We had teams there from Billings, Bozeman, Deer Lodge, Anaconda, Butte, and the Flathead. Thanks to the great folks in Butte for letting the kids play, and for letting the families watch.
Now that I think about it, Montana High School Association members shouldn't attend the PBR event in May, or the Toby Keith concert either. After all, it's just too dangerous, based on science.
She doesn't lose. She eithers wins, or she learns. I haven't forgotten what JoJo Martinez, now a 6th grader at Ben Steele Middle School in Billings, first told us about her career in the sport of boxing. One year later, JoJo Martinez is heading to nationals.
Coach Tinkle isn't the only coach playing in the Elite 8 with Montana ties. Kelvin Sampson, the head coach of the Houston Cougars, used to coach at Montana Tech in Butte. And the two Montana-connected coaches will now face each other Monday night.
A former superstar athlete from Billings is leading his college team into the "Sweet 16" of the men's NCAA basketball tournament, and now they're only 2 wins away from the Final Four.
Wait a minute, I said to him. Do you mean to tell me that the NCAA gave the men the best equipment they could find, and they basically told the women's teams to go play with Barbies?
We kicked things off with the big "St. Patty's Pub Golf Classic" miniature golf tournament that kicked off at 9 different bars on Saturday morning. But things really got kicking Saturday night- as the mixed martial arts "Fusion Fights" got underway in Billings.
Montanans generally don't appreciate people telling us what we can and can't do. Fans of motorsports should be paying attention to what the EPA is hoping to do.