On a rain-sodden field, one touchdown was all it took for the Bulldogs to win the city championship. Class AA Helena put up an eight spot in the first inning, and the Senators knocked off Butte 13-2 on Miners Field at 3 Legends Stadium. In that 1964 game against Butte Central, Becky scored the final two Butte High touchdowns – the final one on a 60-yard run, his longest from scrimmage in high school. They were used to grass.”. After the teams fought to a scoreless tie at halftime, Butte High broke through in the second half. Indeed, due to the riot, the Butte High-Butte Central battle would not be played in 1940, 1941, and 1942. Of course, since both teams used the field, there was no advantage on that night. They played seventy-two football games over seventy-six years, 1915 to 1991. Naranche added eight yards over left tackle for a first down ... Naranche fumbled, scooped up the ball. He was in the midst of a big season at Montana State. "Butte high power drives wore down Butte Central last night for a victory before a crowd of more than 8,000 wildly cheering fans at the new Butte high stadium," the Standard recounted. ", Jordan added, “Butte seemed to have the whip hand yesterday but the Purple fumbles were increased by the desperate tackling done by Captain (Bruno) Sartini and his Maroon mates.”. Playing center for the Butte High squad was a fellow named Sonny Holland – who would go on to coach Montana State to a national championship in 1976. Buddy Walsh had gained more than 1,000 yards as a junior in Central’s great 1969 season, so new Butte High Coach Wayne Paffhausen figured the way to stop Central was to stop Walsh. Current enrollment is 180 students grades 7-12. ButteSports.com is your complete source for Mining City sports. ‘The Happiest Couple in Butte’ was the Montana Standard headline as Butte High’s head football coach Sam Jankovich gets a warm welcome home fr…, The 1927 game took place at Clark Park, with Butte High winning 33-13. ", The story continued, "Captain Peoples at tackle was responsible for breaking up the offensive tactics of Butte and with (Bart) Riley and (Pat) Nugent played the opponents' line off their feet.". Bulldog fullback Jim Janhunen got lots of point-after-touchdown kicking practice, and he converted seven out of nine attempts. But it was a battle. Athletics. The seasoned ’47 Bulldogs would win seven straight games, barely losing to Billings in the state championship, 21-20, after beating the same team earlier in the year. The Standard’s account of the game began: "Butte High Bulldogs, sparked by the rifle-like, pin-pointing passing of Bill Stack, 180-pound senior quarterback, defeated the Central Maroons, 14-7, in Naranche Memorial Stadium Friday night. The game was called, Prep track Missoula Big Sky and Butte Central at Butte High, 12:30 p.m. Naranche ran for 198 yards as the Purples rolled once again. Butte High, with another powerhouse team led by quarterback Bob O’Billovich, easily dispatched a rebuilding Central team. Joining Peoples in the backfield were halfback Brian Morris, who would play fullback for four years at Stanford University, and Carlo Canty, a tough fullback. "Central scored first ... driving 70 yards on 14 plays to tally six minutes after the opening kickoff. The game, which was the home opener for the Butte club, was called after five innings by, Butte High’s boys’ track and field team continued its strong 2021 campaign Thursday, running past Missoula Big Sky and Butte Central on a picture-perfect day on the Charlie Merrifield Track inside the Gene Fogarty Complex. Among those, Steele said, are the players who lined up on either side of him: tackle Bill Maloney and center Jim Woy. 20-7 (L) Butte vs. Capital. Outstanding Bulldog halfback Si Timberman rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Big Sky scored 60.5, while Butte Central’s small team, By Bruce Sayler Aubree Corcoran used her firestick to change Bozeman’s programming on Thursday. 2 talking about this. Enjoy unlimited articles at one of our lowest prices ever. Butte High would finish the year 3-5-2. Nine thousand “shrieking” fans watched as the Maroons handed the Bulldogs their first defeat of the year. According to the Butte Daily Post though, fans started congratulating the Maroons a bit too soon. They’ve played basketball against each other.”. The ball sailed high over his head into the end zone for a safety, and Central’s lead was cut to a paltry 12-9. Jim Winston played football against his cross-town rivals three times as a high school athlete. The Bulldogs bottled up Walsh, and the two teams played to a 6-6 tie through the first two periods. So by the time we were seniors we’d been playing together for a long time.”, McElroy said Coach Jankovich was “hard-nosed” – he let you know you had a job to do and you needed to get it done.”. The dining rooms is a little outdated but the large picture windows with a sweeping vista mask that fact. It was another typical Butte-Central battle.”