Seven Butte High athletes earn Block B Awards

Tocher Lee and Brityn Stewart were the big winners as Butte High doled out athletic awards at the Butte Athletic Council’s All-Sports Banquet Wednesday night at the Butte Civic Center.

The honors come one night before the Butte High Class of 2025 graduation ceremony.

Lee took home the Harry “Swede” Dahlberg Outstanding Boy Athlete Award, while Stewart received the Outstanding Girl Athlete Award.

Lee became just the third Butte High boy to earn 12 varsity letters in his career, joining Ethan Shrader and Tommy Mellott. He did it in four sports, lettering four times in basketball, three times each in football and track and two times in baseball.

He will long be remembered as a clutch performer in all sports. That includes hitting the game-winning 3-poitner to send the Bulldogs to the Class AA State tournament in 2024. This spring, Lee batted leadoff for the Butte High baseball team while qualifying for the State meet in the long jump.

Lee signed to play football at Montana Tech.

Stewart will leave Butte High School with 10 letters. That includes four letters in basketball, three in track, two in volleyball and one in softball. She was a team leader of a Bulldog basketball team that played on Saturday night of the Class AA State tournament in Bozeman this March.

Stewart will be remembered as a player who came up big in big games. That includes a 36-point performance in Western AA Divisional Tournament game in 2023.

As a junior, Stewart won the state championship in the javelin. She placed third in that event this past weekend in Kalispell. She also received the Outstanding Girl Defensive Basketball Player Award and the Bill Hawke Outstanding Senior Girl Track Award. She shared the Outstanding Volleyball Player Award with fellow senior Jaycee Cleveland.

Stewart recently signed to throw the javelin for the Montana Tech track & field team.

In all, seven Bulldogs took home Block B’s, meaning they lettered seven or more times in their career.

Dylann Bartoletti received 12 letters. That includes four each in golf and track, three in basketball and one as a football manager.

Will Stepan, who took the Most Inspirational Student-Athlete Award, earned nine letters — four in wrestling, three in football and two in baseball. Sam Sampson and Torre Tempel each took home eight letters. Sampson earned three in football and track and two in tennis, and Tempel earned three in football, three in basketball and two in track.

Dylan “Bobby” Bache earned seven letters — four in basketball and three in track.

All the awards and scholarships handed out at the All-Sports Banquet follow. Photos of Lee and Stewart courtesy Alycia Holland Photography.

BAC All-Sports Banquet Awards
Most Inspirational Student-Athlete — Will Stepan
Harry “Swede” Dahlberg Outstanding Boy Athlete — Tocher Lee
Outstanding Girl Athlete — Brityn Stewart
Frank Mischkot Memorial Scholarship — Brett Polich
“Sig” Meyer Scholarship — Sam Henderson
Don Tamietti Memorial Scholarship — Will Stepan
Chris Milodragovich Memorial Scholarship — Will Stepan
Tom Tutty Memorial Scholarship — Peyton Trabert
Hard Hat Football Award — Sam Sampson
Head Hunter Football Award — Eli Smith
Outstanding Girl Flag Football Award — Hailey Hotalen
Outstanding Volleyball Player (Offense) — Jaycee Cleveland and Brityn Stewart
Outstanding Volleyball Player (Defense) — Cadence Graham
Outstanding Gir Cross Country Runner — Sophia Houchin
Mike Hotzel Outstanding Boys Distance Runner — Camden Houchin
Outstanding Senior Girl Soccer Player — Elli Quist
Outstanding Senior Boy Soccer Player — Roscoe “Mack” Williams
Outstanding Girl Golfer — Dylann Bartoletti
Outstanding Boy Golfer — Chase Choquette
Bob Rae Boy Basketball Player — Hudson Luedtke
Outstanding Boy Defensive Basketball Player — Torre Tempel
Connie Hogan Memorial Award (Outstanding Girl Basketball Player) — Cadence Graham
Outstanding Girl Defensive Basketball Player — Brityn Stewart
Outstanding Girl Swimmer — Adalie Grochowski
Outstanding Boy Swimmer — Nathan Stone
Tom Renz Outstanding Wrestler — Bode Hazlett and Keegan Hunt
Outstanding Girl Wrestler — Peyton Liva and Mattie Stepan
Outstanding Girl Tennis Player — Murphy Sullivan
Outstanding Boy Tennis Player — Cole Skeel
Pete Schonsberg Newcomer Track Award — Saege Grey
Bill Hawke Outstanding Senior Girl Track Award — Brityn Stewart
Outstanding Boy Track Award — Sam Henderson
Bob O’Malley Memorial Boys Track Award — Sam Sampson and Sam Henderson
Outstanding Softball Player (Offense) — Mattie Stepan
Outstanding Softball Player (Defense) — Ashlinn Mullaney
Outstanding Baseball Player (Offense) — Will Stepan
Outstanding Baseball Player (Defense) — Lucas Harris-Huerta

Block B Winners
Dylan Bache — 7 letters (4 basketball, 3 track)
Dylann Bartoletti — 12 letters (4 golf, 4 track, 3 basketball, 1 football manager)
Tocher Lee — 12 letters (4 basketball, 3 football, 3 track, 2 baseball)
Sam Sampson — 8 letters (3 football, 3 track, 2 tennis)
Brityn Stewart — 10 letters (4 basketball, 3 track, 2 volleyball, 1 softball)
Will Stepan — 9 letters (4 wrestling, 3 football, 2 baseball)
Torre Tempel — 8 letters (3 football, 3 basketball, 2 track)