No. 345: Max Demarais

The ButteCast with Bill Foley · May 8, 2026 · 1h 14m

As a sophomore in high school, Max Demarais could have probably run for any office in town — and won easily.

Around here, he was as famous as he is likable.

Max was diagnosed with a tumor behind his right eye after he struggled with the vision test while taking the driver’s education program. It was the summer before his freshman year at Butte High School.

That led to rounds of chemotherapy before he eventually made the incredibly tough decision — as a sophomore — to have his eye surgically removed.

That, did not stop Max. While the vision problem might have ended his basketball career a…