This week’s Leskovar Honda Athlete of the Week honors go to golfer Chase Choquette and two Copper City Softball All-Star teams.
Choquette takes home the boys’ honor after tying for third place at the Montana State Men’s Amateur Championship at the Missoula Country Club. The soon-to-be Butte High senior shot a 3-under-par 210 over the three-day tournament that ended Saturday. (Results)
After matching par with a 71 on Thursday, Choquette fired a 69 and a 70 to tie for third with Seam Ramsbacher of Missoula, Billy Smith of Kalispell and Brian Beach of Helena.
Payton Taylor of Missoula won with a 6-under 207. Missoula’s Kade McDonough finished second at one shot back. The tournament was filled with current and former college golf standouts, including some from NCAA Division I schools.
Choquette won the Schwartz Cup as the top junior player in the tournament.
In addition to standing out on Butte High’s golf team, Choquette also plays basketball for the Bulldogs. However, he missed much of the last two seasons with two serious knee injuries.
The Copper City 10U and 12U All-Star teams share the girls’ honor after strong showings at the Montana District 2 Little League Softball tournament last week in Great Falls. Both teams represented Butte well by playing with class and sportsmanship.
The 10U All-Stars, made up of players 8 to 10 years old, took home the District 2 championship with a 3-1 record. The All-Stars will represent the Mining City in the State tournament in Billings.
Players for the 10U All-Star team are Anna Yates, Khloe Solomon, Taylor Benski, Kyla McEwen, Ella Briggs, Caelyn Comfort, Parker Gilbreath, Cora Stosich, Shea Whitaker, Loghan Smith, Austyn Sholey and Morgan Conway. Cullen Gilbreath is the head manager. He is assisted by Jenny McEwen and Chris Benski.
The 12U All-Stars went 4-1, but fell 5-2 in the championship game against Garden City from Missoula. The loss ends the team’s season.
Players for the 12U All-Stars are Quinn Regan, Vera Petersen, Keelie Schad, Kessler Svejkovsky, Brinkley Greer, Oakley Stajcar, Ryan Olsen, Bentli Petritz, Myla Swanson, Kaitlyn Kachmarik, Josie Foley and Braelynn Schwartzmiller. Dani Dennehy is the team’s manager. She’s assisted by Alicia Kachmarik and Zack Stajcar.
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.
The ButteCast with Bill Foley 