Butte Central basketball players Owen McPartland and Jack Keeley were named first-team all-conference and first-team All-State.
The Southwestern A list of boys and girls honorees was released to the media today, and five Maroons in total made the cut. Freshman Josh Sutton, sophomore Ryan Peoples and senior Mollie Drew each received an all-conference honorable mention.
McPartland, a junior, and Keeley, a senior, were joined on the All-State list by Canaan Magness of Hamilton, Eli Quinn of Frenchtown and Carter Curnow of Dillon. Magness and Quinn were named co-MVPs.
McPartland and Keeley made the grade after leading the Maroons to second place in the Western A Divisional tournament and fourth place at the Class A State tournament. Both tournaments were played at the Butte Civic Center.
Keeley, a future Montana Tech football player, averaged 14.1 points and 8.0 rebounds on the season. McPartland averaged 17.2 points.
Sutton scored 9.6 points per game, and Peoples tossed in 7.4. Drew averaged 8.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game to lead the BC girls.
Frenchtown sophomore Mason Quinn was name MVP on the girls’ side. She was joined on the All-State team by teammates Madison Kaufman and Sadie Smith, as well as Sydney Petersen and Kenleigh Graham of Dillon.
The Class AA All-State and all-conference teams are expected to be released next week.
Click the links below to see the full list of Southwestern A boys and girls honored.
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