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The Oredigger Football team is coming off a 7-3 campaign, finishing 3rd in the Frontier Conference. Under 3rd year Head Coach Kyle Samson, the Orediggers have gone 12-8 in 2 full seasons of play. (losing the 2020 season to Covid)

In the past 20 years, there has been a tie at the top of the conference standings in half of those seasons. The largest lead at the end of the season in that time has been 3 games. That could change this weekend.

The Wulfman's Frigid Digger Run is obviously called that for a reason; it happens during one of the the coldest times of the year and right in Butte! Competitors of the Frigid Digger Run are no doubt tough as nails. On one hand they're runners! So, right there, that shows their level of endurance! On the other hand, their level of stamina is apparent by their ability to run in such harsh weather conditions. You can show your endurance and stamina, as well, by getting involved in the Frigid Digger Run set for this Saturday, February 18th! Race-day registration happens at 9 a.m. at Montana Tech's HPER lobby (1300 W Park Street, Butte).

If Tech beats Northern, Carroll beats Providence, and Western takes down Rocky, there would be a four-way tie for second place. Not even remotely out of the realm of possibilities.

Somehow, we only have one game left in the Frontier Conference regular season, and equally surprising the final game will not affect conference standings no matter what happens.

In a game that would see a lead of no larger than eight points throughout 40 minutes of regulation, it was missed free-throw opportunities by Montana Tech that would force an overtime period against Carroll College. And it was a shooting clinic from the foul line and beyond that the Orediggers would put on in overtime to seal an 87-78 Frontier Conference victory and the regular season conference title.

Montana Technological University is hosting a summer Metallurgical and Materials Engineering camp for High School students. The camp will be held on the Campus of Montana Tech from June 18th – June 23, 2023.

Four Montana Tech Seniors will be playing their final game at the Great Western HPER tonight.

Over the past 6 seasons Montana Tech and Carroll College have squared off 21 times. In those 21 games, the road team has won only twice. That’s it.

The ‘Wild Frontier’ certainly lived up to its billing last night. On the women’s side, the top 3 teams ran away with their respective games. Rocky took down Providence at home 61-44, Carroll stormed into the Armory and rolled Northern 59-36, and last but not least, the Bulldogs of UM Western put together a solid 40 minutes in Butte to walk away with a 71-47 win.