Billings Senior, Helena Capital, Great Falls High and Billings West picked up first-round wins Thursday as the Class AA State tournament opened at Stodden Park. Senior downed Kalispell Glacier 6-0, Capital knocked off Billings Skyview 5-3 in a 10-inning thriller, defending champion Great Falls dumped Helena High 11-1, and West outslugged Missoula Sentinel 12-10. Because
READ MORE
KALISPELL — Tricia Joyce is two wins away from ending her remarkable senior season at Butte Central in style. Joyce picked up a pair of victories Thursday to advance to the semifinals of the Class A State tennis tournament at the Flathead Valley Community College Courts. She is one of three Butte Central players in
READ MORE
Butte High and Butte Central track athletes are heading in opposite directions to compete in their respective state tournaments Friday and Saturday. Butte High will send 19 athletes to Kalispell for the Class AA State tournament. Butte Central is sending 13 to the Class A meet in Laurel. (Class AA schedule; Class A schedule) The
READ MORE
The Butte High Cross Country team will begin its summer training on Monday, June 17. Training will run from 7 to 8:30 a.m., and training locations will change throughout the summer. Check out the Butte High cross country Facebook page for updates. For more information, contact Bulldog coach Guy Wadas at (336) 684-0342.
READ MORE
MESA, Ariz. — Sean Benson’s collegiate golf career came to a disappointing end Wednesday at a windy Las Sendas Golf Club. The Montana Tech senior followed a first-round 78 with a 80 Tuesday, missing the cut at the NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship. The top 37 players made the cut. (Results) The tournament comes a
READ MORE
The Class AA State softball tournament is set to begin Thursday at Stodden Park in Butte. Play begins at 2 p.m. when Kalispell Glacier plays Billings Senior and Billings Skyview takes on Helena Capital. The 4 p.m. first-round battles pit defending champion Great Falls High against Helena High and Missoula Sentinel vs. Billings West. (Bracket)
READ MORE
By Bruce Sayler Advantage Butte announced the paying for one expense-coverage request and recommended the submission of another on Tuesday when the group held its May meeting at the Butte Plaza Inn. Rody Holman, the Advantage Butte president and also its representative from PayneWest Insurance, told the group it had paid $2,000 to Butte Central
READ MORE
Colt Anderson’s Dream Big Foundation will host the second “Dream Big Event” June 27-28 in Butte. The event includes a gala, a skills camp, a family fun day and live music. The gala will be held Thursday, June 27 at 6 p.m. at the Copper King Hotel in Butte. The skills competition will take place
READ MORE
Tickets for the 2019 Butte Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet are currently on sale. Tickets are $30, but that price goes to $40 on June 3. The banquet will be held Saturday, June 15 at the Butte Civic Center. A cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m. Dinner begins at 7, with Casagranda’s Steakhouse
READ MORE
Three Butte Central tennis players will head to Kalispell today to play in the Class A State tennis tournament. The two-day tournament begins at 8 a.m. Thursday at Flathead Valley Community College. Senior Tricia Joyce will represent the Maroons in girls’ singles after placing third at the Southwestern A Divisional tournament last week in rainy
READ MOREMESA, Ariz. — Montana Tech senior Sean Benson opened the NAIA Men’s Golf Championships with a 7-over-par 78 Tuesday at the Las Sendas Golf Club. (Scores) Benson opened on the back nine and made the turn at 2 over par despite a triple bogey on the 10th hole. He shot 5 over on the back
READ MORE
KALISPELL — Marcus Shutey of Butte took home a silver medal at the Montana State Taekwondo State Championships Saturday. The Rocky Mountain Martial Arts Student competed in the 10-year-old Green and Senior Green Belt free-sparing competition and single forms Poomsae competition He claimed the silver in free sparing. He also took home a fourth-place medal
READ MOREWith one week to go, Federal Better Homes Org. sits atop the team scratch standings of the Butte Trap Club’s Spring League. Federal Better Homes Org. has broken 1,249 targets through seven weeks. That is 20 more than second-place Arc Electric. Baker Auto is third at 1,211. Les Anderson, Justin Lerum, Bob York, Chris Andersen
READ MORE
Twenty-three years ago this coming week, softball players were crying their eyes out in Billings. That includes the Butte High Bulldogs. A year earlier, the Bulldogs won their second state title in four years, and they went to Billings believing they were going to make it three out of five. They were, after all, the
READ MORE
Justin Whaley claimed victory Saturday at the Butte Family YMCA Y-Tri 2019 triathlon. Whaley completed the 500-yard swim, 12.4-mile bike ride, and 5-kilometer run in 1 hour, 14 minutes, 50 seconds. Jaimie Ritter placed second in the individual standings in 1:23:52. Andrew Zemke was third in 1:31:25. Dan Beaysoleil, Caleb Ocken and Lathan Chee claimed
READ MORE
