THE GREATER LANSING AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
INDUCTION CEREMONY
LANSING CATHOLIC CENTRAL 1985 FOOTBALL
August 10, 2023
By Chuck Krafft
In 1985, the Lansing Catholic Central football team rolled to a 13-0 record and won the state Championship in Class C. Many people thought that Catholic's team could have beaten the Class A Champion.
Phil Booth, the head coach gave the presentation. He credited good, dedicated athletes and an excellent coaching staff for achieving the state title.
He was happy that the juniors and seniors worked together so well. They were so good that a number of excellent sophomores had to play on the JV team most of the year because they were not going to beat out a junior or senior.
The team was extremely disciplined and had almost no bad practices. The players were quite resilient and would force things to go their way. Coach Booth pointed out that the stars realized that they were stars because of whole team did its job. The team set tough goals and fought to achieve them.
Coach Booth cited assistant coaches Keith Schrauben, Randy Pertler and Lou Boyer for handling their assignments in a top notch fashion. He also thanked his wife Mary Booth for accommodating him so he could devote the necessary time to his team. Father Thomas Nenneau also earned some praise.
The team was successful because the players had great attitudes and subordinated their egos for the good of the team.
The players in attendance all introduced themselves at the end of the presentation.
For those of you who would like to read about all the acceptance speeches, here is a log of the whole ceremony!
https://lansingcivicevents.blogspot.com/2023/08/2023-greater-lansing-area-sports-hall_84.html
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