Butte High junior Emma Johnson and Butte Central senior Owen McPartland are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

The honors come after each helped their basketball teams pick up two crucial conference wins on the week.

The 5-foot-11 Johnson takes home the girls’ honor after coming off the bench to score 17 points as the Bulldogs avenged a road loss to Kalispell Flathead with a 70-40 rout of the Bravettes Saturday at the Butte Civic Center.

Johnson sank three 3-pointers as the Bulldogs went wire to wire for the victory that lifted the Bulldog record to 7-4 in the Western AA and 11-5 overall. She also grabbed five rebounds in the victory. One day earlier, Johnson scored five points to help the Bulldogs knock off Kalispell Glacier 52-45 at the Civic Center.

Johnson finished the weekend with four 3-pointers, giving her a total of six on the season. She has played in each of Butte High’s 16 games, scoring 76 points.

The 5-11 McPartland receives the boys’ nod after he scored a total of 64 points in an amazing two-game stretch as the Maroons avenged losses to Frenchtown and Hamilton.

On Thursday, McPartland scored 32 points to help Central to a 78-75 double-overtime win over Frenchtown as BC celebrated Senior Night at the Maroon Activities Center. (Note: the book had McPartland for 31 points, but BC coach Brodie Kelly reviewed the video and said he had 32.)

Two nights later, McPartland scored 32 points again, this time in a thrilling 58-55 win at Hamilton, lifting BC to 8-8 overall and 5-3 in Southwestern A play.

“He was unbelievable,” Kelly said of McPartland, who is averaging 18.9 points per game on the season. He scored 303 points in BC’s 16 games.

For the third year, 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 Johnson courtesy of Alycia Holland Photography. McPartland photo courtesy of Josie Trudgeon Photography.