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Bobcats party like it was 19840
- Spotlight On History
- September 25, 2014
By Pat Kearney The fall of 1984 provided football fans with one of the most amazing stories of all time. The Montana State football team went from one of the worst teams in 1-AA football in 1983 to the best of the land in 1984. Montana State, under second-year head coach Dave Arnold, went into
READ MOREThe golden fall of 19640
- Spotlight On History
- September 11, 2014
The year was 1964. The leaves were turning to gold and so were the hopes and dreams of the two high school football teams here in town, Butte High and Butte Central. Both teams had an uphill battle to try and turn golden. Both were coming off losing campaigns. The Bulldogs, under Sam Jankovich, had
READ MORE‘Some days you eat the bear’0
- Spotlight On History
- September 4, 2014
“Some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you.” The quote comes from former Butte Central football coach Swede Kenison. He knew a thing or two about eating the bear. Kenison had a 28-1 record with three state football championships at Butte Central between 1971-73. It does not matter what the
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The colorful history of the St. Louis Browns1
- Spotlight On History
- August 7, 2014
The St. Louis Browns were not one of baseball’s best franchise teams, but they certainly were one of the most colorful in the national pastime. The Browns became a member of the American League in 1902, the second year of the junior circuit. The franchise came to St. Louis from Milwaukee where they were known
READ MORETony Gwynn, a baseball legend0
- Spotlight On History
- June 19, 2014
Tony Gwynn, a baseball legend past away earlier this week. Few people can argue the point he was one of baseball’s best pure hitters ever. If you base a pure hitter on batting titles, only two players in modern times were as good a pure hitter as Gwynn were Ted Williams and Rod Carew. Williams
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