Butte Central junior Joshua Sutton is an All-State basketball player.

The Southwestern A released its All-State and all-conference selections to the media Monday, and Sutton was one of six Maroons to make the grade. He was named first-team all-conference as well as All-State. (Southwestern A boys’ team; Southwestern A girls’ team)

Ryan Peoples and Jaxon Hiatt took home second-team all-conference honors, and GG Fantini received an all-conference honorable mention. On the girl’s side, Maroons Zayonna Otherbull and Rylee Forbes each received an all-conference honorable mention.

Sutton averaged 19.0 points per game on the season to lead the Maroons. The junior shot 42 percent from 3-point range, hitting on 74 shots from behind the arc.

Sutton is joined as an All-State player in the conference by Hank Smith and Cooper Michaud of Frenchtown, as well as Braxtyn Turney and Cohen Hartman of Dillon. Smith was named MVP of the Southwestern A.

Peoples and Hiatt were named second-team all-conference along with Dillon’s Aason Munday, Frenchtown’s Henry Griffin and Hamilton’s Jake McCarthy.

Peoples averaged 13.5 points per game for the Maroons. The senior was particularly good during the Western A Divisional and Class A State tournament. Hiatt, a sophomore, averaged 9.9 points per game while pulling down a team-leading 5.7 rebounds per game.

Fantini averaged 5.1 points and 4.0 rebounds per game. Also receiving honorable mentions were Trevor Smith of Frenchtown, Kaden Wyant of Stevensville, Trevyn Bakken of Hamilton, Will Hansen of Dillon and Dylan Wirt of Corvallis.

Boise State-bound Mason Quinn of Frenchtown was named MVP on the girls’ side. She was joined as a first-team all-conference selection by Jezzy Palmer of Frenchtown and Tess Tash, Landri Hartman and Cassie Keller of Dillon.

Quinn, Palmer, Tash and Hartman were named All-State.

Addi Drye of Stevensville, Kaitlyn Konen of Dillon, Ashlynn McKern of Hamilton, Ryan Lucier of Frenchtown and Ella Varner of Corvallis earned second-team all-conference.

Otherbull and Forbers received honorable mentions along with Dillon’s Shannon Martin, Frenchtown’s Blake Hardy, Corvallis’ Kate Allen and Hamilton’s Meryn Leonardi.

Forbes, a junior, averaged 5.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. Otherbull, a sophomore, scored 8.8 points per game while pulling down 5.0 rebounds.