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The ButteCast with Bill Foley

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Let"s get to know some of the characters who make Butte, Montana the "Richest Hill on Earth."

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01:51:54

No. 259: Theresa Rader

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/24

Theresa Rader is a legend of the Class of 1993. Not just at the school she graduated from, Butte Central, either.Rader was good at every sport she tried. She was a speedskater, basketball player, volleyball player, softball player. If there was a competition, Rader was ready to win it.She started as a freshman on the varsity basketball team at BC. She also played on the school’s first-ever softball team.Then, Rader played softball at Jamestown University in North Dakota, where she did not let a

00:14:08

Tap ’er Light: Don’t be mad at the nervous umpire

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/22

The coach deserved to be thrown out of the game. He also had good reason to be mad at the nervous umpire.In this case, the coach and the umpire were both victims of the ever-growing shortage of youth sports officials. So were the players.That shortage, by the way, is due almost entirely to the parents who verbally abuse sports officials at all levels.Coaches and players deserve the best officiating possible. Officials deserve time to learn and develop confidence before being thrown into such an

01:28:53

No. 258: Ken Carver

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/18

Ken Carver has taught in the Butte School District for 35 years. He has also coached and officiated all of those years.Next Saturday, Mr. Carver will be inducted into the Montana Western Education Hall of Fame. It is a very well-deserved honor.Listen in to hear his story.Today's podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leskovar Honda⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk Park native, go

00:12:57

Tap ’er Light: Hurdles remain for prep baseball

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2025/04/15

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01:20:43

No. 257: Tommy Mellott Part 2

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/14

There is no question that Tommy Mellott is one of the greatest athletes the Mining City has ever produced.He is in the conversation when you extend that debate out to cover the entire state. The 2024 Walter Payton Award winner led the Montana State Bobcats to the FCS national championship football game two times. That came after he became just the second boy at Butte High School to earn 12 varsity letters. He led the Bulldogs to the 2019 Class AA state championship football game. In addition to

01:26:40

No. 256: Dougie Peoples Part 2

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/11

More than two years have passed since Dougie Peoples hit that 27-foot, game-winning shot in the Class A State championship game in Missoula.Yet, Dougie is still very much a celebrity in Montana. You do not need to say his last name for people to know you are talking the Butte Central legend.Even his teammates at the College of Idaho are still talk about that shot, even if they do it to tease him.Dougie’s legend just continues to grow. He scored 21 points as the College of Idaho beat Oklahoma

01:17:34

No. 255: Caden Tippett

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/09

Nobody outworks Butte Central junior Caden Tippett when she is competing in a sport. She might not lead the team in points on the basketball court, but she leads the state in floor burns from diving for loose balls.She might not be the fastest mountain bike rider on Butte’s Copper Sprockets youth racing team, but she is fearless enough to be known for taking headers while riding as fast as she can downhill. She just might lead the state in road rash.Caden also has the voice of an angel.That voice is

00:13:03

Tap ’er Light: Blake’s latest fight in Anaconda

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/08

Blake Hempstead is an unapologetic speaker of the truth, as he sees it. That does not always sit well with the residents of Anaconda, or the leaders of the community.It has also led to many public arguments in the Smelter City. The latest dispute reeks of retribution and government overreach. In doing so, the county is telling the Copperheads to get bent.Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street

01:25:44

No. 254: Richard Gibson

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/03

He has been called Butte’s “Accidental Historian.”Richard Gibson was born in Oklahoma, raised in Flint, Michigan and educated at Indiana University in Bloomington. You will look long and hard, however, before you find someone who knows more about the history of Butte than Richard.Today's podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Casagranda's Steakhouse⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Eat where the locals eat. Intro music by Tim Montana. For more from the Elk

00:13:51

Tap 'er Light: ‘Butte mess’ does not speak well for...

