Butte High football players Brooke Johnson and Kaleb Celli are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Johnson takes home the girls’ honor after a strong showing as the Bulldog flag football team opened the season Saturday at a jamboree at East Helena.

The junior is a team captain. Bulldog coach John Stenson calls her a “great leader” and an “absolute workhorse,” adding “her motor runs hot on every play.”

Johnson registered double digit rushing tackles to lead a dominant Bulldog defensive performance against Three Forks. Butte High pitched a shutout with a 12-0 victory to cap the day that saw the Bulldogs play three games.

Celli receives the boys’ honor after catching a pair of touchdown passes in Butte High’s season-opening loss to Gallatin Friday night at Naranche Stadium.

On the first TD, Celli caught a short pass on the sideline from Brooks Vincent, made a nice spin move and raced 21 yards for the score. Later, he made another nice move to get open to grab an 8-yard TD strike from Raeder Grey.

On the night, Celli hauled in four passes for 68 yards.

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 Johnson and Celli provided by Alycia Holland Photography.