Butte Central junior football player Joshua Sutton and Butte High freshman cross country runner Elsa Theiszen are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Sutton takes home the boys’ honor after a huge performance helped Butte Central win its fourth game in a row Friday, a 58-22 beating of Stevensville on the Bob Green Field.

Sutton scored three touchdowns in the win. He caught scoring passes of 42 and 75 yards from Ryan Peoples. He also scored on an 84-yard kickoff return to open the second half.

On the game, Sutton hauled in four passes for 132 yards. Sutton is also a standout basketball player for the Maroons.

Theiszen takes home the girls’ honor after her best race of the season. She placed third in a race Friday at the Headwaters Golf Course in Three Forks.

Theiszen finished the 5-kilometer race in 20 minutes, 15 seconds. That broke her personal record by more than a minute and a half.

Off to an impressive start to her career with the Bulldogs, Theiszen has finished in under 22 minutes in all five races she has run so far this season. Theiszen and the Bulldogs will run at the Capital City 7 of 7 meet Thursday in Helena.

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 Sutton courtesy Alycia Holland Photography. Photo of Theiszen provided by Ashley Choquette.