. Butte Central’s Southwestern A softball game against Dillon set for today has been postponed, the school announced this morning. Your social media destination for all things Bulldog Football. It didn’t take long. been canceled it would have been necessary to play with a second team, and this the school authorities believe would have been an imposition on the public. He was a terrific athlete.”. The Butte varsity football team lost Friday's home playoff game against Capital (Helena, MT) by a score of 20-7. Butte High’s motto in 1974 was ‘No More in 74’ and they meant it. “Driving gamely from behind an early lead of their old-time rivals, a sturdy, scrapping purple and white set of football players brought victory to Butte high over Central at Clark Park yesterday,” The Standard reported. Jim Kambich was in his first year as head football coach for Butte High. “It was a tough loss.”, The Montana Standard reported that Butte High and Butte Central were “evenly matched in size (and) the teams have never been so handsomely outfitted. Fans at East Junior High were treated to a well-fought duel in 1983. He had suffered through the one-touchdown loss to Butte High the year before, playing well but tasting bitter defeat. He didn’t want the same thing to happen to him. “Butte High rolled to a 62-20 win and then Butte Central coaches were steamed about the Bulldogs’ last touchdown.”. They gave up only three touchdowns – a total of 20 points – all season long. The Bulldogs of Butte High School found success late last season and will look to use that momentum in 2021, as they search for their first winning season since 2008 under coach Matt Luedkte. The hard-fought battle between two very strong teams started with an early Butte High touchdown, and though Central outplayed the Bulldogs 7-6 the rest of the way, the damage was done. Second Effort,” got his team on the scoreboard, and junior Denny Raymond would add a touchdown, running back an intercepted pass 40 yards for the score. The Bulldogs used three touchdowns from Bill McKechnie to paste another shutout on their crosstown rivals – even though Central went on to win another Class A state championship. "Bobby Strnod, hard-working Maroon halfback, contributed the longest run from scrimmage for the Maroons, a 16-yard dash in the third quarter.". Finally, in the fourth quarter, Maroon quarterback Tom Kiely engineered a successful drive, and the Maroons went ahead 12-7. Bulldog Quarterback Todd Paffhausen threw two touchdown passes against Central for the second straight year. Led by quarterback Bert Mooney and outstanding lineman Jim Peoples, the Maroons claimed their first victory in the series, beating a good Butte High squad. “We got beat every time,” he laughed. Butte Central came into the 1970 contest with a huge advantage – two outstanding running backs. Butte Central’s Ron Ueland was a senior. HAMILTON — Three days after being knocked off the top of the podium by a teammate, Rileigh McGree busted out her best jump yet. Dahlberg’s squad would win Butte High’s third state championship in four years. The game will be rescheduled for a later date. “Scotty put it right on the money.”. Butte High started the season with five straight wins but, after quarterback Paffhausen broke a bone in his throwing hand, lost its last four. One of the better teams in Butte High history overran Butte Central. Quarterback Todd Paffhausen and Fullback Paul LeProwse led a powerhouse Butte High team to victory over a very young Butte Central team. A game played in driving rain went the Bulldogs’ way, with fullback Paul LeProwse gaining 93 yards. The Bulldogs’ team included the great Harry “Swede” Dahlberg, who would later play at the University of Montana, and then become Butte High’s coach for 34 seasons. The game remained scoreless for three and a half quarters. The Greatest Game: The Butte High-Butte Central football rivalry timeline, {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Event, Futuristic pasta is made flat, shapes itself while it boils, Guatemalans perform ritual asking for end of Pacaya volcanic activity, 'The Greatest Game': Butte High-Butte Central football rivalry blazed for 76 years. The game is no longer played – but after all, there are seventy-two of them for coaches, players and fans to replay, time and again. They punted twice, but both were nullified by penalties. “Every available seat was occupied, including those in two extra bleacher sections and on the north side ramp,” the Montana Standard noted. Anaconda Standard sportswriter Eilef Rue’s story started like this: "Outplaying their heavier opponents in every quarter of the game, the Butte High School eleven walloped their most beloved enemy, Central high school, 14 to 0 in the annual football classic of Butte at Columbia Gardens Saturday afternoon. Butte High, meanwhile, went on to a very successful 8-2 season. “In 1980, Butte High had been in control the entire way, but in 1981 it was a different story. Jim Doran would then hook up with Fred Merrick on a 26-yard touchdown strike for the Maroons. “(Ralph) Olson, (Frank) Worden and (Jim) Bertoglio played smashing games in the Butte backfield … For Central, Capt. Marissa Anderson, Patience Mitchell and Kate Johnston won singles matches for the BC girls. After a couple of exchanges, Butte Central was stalled deep in their own territory – and Ron Ueland went back to punt. I recovered the fumble but I didn’t get to run it back for a score.”