No. 263: Jerry Worley

On Nov. 9, 1973, Butte Central beat Cut Bank 27-6 on a frozen field on Montana’s Hi-Line.The win gave the Maroons their third straight Class A State football championship. It was BC’s fourth title in five years.The game was filled with sports legends from both sides. That includes on the field and on the sidelines.While we don’t have a flux capacitor, Jerry Worley will take us back in time to that day in 1973 next Wednesday. He will give two presentations about the game — and so much more. The first will be at noon at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives. The second will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The presentation, titled “Once Upon a Time in Cut Bank, Montana: The Last Apex Team,” will mark the second time — and hopefully not the last — in which Worley was in town to talk about a Butte Central championship game.Last May, he did the same about the 1972 game between BC and Wolf Point. Worley, who graduated from high school at Wolf Point, was an eighth grader paying attention to that game.Now a retired teacher and professor, Worley decided he didn’t want that game to be forgotten. He also wanted to finally do some fun righting after a career as a professor.Due in part to the popularity of his last project, Worley decided to dig into the 1973 game and talk to the players, coaches and other key figures in the game and time around Montana.Listen in as Worley talks about the greatness of that run by the Maroons. Listen as he talks about interviewing people like John Thatcher and Matt Buckley.Listen as he talks about why he dove into the projects in the first place and to hear what he might be working on for his next presentation.It is like taking a trip back in time.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.