Montana
Mick Dennehy second former Montana coach to visit Helena Capital football practice
HELENA — For the second straight Tuesday, Helena Capital football players heard wise words from a former University of Montana head football coach.
Mick Dennehy won a national championship while serving as offensive coordinator at Montana. Then Dennehy won three Big Sky Conference titles in four years as Montana’s head coach in the late 1990s before leaving to coach at Utah State.
“Your education is a hell of a lot more important than playing a game,” said Dennehy while addressing the Bruins at their practice Tuesday afternoon. “Because of the impact on what you’re going to do for the rest of your life.”
The previous Tuesday, former Griz head coach Mick Delaney addressed this same Bruins team.
“Well, I think it’s important for them to be exposed to certain people,” said Capital head coach Kyle Mihelish. “Leaders in our community and leaders in Montana and leaders, quite frankly, in the country — our football communities.”
But what lessons did the Capital players take away from Dennehy’s talk?
“What I took away from him is you’ve got to stay hungry,” said senior safety Ryan Martinie. “You’ve got to want to go into the game. You;ve got to want to win. And you have to execute on all three phases of the game.”
Fellow Capital senior Dylan Almquist narrowed in on another part of Dennehy’s talk.
“I mean, a big thing he talked about was mental toughness,” said Almquist. “And I think as someone who’s been a part of championship-winning teams — and a lot of great teams — he knows a lot about that.”
When the Class AA football playoffs begin next week, Capital will be the Western conference’s top seed regardless of the outcome of the Bruins’ regular-season finale Friday against Butte. But many Bruins players said that thought only motivates them to keep pushing forward.
“Locking up the 1 seed, it means a lot,” said Martinie. “But we still have a couple games to play. And we’ve just got to go out there and stay focused and work hard and finish it. Finish the job. Get it done.”
Almquist also shared a sense of urgency.
“It’s obviously nice to get the bye and (that) gives us some confidence, but we can’t get complacent,” he said. “There’s a lot of other good teams in this state, and if we take a day off, someone could catch up to us.”
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22-31-52-56-67, Powerball: 15, Power Play: 2
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17-18-28-37-42, Star Ball: 04, ASB: 02
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02-06-10-16, Bonus: 16
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08-13-39-63-66, Powerball: 02
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02-04-13-17-32
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21-24-29-42-49, Bonus: 01
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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Montana
Public Meeting at Hub on Smith Concerning Montana Water Call Prompting Priority Administration in Tongue Basin
Wyoming State Engineer Brandon Gebhart announced that on May 5, 2026, the State of Montana placed a call under Article V(A) of the Yellowstone River Compact to fill Tongue River Reservoir in Montana. As a result, priority administration is in effect on post-1950 water rights in Wyoming that divert water from the Tongue River and its tributaries and are not excluded from the compact.
A public meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 18, in the dining room of The Hub on Smith. Attendees are asked to enter on the north side of the building.
The Tongue River Basin has been experiencing drought conditions over the past year with historically low winter snowpack and streamflow conditions. According to the release, those conditions led to Montana’s interstate call and prompted the administration of the Tongue River Basin in Wyoming.
The priority administration will affect post-1950 water rights within the Tongue River Basin, including reservoir storage, stream diversions and groundwater withdrawals, all of which affect river flows. Post-1950 water rights will be regulated off or prevented from turning on. Wyoming hydrographer-commissioners will continue to administer reservoir storage and post-1950 diversions throughout the spring and work with affected water users until the administration is lifted.
As provided in the compact, domestic uses less than one-half acre in area and livestock uses, including stock reservoirs less than 20 acre-feet in capacity, are excluded from this administration. The release noted these excluded rights could be subject to future regulation to satisfy priority calls by senior Wyoming water rights.
Beginning May 5, 2026, Wyoming hydrographer-commissioners have worked to record the current storage levels of reservoirs with post-1950 water rights. Going forward, those reservoirs can continue to accrue storage so long as post-1950 storage gained after the interstate call on May 5 remains in storage until either the water is released to satisfy the Montana call or Montana lifts the call because Tongue River Reservoir will fill.
Reservoirs with unfulfilled pre-1950 water rights can continue to store water and that storage will not be subject to release to satisfy Montana’s call. However, that storage and other direct flow rights could be subject to regulation to satisfy priority calls by senior Wyoming water rights.
The priority administration will be carried out pursuant to state law by hydrographer-commissioners assigned to various portions of the Tongue River Basin, working under the direction of Division II Superintendent David Schroeder.
The Wyoming State Engineer’s Office can be contacted at:
Jack Morey, deputy state engineer, 307-777-5032, jack.morey2@wyo.gov
David Schroeder, Division II superintendent, 307-674-7012, d.schroeder@wyo.gov
Jeff Cowley, interstate streams administrator, 307-777-1942, jeff.cowley@wyo.gov
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17-32-35-40-47, Mega Ball: 17
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04-12-17-24, Bonus: 11
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19-21-35-38-53, Bonus: 01
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When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
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