Butte Central’s varsity basketball teams completed the season sweep of Stevensville with a pair of Southwestern A victories Saturday afternoon.

Butte Central’s boys beat Stevi 74-45 at the Maroon Activities Center, while the Maroon girls rolled to a 60-42 victory in the Bitterroot Valley.

Central’s teams have a pair of huge battles coming up on Tuesday. The Maroon boys head to Frenchtown looking to sweep the Broncs after winning a 74-71 thriller Jan. 13 in Butte. Central’s girls will play host to the Broncs.

BOYS
Butte Central 74, Stevensville 45
Joshua Sutton and Ryan Peoples combined to score 51 points in Saturday’s victory that the Maroons led nearly wire to wire.

Sutton buried five 3-pointers and scored 29 points, while Peoples sank three treys and tossed in 22 for the Maroons, who won their seventh straight game. They completed January without a loss, and BC is undefeated against Class A competition.

Noah Sutton came off the bench to score seven points for the Maroons (11-1 overall and 6-0 in conference). GG Fantini and Jaxon Hiatt each tossed in four for BC, which got three from Henly Mansanti and Grady Button, and two from Burkley Lakkala.

Cade Kelly, who blocked a pair of shots, also contributed along with Gunnar O’Brien and Teghan Sparks.

Taeshawn Luster, a 6-foot-5 junior, scored 13 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Yellowjackets. Kaden Wyant scored 10 points for Stevi, which got seven from Jake Tschida and six from McCoy Endres.

STEVENSVILLE (1-13, 0-6) — Kaden Wyant 2-14 5-6 10, McCoy Enders 2-7 2-6 6, Jake Tschida 3-9 0-0 7, Gage Bierer 1-4 0-0 2, Taeshawn Luster 6-10 1-4 13, Luca Schmidt 102 0-0 3, Trenton Scharff 1-1 1-4 3, Luis Eberhardt 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 16-48 10-22 45.
BUTTE CENTRAL (11-1, 6-0) — Ryan Peoples 8-14 3-4 22, Cade Kelly 0-1 0-0 0, Joshua Sutton 10-20 4-4 29, GG Fantini 2-4 0-2 4, Jaxon Hiatt 1-5 2-2 4, Noah Sutton 2-4 3-6 7, Burkley Lakkala 1-1 0-0 2, Henly Mansanti 1-2 0-0 3, Gunnar O’Brien 0-1 0-0 0, Teghan Sparks 0-1 0-0 0, Grady Button 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 26-54 12-18 74.
Stevensville    11        8          15        11 — 45
Central           17        21        20        16 — 74
3-point goals — Stevi 3-16 (Wyant 1-8, Tschida 1-4, Schmidt 1-1, Endres 0-2, Bierer 0-1), BC 10-29 (J. Sutton 5-12, Peoples 3-8, Mansanti 1-2, Button 1-1, Hiatt 0-2, Kelly 0-1, Fantini 0-1, O’Brien 0-1, Sparks 0-1). Fouls — Stevi 11, BC 22. Fouled out — none. Technical — Luster.

GIRLS
Butte Central 60, Stevensville 42
STEVENSVILLE — Eighth grader Luci Fantin scored 18 points, and sophomore Kenzie McQueary added 16 to lead the Maroons in the victory.

McQueary, who put together her best game since returning from injury, scored 12 points in the first half to help the Maroons take a 30-15 lead.

Zayonna Otherbull added 11 points for the Maroons, who got five points from Braelynn Schelin, four from Arika Stajcar and Rylee Forbes, and two from Evyn Smith.

Addi Drye scored 20 points to lead the Yellowjackets.

BUTTE CENTRAL (4-8, 2-4) — Kenzie McQueary 5 6-10 16, Zayonna Otherbull 2 7-13 11, Rylee Forbes 2 0-1 4, Braelyn Schelin 1 3-4 5, Arika Stajcar 2 0-0 4, Evyn Smith 1 0-0 2, Luci Fantini 6 2-3 18. Totals 19 18-30 60.
STEVENSVILLE — Addi Drye 7 3-3 20, Emma Tan 4 0-0 14, Kayden Tolley 0 1-4 1, Harley Gilleard 0 0-0 0, Josie Randles 0 0-0 0, Talyn Bean 0 0-0 0, Amy Donaldson 2 1-4 5. Totals 15 5-11 42.
Central           21        9          13        17 — 60
Stevi                8          7          8          19 — 423-point goals — BC 4 (Fantini 4), Stevi 7 (Tan 4, Drye 3). Fouls — BC 18, Stevi 21. Fouled out — Drye, Tan.