Butte High seniors Gracie Jonart and Ryan Hanson are this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

Jonart takes home the girls’ honor after another solid week playing for the Butte High softball team. The right fielder went 3 for 4 with three RBIs to help lead the Bulldogs to a 9-2 win over Helena High Wednesday in Helena.

A day earlier, Jonart added a base knock in a 7-4 home loss to Helena Capital.

Jonart is off to a hot start at the plate. Through four games and 15 plate appearances, Jonart is batting .467 with a 1.000 OPS. She has driven in four runs.

Jonart was also a key member for Butte High’s volleyball team.

Hanson receives the boys’ award after clearing a season-best 6 feet, 2 inches to win the high jump at Butte High’s dual track meet with Kalispell Glacier at Bulldog Memorial Stadium.

The jump reached a state qualifying mark, meaning Hanson booked a trip to the Class AA State meet, which is May 28-30 in Missoula.

The mark matched Hanson’s best competing for the Bulldogs, but he cleared 6-4 in an indoor meet March 7 in Bozeman. The trip to state will be the second straight for Hanson, who cleared 6 feet at last year’s meet in Kalispell.

He is also a threat to make state in the long jump and triple jump. Hanson was a key reserve on Butte High’s basketball team this past season, too.

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 Jonart and Hanson courtesy Alycia Holland Photography.