The varsity softball teams for Butte High and Butte Central dropped home games Tuesday at Stodden Park.

Butte High fell 7-4 to Helena Capital, while Stevensville topped the Maroons 9-5 in BC’s home opener.

Those games came busy Tuesday as our area teams brace for a weather forecast that is about to take a turn for the worse.

Butte High and BC’s track teams competed in Helena, although complete results with team scores are not currently available.

The BC tennis teams hit the road to take on Dillon.

The wet forecast forced a couple of changes, and more could be on the way. Butte High’s softball game at Helena High was moved up one day to Wednesday. Meanwhile, Butte High’s home track meet on Friday was moved back a day to Saturday.

Butte Central’s baseball team will play host to Dillon on Wednesday, and the Bulldogs are set to play home baseball games Thursday and Saturday against Belgrade and Hamilton. That slate comes after the Butte baseball varsity teams combined to go 3-0 on the diamond last week, when weather was also a dominant player.

Butte High’s softball and tennis teams and BC’s baseball team were all rained out on Saturday.

We will take at all that and more as we take a trip around the prep week in Mining City sports. Keep an eye on the updated schedules in the ButteCast.com menu for any changes.

Stevi spoils BC home opener

Molly Davies had a huge game to lead the Yellowjackets to the 9-5 victory over BC Tuesday afternoon. (Boxscore)

The Stevensville catcher went 3 for 4 with a home run, two doubles, two runs scored and four RBIs to lead the Yellowjackets’ seven-hit attack.

In addition to being BC’s first home softball game, it was also the Maroons’ Southwestern A opener.

Maddix Yeager pitched the distance in the win, striking out nine.

Blake Smith hit a single and a double from the leadoff spot ot lead the Maroon offensive. She also worked two walks.

Kenzie McQueary, Kodee Badovinac and Natalie Osterman each it a single for BC. Luci Fantini joined Smith with two walks.

Braelynn Schelin struck out seven batters in the loss. Only one run scored against her was earned as the Yellowjackets took advantage of seven BC errors.

The Maroons are scheduled to play two more home conference games this week. Corvallis is set to come to town for a 3 p.m. game on Thursday. Hamilton and BC are scheduled for a noon game on Saturday.

Bruins turn back Bulldogs

Addi Allen and Ali Miller each drove in two runs Tuesday, leading Helena Capital to a 7-4 Western AA softball win over Butte High. (Boxscore)

The Bruns jumped out to a 7-0 lead and held off Butte’s comeback attempt.

Miller went 3 for 4 with a double and two runs scored. Allen went 2 for four with two runs scored.

Jaiden Grooms added three singles, and Izzy Leventes tripled in a run for Capital. Leventes started and picked up the win in the pitcher’s circle.

Mattie Stepan went 3 for 4 with a home run to pace Butte High’s attack. Ally Godbout doubled, and Kendallyn Schad hit two singles and scored two runs.

Lilly Sandoval singled and drove in two runs for Butte High, which also got a single from Gracie Jonart. Allie Becker worked a pair of walks, and Brea Henderson worked done.

Henderson fanned nine Bruins in the loss.

The Bulldogs, whose home game against Missoula Hellgate last Saturday was rained out, will back in action Wednesday at Helena High. The game, which was moved up a day, is set to start at 3 p.m.

The Bulldogs will play at a crossover tournament Saturday in Great Falls. Their makeup game with Hellgate has been set for Monday at Stodden Park.

BC baseball team routs Townsend

Butte Central put on an offensive display Thursday in Townsend.

The Maroons grabbed their first baseball win of the spring, using 10 hits to roll to an 18-1 win over the Bulldogs. (Boxscore)

Beau McGree and Gunnar “Goo” O’Brien each hit a pair of hits in the win. Trapper Stajcar tripled, and Colt Hassler joined O’Brien with a double.

Connor Kachmarik drove in three runs without a hit, and O’Brien and Hassler each knocked in one.

Marcus Ballan, Kelsen Brackett, Hugh O’Brien and Tony Stajcar added hits for the Maroons.

Gunnar O’Brien struck out eight batters in the win, which was called after five innings by the run rule. He gave up three hits, all singles.

Dallas Fligge hit two singles for Townsend. Teammate Beau Summes added one, driving in Fligge for Townsend’s lone win.

The Maroons are set to battle Dillon at 3 p.m. Wednesday at 3 Legends Stadium.

Bulldog baseball grabs two wins

It is not every day that you see a balk-off win.

That was the case as the Butte High baseball team beat Missoula Sentinel in a 9-8 thriller Thursday at 3 Legends Stadium. (Boxscore)

Two days later, the Bulldogs went to Missoula to down Hellgate 6-3. (Boxscore)

Calvin Cunningham was the center of it all. He picked up the win in both games. He pitched in relief on Thursday before getting the start on Saturday. Cunningham also scored the winning run in Butte High’s improbable win over Sentinel.

With Gunnar Bushman at the plate, Cunningham took off for a two-out steal of home. He appeared to be thrown out easily.

However, Sentinel pitcher Keaton Elliott sped up his pitch delivery and was called for a balk, allowing the run to score in the bottom of the seventh inning.

That walk-off win came after a two-out rally saved the day for the Bulldogs. Cayde Stajcar started it with a triple. He scored on a single by Cunningham, who swiped two bases to get into position for the game-winning run.

