The 35th Annual Bill Ryan and Al Bersanti Memorial Handball Tournament starts at the Elks on Friday. Seven-time champion Brett Badovinac has won the last five years. He has also won two of the last three Montana State Opens Singles Championships, including last April’s tournament in Butte. Other entries include last year’s runner-up Les Seago
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Thursday afternoon it became official what Butte High fans have known for quite some time. Tommy Mellott is the Offensive MVP of Class AA football. Mellott received that honor as the Class AA All-State football team was released to the media. He is one of six Bulldogs to take home first-team honors and one of
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By Bill Foley This isn’t Bridger Chambers’ first rodeo. It isn’t even his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Tonight, the 30-year-old Butte cowboy begins a 10-night run competing in steer wrestling on rodeo’s biggest stage in Las Vegas. It marks the second straight year that Chambers has qualified for what he refers to as the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the America football Coaches Association (AVCA) announced the All-America teams today. Montana Tech linebacker Carter Myers was named an honorable mention All-American. Myers is one of ten Frontier Conference student-athletes making the prestigious list. Myers was a first team selection on the all-conference
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By Bill Foley Josh Shaw is such a bad gambler that he would make Pete Rose cringe. The injured Arizona Cardinals defensive back was recently suspended through the 2020 season because he was caught betting on NFL games. ESPN reports that Shaw, who is appealing the suspension, bet a three-team parlay on the second half
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By Bill Foley Butte Central heads into the 2019-20 season looking to make its 14th trip to the Class A State boys basketball tournament in 16 years. The Maroons, who open the season Friday at the Western A Tipoff Tournament in Frenchtown, carry with them high expectations — from their fans and from themselves —
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By Bruce Sayler The calendar says Butte Central’s wrestling season is to begin this weekend. Realistically, though, in matches that count, the Maroons won’t be in action until into January. Two juniors make up the active roster for BC, right now, and both John Crossman and Braden Thomas are awaiting eligibility clearance before being able
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By Bruce Sayler Energy is high, hopes are soaring and the potential is loud enough to maybe wake up the echoes. That’s the plan, anyway, said Butte High head wrestling coach Cory Johnston. The Bulldogs return a champion, another place-winner and several other state qualifiers from last year’s team that finished in sixth place at
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Montana Tech pulled off a big-time upset Wednesday night at the NAIA National volleyball tournament at the Tyson Events Center. Junior Karina Mickelson spiked 24 kills and freshman McKenna Kaelber served up 69 assists to lead the way as the No. 19 Orediggers beat No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan 22-25, 25-22, 25-10,
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The Western AA and Eastern AA All-Conference football teams were released to the media this morning, and 16 players from Butte High made the cut. That list includes 11 first-team selections and five second-team nods. Senior quarterback Tommy Mellott was named the Western AA Offensive MVP. He took home first-team honors at quarterback and at
READ MORESIOUX CITY, Iowa — No. 15 Concordia (Nebraska) knocked off No. 19 Montana Tech in four sets Tuesday night at the NAIA National volleyball tournament at the Tyson Events Center. Concordia won the opener 25-16. The Orediggers battled back for a 25-22 victory in the second set, but Concordia finished off the win with victories
READ MOREHELENA — What looked like a sure win turned into a heartbreaking overtime loss for the Montana Tech men’s basketball team Tuesday night. Dane Warp of Carroll College hit three clutch free throws to send the game to overtime, and teammate Jovan Sljivancanin took over from there. Sljivancanin, the reigning Frontier Conference Player of the
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HELENA — For most of the first quarter, Tuesday night looked like Montana Tech’s night. Almost in a blink of an eye, Carroll College turned that all around. The Saints took the lead for good with a 29-7 run that started late in the first quarter, and Carroll beat the Orediggers 78-51 in the Frontier
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Copper Kings manager Tom Foley was not happy when I talked to him in his office on the night of July 8, 1996. “The game was ugly all around,” the manager said. “The best thing to do is just forget it.” More than 23 years later, I still cannot forget the night the Lethbridge Black
READ MOREWomen’s college basketball Montana Tech at Carroll College, 5:30 p.m. The women open the twin bill that begins Frontier Conference play at the P.E. Center. The 8-1 Orediggers ride an eight-game winning streak (in games that count) into the contest. Tech’s last action was a 98-37 non-conference home win over Yellowstone Christian last Tuesday. Mesa
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