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Unintended consequences sure to follow fan limit1
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- September 15, 2020
What are we doing? Seriously, as we see parents and relatives of high school football players peeking over bushes and between holes in the fence, that is the only question that comes to mind. What in the heck are we doing? Imagine waking up from a 10-month coma and going to Vigilante Stadium in Helena
READ MOREWorry about the students more than the parents0
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- September 8, 2020
Late in Butte Central’s home opening football game against Frenchtown, the opposing Broncs were flagged for having 12 players on the field. The penalty was 15 yards because the extra player participated in the play. Out of habit, I braced myself to hear the chant “you can’t do that” or “dirty cheaters.” Usually, you hear
READ MOREA tip of the cap to Butte’s boys of summer0
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- September 1, 2020
When the Helena Senators used to come to town to play the Butte Miners, a radio announcer came along to broadcast the games. This guy is a darn good baseball announcer. He has interesting stories about baseball going back to the 1800s that he tells throughout the game. He has a great delivery, and he
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Butte Central decision took some real guts1
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- August 25, 2020
A while back, a friend of mine from out of town asked me why Butte Central used to insist on playing Butte High to start every football season. The Maroons had to know they were going to get killed, he figured. Even though BC had not beaten Butte High since 1973, the Class A Maroons
READ MOREThe choice to play football could still be ours0
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- August 18, 2020
Facebook profile pictures of high school football parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends have changed over the last week or so. For so many, those profile pictures now feature a photo of their significant player in a football uniform. The words “let us play” stream across the pictures. The fact that we are in a
READ MOREClubhouse name will be fitting honor for old pro0
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- August 14, 2020
Lately, I have been spending a lot of time flipping through the classified section of magazine after magazine, looking for the Uncle Rico time machine. With the right crystal, that thing just might work, and I’ve got a lot of things I want to see. I would like to go back to the day when
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