Calvin Cunningham and Mattie Stepan are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Cunningham takes home the boys’ honor after helping lead the Butte All-Stars to their fourth straight Montana Little League Junior Division title.

The soon-to-be eighth grader at East Middle School singled in Tegan Duffy with the winning run as the Butte boys walked off with a 9-8 win over Laurel in the eighth inning Sunday at 3 Legends Stadium. On Saturday night, Cunningham went 4 for 4 at the dish and picked up the win on the bump as Butte secured a berth in the title game with a 15-8 beating of Laurel.

Cunningham and his teammates will represent the Mining City in the Western Regional Junior Tournament Aug. 2-10 in Bend, Oregon.

Stepan receives the girls’ honor because of her hard work and demonstration of great leadership while playing for the 14U Mining City Magic softball program this summer. Her coach says that she always played hard and aggressive as a catcher, throwing out several girls at second base this season. 

The soon-to-be sophomore at Butte High was also a leader at the plate with a batting average of .385. 

Leskovar Honda, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warranty, teamed up with the ButteCast to honor the finest student-athletes from the Mining City in an effort to encourage more children to get up, get out and try all kinds of sports and activities.

Photo of Stepan is courtesy Alycia Holland Photography. Photo of Cunningham courtesy Josie Trudgeon Photography.