Lewis Pytel

Jane, If you´d like to meet up sometime I´d love to talk. I´m living in The Villages, Wildwood, if you´re still living nearby! I was a friend during Butch´s CC High School days. [email protected]. My husband now renewing 50 years at St. Mark´s in The Villages, me 19/now. 2nd from right bottom CC Cheerleader

The summer before our win over Gables, Butch and I took Driver´s Ed there. After class, we went into the Weight room and worked out with the Gables players. Nick Kory´s lived two blocks from Butch and we often talked with him. Because our much smaller team pulled together, we were able to knock off a great program. When Butch went those last yards, we moved Columbus to a place where we had only been able to dream about. The State Championships that Columbus has won were founded that night;...

Coach Pytel was a great coach and mentor always had a quick joke to tell I will never forget him rest in peace

Prom

Lew was undoubtedly the best QB that played at Columbus in the 60's. He threw a great spiral with accuracy and touch. When we beat the mythical National Champions (Coral Gables HS) in 1967, it was the first time we had defeated a perennial champion in the schools history. Lew was surrounded by some gutsy players that night who were determined to win the game. The legacy of Columbus football took its first step that night and the football program was only going to be better in the years to...

The memories are never gone. Always your lineman. Butch Schrader