The first day of the East vs. West Tipoff Tournament at the Maroon Activities Center turned out to be a very good one for the Butte Central basketball teams.

Central’s boys rolled to a 68-28 win over Sidney before the BC girls picked up their first win of the season, beating the Eagles 44-41.

The Maroons are back in action Saturday, taking on Glendive. The boys will play at 2 p.m., with the girls following at 3:30. Whitefish is also part of the tournament. The Bulldog boys and girls will take on Sidney Saturday, starting at 11 a.m.

GIRLS
Butte Central 44, Sidney 41
Central’s girls were the final act of the day, and they lived up to the primetime billing.

Zayonna Otherbull tossed in 10 points to lead a balanced attack in the exciting victory. Jordyn Samson added eight points, and Arika Stajcar, Braelynn Schelin, and Natalie Osterman each scored six points. Rylee Forbes and Lucy Fantini each scored two points.

Marly Mansanti and Jaeden Maldonado also contributed for the Maroons, who led 16-5 after the first quarter and 22-19 at the half. BC took a 33-24 lead into the final frame and held off an Eagles fight for the win.

Jessica Entz hit four 3-pointers and poured in 27 points to lead Sidney.

SIDNEY — Isabelle Doty 0 0-0 0, Ave Norby 1 1-6 3, Jessica Entz 9 5-7 27, Kinsey Nagle 1 2-8 5, Emma Walter 0 1-2 1, Joael Eggum 0 0-0 0, Olivia Schilling 0 1-2 1, Katelyn Reuter 0 0-0 0, Teagan Seitzinger 0 0-0 0, Katie Koch 0 0-0 0, Avery Sukut 0 0-0 0, Cameron Franck 0 0-0 0, Addison Durham 2 0-0 4. Totals 13 10-25 41.
BUTTE CENTRAL (1-2) — Zayona Otherbull 3 4-5 10, Rylee Forbes 1 2-4 4, Braelynn Schelin 1 3-4 6, Arika Stajcar 2 1-2 6, Marly Mansanti 0 0-0 0, Natalie Osterman 2 0-0 6, Lucy Fantini 1 1-6 4, Jordyn Samson 2 4-5 8, Jaedyn Maldonado 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 15-26 55.
Sidney            5          14        5          17 — 41
Central           16        6          11        11 — 44
3-point goals — Sidney 5 (Entz 4, Natle), BC 5 (Osterman 2, Schelin, Fantini, Stajcar).
Fouls — Sidney 26, BC 21. Fouled out — Norby. Technicals — none.

BOYS
Butte Central 68, Sidney 28

The Butte Central boys left little in this one.

Central outscored Sidney 28-8 in the first quarter, and the Maroons never looked back. BC led 39-10 at the half and 59-14 after three quarters as the Maroons rolled their record to 3-0.

Joshua Sutton sank six of BC’s 10 made 3-pointers to lead the BC offense. He finished with a game-high 24 points.

Jaxon Hiatt added 13 points, and Noah Sutton came off the bench to toss in 11. The Maroons got nine points from GG Fantini, six from Ryan Peoples, three from Grady Button and two from Brkley Lakkala. Cade Kelly and Henley Mansanti contributed to BC’s stellar defensive effort.

Gunnar O’Brien, Casen Gillis and Teghan Sparks joined Button in making their first varsity appearance of the season.

SIDNEY — Dyson Romo 3 0-0 7, Jaxson Burger 0 0-0 0, Rhys Larson 3 02 -6, Jaeyce Bower 0 1-2 1, Gradion Sukut 2 0-0 5, Holden Boehler 0 0-0 0, Aiden Anderson 1 0-0 2, Terren Bright 3 0-0 7. Totals 12 1-4 28.
BUTTE CENTRAL (3-0) — Ryan Peoples 2 2-3 6, Cade Kelly 0 0-0 0, Joshua Sutton 9 0-0 24, GG Fantini 4 0-0 9, Jaxon Hiatt 6 1-2 13, Noah Sutton 3 3-3 11, Henly Mansanti 0 0-0 0, Burkley Lakkala 1 0-0 2, Gunnar O’Brien 0 0-0 0, Carsen Gillis 0 0-0 0, Teghan Sparks 0 0-0 0, Grady Button 1 0-0 3. Totals 26 6-8 68.
Sidney            8          2          4          14 — 28
Central           28        11        20        9 — 68
3-pont goals — Sidney 3 (Romo, Sukut, Bright, BC 10 (J. Sutton 6, N. Sutton 2, Fantini, Button). Fouls — Sidney 7, BC 10. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.