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/04/01

With House Bill 547, Butte-Silver Bow has punted one of its biggest in-house issues to the Montana Legislature, where elected officials from the other 55 counties will decide for us.Whether or not the bill is a good one is not the issue here. The process stinks. And letting others work out our disputes for us is not in the true spirit of the "Can Do City."Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street

01:21:09

No. 253: Torre Tempel

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/28

Torre Tempel was very impressive on the football field and basketball court for the Butte High Bulldogs.Bulldog basketball coach Matt Luedtke calls Toree “the epitome of Butte High basketball.”Torre led the Bulldogs with 39 made 3-pointers this season, but that only begins to describe his game. He was just tough.He was the same way playing cornerback for the Bulldogs. Torre Tempel will long be remembered for his toughness.That is why it is not surprising to learn that Torre is going to take his

00:12:28

Tap 'er Light: The girls of Butte deserve better

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/25

Sid DeBarathy and Mike "Skinny" Foley have been fighting for equality for the girls who play softball in Butte since 2023.It looks like they might once again be gaining traction. However, Sid and Skinny have heard that before.Of course, Sid and Skinny have heard that many times in their 22-year fight for equality for the girls. They have heard as many hollow words and empty promises as they have insults.The girls of Butte deserve better. Read this column at ButteCast.com.

01:15:30

No. 252: Jessica (Criss) Picker

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/23

There has never been a Miss Montana to win the crown while living in the Mining City. We have at least on Miss Montana living in the "Holey City" today, and nobody seems to be more of a Butte girl that Jessica Picker.Jessica, whose maiden name is Criss, hails from Klamath Falls, Oregon, and she won the Miss Montana Crown while attending Montana State University in 2020. She was again “crowned” Miss Montana in 2021 after COVID wiped out the 2020 Miss America pageant.Today, Jessica is a

00:13:12

Tap 'er Light: Don't be like Jake

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/18

While so many of us see the love and support Native basketball fans show for the teams to be something really great, Jake uses that passion to punch down at students in public education.Don't be like Jake.Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street

01:31:07

No. 251: Jeff Riggs

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/14

Jeff Riggs is a self-described “serial entrepreneur.” He has been at least since his days playing basketball at Montana State University, when he used his scholarship money to buy property.Riggs grew up in Klamath Falls, Oregon. He wasn’t big, but he was a star athlete. He was All-State in football and basketball, and he won a state championship in the triple jump. He was recruited by colllege football teams to kick, but he chose to go to Oregon State to play basketball.After two years playing for

01:19:01

No. 250: Pat Ogrin

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/12

Pat Ogrin is a 1976 Butte High graduate who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins in January of 1983.He is also the very first autograph I ever got.Listen in to hear Pat talk about playing for Butte High and the University of Wyoming. Listen as he talks about the knee injury that surely held up a career that still lasted a few years in the NFL, a couple of years in the USFL and a year in the Arena Football League.Today's podcast is brought to you

00:13:23

Tap 'er Light: 1985 Class A title game

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/11

On March 16, 1985, the Park High Rangers from Livingston beat the Butte Central Maroons in a 99-97 double-overtime thriller in the Class A State boys' championship game.Four decades later, we are still talking about that game.Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street

01:17:13

No. 249: Mickey Boysza

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/07

Mickey Boysza is always on the move. She is one of those people who seem to find a way to live more than 24 hours each day.She is currently devoting her time to putting on the Shillelagh Shindig, which is March 16 at The Depot (818 S. Arizona).The Shindig is a fundraiser for the Butte-Silver Bow Democratic Central Committee, which does so much more than promote political candidates. The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m., and it will include a silent auction, Montana trivia, hors d’oeuvres, a no-host bar

02:25:01

No. 248: Butte High, Central basketball coaches

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/04

Butte High’s and Butte Central’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will put their seasons on the line this week.The Bulldog teams will host Western AA playoff games Friday night at the Richardson Gym. Butte High’s girls play Helena Capital at 6 p.m. before the boys take on Missoula Sentinel at 7:30. The winners of those games move on to the Class AA State tournament, which is next week in Bozeman.BC’s teams will play in the Western A Divisional tournament in Whitefish. That tournament begins

00:12:53

Tap 'er Light: March Sadness

The ButteCast with Bill Foley ·

2025/03/04

While the Class A, B and C brings us a taste of March Madness, the Class AA is giving us March Sadness.Because Class AA administrators don't see the big picture, we no longer have divisional basketball tournaments. That is a damn shame.Today's bonus podcast is brought to you by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Park Street

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