Small towns, statewide chain vie for Montana’s best pizza
The Final Four is set with something for everyone in Montana
After two weeks of voting, the Final Four in the 2016 Montana Pizza Championship is set. There are some familiar faces compared to the 2015 contest with three of last year’s final four participants returning. You can vote here.
Defending champion Eugene’s Pizza in Glasgow won the Pepperoni Division in a hard fought battle. Eugene’s dominated the social media voting, taking 71 percent in their Twitter poll, and over 500 votes in Facebook voting. Stretch’s Pizza of Malta won the write-in fan vote for the last place in the Sweet 16 and finished strong. They finished second in the Pepperoni Division after a strong showing in the Facebook vote.
Howard’s Pizza out of Great Falls returns to the Final after knocking off the Ponderosa from Scobey. Howard’s is a #1 seed and took second in last year’s competition. Howard’s is known for its thin crust, square slices, and the Howard’s Special (trust us on this).
Nalivka’s of Havre returned to the Final Four as a #2 seed, knocking off Me Too Pizza of Culbertson, last year’s Cinderella darling who made the 2015 Final Four as a #13 seed. Nalivka’s dominated the Extra Cheese Division’s social media voting, getting more Facebook votes than the other three pizza places combined.
New to the Final Four this year is statewide pizza joint Mackenzie River Pizza. Mackenzie River, a #2 seed, is representing Butte, Helena, Kalispell, Bozeman, Missoula, and Billings who were otherwise shutout of the Final Four. Mackenzie River also has a location in Great Falls. It knocked off #1 seed Moose’s Saloon in Kalispell, which was shutout of the Final Four two years in a row despite strong name recognition.
You can see the full bracket here.
Voting ends at 10pm Sunday. Vote now! You can read more about the Sweet 16 here. And the launch of the 2016 Bracket here.
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