Hamilton’s Rostad takes home MVP honors GREAT FALLS — Saturday night was a West Side story at Memorial Stadium. Hamilton star Tyson Rostad had a hand in four touchdowns to lead the way as the West beat the East 40-21 in the 75th Montana East-West Shrine Game. Rostad, a future Montana Grizzly, took home game
READ MOREBy Bill Foley The Montana East-West Shrine Game is about so much more than football. It is about raising money for the Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Spokane. It is about the hospital ambassadors. It is about bring out the best in people. The football, though, is pretty good, too. The “best of the best”
READ MORESaturday’s Montana East-West Shrine Game in Great Falls will include 12 players who have signed to play football for Coach Kyle Samson at Montana Tech. Four future Orediggers will play for Samson’s father, Mark, while representing the East. Eight soon-to-be Tech players will play for Bryce Carver and the West. Tech commits playing for the
READ MOREWest Side captains for the 6575th Montana East-West Shrine Game were named Wednesday night. Leading the West into Saturday’s 7 p.m. game in Great Falls are Ian Finch of Missoula Hellgate, Kaden Huot off Helena High, Forrest Suero of Helena High and Braunson Henriksen of Polson. Finch, Huot and Henriksen have all signed to play
READ MOREBy Bill Foley Sofee Thatcher will not be the first of Bill “Chunky” Thatcher and Leah Francisco’s children to go to college. Not even close. She is not even the first of the family to play sports in college. She is the fifth. Alex played volleyball at Montana Tech, Hattie played basketball at Montana Tech,
READ MOREBy Bill Foley It was not unusual to see Dylan Snyder fly around the corner and chase down a quarterback on the turf at Naranche Stadium. Seeing him do it in a Missoula Hellgate practice jersey, however, might have turned some heads. That was the case Monday at Butte High as the West Side boys
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