The ButteCast with Bill Foley

Montana Tech basketball player Caleb Bellach will be back better than ever.  Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .

Brooke Badovinac has been a scoring machine for the Butte Central girls' basketball team. She hopes to continue that when she becomes a Montana Tech Oredigger next school year. Listen in as Brooke, known as "The Assassin," talks about her hoops career that started in the Knights of Columbus Athletic Club's Little Kids Hoops program on Saturday mornings. Listen as she talks about her career with th...

Charlie Merrifled passed away Sunday in Butte. The. Mining City lost an icon. Today's podcast is presented by Metals Sports Bar & Grill , where the food is the star. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .

Rick Anderson did not take his granddaughter's diagnosis with Cystic Fibrosis lying down. He fought back, starting Butte's NCAA March Madness Calcutta Cystic Fibrosis Benefit. The latest addition of the event will be held Wednesday, March 15 at the Butte Country Club. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the auction of teams begins at 7:30. Click here to visit the Calcutta website for more information. Lis...

The party of less government is trying to use more government to control our thoughts with Montana HB349. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com . Note: I mistakenly call it HB329 instead of HB349 in the reading.

Ted Ackerman was a standout on the Montana Tech basketball team 50 years ago. From 1971 through 1974, Ackerman tossed in 1,681 points for the Orediggers. He went on to a successful coaching career at Butte High, where his girls' teams went 96-80 from 1982 through 1989.  With the Oredigger men playing some huge games (hopefully two) at the HPER Complex this week, I thought it would be a good t...

He is a one-man metal band, Butte's Luigi of Metal. Shawn Roxx Hoskins has not just been listening to heavy metal for most of his 57 years. He has been living it. Listen in as he discusses growing up in Walkerville, not making the cut in basketball because he refused to get a haircut, his love for the band Kiss, his parents, his family and so much more. Today's podcast is brought to. you by Leskov...

Gina Evans works at "Gina Speed," and she is usually doing something to make the community a better place. She served as the race director for the Butte 100 mountain bike race for 11 years, and she runs a shuttle service, Linked Adventures , where she helps people enjoy the outdoor life that has been so important to her. She does this, even though she was nearly killed in a hit and run in June of...

For about 50 years, Bob Rowling hardly had a day off. He was busy making Butte a better place as the Butte-Silver Bow Parks & Recreation Director. He also served as a sports official, officiating football, basketball and softball. Affectionately known as "Rollo," Rowling refereed football at the Frontier and Big Sky Conference level. He worked hoops in the Frontier and worked countless high sc...

Just when you thought it was going to be the Year of the Freshman, Butte High's eighth grader Cadence Graham stole the show. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .

Jake Querciagrossa is a four-time letter winner on the swimming team at the University of West Virginia. He is now a physical therapist at Lone Peak Physical Therapy in Butte. Listen in as Jake talks about his athletic days and his approach to physical therapy at Lone Peak.  Today's podcast is presented by Lone Peak Physical Therap y. Call today and start feeling better as early as tomorrow....

You can call him Dusty Dan or Deepcourt Dan. Either way, you are talking about a true Butte legend. Dan Sullivan starred in basketball for Butte Central before heading to play baseball and basketball for the Montana Grizzlies in Missoula. There, he roomed with Butte High legend Bob O'Billovich, and the two have been close friends since. Dan introduced Bob into the Montana Football Hall of Fame a f...

We can and must do better when it comes to youth sports. A child's sporting event should never be turned into a hostile situation. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .

Butte High senior Mason Christian became a two-time State wrestling champion last weekend in Billings. He brought home the Class AA heavyweight title at the All-Class State Wrestling Tournament at the Billings Metra.  A year ago, he won the 182-pound crown. Listen in to hear Mason talk about both those titles. Listen as he discusses his family moving to Butte before his freshman season and hi...

Richie O'Brien has been through a lot in his life. In high school he lost his father and battled a form of bone cancer. As a police officer in Butte-Silver Bow in May of 2017, O'Brien was involved in a high-speed chase and shootout with the father and son who murdered Broadwater County Deputy Mason Moore. That chase was recently featured on NBC's Dateline. Listen in as Richie talks about losing hi...

It turns out Montana Tech men's basketball coach Adam Hiatt was not crazy when he said the 2022-23 Orediggers would be really good. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .

He could be a heel in the WWE, but he is one of the best basketball players in Butte history. In 1986, Scott Ferguson was named Montana's first Gatorade Award winner for boys' basketball. He was also named a Converse All-American. Listin in as Fergie talks about playing at Butte High, Eastern Montana College (now MSU-Billings) and Montana Western. Listen as he talks about an incredible winning str...

Jackie (Street) McKenna was an outstanding track athlete for Butte High School. She was a key piece for the Bulldogs as Butte High shared the Class AA State girls title. Jackie is currently an official in volleyball and wrestling. She is believed to be the first woman to referee a State wrestling tournament. Listen in as Jackie talks about beating up her brothers Randy and Jason. Listen as she tal...

Dylan Cook spent the 2022 NFL season on the practice squad of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is an offensive lineman. The 2016 Butte High graduate sure came a long way from his days playing quarterback for the Bulldogs. Cook, who missed almost all of his senior season at Butte High with an injury, played quarterback at MSU-Northern before heading to the University of Montana. The Grizzlies put Cook...

Dougie Peoples passed "Jumpin'" Joe Kelly to become the highest scoring boys' basketball player in Butte history. Nobody would have enjoyed that more than Pat Kearney. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com .

Connie Kenney is a true Butte icon. Her voice on the radio told us something important was happening. Her work at the Chamber of Commerce helped turn Butte around from the hard economic times of the 1980s. Listen in as Connie talks about covering big events, like the placement of the Our Lady of the Rockies statue on the East Ridge. Listen as she talks about Bill Murray stealing the Old No. 1. Lis...

Dr. Kellee Glaus is one of Butte's newest family practice physicians. Before she came to town, she was one of Montana's all-time great track & field jumpers. She won the 2010 Montana Gatorade Track Athlete of the Year Award after winning her third straight Class B State title in the triple jump and her second straight in the long jump. Listen in as Dr. Glaus talks about growing up on a ranch n...

Mike Thatcher is the Bob Uecker of the Mining City. Whether he is talking about his athletic career or his overall smarts, Mike always delivers a self-deprecating line. We all know better. Mike is a brilliant business man who heads Community, Counseling and Corrections Service, which is a company that helps give second chances. He has spent the last 40 years helping make Butte at better place. Tod...

In the 1990s, Skyla Sisco was my favorite player for the Lady Griz. All these years later, she still is. Join Skyla's team as she battles late-stage breast cancer. Click here to donate to her cause. Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by Park Street Liquors . Make your story legendary. Opening music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go to timmontana.com . For more from Bill Fo...

Brother Patrick "Dunk" McCormack is a beloved former teacher and coach at Butte Central. Brother McCormack is well into his 90s, some of Brother McCormack's former students got together at the Knights of Columbus to discuss the impact he had on their lives. Following is a discussion including Joe McCarthy, John Paull, Jack O’Brien, Bernie Boyle, Tom Kenneally Jr., Rich Thornton and Terry McLaughli...