Registration for the 2019 Butte American Legion baseball season will close on Friday, Jan. 18. No registrations can be accepted after this date. Cost of registration is $100, plus fundraising. Registration forms can be found here. Player/parent information can be found here. For questions, email buttebaseball@gmail.com or contact Mark Hislop 498-3251 or Jeff LeProwse at
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CALGARY, Alberta — Seven speed skaters from the Mining City raced in the Alberta Open Speed Skating Championships at the Olympic Oval over the weekend. More than 200 skaters competed in the event, with at least 20 racers in each division. Butte’s GG Fantini placed second overall in Division 3, with Jim Bradshaw finishing fifth
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BOYS PREP BASKETBALL Butte 62, Dillon 52 St. Labre 85, Lame Deer 69 Thompson Falls 54, Noxon 34 Valley Christian 58, Two Eagle River 47 Winnett-Grass Range 58, Fromberg 13 GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL Billings West 59, Billings Skyview 15 Butte 62, Dillon 35 Laurel 39, Billings Central 37 Missoula Sentinel 55, Ronan 25 Richey-Lambert 58,
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HELENA — No. 3 Carroll College outscored Montana Tech 42-29 in the second half Tuesday night, breaking open a close game for a 79-61 victory over the Orediggers. (Stats) The Frontier Conference men’s basketball game was played in the P.E. Center. Matt Wyman scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Saints, who
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By Bill Foley If the Butte High boys’ basketball team goes on to do great things this season, the Bulldogs will likely point back to Tuesday night as when it all began. The Bulldogs played their best game of the season, snapping a four-game winning streak with a 62-52 win over perennial Class A power
READ MOREHELENA — An upset bid by Montana Tech’s women’s basketball team fell just short Tuesday night at the P.E. Center. No. 8 Carroll College outscored the Orediggers 11-3 over the final 3 minutes to turn back the Orediggers for a 68-63 Frontier Conference victory. (Stats) A 3-pointer by Danielle Wagner broke a 61-all tie with
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By Bruce Sayler The consistency might not have been so smooth, but the result was a 62-35 Butte High baking of Dillon that the Bulldog fans found quite flavorful. The non-conference high school girls’ basketball game was played Tuesday night in the Butte Civic Center and Class AA Butte High’s early, potent explosion was too
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By Bruce Sayler The Montana High School Association (MHSA) may see a presentation about, or even a request for, an Anaconda-Butte Central co-op in two sports when the organization holds its annual meetings this weekend in Butte at the Copper King Inn. The meetings are set for Friday through Sunday. Butte Central and Anaconda school
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Butte and Anaconda kids have disliked each other for decades. When it comes to adults from the Mining City and Smelter City, however, it is a completely different story. While the Maroons and Bulldogs have had long, bitter rivalries with the Copperheads, they usually form a pretty good bond when they graduate and go to
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Girls’ prep basketball Dillon at Butte High (Civic Center), 6 p.m. The Bulldogs (4-2) ride a three-game winning streak into the non-conference game at the Butte Civic Center. The Bulldogs are coming off Saturday’s 56-39 win at Great Falls High. Senior guard Ally Cleverly sank four 3-pointers and scored a season-high 22 points in that
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DILLON — Libby basketball star Jayden Winslow will continue her hoops career at the University of Montana Western. The 5-foot-10 guard signed an NAIA National Letter of Intent, the school announced Monday. Winslow is averaging 17.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 3.7 steals a game for the Loggers as a senior. She is a two-time first-team
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WHITEFISH — Brianna King of the University of Montana Western and Match Burnham of Carroll College were named the Frontier Conference basketball Players of the Week, the league announced today. The honor marks the fourth straight week King has received the award. She has won it five out of the last six weeks. King is
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Butte High will donate the proceeds from Tuesday’s 50/50 drawing during the Bulldogs’ basketball doubleheader against Dillon to Jason Alexander. The varsity twin bill begins at 6 p.m. at the Butte Civic Center. Alexander is a long-time Bulldog volunteer who recently had a brush with death and spent more than a month in Billings recovering
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Following is the Knights of Columbus Athletic Club’s four-man basketball schedule for the week of Jan. 14. Monday 6 p.m. — MPP vs. C Squad 7 p.m. — Oasis vs. Rats 8 p.m. — Boyle vs. Logan’s 9 p.m. — Logan’s vs. Schweitzer Tuesday 6 p.m. — C Squad vs. Rats 7 p.m. — MPP
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From FIS-Ski reports CALGARY — Coming back after the holidays break, the first FIS Freestyle moguls World Cup of 2019 went down on Saturday in Calgary with Yulia Galysheva of Kazakhstan and Mikael Kingsbury of Canada taking the wins at the iconic WinSport Canada Olympic Park. Brad Wilson of Butte, Montana, sped into his first
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