Butte High junior Jaxon Williamson and Butte Central freshman Kodee Badovinac are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

The honors come after the two put up some big-time performances on the diamond.

Williamson takes home the boys’ honor after tossing an abbreviated no-hitter Saturday in Townsend. With Butte High’s bats busting loose for 22 runs in a game called by the mercy rule after three innings, Williamson did not have to be perfect. He was close to it, anyway.

The hard-throwing righty did not surrender a hit or run, and he walked just one batter. He got eight of his nine outs by way of the K.

“He was pumping it today, too,” Butte High baseball coach Jim LeProwse said, adding that he figures Williamson was throwing his fastball 83 to 85 miles per hour.

As a sophomore last season, Williamson posted a 3-1 record with a 4.4 ERA. He struck out 28 batters in 27 innings of work.

Badovinac receives the girls’ honor after a big day at the dish for the Butte Central softball team, which suffered a tough 10-9 walk-off loss Saturday in Livingston. Badovinac went 3 for 4 at the plate to lead the Maroons in the season opener.

The third baseman hit a single, double and a triple in the game. She scored three runs, crossing the plate each time she reached base.

Badovinac was a key varsity contributor for the Butte Central volleyball team in the fall. She took home Athlete of the Week honors on Oct. 7.

Badovinac also plays for the BC basketball program.

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 to encourage more children to get up, get out and try all kinds of sports and activities.

Photos of Williamson courtesy of Alycia Holland Photography. Photo of Badovinac courtesy Jacqueline Photography.