Butte High’s varsity basketball teams picked up Western AA wins over Helena High Saturday.

The Bulldog boys knocked off the Bengals 75-65 at the Richardson Gym, bouncing back from their lone loss of the season. In Helena, Butte High’s girls made it look easy with a 74-41 victory.

Butte High’s teams will take on Missoula Hellgate on Thursday. The girls will hit the road, while the boys play at the Richardson Gym.

BOYS
Butte High 75, Helena High 65
Hudson Luedtke poured in 35 points as the Bulldogs bounced back from Thursday’s loss at Helena Capital in a big way.

Luedtke reached that big number despite not scoring a point in the first quarter. He scored 15 in the second quarter, seven in the third and 13 in the fourth. He hit 13 of 15 shots from the free throw line, including a 9-for-11 effort in the final frame as the Bulldogs held off the Bengals.

Brady Hanson added 12 points, and Cayde Stajcar scored 10 for Butte High, which improved to 8-1 overall and 3-1 in conference. Rhett Arntson came off the bench to score nine points, Josh Liston netted seven, and Mitch Verlanic scored two.

James Pearson, Kendel Noctor and Ryan Hanson also contributed for Butte High.

Tyse Todorovich scored 22 points to lead the Bengals, who fell to 5-3 and 2-2. Chase Foster came off the bench to score 20, and Gracen Silvonen scored 13.

HELENA HIGH (5-3, 2-2) — Pacer Lybert 0 1-2 1, Reece Silvonen 1 0-0 2, Seth Lieberg 3 0-2 7, Gracen Silvonen 4 3-4 13, Tyse Todorovich 8 2-4 22, Chase Foster 6 5-55 20, Cayden OneSpot-Danforth 0 0-0 0, Kale Day 0 0-0 0, Brayden Garza 0 0-0 0, Seth Kiser 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 11-17 65.
BUTTE HIGH (8-1, 3-1) — Cayde Stajcar 4 2-5 10, Hudson Luedtke 10 13-15 35, Mitch Verlanic 1 0-0 2, Josh Liston 2 1-4 7, Brayd Hanson 4 4-4 12, Rhett Arntson 2 3-4 9, Kendel Noctor 0 0-0 0, Ryan Hanson 0 0-0 0, James Pearston 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 23-32 75.
Helena              8          19        13        25 — 65
Butte               11        19        20        25 — 75
3-point goals — Helena 10 (Todorovich 4, Foster 3, G. Silvonen 2, Lieberg), Butte 6 (Luedtke 2, Liston 2, Arntson 2). Fouls — Helena 27, Butte 17. Fouled out — R. Silvonen. Technicals — none.

GIRLS
Butte High 74, Helena High 41
HELEN — Allie Becker, Cadence Graham and Elli Graham combined for 51 points as the Bulldogs won their fourth straight game — this time in convincing fashion.

Becker scored a career-high 21 points to lead the way. Eli Graham came off the bench to sink four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, and Cadence Graham tallied 14 in the win.

Eight different Bulldogs scored in a Butte victory that was never in doubt. Saege Grey scored eight for the Bulldogs, who got six from Autumn Clary, four apiece from Franki Salusso and Emma Johnson and one from Stella Callaghan.

Reese Johnson, Avery Barsness and Kendallyn Schad also contributed for the Bulldogs, who rolled their record to 4-0 in conference and 6-3 overall.

Lauryn Lieberg’s 16 points pace Helena, which fell to 1-3 and 3-6.

BUTTE HIGH (6-3, 4-0) — Allie Becker 8 3-3 21, Cadence Graham 4 5-8 14, Autumn Clary 3 0-0 6, Franki Salusso 2 0-0 4, Emma Johnson 1 2-2 4, Elli Graham 5 2-2 16, Saege Grey 3 2-4 8, Kendallyn Schad 0 0-0 0, Avery Barsness 0 0-0 0, Reese Johnson 0 0-0 0, Stella Callaghan 0 1-2 1. Totals 26 15-21 74.
HELENA HIGH (3-6, 1-3) — Lauryn Lieberg 5 6-7 16, Dakota Lieberg 2 2-6 7, Alexa Lundstrom 2 0-0 5, McKenna Pipinich 1 0-0 2, Kortney McKay 1 0-0 3, Emmie Bermingham 0 0-0 0, Izzy Lundstron 0 0-0 0, Maddie McCullough 1 0-0 3, Presley Swenson 0 0-0 0, Jessie Leland 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Smith 1 1-2 3, Greta Peterson 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 9-17 41.
Butte               22        16        21        15 — 74
Helena              8          10        8          15 — 41
3-point goals — Butte 7 (E. Graham 4, Becker 2, C. Graham), Helena 4 (D. Lieberg, Lundstrom, McKay, McCullough). Fouls — Butte 15, Helena 16. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.