Butch Dale

Well folks, we made it through another crazy year, so what will happen in 2022? The celebrities, Hollywood elites, and national politicians still crave the spotlight, so here are my…

Montgomery County is considered the “cradle of Indiana basketball.” The first game between two organized teams in our state took place in Crawfordsville on March 16, 1894 when the Crawfordsville…

In 1979, I was teaching social studies and PE at Darlington Middle School. Because there was a shortage of Industrial Arts teachers, superintendent Eual McCauley also had me teach 7th…

One of the top players to sport a Bearcat uniform in the 1960s was Lee Fouts, who graduated from Coal Creek in 1967. As a sophomore during the 1964-65 season,…

Well folks, I made it through another year. Sadly, some people didn’t. I lost another classmate and several friends because of health problems or Covid. And just as the pandemic…

When I reached my 50th birthday, I tried to deny that it represented a turning point in my life. As I reported then, AARP slipped my membership kit under my…

OK, all of you basketball fans . . . what is the greatest shot that you ever witnessed? Perhaps you watched as a player heaved a last-second shot from mid-court…

Like the rest of you “Baby Boomers,” my Christmas wish list has certainly evolved through the years. As a small fry, I wanted toys, such as a cowboy capgun and…

One of the most respected coaches in Montgomery County basketball history was Cliff Davis, who also coached more games than anyone else. Cliff graduated from Alamo in 1915, and entered…

“Well, young man, that’s what you get for playing outside in the snow with no stocking cap on. Maybe one day you’ll learn!” Yes, I had the sneezes, a runny…