Donovan, Van Diest played for first Reps
By Curt Synness – 07/09/03 | Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 12:00 am | (0) Comments Thirty-five years ago, the very first Helena Reps baseball team fielded some pretty good ball players. But several of the guys would later win championships in different sports, including: a state champion sprinter and a state shotput and discus [...]
Kindrick Legion Field A Storied Ballpark
By Curt Synness When Helena’s Kindrick Legion Field was first built in 1932, local players, as well as the townfolk, were extremely anxious for a new ballpark. Baseball was a huge activity back then, with two different City leagues comprised of about 10 adult semi-pro teams, one Junior Legion club and several youth teams. There [...]
Screnar saw a lot on the baseball field
By Curt Synness – 08/21/02 helenair.com | Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:00 am Curt’s Replays Oh, to see what those eyes have seen. Dapper Joe “Popeye” Screnar, 85, as a young boy in East Helena in the 1920s witnessed the baseball play of the renowned Kes and Frank Rigler. In the 1930s and ‘40s, [...]
1968 title team similar to this year’s Senators
By CURT SYNESS, Special to the IR helenair.com | Posted: Friday, August 10, 2001 12:00 am The Helena Senators only other state championship team, which captured the Legion crown 33 years ago, was similar in many ways to this year’s winners. That team also started slow; they too played with a 13-man roster; they were [...]
Replays: Looking back at the LeSage brothers
By CURT SYNNESS, IR Sports Writer – 06/07/07 helenair.com | Posted: Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 am The three LeSage brothers, Ira, Austin and Quinn, played a combined total of 10 seasons for the Helena Senators, from 1997 to 2003. During that time, they were among the team’s top performers, witnessed by the fact that [...]
Curt’s Replays: ’02 Senators a team of champions
CURT SYNNESS – Independent Record – 05/28/08 helenair.com | Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:00 am In 2002, the Helena Senators were the defending State Legion baseball champions. The year before, they had won their first title in 33 years, and only the second state crown in team history. Head coach Dave Thennis entered the [...]
