Hudson takes home offensive MOP; Arntson is co-Coach of the Year
The Class AA All-Conference and All-State selections were released today, and three Butte High players took home All-State recognition.
Receiving All-State honors for the Bulldogs are junior Hudson Luedtke on the boys’ side and senior Brityn Stewart and sophomore Cadence Graham on the girls’ side.
Luedtke took home All-State recognition for the third time. Graham earned the honor last year, too, while Stewart closes her career with her first All-State nod.
Luedtke was also named the Western AA Most Outstanding Player on offense after leading the Class AA in scoring and assists.
That is something nobody has done in Montana in at least a decade and a half. Luedtke, who became the Butte High boys’ career points leader midway through the season, averaged 19.2 points and 6.1 assists per game.
Graham, who set Butte High’s girls’ record with nine made 3-pointers in a win over Billings Skyivew at the Class AA State tournament Saturday in Bozeman, ranked second in the state with 18.0 points per game in the regular season.
That average went up after her 35-point game against the Falcons. Graham, who led the Class AA with a 42 percent 3-point percentage, also ranked ninth with 3.2 assists per game and fifth with 3.4 steals.
Stewart finished the regular season sixth in the Class AA with 13.2 points per game. She was 15th in the AA with 6.1 rebounds per game.
Butte High senior Dylan “Bobby” Bache took home a second-team all-conference nod, while sophomore Braylon Larson received an all-conference honorable mention.
Bache ranked No. 9 in the Class AA with 14.6 points per game. He was second in the AA wit 8.2 rebounds per game.
Larson averaged 10.3 points and ranked fourth in the AA with 7.8 rebounds and one block per game.
Butte High fourth-year girls’ head coach Bryan Arntson shared Western AA Coach of the Year honors with Missoula Big Sky’s Travis Williams. That comes after Arntson’s Bulldogs posted a 16-8 record, which was the Bulldogs’ best mark since 2019.
Click the links below to see all the players recognized.
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