West signs with Montana Tech on track scholarship
CHRIS PETERSON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 month AGO
Billy Joe West IV, center, will compete in track and field for Montana Teach in Butte. He is flanked by his father, Billy Joe West III, mom Melissa and in the second row is Grady Gonsioroski and Kya West, his sister. Gonsioroski is Kya's fiance.
Chris Peterson is the editor of the Hungry Horse News. He covers Columbia Falls, the Canyon, Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness. All told, about 4 million acres of the best parts of the planet. He can be reached at [email protected] or 406-892-2151. | May 20, 2026 6:00 AM
Columbia Falls track and field senior standout Billy Joe West will compete for Montana Tech next year. West, a senior, throws the discus and the javelin for the Wildcats.
Though the season isn’t completed, he’s expecting to be all-state/all-conference in both events and was all-state in the javelin as a junior.
West has a 4.0 grade point average and plans on studying to be a radiology technician at Butte.
“Roll Diggs,” he said at the signing, a reference to the Orediggers, Tech’s mascot.
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