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Deegan Mattson Represents BHS at East-West Shrine Game
Author: mt43news staff reporter
Deegan Mattson Represents BHS at East-West Shrine Game
MT43 News Staff Reporter
Playing football on two state honor teams wasn’t all it cracked up to be for Deegan Mattson, Broadwater High School Senior who played offensive in the Class B North-South All-Star Game in Billings one week, then showed up for the East-West Shrine game practices the following Sunday at Montana Tech in Butte. The Shrine game took place in Great Falls.
As best wide receiver in the state, according to his coach Joe Horne, Mattson played a little too hard in the first game, coming up with a strained hamstring muscle, from which he recovered.
Asked how he felt about participating in the two games back-to-back, Mattson said, “Yeah, I was a little tired all right, but it was all fun. Actually, the Shrine game was a different playing experience because some of those Class A and AA team guys are really big!”.
He said he felt proud to represent his own school and to help raise money for the Shriners Children’s Hospital in Spokane. “The kids who were treated at the hospital for cancer came to talk to us. One was our age, but mostly they were all really young. It was awesome to think we were helping them,” he said.
All the football coaches nominated individuals for the Shrine game, after which a committee chose Mattson and Cael Sell as alternates from Townsend.
Mattson has plans to attend University of Montana Western in Dillon this fall where he will play football on a scholarship.
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Image 1 Caption: Mattson on the field at the East-West Shrine Game in Great Falls, June 21. He wore his dad, Ryan's, number 19 in honor of his dad, who played for Broadwater High School in the 90s.
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