Glacier boys, girls drop games in Butte

by Daily Inter Lake
| February 15, 2025 4:17 PM

BUTTE — The Mining City wasn’t kind to either Glacier basketball team Friday night, as the Butte Bulldogs swept a Western AA doubleheader at the Civic Center.

Hudson Luedtke led four Bulldogs in double figures with 17 points as the Butte boys prevailed 71-65; in the early game Cadence Graham scored 21 points to lead the Butte girls to a 52-45 victory.

Butte boys 71, Glacier 65

Liam Ells scored 15 points for the Wolfpack, who trailed 42-30 at halftime but made a third-quarter charge.

Ells hit a 3-pointer and Ethan Kastelitz made a steal and fed Cooper Pelc for a dunk in the final minute as Glacier closed to 50-48 going to the final quarter.

Then Butte scored the next nine points, capped by Torre Tempel’s three that made it 59-48 with 5:35 left in the game. Another three from Spencer Callaghan put the Bulldogs (10-5 overall, 6-4 in the Western A) up 64-54 with 4:05 remaining.

Kastelitz had 12 points for Glacier (5-9, 3-6 in league), including three 3-pointers; Slate Burrington added 10 points.

Glacier 15 15 18 19 - 65
Butte 22 20 8 21 - 71
GLACIER — Cooper Pelc 2 2-5 6, Liam Ellis 6 1-1 15, Asher Knopik 3 2-3 9, Slate Burrington 4 2-2 10, Dylan Banzet 3 0-0 6, Ethan Kastelitz 4 1-1 12, Easton Kauffman 0 0-0 0, Luke Nikunen 1 2-2 5, Ben Winters 0 0-2 2. Totals 24 10-16 65.

BUTTE — Tocher Lee 2 3-5 9, Dylan Bache 5 1-1 11, Torre Tempel 3 0-2 9, Hudson Ludke 6 4-8 17, Braylon Larson 5 4-6 14, Spencer Callaghan 4 1-2 11, Kendel Noctor 0 0-0 0, Brady Hanson 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 13-22 71.
3-point goals — Glacier 7 (Kastelitz 3, Ells 2, Knopik, Nikunen), Butte 8 (Tempel 3, Callaghan 2, Lee 2, Luedtke). Fouls — Glacier 22, Butte 13. Fouled out — Bache.

Butte girls 52, Glacier 45

Brityn Stewart scored six of her 16 points in the second quarter as the Lady Bulldogs opened up a 20-16 lead, and her two free throws at 5:55 of the third quarter pushed the gap to 29-18.

Graham hit two 3-pointers and scored 12 points before the third period was over, and Butte (10-5 overall, 6-4 in the Western AA) led 40-30.

Reese Ramey scored 18 points for the Pack; her second 3-pointer with 18 seconds left in the game cut the lead to 51-45.

Allie Krueger added eight points for Glacier (7-7, 4-5 in league).

Glacier 8 8 14 15 - 45
Butte 6 14 20 12 - 52
GLACIER — Karley Allen 2 0-0 5, Allie Krueger 3 2-5 8, Madi Stevens 0 0-0 0, Reese Ramey 6 4-4 18, Cazz Rankosky 2 0-0 5, Rylee Bigelow 2 0-0 4, Lucy Holloway 2 0-0 5, