The ButteCast with Bill Foley

08/31/2025

The start of the Knights of Columbus Athletic Club’s Fall Basketball League will be pushed back until Monday, Sept. 8. More teams are needed to have enough for the league, which will feature four-man teams playing games twice a week, Monday through Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Felix Madrazo Gymnasium. The league will run 10 weeks with a double-loss tournament at the end. Cost is $125 per team, and teams can sign up at the bar or by contacting Dan Boyle at (406) 491-2529.

The start of the Knights of Columbus Athletic Club’s Fall Basketball League will be pushed back until Monday, Sept. 8. More teams are needed to have enough for the league, which will feature four-m…

08/27/2025

Lt. Col. James McBride recently retired after a 25-year career in the Marine Corps. Of course, in Butte, we call him Jim or Jimmy. McBride is a 1992 graduate of Butte Central High School. He attended the Hawthorne and Hillcrest elementary schools in Butte before going to Butte Central Junior High and then Butte Central High School. Six days after graduating from BC, he began boot camp in San Diego....

Lt. Col. James McBride recently retired after a 25-year career in the Marine Corps. Of course, in Butte, we call him Jim or Jimmy. McBride is a 1992 graduate of Butte Central High School. He attend…

08/27/2025

FRENCHTOWN — Eighth grader Mya McGree finished runner up at the Frenchtown Invitational Tuesday at the King Ranch Golf Course. McGree tallied a total of 100 for the second-place finish. She shot 47 on the front nine and 53 on the back. Frenchtown’s Marissa Patch won the tournament with a 94. Missoula Sentinel’s W***y Nowlen won boys’ medalist honors with a 3-over-par 75....

FRENCHTOWN — Eighth grader Mya McGree finished runner up at the Frenchtown Invitational Tuesday at the King Ranch Golf Course. McGree tallied a total of 100 for the second-place finish. She shot 47…

08/26/2025

MISSOULA — Keeley Johnston hit the shot of a lifetime Tuesday at The Ranch Golf Club. The Butte High senior stroked a hole-in-one on the way to tying for third place at the Missoula Invitational, highlighting the two-day tournament for the Bulldog golf teams. Johnston used her pitching wedge to ace the 115-yard No. 8 on her way to a 92 on Tuesday’s final round....

MISSOULA — Keeley Johnston hit the shot of a lifetime Tuesday at The Ranch Golf Club. The Butte High senior stroked a hole-in-one on the way to tying for third place at the Missoula Invitation…

08/26/2025

Lisa Billteen was the first girl to break my heart. In the late 1970s, Lisa and her family lived down the alley from my family in Butte’s Centerville neighborhood. It is what they used to call “Corktown,” but we never heard of that in those days. A pretty girl with long blond hair, Lisa was my first best friend. From what I remember, we played together just about every day....

Lisa Billteen was the first girl to break my heart. In the late 1970s, Lisa and her family lived down the alley from my family in Butte’s Centerville neighborhood. It is what they used to call “Cor…

08/26/2025

Justin Lerum, Dave Vicevich and Mark Hislop each posted a perfect score of 50 to lead the way during Week 2 of the Butte Trap Club’s Fall League. Tim Cassidy shot a 49, while Mark Powers, Doug Rentz and Seth Duclos each broke 48 targets. Gillian Clark’s 47 topped women’s standings. Jen Hislop shot a 46, and Kim McClafferty, Dawna Raiser and Colleen Fink each shot 43....

Justin Lerum, Dave Vicevich and Mark Hislop each posted a perfect score of 50 to lead the way during Week 2 of the Butte Trap Club’s Fall League. Tim Cassidy shot a 49, while Mark Powers, Doug Rent…

08/25/2025

Butte High golfers Chase Choquette and Kate DeShaw are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week. The honors come after the Bulldogs opened the season in strong fashion. It also comes after Choquette and DeShaw won the Butte City Junior Championship tournament. Choquette, a senior, fired a one-over-par 71 at the Highland View Golf Course, and then birdied the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the City title last Wednesday....

Butte High golfers Chase Choquette and Kate DeShaw are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week. The honors come after the Bulldogs opened the season in strong fashion. It also comes after C…

08/25/2025

The Knights of Columbus Athletic Club’s Fall Basketball League will begin play on Tuesday, Sept. 2, if they get enough teams to sign up. As always, the league will feature four-man teams playing games twice a week, Monday through Thursday, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Felix Madrazo Gymnasium. The league will run 10 weeks with a double-loss tournament at the end. Cost is $125 per team, and teams can sign up at the bar or by contacting Dan Boyle at (406) 491-2529.

The Knights of Columbus Athletic Club’s Fall Basketball League will begin play on Tuesday, Sept. 2, if they get enough teams to sign up. As always, the league will feature four-man teams playing ga…

08/22/2025

Brian Toone was a state champion with the Butte High Bulldogs and a national champion with the Montana Grizzlies. Toone moved to Butte in the middle of his junior year in high school, and he was a star linebacker on Coach Jon McElroy’s 1991 Butte High Class AA State championship squad. That Bulldog team outscored its opponents 396-112, giving up just 9.3 points per game on its way to a 12-0 record....

Brian Toone was a state champion with the Butte High Bulldogs and a national champion with the Montana Grizzlies. Toone moved to Butte in the middle of his junior year in high school, and he was a …

08/22/2025

Al Petersen posted a perfect score of 50 to top individual standings during Week 1 of the Butte Trap Club’s Fall League. Kevin Zimpel, Connor Schrapps, Curtis Thresher, Kohlton Fultz and Derek Stringer each shot a 49 on the opening week, while Beau Powers, Kevin O’Dell, Anthony Moritz and Rial Gunlikson shot a 48. Dawna Raiser shot a 44 to top women’s standings....

Al Petersen posted a perfect score of 50 to top individual standings during Week 1 of the Butte Trap Club’s Fall League. Kevin Zimpel, Connor Schrapps, Curtis Thresher, Kohlton Fultz and Derek Stri…

08/22/2025

Chase Choquette and Kate DeShaw were the top dogs Wednesday at the Butte Junior City Championship golf tournament at the Highland View Golf Course. The tournament came in a week in which both golfers opened the high school season on a high note for the Butte High Bulldogs. Choquette won the oldest boys’ division, which is for players age 15 to 17....

Chase Choquette and Kate DeShaw were the top dogs Wednesday at the Butte Junior City Championship golf tournament at the Highland View Golf Course. The tournament came in a week in which both golfe…

08/21/2025