George Ferguson Column: Change is good, but we'll all miss the Central A

When the last tennis matches and softball games were played at Central A tournaments last month in Lewistown, it didn’t just mark the final two divisionals of another year for the likes of Havre High, Lewistown, Belgrade and Livingston, it literally signaled the end of an era.

That’s because those two tournaments were literally the last two that will ever be held with the title “Central A.” Yes, for at least the foreseeable future, the Central A is gone.

Of course, three of the four teams that were part of the final years of the Central A will go on, as Havre and Lewistown move to...