Tom Boyle doesn’t have one NAIA national championship ring. He has four.

The 2001 Butte Central graduate played on the Carroll College football teams that won four straight national titles from 2002 through 2005.

That came after Boyle was a standout in football and basketball for the Maroons. He played in the 2001 Montana East-West Shrine Game in Great Falls. He even played tennis for BC, but he says he wasn’t very good.

Tom is the second of Bernie and Peggie Boyle’s four sons. He is the third to appear on the ButteCast, but that is hardly indicative of his importance. Casey Boyle, who the third Boyle brother, was killed with his good friend Kyle Burgman in an automobile accident in Butte on Aug. 10, 2015.

The Burgman and Boyle families turned that unspeakable tragedy into something truly special. On the one-year anniversary of the tragedy, the families held the first Burgman-Boyle Classic, a Butte High and Butte Central alumni basketball game.

The night has also included the Boyle’s Buddies game, which featured our area Special Olympians, most of whom were coached by Casey.

While the alumni game didn’t survive after COVID, the Boyle’s Buddies game lives it. It probably always will.

Aug. 10 will always be a tough day, but the families really did make something good out of the tragedy. In addition to the game, they started the Burgman/Boyle Scholarship. Each year, two students from Butte High and two students from Butte Central receive a scholarship.

On May 19, a cribbage tournament will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall to benefit that tournament. Registration starts at noon, and the tournament begins at 1. Cost is $30 per player, and plays is three handed. If you are a cribbage player, you probably know what that means.

All proceeds from the tournament go to the scholarship fund. Lunch will be provided.

For more information, contact Tom Boyle at (406) 498-4201 or Brianna Barsness at (406) 490-2141.

If you don’t play cribbage or can’t make the tournament, you can still make a donation at Mountain West Federal Credit Union at 400 E. Park Street.

Listen into this podcast as Tom talks about the tournament. Listen as he talks about his days playing multiple sports at Butte Central and playing football at Carroll College. Listen in to hear what a guy does with that many championship rings.

Today’s podcast is presented by Leskovar Honda, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warrantee.