and click “Download”.

1970 MCC Football Game 8: Reeths-Puffer Rockets at Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders

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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.”

Next Game:

Game 9

Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders (7 -1)

at

Muskegon Big Reds (6 – 2)

FRIDAY, November 13, 1970 7:00 PM

1970 Muskegon Catholic Central Football Preseason

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Scrimmage Participants

Host:

  • Muskegon Catholic Central High School- Class B

MCC Regular Season Opponents:

  • Game 8 – Muskegon Reeths Puffer High School – Class B – 1970 Record: 4-3-1
  • Game 9 – Muskegon High School – Class A (LMAC) – 1970 Record: 7-2

Scrimmage Only Opponents:

  • Grand Haven High School – Class A (LMAC) – 1970 Record: 8-1
  • Grand Rapids Godwin Heights High School – Class B- 1970 Record: 2-7
  • Detroit Redford St. Mary’s High School -Class B – 1970 Record: 3-5
  • Chicago Mendel Catholic Prep High School – Illinois Class AA (equal to Michigan Class B) – 1970 Record: N/A

Scrimmage Notes:

  • The 1970 football season was the first that Grand Haven and Mona Shores were in the LMAC playing 2 league games – 1 against each other and 1 other league game.  Both teams came from the defunct Valley-Coast League.
  • Chicago Mendel was an all-boys Catholic Prep School that was founded in 1953; the same year as Muskegon Catholic Central.  The school closed in 1988.

Clippings:

Muskegon Chronicle – September 11, 1970

Next Game:

Game 1

Muskegon Catholic Central at Grand Rapids Catholic Central

Friday, September 18, 1970 7:00 pm