Butte High and Butte Central both will play Friday first-round games in their respective state high school football playoffs.
The Bulldogs will play at C.M. Russell of Great Falls in a Class AA clash at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls. The Maroons will travel to Whitefish in a Class A playoff football rivalry renewal of frequent postseason opponents. Both games are to kick off at 7 p.m.
Also, Butte Central’s volleyball enters postseason play with a Thursday 6 p.m. match at Corvallis. The winner of the Western A Divisional play-in qualifier will play an opponent not yet det4ermined on Saturday in a play-in match with the victor to advance to next week’s Western A Divisional tournament in Libby.
Butte Sports Slate
October 26-November 1
Tuesday
Prep volleyball – 7 p.m., Helena High at Butte High (Senior Parent Night, Ross J. Richardson Memorial Gym).
Prep volleyball – 7 p.m., Butte Central at Dillon (B.W. Lodge Gym).
Thursday
Prep volleyball – 6 p.m., Butte Central at Corvallis (Western A Divisional play-in qualifier).
Prep volleyball – 7 p.m., Butte High at Helena Capital.
College men’s basketball – 4 p.m., Montana Tech vs. Southern Oregon (Straugh Gym in Dillon).
Friday
Prep football – 7 p.m., Butte Central at Whitefish (State Class A Playoffs, first round).
Prep football – 7 p.m., Butte High at Great Falls C.M. Russell (Memorial Stadium, State Class AA Playoffs, first round).
College women’s basketball – 2 p.m., Southern Oregon at Montana Tech (HPER Complex).
College volleyball – 7 p.m., Rocky Mountain at Montana Tech (HPER Complex)
Hockey – 7 p.m., Butte Irish at Badlands Sabres (Roosevelt Arena in Rapid City, South Dakota).
College men’s basketball – 1 p.m., Montana Tech vs. Warner Pacific (Straugh Gym in Dillon).
Saturday
Prep volleyball – TBD, Butte Central in Western A Divisional play-in match, contingent on winning Thursday’s match.
College football – 1 p.m., Montana Tech at Rocky Mountain (Herb Klindt Field in Billings).
College volleyball – 2 p.m., Carroll at Montana Tech (HPER Complex).
College women’s basketball – 5 p.m., College of Idaho at Montana Tech (HPER Complex),
College women’s basketball – 7 p.m., Montana Western vs. Southern Oregon (Montana Tech HPER Complex).
Hockey – 7 p.m., Butte Irish at Badlands Sabres (Roosevelt Arena in Rapid City, South Dakota).
