The 78th Montana East-West Shrine Game will be played Saturday in Great Falls. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live around the state on the Montana News Network.
The West team is once again practicing in the Mining City. On Wednesday, the West Side players selected four captains to lead them as they look for their fifth straight win.
Merek Mihelish and Cole Graham of Helena Capital and Mark Ahner and Kobe Dorcheus of Kalispell Glacier were voted captains by their pears.
Mihelish, a quarterback, and Dorcheus, a running back, will captain the offense. Graham, a defensive end, and Ahner, an inside linebacker, will lead the defense.
Ahner will go to Carroll College, where he will not play football. Instead, he intends to work toward becoming a Catholic priest. Mihelish, Graham and Dorcheus will all play football at Montana Tech.
The captains learned of the honor at a team dinner Wednesday night. Within an hour, they were at the Team Room of the Metals Sports Bar & Grill to for an appearance on the ButteCast along with their coaches and some Shriners.
We start with Mihelish and Dorches before moving to Ahner and Graham. Then come the coaches. First is head coach Kyle Mihelish of Capital and his assistant Matt Reynat. Then we check in with Josh McCrossin of Corvallis and Clint Layng of Boulder and then Jason Ostler of Flint Creek and Richie O’Brien of Butte Central.
After Shriners Wynn Randall and Darrel Storey talk, we close the show with Joe Sidor and Jeff Hartwick.
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 Park native, go to timmontana.com. For more from Bill Foley, go to ButteCast.com.
