Butte Central

Maybe this week the weather will cooperate. After an early spring snowstorm wreaked havoc on last week's local sports schedule it looks like we will be facing better conditions this week as the Butte Central Maroons get back into the spring sports season. Things will start with a bang on Monday with a huge baseball game.

This evening the Butte Central Maroons will have their hands full with the Columbia Falls WildKats in the first round of the Western A Divisional Basketball Tournament being played in Whitefish, so it is definitely a bit premature to start talking about the State Tournament which will tip off next Thursday in Billings. But Butte Central Head Coach Brodie Kelly just seems to find a way to get his teams to state tournaments regardless of size, height or even sometimes speed. When they get there, they are always a team to contend with.

It's off to state for qualifying Butte Central wrestlers and swimmers while the boys and girls basketball teams head into the regular season's homestretch. Here is a look at where the Butte Central Maroons will be competing this week.

Although the extremely young Butte Central Girls Basketball team would up with a 39-point loss on the evening, it was a celebration of sorts as the team and the school hosted the 10th annual Cancer Schmancer Night, remembering the late Mairissa Peoples and honoring all who have passed or have had their lives affected by cancer in any way.

The Butte Central Activities Department has released this week's schedule of events. Here is a look at where you can catch the Maroons in action this week.

The Butte Central Education Foundation will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Maroon Activities Center this weekend during a home basketball double header. The celebration will be held January 25, 2025, during the boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball games against the Hamilton Broncs. The boys’ game will be at 4:00 P.M. and the girls’ game will be at 5:30 P.M.

Butte Central Catholic High School has posted their weekly activities schedule which is heavy with conference basketball contests plus wrestling and swimming on the weekly slate.

The Butte Central Maroons will jump full speed into the winter sports season this week with extensive varsity and subvarsity action coming up for fans to enjoy. Here is a look at the Maroons' weekly activities schedule.

For decades, the Butte Central Catholic School system has put on the annual Laverne Combo Thanksgiving Dinner and this is an event that they are particularly proud of, with good reason. Every year the students, faculty, staff and friends of the school fully prepare and serve an extravagant Thanksgiving feast for the elderly and homebound. They do it all. They purchase the food with donations. They prepare the turkey and all of the side dishes. They serve a huge contingent in the school's gymnasium and deliver just as many meals to those who are unable to leave their homes. This year's dinner is right around the corner. In fact, Butte Central is accepting reservations right now.

Butte Central basketball gets new jerseys every 4 seasons and 2024 is the year they are due. Butte Central is also a private school whose financial priorities at present time are ones that do not have new uniforms penciled in. The Butte Central boys have been told that they are welcome to new uniforms, they'll just have to pay for them by themselves. The bill? They need to raise $4300 to pay for 14 pairs of home and visitor jerseys. So, they're going to need a little bit of help.