Butte Central swimmer Tessa Ganzenmueller and Butte High basketball player Hudson Luedtke are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Ganzenmueller, a junior, takes home the girls’ honor after delivering the first girls’ individual state championship in swimming. She won the Class AB title in the 100-yard breaststroke Saturday at the 57th Annual Montana High School State Swimming Meet at Great Falls High School.

Ganzenmueller finished the race in 1 minute, 14.38 seconds for the victory. BC coach Mariya Peck said, “That swim will be remembered for a long time.”

Ganzenmueller also placed fifth in the 200 freestyle and swam a leg in BC’s fifth-place 200-freestyle relay team and sixth-place 200 medley relay team, making her a four-time All-State swimmer in one meet.

Luedtke, a senior, takes home the boys’ honor after another incredible week. The award is designed to be spread around to many athletes, but it is impossible to not acknowledge the run Luedtke is on.

Butte High is riding a four-game winning streak, and Luedtke scored 115 points over that span of four games in eight days. He scored 26 points in Thursday’s home win over Helena Capital before tossing in 26 in Saturday’s win at Helena High.

Luedtke has also threatened a triple-double with rebounds and assists in that span.

Already the career leading scorer for Butte High boys, Luedtke has 1,568 points in his four seasons at Butte High. With three regular-season games and the playoffs left, Luedtke is 129 points shy of breaking Lexie Nelson’s city record of 1,696 points in a high school career.

For the fourth year, Leskovar Honda, home of the non-commission sales staff that always has your back, is teaming up with the ButteCast to honor the finest student-athletes from the Mining City to encourage more children to get up, get out and try all kinds of sports and activities.

Photo of Ganzenmueller provided by Mariya Peck. The photo of Luedtke courtesy Alycia Holland Photography.