. Central quarterback Tom Drynan was tackled in the end zone for a safety, and the Bulldogs led 2-0 at the half. Co-captains, at one time, with Erickson were the two guys from Butte – Becky and McElroy. But Butte Central protested and won the right to play in that game, which ended in a 7-7 tie, although Whitefish was declared the winner based on yardage gained. “It was a very long night,” he said. “One Friday I came out of school and the bus was right there. The far more experienced Bulldogs amassed 29 first downs and 375 yards rushing. Tommy Mellott. The lead proclaimed, "Outfighting, outplaying and outmaneuvering an overconfident team, Central won its first football game from Butte High yesterday afternoon at Columbia Gardens. The Bruins completed the sweep with a 4-2 win in Game 2. He had another 48-yard TD run called back. Other kids had coaching. 8:00 AM-8:30 AM. In the first half, the Bulldogs held a slim 7-0 lead, but the second half was an entirely different story, with Butte scoring three times, aided by two Gus Janhunen interceptions. The Bulldogs raced to a 9-0 lead at the half – surviving a scare when Central’s Mark Moodry intercepted as pass and ran it back into Bulldog territory. And Butte Central went undefeated for the first time – but couldn’t beat Butte High. The move comes as the team activated catcher Kelly Shoppach. He would end up with 216 yards on 11 carries – almost all in the second half – and Central rode him to victory. All-state tackle Pat Ogrin, at 235 pounds, gave the Maroons fits. “Fans were lined five deep straining and peering over to catch a glimpse of the gridiron classic.” It was also noted that this game had the largest attendance since 1928, when the teams played at Clark Park. Following the safety Ueland was forced to punt the ball away again, and this time Butte High came back strong, driving the ball deep into Central territory as the fourth quarter waned. “But there were never any hard feelings.” He misses the yearly tradition. “It was a post pattern,” Bugni says. Without a doubt the best thing about the Granary is the stunning mountain view. The Bulldogs would score with less than two minutes left, as talented Butte High quarterback Greg Salo punched the ball across, and Central would fall once again, 16-12. Butte High School, home of the Bulldogs, is a public high school located in Butte Montana. After the Maroons had lost in 1965, Coach Bob Petrino had predicted, “1966 is our year.” And that 1966 team proved him right. In the fourth quarter, Butte High scored on a 26-yard pass from Marty Judd to Al Cutler – but missed the PAT, leaving Central behind 20-13 but within single-touchdown range. It was “a hard-fought but exceptionally crisp and clean contest,” the reporter concluded. “The coaches had us so fired up you could run through a brick wall,” Granger said. Girls Basketball - Carla Hansen - Varsity Coach Richard Hansen - Assistant But as Butte Central drove to the Butte High 5-yard line late in the game, the Maroons were assessed a 15-yard penalty because a player did not have his mouthpiece in place. It would be another state championship year for Butte High and Dahlberg. Both games were called by … Naranche added two at right tackle, then went over left tackle for the touchdown.". Some were Legion baseball teammates. Butte High was taken by surprise by the plucky Drynan in the third quarter. “I think Butte High is the toughest team we’ll have to face all year,” Peoples said. High School Schedule; Middle School Schedule; Boys Basketball. Butte High battled back from an 8-0 hole before falling 8-7 to Helena Capital in the opener. The game, with quarterbacks Don Douglas for Butte High, and Don Peoples Jr. for Butte Central, would foreshadow a far more classic contest with the same two team leaders the following season. Also, around 1,100 Butte residents (3%) are the average age for high school seniors (18-19). Rich Hollis, a talented back who had a powerful offensive line and fullback Terry LeProwse blocking for him in the Power I, got loose for a 59-yard touchdown early in the first quarter. "Butte took to the airways in the second quarter to score, Stack passing to Joe Sicotte for 73 yards and a touchdown.". “Both teams got better after that game,” Granger remembers. Butte Central posted a 6-2 season mark. As “Swede” Dahlberg patrolled the Purple sideline, as always a fashion plate in a broad-banded fedora, vest, suit and tie, he must have been startled at the way the game began. Lyons constantly punted the Maroons out of deep trouble, including consecutive kicks of 51, 53, 58, 44 and 66 yards. “He would just crush people.”, Then quarterback Scott Paffhausen hit Dennis Bugni on a 44-yard touchdown strike. “Trailing into the closing moments of the great city title battle at Clark Park before nearly 8,000 roaring fan s yesterday afternoon, Central made a spectacular bid for supremacy, falling short in a magnificent drive by one little fault, a missed point after touchdown, which gave the Butte high Purples the championship again,” The Anaconda Standard wrote. On the second play of the second half, Burns exploded for an 80-yard touchdown. Butte High opened the game with a barrage of points. John Thatcher, first-year coach of the Maroons, said, “It better be a whole new world next week.”