I am posting this article because I just thought it was such a classy article written by a sports reporter from a town that is not in the subjects hometown. Not only that, but the writer lives in a town that came up short against this kid/team. Very cool, much props to the writer and newspaper :!: I am a fan of them now.
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Written by
Daniel Mediate
Tribune Sports Writer
By now, most Montanans are familiar with the name Dallas Cook.
You know, the brute of a kid who brought Butte, America, a football title for the first time in two decades.
Well, Cook, a 16-year-old junior, and his Bulldog basketball team were in Great Falls last Saturday to collide with the CMR Rustlers.
Not much fell in favor of the 6-foot-4, 215-pound forward or his teammates, as CMR sailed by 60-28. That can happen, though, when a rival spends two weeks scheming to shut you down, like the Rustlers did, a clear sign you are a force to be reckoned with.
While standing outside Butte’s locker room at the CMR Fieldhouse following the game, an assistant coach for the Bulldogs walked up to me and said, “Just write that we sucked.”
I can’t, I replied.
“Why not?”
Well, I guess I could have, but I’m not sure what good that would have done. I still wanted to catch up with the young Mr. Cook, who many people felt should have won the Gatorade Player of the Year honors in football after the video game-like numbers he etched in box scores all season as the Bulldogs’ quarterback.
Cook, the oldest of three boys—there are even whispers the middle brother, a freshman this year at Butte High, could be a better athlete than Dallas—was born in Philadelphia. His father Scott played football at North Carolina before making several brief stints in the National Football League in the mid-1980s.
When Cook was young, the family moved to Deer Lodge, where the mother Michele called home. He spent his upbringing there before spending his freshman year Anaconda, and, ultimately ending up in Butte.
Question: How’s the basketball season going for you?
Dallas Cook: “It’s going good. We just got to put it together as a team.”
Q: Did winning state in football help you and your teammates build confidence going into basketball season?
DC: “Winning state in football helped us a lot. It gave us a lot of confidence.”
Q: Are you better at football or basketball?
DC: “Football, for sure. I have more control of everything.”
Q: There is a rumor you are going to transfer. Are you going to be at Butte High for your senior season?
A. “Yes.”
Q: Are you starting to be recruited and for what position?
DC: “Yes, and quarterback. Absolutely.”
Q: Anywhere specifically you are looking to go for college?
A: “Somewhere out of state and warm.”
Q: Are you going to repeat next season in football?
A: “Yes, I think we will repeat. That’s the goal.”
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Written by
Daniel Mediate
Tribune Sports Writer
By now, most Montanans are familiar with the name Dallas Cook.
You know, the brute of a kid who brought Butte, America, a football title for the first time in two decades.
Well, Cook, a 16-year-old junior, and his Bulldog basketball team were in Great Falls last Saturday to collide with the CMR Rustlers.
Not much fell in favor of the 6-foot-4, 215-pound forward or his teammates, as CMR sailed by 60-28. That can happen, though, when a rival spends two weeks scheming to shut you down, like the Rustlers did, a clear sign you are a force to be reckoned with.
While standing outside Butte’s locker room at the CMR Fieldhouse following the game, an assistant coach for the Bulldogs walked up to me and said, “Just write that we sucked.”
I can’t, I replied.
“Why not?”
Well, I guess I could have, but I’m not sure what good that would have done. I still wanted to catch up with the young Mr. Cook, who many people felt should have won the Gatorade Player of the Year honors in football after the video game-like numbers he etched in box scores all season as the Bulldogs’ quarterback.
Cook, the oldest of three boys—there are even whispers the middle brother, a freshman this year at Butte High, could be a better athlete than Dallas—was born in Philadelphia. His father Scott played football at North Carolina before making several brief stints in the National Football League in the mid-1980s.
When Cook was young, the family moved to Deer Lodge, where the mother Michele called home. He spent his upbringing there before spending his freshman year Anaconda, and, ultimately ending up in Butte.
Question: How’s the basketball season going for you?
Dallas Cook: “It’s going good. We just got to put it together as a team.”
Q: Did winning state in football help you and your teammates build confidence going into basketball season?
DC: “Winning state in football helped us a lot. It gave us a lot of confidence.”
Q: Are you better at football or basketball?
DC: “Football, for sure. I have more control of everything.”
Q: There is a rumor you are going to transfer. Are you going to be at Butte High for your senior season?
A. “Yes.”
Q: Are you starting to be recruited and for what position?
DC: “Yes, and quarterback. Absolutely.”
Q: Anywhere specifically you are looking to go for college?
A: “Somewhere out of state and warm.”
Q: Are you going to repeat next season in football?
A: “Yes, I think we will repeat. That’s the goal.”
