Mrs. Verlanic Mrs. Verlanic is the new guidance counselor at Butte Central. Before working at Butte Central Mrs. Verlanic worked

at Powell County High School as a counselor for three years, gaining a great deal of high school experience. She also

worked in Anaconda as an elementary counselor for several years. When attaining her master’s degree in school

counseling from ISU (Idaho State Univ), she worked in a

collegiate counseling capacity as a college advisor in

enrollment planning and scheduling. Mrs. Verlanic hopes to

help Butte Central by working together with Mr. Williams to

continue expanding the dual-credit program. She also hopes to

help the seniors in every way possible to earn scholarships

available to them and help provide direction to them in regard

to their future pursuits. She especially loves getting to pray with

students at Central, something she wasn’t able to do in her

former professional positions. Her hope is to get to know each

student personally. She has spent 20 years in education and

shared that she knows she is blessed to have such a rewarding

career, working with students. As you can see Mrs. Verlanic is

a very experienced counselor.

(note picture of Saint John Paul II above Mrs. V on the wall. A favorite of Mrs. V’s, along with Mother Teresa. Mrs.

V has several quotes by Mother Teresa around her office.)

By John Fisher and Isaac Sholey

Golf Gator Yelenich earned all state honors as he tied for 15th in the Class A State golf tournament. Yelenich shot an 86 on Thursday and an 88 to tie for 15th with a 175. Fellow senior Cole Johnson shot a 97 and 98 for a score of 195. Sophomore Austin Harrington had a total score of 200 throughout the tournament. Coach Yelenich says “I am very proud of all the boys especially my seniors. They did their best and worked hard.” By Zoe Doherty

Cross Country The cross country team has continued to improve. Last Saturday, October 5th, Jayden Mitchell ran his personal best with a time of 19 minutes and 40 seconds. Savannah Parks ran with a time of 24 minutes and 7 seconds while fighting off the pain of shin splints. The meet in Helena was canceled due to the snowstorm that hit Montana. The runners will run again at the Western A classic in Corvallis on October 19th. The state meet will be October 26th in Great Falls. By Taylor Harrington

Football The maroons went on a 2-0 streak after a tough start of the season. Homecoming was the spark that started the fire to the butte central maroon. They played Corvallis for that initial game which ended 38-6. The maroons shut down the blue devils for three straight quarters and put high number on the board. The second game against the Stevensville yellow jackets was even more exciting due to the fact that it was such a high scoring game. The final result was 47-12 with the maroons keeping the streak alive with some great defense. They forced 3 fumbles and scored twice playing defense. The streak ended when the maroons played the undefeated Libby Loggers. The Loggers dominated the first half of the game but the butte central maroons almost came back in the second half with an 80 yard touchdown by Luke Heaphy and a 65 yard touchdown by Trevor Neuman. The final score was 21-29. By David Granell

Volleyball  The maroons beat Frenctown 25-15, 25-14, and 30-28 The maroons had fantastic serving. The Lady Maroons defeated the Hamilton Broncs 25-13, 25-16, and 25-22 Strizic had 13 kills, 2 aces and Sophia Burton collected 10 digs, and Maci Reopelle had 4 aces. The Blue Devils handed BC its first loss with a 27-25, 25-20, and 25-14 The maroons played great volleyball but it wasn't enough. BC went five sets with the Polson Pirates with the scores of 22-25, 25-21, 25-20, 19-25, and 15-8. Cassidy Strizic and Avery Kelly led the Maroons with 24 kills combined. The Lady Maroons defeated the Beavers 25-23, 29-27, and 25-14. The first two games the maroons had to fight back and that shows a lot about them not giving up. The Maroons traveled to Stevensville and won in four sets 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, and 25-22. Coach Becky Hancock said her team played one of the best defensive games of their season. By Makala and Zoe Doherty

  HOSA HOSA stands for Health Occupations Students of America. It is an international career and technical student organization created by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Technology Education Division of ACTE. HOSA promotes career opportunities in the healthcare industry enhances the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA puts on many activities for example; blood drives at school, teach the elementary school about anatomy, participate in REACH at Saint James Hospital, and participate in HOSA state. Two members of HOSA took

part in the International Leadership Conference this summer. They traveled to Orlando, Florida to be a part of the conference. One of the students who went is Delaney Kasun. She says “it benefited me because I met students from all over who are interested in health care careers.” The other student who went is Sudha Davis she says “ Nationals showed me how HOSA can make a person successful.” By Cassidy Strizic

 

 National Guard Visits BC 

Sgt. Ashley Neisess serves in the Army National Guard. She was recently in our school visiting and informing students about the benefits of being in the National Guard. She has had many cool experiences with the National Guard, such as, free college and jumping out of helicopters. She has been a member of the National Guard since 2010. Ashley was excited to come to Butte Central because she “admires our comradery” and “chants and cheering”. Sgt. Neisess enjoys coming to our school because of our vibrant energy, so keep up the great work BC. By Coyt Stajcar

  Environmental Class The environmental and the biology class went to Thompson Park for an educational field trip. Two volunteers, Liz Burke who is the conservation educator for the Helena Lewis and Clark Forest service educated us on the planets and wildlife in Thompson Park. Loralee Davenport Joscelyn Dodge and also volunteered her time to teach the classes about the history around the park. All the classes put in community service hours by pulling weeds around Thompson Park. By Zoe Doherty

 Maroon Monthly Staff 

Publisher: Butte Central Catholic High School

Design: Cassidy Strizic and Zoe Doherty Editor: Cassidy Strizic

Staff Writers: Gracie Wall, Taylor Harrington, Dave Granell, Coyt Stajcar, Cassidy Strizic, Zoe Doherty, Makala Doherty, John Fisher, Issac Sholey, and Lechlan Stradinger