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Colt Anderson would look great in Silver and Black4
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- March 19, 2019
As the year 2003 came to a close, I professed that Colt Anderson was crazy to walk on with the University of Montana football team. The Butte High senior, I said, should go to Montana Tech, start along side Bulldog teammate Cole Salo and be a star in the Frontier Conference. That would be better
READ MOREThose basketball officials are big boys and girls7
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- March 12, 2019
The latest media craze has been to spotlight how badly fans treat game officials at high school sporting events, particularly basketball. Columns are being written and shared on social media sites on a daily basis, and everybody clicks that they like them. Most of these pro-official pieces followed an editorial distributed to media outlets by
READ MOREThat Columbia Falls fan makes us all look bad7
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- March 5, 2019
Have you ever felt like you are the dumbest person on the planet? We all feel that way sometimes, some of us more than others. Maybe you locked your keys in the car with the engine running. Perhaps you spelled Michelangelo as Michael Angelo on a Facebook post. Maybe even one time you got so
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The ‘Big Kahuna’ was some kind of wonderful2
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- February 26, 2019
Of course you already know that our buddy Lee LaBreche will go down as one of the most beloved characters in the history of the Mining City. But did you also know that he was the world’s all-time greatest physical education teacher? Don’t take my word for it. Ask the students he took to Dairy
READ MORESell us a candy bar if you really want our money0
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- February 19, 2019
When I look back on the 2004 Class AA State boys’ basketball tournament in Missoula, one of the first things I remember is the way Butte High took the floor. Great Falls Russell, which won the game, entered the arena in full warmup uniforms. They wore long-sleeved tops and pants as they ran onto the
READ MORECade Holter makes history and a whole lot of sense3
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- February 12, 2019
Ten or 11 years ago, I sat in the only open seat at the scorer’s table as I prepared to cover a Butte Central basketball game at the Maroon Activities Center. The seat was next to fill-in public address announcer C.D. Holter, who is now the heartthrob lead singer for the middle-aged rock band sensation
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