. “Two mighty drives, first for 76 yards to score in the last two minutes of he second quarter and then for 58 yards to count in the last 30 seconds of the game, gave Butte High a brilliant victory in Clark Park here yesterday over a hard-driving and smooth-playing little Central club," The Standard reported. The Bulldogs scored 19 points in the first quarter, 13 in the second, 23 in the third and 14 in the final quarter. “Butte was content to use old-style football, using (John) Driscoll and (Steve) Sullivan for dashes off tackle, and this pair could not be consistently stopped at any time.”. But Central had the better year, finishing 5-2 to Butte High’s 4-5. The Maroon girls knocked off East Helena, which only brought six girls to town, 5-2 in the non-conference dual. High School • Football Butte, MT Joined: Mar 2014: Roster: 0: Alumni: 13 “I just remember trying to make sure Dennehy was contained, and dealing with their fullback, Mike Kruzich. The perennial football struggle between Butte High and Butte Central High School was already legendary by the middle of the last century. In Swede Dahlberg’s 31st year as head coach, Butte High shut out the Maroons who were coached, for the first year, by Jim Sweeney. With Mark Schulte running the potent option offense, the Maroons went 10-0, winning their third straight state championship. The Bulldogs and Maroons are back on the Charlie Merrifield Track in the Gene Fogarty Complex Thursday for a meet with the Eagles. Butte High School Report Card; Butte Middle School Report Card; Idaho Child Find; Student Activities. But Butte High ground out a victory, running up 367 yards of total offense, including Curt McElroy’s 118 yards rushing. The Sam Jankovich-coached Bulldogs once again ended the season with a perfect record and a state championship. The Bulldogs, dominant in every way, duplicated the 1948 result against the Maroons, who were suffering a “down” year. Fans certainly “got their money’s worth,” in a tight matchup, The Montana Standard reported. “You just can’t make that many turnovers.”. What started out as a typical, annual event – a “snake dance” of supporters from each school through the Uptown area – turned into a full-on riot. Steve McGree, who had started on defense in 1972, was a very capable replacement for the graduated Don Ueland in the backfield. "Yells of the rival schools resounded until late last night on the streets of Butte,” Rue wrote. “We certainly butted heads,” he said. “With exception of that devastating 84-yard canter by little Ted Potter in the first seconds of play, Central had an edge with 13 first downs to six for the Bulldogs,” The Standard reported. Butte High returned to earth with in 1978 with a 5-4 record. So he decided to start utilizing his other back, speedy Bob Burns. “After 15 years coaching Butte High against Butte Central, John McElroy still gets butterflies,” Montana Standard sports editor Bruce Sayler wrote. For the first time in 1945, the story on the game referred to Butte High’s team as the “Bulldogs.”. After Butte High gained its two-to-one-touchdown advantage in the first half, the two teams played a scoreless second half. Nov. 16, 1943 marked the first time the rivals had met since 1939. He went on and played at Montana State.” Indeed he did – quarterbacking the Bobcats, he would win 26 games in three years. “The bark of the final gun, ending a grueling battle with Central in possession on its own 6-yard-line, where a brilliant, desperation drive by the Bulldogs was halted, was the signal for a wild ovation.”, “The Maroons' touchdown, good for the 1953 city championship, came on the first play of the second quarter as left halfback Harry Freebourn bulled his way into the end zone from the 2-yard-line.”. The Bulldogs pulled off several big plays, including an acrobatic touchdown catch by tight end Jake McElroy, the coach’s son. Butte Central, Butte High School; May 3, 2021; Prep softball Butte High at Helena Capital (DH), 3 p.m. Butte High School is part of the Butte School District #1 and has approximately 1,200 students and 12 … Last Day of School. ... At times it was evident from the stands that boys who are still not convalescing from the flu were not up to par. 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