Butte High’s basketball teams split with Missoula Hellgate Thursday night. Butte High’s boys fell to the Knights in a 76-74 double-overtime thriller in Missoula, while the Bulldog girls knocked of their old nemesis from Hellgate 51-37 at the Richardson Gym.

Sophomore Cadence Graham poured in 33 points to lead the Bulldog girls in the win. That ties Butte Sports Hall of Famer Deanna Dugdale as the seventh-highest scoring game in Butte High girls’ history. Lexie Nelson holds the school record with 39 points against Billings Skyview in 2010. Butte High senior Brityn Stewart, who scored nine points Thursday, scored 36 points in a divisional tournament game against Helena Capital in 2023.

Dugdale also had a 35-point game, and Nelson had two 34-pont games. Debbie Silk (1981) also scored 34 points in a game.

In Missoula, Hudson Luedtke poured in 31 points in a loss that saw the Bulldogs lose senior guard Torre Tempel to an injury in the second quarter. Butte High was again without senior Tocher Lee, who hit his head on the floor in last Thursday’s win over Bozeman.

Luedtke, a junior, surpassed the 900-point total for his career. He now has 925 career points. He trails just John Dawson (1,022 points) and Chris Rasmussen (969) on the Bulldog boys all-time scoring list.

We will have more on these games next week in the ButteCast SportsCap.

BOYS
Missoula Hellgate 76, Butte High 74 (2 OT)
BUTTE HIGH (4-2, 0-1) — Spencer Callaghan 2 0-0 6, Dylan Bache 4 0-0 10, Torre Temel 2 1-2 7, Hudson Luedtke 9 9-10 31, Braylon Larson 9 0-0 18, Brady Hanson 1 0-0 2, Koda Schleeman 0 0-0 0, Raeder Grey 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 20-12 74.
MISSOULA HELLGATE — E. Sant 7 0-0 15, P. Link 6 3-6 16, Z. Gillhouse 7 2-2 17, S Wayland 2 0-0 5, C. McNulty 5 1-2 11, L. Dick 0 2-4 2, J. Finch 1 0-0 2, B. Schnieder 0 0-0 0, E. Pyron 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 8-14 76.
Butte          16     15     11     19     8       5 — 74
Hellgate    15     8       21     17     8       7 — 76
3-point goals — Butte 10 (Luedtke 4, Callaghan 2, Bache 2, Tempel 2), Hellgate 9 (Link 3, Gillhouse 3, Sant, Wayland, McNulty). Fouls — Butte 13, Hellgate 13. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.

GIRLS
Butte High 51, Missoula Hellgate 37
MISSOULA HELLGATE — Paisley Johnson 2 0-04 4, Elly Reed 1 3-4 5, Lucy Hutchins 2 1-2 5, Shannon Kane 1 0-0 2, Gianna Passucicio 5 2-2 5, Savanna Shepherd 0 0-2 0, Ryan Meservy 1 0-0 3, Alexandria Miller 0 0-0 0, Maria Saerz 1 0-0 3. Totals 13 6-14 37.
BUTTE HIGH (5-1, 1-0) — Dylann Bartoletti 1 0-0 2, Cadence Graham 11 5-9 33, Brityn Stewart 4 0-0 9, Franki Salusso 1 0-0 2, Emma Johnson 1 0-0 2, Sidney Whitaker 0 0-0 0, Autumn Clary 0 1-4 1, Addie Hiatt 1 0-0 2, Gracie Jonart 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 6-13 51.
Hellgate    7       11     8       11 — 37
Butte             11     12     10     18 — 51
3-point goals — Hellgate 5 (Passucicio 3, Meservy, Saerz), Butte 7 (Graham 6, Stewart). Fouls — Hellgate 19, Butte 16. Fouled out — Johnson, Kane; Johnson. Technical — Kane.