Butte High’s varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball teams split Western AA games against Missoula Sentinel Friday night.

The Bulldog boys ran into a hot-shooting Sentinel team and fell 77-36 in Missoula. Butte High’s girls found their shooting touch in a 72-47 win over the Spartans at the Richardson Gym.

Butte High’s teams will play back-to-back doubleheaders Friday and Saturday when the Kalispell school some to town for Western AA games. The varsity games will be played at the Butte Civic Center.

GIRLS
Butte High 72, Missoula Sentinel 47
Junior Cadence Graham poured in 32 points to lead the Bulldogs to the bounce-back victory. She sank five 3-poitners to lead the way for the Bulldogs, who started fast and heated up.

In all, Butte High connected on 12 long balls, three of which came from freshman Elli Graham. The younger Graham, though, went down with a knee injury 5 minutes, 34 seconds into the game. She returned to the bench with ice on her knee, and Bulldog coaches are confident the injury is not serious.

Emma Johnson joined Elli Graham with nine points, while Saege Grey scored seven. The Bulldogs also got five from Franki Salusso, four from Autumn Clary, and three apiece from Alli Becker and Avery Barsness.

Reese Johnson and Stella Callaghan also contributed for the Bulldogs, who improved to 7-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play.

Kaysa Fuller sank four 3-pointers and scored 12 points to lead the Spartans, who fell to 5-7 and 2-5. Avery Ogren and Olivia Reynolds each scored eight, and Andrin Reimers tossed in seven.

MISSOUOLA SENTINEL (5-7, 2-5) — Avery Ogren 3 2-2 8, Andrin Reimers 3 1-4 7, Kenzie Cline 2 0-0 5, Lucy Pfaler 3 0-0 6, Kaysa Fuller 4 0-0 12, Ryen Hobbs 0 1-6 1, Olivia Reynolds 3 0-0 8, Misha Meyer 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Stanton 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 4-12 47
BUTTE HIGH (7-5, 5-2) — Allie Becker 0 3-4 3, Cadence Graham 10 7-10 32, Autumn Clary 0 4-4 4, Franki Salusso 2 0-0 5, Emma Johnson 3 2-2 9, Elli Graham 3 0-0 9, Saege Grey 2 2-4 7, Kendallyn Schad 3 2-2 9, Avery Barsness 1 0-0 3, Reese Johnson 0 0-0 0, Stella Callaghan 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 18-24 72.
Sentinel          8          9          15        15 — 47
Butte               24        14        17        17 — 72
3-point goals — Sentinel 7 (Fuller 4, Reynolds 2, Cline), Butte 12 (C. Graham 5, E. Graham 3, Grey, Salusso, Johnson, Barsness). Fouls — Sentinel 19, Butte 13. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.

BOYS
Missoula Sentinel 77, Butte High 36
The Spartans simply shot the lights out, and the Bulldogs did not.

Sophomore Beau O’Reilly sank eight 3-pointers on his way to a 36-point game to lead Sentinel to its 10th straight victory. He hit four of those on his way to 20 points in the first half.

Lincoln Rogers added 20 points in the win for Sentinel, which moved the Spartans to 11- overall and 7-0 in conference play.

Hudson Luedtke scored 14 points to lead the Bulldogs. Brady Hanson tossed in nine points for Butte, which got six from Josh Liston, three from Rhett Arntson and two apiece from Cayde Stajcar and Ryan Hanson.

Mitch Verlanic, Kendel Noctor, Kaleb Celli, Brady Walsh, Koda Schleeman and Raeder Grey also contributed for the Bulldogs, who fell to 9-3 and 4-3.

BUTTE HIGH (9-3, 4-3) — Cayde Stajcar 1 0-0 2, Hudson Luedtke 6 1-4 14, Josh Lison 2 0-0 6, Mitch Verlanic 0 0-0 0, Brady Hanson 3 3-5 9, Rhett Arntson 1 0-0 3, Ryan Hanson 1 0-0 2, Kaleb Celli 0 0-0 0, Brady Walsh 0 0-0 0, Koda Schleeman 0 0-0 0, Raeder Grey 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 4-9 35.
MISSOULA SENTINEL (11-1, 7-0) — Gavin O’Reilly 2 0-0 5, Lincoln Rogers 8 2-2 20, Beau O’Reilly 13 2-3 36, Kade Robinson 0 0-0 0, Zeke Glidewell 2 0-0 6, Jaiden Elgin Taylor 0 0-0 0, Kaden Thennis 0 0-0 0, Stellan Ridley 3 0-0 6, Carter Aune 0 0-0 0, Kane Szalay 0 2-2 2, Jayson McLennan 1 0-0 2, Jayce Eby 0 0-0 0. Totals 29 6-7 77.
Butte               7          11        10        8 — 36
Sentinel          21        17        22        14 — 77
3-point goals — Butte 4 (Lison 2, Luedtke, Arntson), Sentinel 13 (B. O’Reilly 8, Glidewell 2, Rogers 2, G. O’Reilly). Fouls — Butte 10, Sentinel 11. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.