Butte High junior Hudson Luedtke and the Butte High varsity volleyball team are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Luedtke receives the boys’ honor, while the entire Bulldog varsity volleyball squad shares the girls’ accolades. The honors come after the Bulldog football and volleyball teams saw their seasons come to an end.

Luedtke had another big-time performance Friday as the Bulldog football team fell in a 48-38 quarterfinal shootout with Kalispell Glacier at Legends Stadium. The 6-foot-2, 180-pound junior caught 12 passes for 175 yards and two touchdowns in the loss.

On the season, Luedtke tallied 71 receptions for 801 yards and 10 touchdowns, seemingly cementing his third straight All-State season. Luedtke is also one of the top defenders on the Bulldog team.

On the girls’ side, Bulldog coach Shane Jorgenson could not pick just one player off his team for the award. So, he picked his entire Bulldog roster. Butte High fell short of a berth in the Class AA State tournament, but Butte High’s 9-5 conference record is the best mark posted by the Bulldogs in a couple of decades, Jorgensen said.

Players on the team, as appearing left to right in the photo, are Ellison Graham, Darby Harrington, Allie Becker, Cassie Casagranda, Sophia Gransbery, Brityn Stewat, Audrey McClafferty, Mylee Demarais, Jaycee Cleveland, Peyton Trabert, Cadence Graham and Makenzie Dayhuff.

Graham, Gransbery, Demarais and Cleveland each earned the individual Athlete of the Week honors during the season.

Leskovar Honda, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warranty, is teaming 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 Luedtke courtesy of Alycia Holland Photography. Butte High volleyball team photo courtesy of Josie Trudgeon Photography.