Butte High softball player Brea Henderson and Butte High baseball player Calvin Cunningham are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Henderson, a freshman, takes home the girls’ honor. While Mother Nature has limited the Bulldogs to two games, Henderson has been hot at the plate and in the pitcher’s circle. Through 14 innings pitched, Henderson racked up 10 strikeouts. She has surrendered just two earned runs in those two games.

She fanned eight batters as the Bulldogs opened the season with a 6-3 win over Flathead last Monday. The next day she pitched the distance again. She also blasted a clutch two-run home run in a 4-3 loss to Glacier.

Henderson appears to be the undisputed ace of the Bulldogs after impressing as a pitcher on the varsity team as an eighth grader.

Cunningham, a sophomore, receives the boys’ honor after picking up the pitching victory in two Butte High wins last week.

He got the last out before Butte High battled back for a 9-8 balk-off win over Missoula Sentinel Thursday at 3 Legends Stadium. He started at third base in that game, going 2 for 4 with three stolen bases, two RBIs and two runs scored.

At Missoula Hellgate two days later, Cunningham got the start on the bump and pitched six innings in a 6-3 victory. He struck out four and gave up two earned runs on six hits.

Cunningham also singled in the win.

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.

Photos of Henderson and Cunningham courtesy Alycia Holland Photography.