The ButteCast with Bill Foley

07/09/2025

Coming back to where it all started with this weeks Ramen. Beef birria ramen with a four chili shoyu beef broth accompanied by pickled radishes, soft boiled egg, pico de gallo. Serving now till close!

07/08/2025

The April Fool’s Day column of 2014 on ButteSports.com was so over the top that I did not think anybody would believe it. That was the column where I wrote that Arie Grey stepped down as Butte High’s football coach to take over the swimming program at the University of Great Falls, which is now the University of Providence. The joke said that Grey would be replaced by longtime Butte Central assistant Doug Peoples....

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The April Fool’s Day column of 2014 on ButteSports.com was so over the top that I did not think anybody would believe it. That was the column where I wrote that Arie Grey stepped down as Butte High…

07/07/2025

Copper City Softball player Kessler Svejkowsky and golfer Lane Lisac are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week. Both of these outstanding young athletes will be eighth graders at East Middle School next school year. Svejkovsky takes home the girls’ honor after an incredible performance playing for the Copper City 12U All-Stars in the District 2 tournament in Great Falls....

Copper City Softball player Kessler Svejkowsky and golfer Lane Lisac are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week. Both of these outstanding young athletes will be eighth graders at East Mid…

07/03/2025

Today’s guest is someone everyone knows. Or, at least you know of him. He might just be the guy you see running down the street, no matter the weather. He is Donald “Ozzie” Rosenleaf, a 1991 Anaconda High School graduate who lives in Butte with his wife Sunvee. Ozzie has reached one-name status in the Mining City. When people speak of him, there is no need to use his last name....

Today’s guest is someone everyone knows. Or, at least you know of him. He might just be the guy you see running down the street, no matter the weather. He is Donald “Ozzie” Rosenleaf, a 1991 Anacon…

07/02/2025

When I was in grade school in Butte, there were basically two kinds of kids: Those who had Mr. George Parrett as their principal and those who wished they did. I fell into the latter. I was never lucky enough to have Mr. Parrett as a principal, but I heard so much about him from the kids who did. They loved Mr....

When I was in grade school in Butte, there were basically two kinds of kids: Those who had Mr. George Parrett as their principal and those who wished they did. I fell into the latter. I was never l…

07/01/2025

The fan was from Belgrade, but he could have been from any town in the country. Right from the start, he was not happy with the umpires during Sunday night’s championship game of the Gallatin Valle Posse Roy McCauley Memorial Tournament in Three Forks. With the Butte Muckers leading 2-0 over the Belgrade Bandits B in the bottom of the second inning, the Muckers put on a double steal....

The fan was from Belgrade, but he could have been from any town in the country. Right from the start, he was not happy with the umpires during Sunday night’s championship game of the Gallatin Valle…

07/01/2025

Coming Wednesday on the ButteCast: A conversation with Butte Fourth of July parade grand marshal George Parrett.

07/01/2025

The Helen Arsenal girls’ premier soccer team is heading to Tampa Florida July 11-15 to represent Helena and the state of Montana in the national tournament. The trip comes after the Arsenal rolled to a 5-0 record at the US Youth Soccer Farwest Presidents Cup in Boise. The regional champions pitched five shutouts in those five wins, outscoring the competition 16-0 overall....

The Helen Arsenal girls’ premier soccer team is heading to Tampa Florida July 11-15 to represent Helena and the state of Montana in the national tournament. The trip comes after the Arsenal rolled …

06/30/2025

This week’s Leskovar Honda Athlete of the Week honors go to golfer Chase Choquette and two Copper City Softball All-Star teams. Choquette takes home the boys’ honor after tying for third place at the Montana State Men’s Amateur Championship at the Missoula Country Club. The soon-to-be Butte High senior shot a 3-under-par 210 over the three-day tournament that ended Saturday. (...

This week’s Leskovar Honda Athlete of the Week honors go to golfer Chase Choquette and two Copper City Softball All-Star teams. Choquette takes home the boys’ honor after tying for third place at t…

06/30/2025

It might be a team record. It at least must be close.
The Butte Muckers ran their winning streak to 19 games Sunday, beating the Belgrade Bandits B in a 6-4 thriller in the championship game of the Gallatin Valle Posse Roy McCauley Memorial Tournament in Three Forks.
The win marks the second tournament victory for the Muckers, who also won the Butte tournament two weeks ago. They also ran their record to 22-1, and the tournament saw them avenge their only loss of the season.
That lone loss came to the Bozeman Bucks B in the championship game of Helena’s Memorial Day Tournament. The Muckers beat Bozeman 8-6 to open the Posse tournament on Thursday. They then beat the Cody Cubs 8-3 before downing the Helena Independents 11-1 on Friday.
Butte beat the host Gallatin Valley Posse 6-2 on Saturday.
Noah Powers, who won the title game of the Butte tournament, pitched into the seventh inning for the victory. He struck out three and walked one, while scattering six hits.
Beau Henderson picked up the save.
Calvin Cunningham hit a double and a single, while Evan McEwen hit two singles and drove in a pair of runs to lead the Muckers offense. Grady Foley and Ryan Draper singled in runs, while Koyde Kjersten, Tegan Duffy and Bryson Hibbert also singled for Butte.
Kjersten and Cunningham each scored two runs, while Duffy and Foley scored once.
Shortstop Treigh Hollow second baseman Beau McGree made slick plays on the field. Jordan Scown made a late pinch-hit appearance and took one for the team in the form of a pitch off his back.
Hunter “The Legend” Davies spun a gem to beat Gallatin Valley on Saturday, while Cunningham mowed down the Independents and Scown got the win on the bump against the Cubs.
McEwen pitched five innings in the win over Bozeman. Henderson went two innings for the save.
Cole Solomon, who is also used on the bump for the Miners, and Tucker Kissell also contributed offensively and defensively for the Muckers.
Butte Motormen Zyler Petersen and Cohen Cohen Stajcar were both called up and ready if needed. The youngsters wore the Muckers uniform for the first time.
The Muckers will look to build on their winning streak and win their third tournament of the season next weekend in Missoula. That tournament begins with games against the Great Falls Chargers and Salmon Savages on Thursday.
Reece Cox, who had to work double duty filling in as coach of the Miners in the Helena tournament, is the head coach of the Muckers. He is assisted by Coyt Stajcar and Ethan “Easy” Cunningham.

06/27/2025

Super Bowl champion joins Montana Football Hall of Fame Note: Pat Ogrin is part of the 2025 Montana Football Hall of Fame Class, which will be inducted during ceremonies Friday and Saturday at the Billings Hotel & Convention Center. This story was written for the event souvenir program. By Bill Foley Nearly a half century has passed since he lined up against Pat Ogrin on that early September 1975 night at Montana Tech’s Alumni Coliseum....

Super Bowl champion joins Montana Football Hall of Fame Note: Pat Ogrin is part of the 2025 Montana Football Hall of Fame Class, which will be inducted during ceremonies Friday and Saturday at the …