The win spoiled a great performance by Sentinel starter Stellan Ridley. The hard-throwing lefty struck out nine batters in five innings. He gave up just one earned run.

Owen Dale went 3 for 4 to lead the Sentinel offense. Elliot hit a double and Huck Rohde smacked two singles to drive in two.

Stajcar, who committed to play college ball at Central Arizona earlier in the week, also hit his third home run of the season, joining Cunningham and Bushman with a two-hit game. Bushman doubled, and Logan Carden tripled.

Kodye Kjersten and Evan McEwen singled in the win. Kjersten also joined Cunningham with two RBIs.

Chase Lubick started and pitched into the sixth inning for the Bulldogs. Hunter Davies got four outs on the bump before Cunningham got the last one.

In Missoula, Cunningham pitched six innings, striking out four and giving up two earned runs in the win. Noah Powers struck out two in one inning for the save.

Stajcar hit a double and a single for Butte. Tegan Duffy, Cunningham, Bushman and McEwan added singles.

Andrew Richardson started for Hellgate and struck out six batters in four and a third innings of work. The former Butte resident also hit a double. Teammate Everett Roberts hit two singles.

The Bulldogs are set to host a pair of non-conference games this week. Belgrade is set to come to town on Thursday for a 5 p.m. game. Hamilton will be in town Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest.

Grey, Graham post wins

HELENA — Butte High Bulldogs Saege Grey and Cadence Graham posted victories Tuesday to highlight the Butte performance at a track meet that included Helene High, Helena Capital, Missoula Sentinel, Belgrade and Butte Central at Vigilante Stadium.

Complete results from the meet are not available on Athletic.net, which was undergoing technical issues Tuesday. (Results)

Grey won the 100-meter race with a personal-best time of 12.96 seconds. The freshman topped a field that included teammates Autum Clary (fourth place) and Kloe Dickinson (fifth). Butte Central’s Evyn Tippett placed sixth.

Grey also took second in the 200 meters.

Graham won the 300-meter hurdles, finishing in 50.24 seconds. Teammate Penelope Luebke took third, and Clary placed fourth. Graham also ran to second in the 100 hurdles.

Evelyn Smith took second in the 400 meters for the Bulldogs, finishing two spots ahead of Tippett, and Milee Stillwagon of Butte ran to second in the 1,600.

Emma Johnson and Kate DeShaw led the Bulldog girls in the field events. Johnson placed second in the discus and fourth in the shot put. DeShaw took third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump.

Valerie Trabert took second in the pole vault.

Other Butte High performances saw Butte’s Ellie Yates, Rylee Rickson and Berkli Salusso finish fourth, fifth and sixth in the javelin. Allie Ballensky took fifth in the discus, Adalie Grochowski placed fifth in the long jump, and Clara Sigler took fifth in the pole vault.

Kloe Dickinson finished sixth in the long jump, and Deearea Naugle

Central’s Caden Tippett finished fifth in the pole vault.

Jacob Galle had a nice day in the hurdles for the Bulldog boys. He took second in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the 100 hurdles. Bulldog Raeder Grey took fourth in the 300 hurdles, one place better than BC’s Palmer Kellicut placed fifth. Kellicut also took fourth in the 110 hurdles.

Butte High’s Ryan Hanson cleared 6 feet to placed second in the high jump, and teammate Lincoln Zell ran to fourth in the 1,600 meters.

Central’s Danny McCarthy placed fourth in the 100, finishing just ahead of Butte High’s Brady Walsh and Tyce Snow. BC’s Grady Button took sixth in the 400, and BC teammate Henly Mansanti finished fourth in the high jump.

Also for Butte High, Brady Hanson took fifth in the high jump, Jaeger Hansen placed fifth in the javelin, and Sawyer Casey took sixth in the javelin, finishing one spot ahead of BC’s Will McGree.

Please note that many of the events are not listed as “finished” yet on athletic.net, so the results could be subject to change.

The Bulldogs opened the season Friday at home against Billings Senior and Billings Skyview. (Results)

Graham won the 300 hurdles and took second in the 100 hurdles, and Valerie Trabert took first in the pole vault to lead the Butte High girls.

Sophia Houchin placed second in the 1,600 meters, one place better than Stillwagon., and Johnson took second in the shot put and javelin.

Galle won both hurdles races to lead the Butte High boys. Camden Houchin win the 1,600, Jaeger Hansen won the javelin, and Ryan Hanson won the long jump and took third in the high jump.

Cohen Andrews took second in the triple jump for Butte High. Walsh took third in the 100 and 200, and Bridger Luebke finished third in the 800.

Butte Central competed in a meet in East Helena. Results form that race are not listed as officials.

Maroons compete on courts

Butte Central’s tennis team was busy over the last week. The Maroons competed in events on Thursday, Saturday and Tuesday.

The Maroons went to Livingston for matches against Hardin, Dillon and Glendive on Thursday.

Sofia Doto, Presli Smith and Tessa Ganzenmuller won singles matches for the Maroons in Livingston.

Doto and Jaylee Williams teamed up for a doubles match.

BC went to the Lewistown Invitational on Saturday before heading to Dillon to take on the Beavers on Tuesday. Results from that action have not been turned in by Tuesday night.

Central will play host to Corvallis on Saturday.

Butte High’s tennis teams, meanwhile, will be in Missoula Thursday to take on Hellgate and Sentinel. They head to Billings to play Senior and Skyview on Saturday.