The Colt Anderson Dream Big Experience will be held this week in Butte. (Schedule)

The two-day event begins Thursday. The first day includes a family fun area on Galena Street and a Keith Sayers show on Park Street, where there will also be a concert featuring Travis Denning and Levi Blom.

Friday includes the UpTop Skills Camp at Naranche Stadium. That is where area boys and girls get to rub elbows with some accomplished athletes. That includes people like mountaineer and movie star (in my book, anyway) Robert Lester, Olympic skier Maggie Voisin, and current and former NFL players like Ryan Jensen, Lorenzo Alexander, Dylan Cook and Chase Reynolds.

Cook, of course, played his high school home games at Naranche. He was quarterback for the Butte High Bulldogs, and now Cook is an offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Anderson, a former Butte High Bulldog, Montana Grizzly, Minnesota Viking, Philadelphia Eagle, Indianapolis Colt and Buffalo Bill, brings these celebrity role models to town. Of course, Anderson is also a local celebrity and role model. He is currently a special teams coach with the San Francisco 49ers.

Reynolds is a local boy, too. He played his college ball at the University of Montana after a dominating career playing for the Drummond Trojans. Playing for coach Jim Oberweiser in Drummond, Reynolds scored 144 touchdowns in 44 games as he led the Trojans to three Class C 8-man state championships.

One night when we were working on The Montana Standard sports desk, Coach Oberweiser called to give us game stats that did not seem possible. The coach was almost embarrassed as he reported his star running back carried the ball five times for seven touchdowns in a win.

That is a 100 percent true story. Chase also routinely scored touchdowns on kick and punt returns as well as fumble and interception returns. He was easily the most dominating high school football player I have ever seen. Watching Chase with the football for the Trojans was like playing Tecmo Bowl with Bo Jackson. 

It wasn’t just because he was playing at a small school, either. Once Grizzly coach Bobby Hauck finally put Chase at running back, he dominated the college level, too.

In three seasons playing running back for UM, Chase ran for 4,067 yards and 52 touchdowns. In 2008 and 2009, he combined 3,085 yards and 44 touchdowns.

Then, he went on to play six seasons for the St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams. He is a member of the Montana Football Hall of Fame and the Montana Grizzlies Hall of Fame.

He also never misses a chance to come to Butte to help inspire the next generations during the Colt Anderson Dream Big Experience. 

Today, Chase and his wife sell real estate in Missoula. He also coaches football at Missoula Loyola and gets to watch as his son, Talen, rocks his old No. 34 for the Grizzlies.

Listen in to this podcast as Chase talks about his career that began on that small field right next to Interstate 90 in Drummond. Listen as he talks about playing for coaches like Jim Oberweiser, Bobby Hauck and Jeff Fisher.

Listen as he talks about why he comes to the Mining City each year for Colt.

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