Butte High’s and Butte Central’s boys’and girls’ basketball teams were in action Saturday.

The Bulldog teams played at Kalispell. The cold-shooting Butte High girls fell in a 53-52 thriller to Flatehead. The Butte boys downed the Braves 78-69.

The Maroons swept past Stevensville with to open Southwestern A play. The BC boys won 94-40 at the Maroon Activities Center. The Central girls won 64-22 in the Bitterroot Valley.

We will have more on these games in Wednesday’s ButteCast Sports Cap.

BOYS
Butte High 78, Kalispell Flathead 69
BUTTE HIGH (5-3, 1-2) — Spencer Callaghan 1 0-4 3, Dylan Bache 6 1-2 14, Torre Tempel 6 6-9 23, Hudson Luedtke 8 6-11 26, Braylon Larson 3 2-4 8, Raeder Grey 0 0-0 0, Brady Hanson 0 0-0 0, Kendel Noctor 1 0-0 3. Totals 25 15-30 78.
KALISPELL FLATHEAD — Dustyn Franchini-White 2 2-2 8, Lyric Ersland 5 6-7 17, Gabe St. Germain 2 0-2 5, Noah Sonju 2 2-2 6, Brodee Zahn 2 0-0 5, Jordan Griffin 4 3-4 11, Eli Coopman 2 0-0 6, Colin Smith 0 0-0 0, Korbin Eaton 4 1-3 11. Totals 23 14-20 69.
Butte         18     13     19     28 — 78
Flathead    18     12     19     20 — 69
3-point goals — Butte 12 (Tempel 5, Luedtke 4, Callaghan, Bache, Noctor), Flathead 9 (Franchini-White 2, Coopman 2, Eaton 2, Ersland, Germain, Zahn). Fouls — Butte 18, Flathead 22. Fouled out — Bache, Zahn. Technical — Larson, Griffin

Butte Central 94, Stevensville 40
STEVENSVILLE — Evan Montague 2 0-0 4, Angus Trangmoe 2 0-0 5, Tanner Brown 3  0-0 6, Spencer Moore 0 0-0 0, Jake Gavlak 6 3-3 15, Kaden Wyant 0 2-2 2, McCoy Endres 2 0-0 4, David Beames 1 0-0 2, David Laufenerg 0 0-0 0, Silas Sebert 0 2-2 2. Totals 16 7-7 40.
BUTTE CENTRAL (4-4, 1-0) — Ryan Peoples 5 3-3 17, Patrick Stimatz 1 0-0 3, Joshua Sutton 8 1-2 21, Justus McGee 2 0-0 4, Owen McPartland 11 2-2 30, Cde Kelly 3 0-0 7, GG Fantini 1 2-2 2, Jaxon Hiatt 3 2-2 8, Xander Strand 0 0-0 0, Burkley Lakkala 0 0-0 0. Totals 34 10-11 94.
Stevensville        10     8       12     10 — 40
Central      36     23     23     12 — 94
3-point goals — Stevi 1 (Trangmoe), BC 16 (McPartland 6, J. Sutton 4, Peoples 4, Stimatz, Kelly). Fouls — Stevi 11, BC 13. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.

GIRLS
Butte Central 64, Stevensville 22
BUTTE CENTRAL (3-5, 1-0) — Evyn Smith 2 0-1 5, Kenzie McQueary 5 4-6 14, Zayonna Otherbull 3 0-0 7, Rylee Forbes 8 1-3 18, Arika Stajcar 1 1-2 3, Caden Tippett 0 0-0 0, Marly Mansanti 0 0-0 0, Braelynn Schelin 5 0-0 13, Jaedyn Maldonado 1 0-1 2, Meika Boyer 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 7-13 64.
STEVENSVILLE — Emma McKoy 0 3-4 3, Amy Donaldson 1 2-2 5, Harley Gilleard 0 2-2 2, Olivia Hanson 1 0-0 2, Bella Raszler 3 1-3 7, Emma Tan 1 1-2 3, Avery Raszler 0 00-0 0, Avery Henderson 0 0-0 0. Totals 6 9-13 22.
Central      21     12     19     12 — 64
Stevensville        10     5       5       2 — 22
3-point goals — BC 5 Schelin 3, Smith, Otherbull), Stevi 1 (Donaldson). Fouls — BC 15, Stevi 9. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.

Kalispell Glacier 53, Butte High 52
BUTTE HIGH (7-2, 3-1) — Dylann Bartoletti 0 1-4 4, Cadence Graham 4 12-14 20, Brityn Stewart 8 0-0 20, Franki Salusso 0 2-3 2, Emma Johnson 3 2-4 9, Sidney Whitaker 0 0-0, Autumn Clary 0 0-0 0, Addie Hiatt 0 0-0 0, Gracie Jonart 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 17-25 52.
GLACIER — Teagan Flint 0 0-0 0, Tayler Greene 1 0-2 2, Caitlin Converse 4 3-6 13, Ava Malmin 4 4-7 14, Crace Gall 5 1-2 15, Mattie Thompson 3 1-2 8, Makenna Aldrich 0 1-2 1, Gracie Mae Kilmer 0 0-0 0, Cheyenne Heino 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 10-21 53.
Butte         14     15     10     13 — 52
Glacier      16     16     11     12 — 53
3-point goals — Butte 5 (Stewart 4, Johnson 1), Glacier 9 (Gall 4, Converse 2, Malmin 2, Thompson).  Fouls — Butte 20, Glacier 17. Fouled out — Salusso, Malmin. Technicals — none.