Frenchtown swept a pair of Southwestern A games with Butte Central’s varsity basketball teams Tuesday night.

On the girls’ side, the Broncs came to town and beat the Maroons 64-46 at the Maroon Activities Center. Despite the loss, the Maroons showed much promise against a talented Bronc squad. In Frenchtown, the Broncs salvaged the regular-season split with the Maroons, rolling to a 67-40 victory.

Central’s boys and girls will be back in action Saturday when Hamilton comes to town for a doubleheader at the MAC. The girls play at 3 p.m., with the boys following at 4:30.

GIRLS
Frenchtown 64, Butte Central 46
If the Maroons make a run in the postseason this year, they will likely point back to the second half of this game as the moment where it all began.

The powerful Broncs got 30 points from Boise State-bound Mason Quinn, and Frenchtown went wire-to-wire for the win. The Maroons, though, put up a strong showing in the second half.

Frenchtown led 24-15 after one and broke the game open with a 17-5 run in the second quarter, taking a 41-20 advantage into the break. Ryan Lucier added 14 points for the Broncs, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Jezzy Palmer scored 11.

Central outscored Frenchtown 26-23 after the intermission. It was not nearly enough to come back for the win, but it had BC fans happy with the potential they saw from their young Maroons, who fell 55-18 to the Broncs Jan. 13 in Frenchtown.

Eighth grader Luci Fantini came off the bench to score 10 points to lead the Maroons. That marked her third straight game pacing the team in scoring.

Kenzie McQueary, Zyonna Otherbull and Rylee Forbes each poured in seven points for the Maroons. Braelynn Schelin scored six points, and Natalie Osterman tossed in five. The Maroons also got two points apiece from Evyn Smith and Jaedyn Maldonado.

Arika Stajcar contributed for the Maroons, along with Henly Mansanti and Caden Tippett.

FRENCHTOWN (11-3, 6-1) — Mason Quinn 11 7-7 30, Jezzy Palmer 5 0-0 11, Laney Holleran 1 0-0 2, Ryan Lucier 5 0-1 14, Iris Arlint 0 0-0 0, Toni Hawkins 0 0-0 0, Henley Harris 1 0-0 2, Gracie Kreis 1 0-0 2 2, Sophia Lebsock 0 0-0 0, Addy Haynes 1 0-0 3. Totals 25 7-8 64.
BUTTE CENTRAL (4-8, 2-4) — Kenzie McQueary 2 3-4 7, Zayonna Otherbull 1 5-7 7, Rylee Forbes 3 1-2 7, Braelynn Schelin 2 0-0 6, Arika Stajcar 0 0-0 0, Luci Fantini 2 5-6 10, Evyn Smith 1 0-0 2, Marly Mansanti 0 0-0 0, Natalie Osterman 1 2-2 5, Jaedyn Maldonado 1 0-1 2, Caden Tippett 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 16-2 46.
Frenchtown   24        17        10        13 — 64
Central           15        5          12        14 — 46
3-point goals — Frenchtown 4 (Quinn, Palmer, Lucier, Haynes), BC 4Schelin 2, Fantini, Osterman).  Fouls — Frenchtown 17, BC 7. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.

BOYS
Frenchtown 67, Butte Central 40
FRENCHTOWN — Hank Smith had another monster game against the Maroons. The 6-foot-6 junior scored 35 points as the Broncs snapped BC’s seven-game winning streak and got a little revenge for the 74-71 loss to BC Jan. 13 in Butte.

Smith scored 15 points in the first quarter as the Broncs took the lead for good. He was the only double-digit scorer for the Broncs.  Cooper Michaud scored nine points, while Jaxon Haynes and Henry Griffin both tossed in six.

Joshua Sutton scored 19 points to pace the Maroons. Ryan Peoples scored nine points before fouling out, and Jaxon Hiatt scored six.

The Maroons also got three from Cade Kelly, two from Henley Mansanti and one from Burkley Lakkala. Noah Sutton and GG Fantini contributed for BC, too.

BUTTE CENTRAL (11-2, 6-1) — Ryan Peoples 3 2-4 9, Cade Kelly 1 1-2 3, Joshua Sutton 7 2-2 19, GG Fantini 0 0-2 0, Jaxson Hiatt 3 0-0 6, Noah Sutton 0 0-0 0, Henley Mansanti 1 0-0 2, Burkley Lakkala 0 1-4 1. Totals 15 6-14 40.
FRENCHTOWN (10-4, 4-2) — Trevor Smith 2 0-0 4, Cooper Michaud 4 0-0 9, Konner Klimpel 1 0-0 2, Hank Smith 14 6-7 35, Henry Griffin 3 0-0 6, Jaxon Haynes 2 1-3 6, Brooks Day 0 0-0 0, Cole Pfahler 1 0-0 3, Brayden Ricci 1 0-0 2, Cody Forthofer 0 0-0 0, Hendrix Waln 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 7-10 67.
Central           9          5          12        14 — 40
Frenchtown   19        15        16        17 — 67
3-point goals — BC 4 (J Sutton 3, Peoples), Frenchtown 4 (Michaud, Smith, Pfahler, Haynes). Fouls — BC 12, Frenchtown 16. Fouled out — Peoples. Technicals — none.