Butte Central senior quarterback Ryan Peoples and Butte High sophomore cross country runner Penelope Luebke are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Peoples receives the boys’ honor after a monster first quarter in BC’s 40-0 win over Ronan at Washington-Grizzly Stadium in Missoula.

Peoples passed for five touchdowns and ran for another — all in the first quarter — as the Maroons put the Chiefs away early.

Peoples completed 6 of 8 passes for 174 yards. He threw TD strikes to Jack Nagle, Jaxon Hiatt, GG Fantini, Henly Mansanti and Trey Hollow. Peoples also scored on a 9-yard run.

With Peoples leading the way, BC scored a touchdown on all six of its possessions in the first quarter. Ronan’s school administration decided to call the game when it was delayed by lightning early in the second quarter.

Luebke takes home the girls’ award after posting a personal-best time at the Bozeman Cross Country Invitational Saturday at the Bridger Creek Golf Course. She finished the 5-kilometer race in 21 minutes, 36.1 seconds.

That came eight days after Luebke, whom coaches and teammates call “Pippi,” matched her old PR of 21:46 at the Run BXC Invitational in Bozeman. Luebke also ran 21:50 for the Bulldogs at last year’s State meet in Missoula.

Bulldog coaches nominated Luebke for the honor, citing her hard work.

Luebke will look to improve on that personal record Saturday when the Bulldogs head to the Mountain West Classic in Missoula.

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.

Photo of Peoples courtesy Josie Trudgeon. Photo of Luebke provided by Ashley Choquette.