It was a night of milestones, 3-pointers and slam dunks Friday at the Butte Civic Center.

Butte High junior Cadence Graham became just the second Bulldog girl to join the 1,000-point club in a 68-47 loss to defending Class AA State champion Gallatin. Then, the Butte High boys scored from deep and up high to roll their record to 5-0 with a 75-60 beating of the Raptors in the night cap.

The Bulldogs will be back in action next Friday and Saturday when the boys and girls travel to Kalispell to take on Flathead and Glacier. Those will be the first two Western AA games for Butte High.

BOYS
Butte High 75, Gallatin 60

If Butte High fans did not believe their boys have the look of a serious state title contender before Friday night, they sure as heck do now.

The Bulldogs connected on 11 shots from 3-point range, and 6-foot-9 sophomore Brady Hanson electrified the crowd with four thunderous two-handed dunks to lead the Bulldogs in the win.

Hanson scored Butte’s first bucket on a dunk in traffic. He added three more slams and a 3-pointer. The prettiest basket of the night came on a break when Hudson Luedtke lobbed a pass off the backboard and Hanson threw it down.

Luedtke, the reigning scoring and assist champion of the Class AA, tossed in 22 points to lead the Bulldogs. Fellow senior Rhett Arntson had the best game of his varsity career, knocking down five 3-pointers and scoring 19 points for Butte, which led wire to wire.

The Dogs led 15-11 after one and 40-24 at the half. Butte took a 55-47 edge into the final frame.

Hanson scored 13 points for Butte, which got eight points and some tough defense from Cayde Stajcar. James Pearston sank a pair of threes and score six, Mitch Verlanic netted five, and Ryan Hanson tossed in two.

Kendel Noctor, Koda Schleeman and Kaleb Celli also contributed for the Bulldogs.

GALLATIN (2-2) — Ethan Waldo 3 0-0 9, Bobby Gutzman 2 0-0 4, Austin Bishop 3 0-0 6, Sam Litzen 2 0-0 5, Aidden Brown 5 2-2 12, Caden Flanigan 0 1-2 1, Brett Sonju 6 1-3 18, Joey Padilla 0 0-2 0, Zach Lockwood 1 2-2 4, Matthew Phillips 0 1-2 1, Wyatt Ford 0 0-0 0, Hudson Burke 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 7-13 60.
BUTTE HIGH (5-0) — Cayde Stajcar 3 2-2 8, Rhett Arntson 7 0-0 19, Hudson Luedtke 5 10-12 22, Mitch Verlanic 2 0-0 5, Brady Hanson 6 0-0 13, James Pearston 2 0-0 6, Kendel Noctor 0 0-0 0, Kaleb Celli 0 0-0 0, Ryan Hanson 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 12-14 75.
Gallatin          11        13        23        13 — 60
Butte               15        25        15        20 — 75
3-point goals — Gallatin 9 (Sonju 5, Waldo 3, Litzen), Butte 11 Arntson 5, Luedtke 2, Pearston 2, Verlanic). Fouls — Gallatin 19, Butte 15. Fouled out — Brown. Technical — Brown.

GIRLS
Gallatin 68, Butte High 47
Jada Davis poured in 29 points for the Raptors, who pulled away with a 23-6 advantage in the third quarter.

Davis was one of three Raptors in double figures. Makayla Coleman scored 12 points, and Avi Odegard tossed in 10. Amelia Hunter came off the bench to score eight.

Allie Becker’s 15 points paced the Bulldogs. She scored 10 of those points in the first half. After Cadence Graham’s 12 points, Butte got six from Autumn Clary, five from Emma Johnson, four from Saege Grey, three from Kendallyn Schad and two from Ellison Graham. Franki Salusso, Avery Basness, Ellie Yates, Stella Callaghan and Reese Johnson also contributed for the Bulldogs.

GALLATIN (4-0) — Jada Davis 8 11-13 29, Avi Odegard 4 2-2 10, Saydey Perry 2 0-1 4, Lorelei Bear Before 2 0-0 4, Makayla Coleman 4 4-5 12, Lydia Stewart 0 0-0 0, Ameilia Hunter 2 2-2 8, Auna Litzen 0 0-0 0, Kate Nansel 0 1-2 1, Taylor Thigpen 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 20-25 68.
BUTTE HIGH (2-3) — Allie Becker 4 7-5 15, Cadence Graham 2 7-8 12, Autumn Clary 0 6-8 6, Franki Salusso 0 0-0 0, Emma Johnson 2 0-0 5, Ellison Graham 0 2-4 2, Saege Grey 2 0-1 4, Kendallyn Schad 1 0-0 3, Stella Callaghan 0 0-0 0, Reese Johnson 0 0-0 0, Avery Barsness 0 0-0 0, Ellie Yates 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 20-28 47.
Gallatin          18        13        23        14 — 68
Butte               17        10        6          14 — 47
3-point goals — Gallatin 4 (Hunter 2, Davis 2), Butte 5 (Becker 2, C. Graham, Johnson, Schad). Fouls — Gallatin 24, Butte 16. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.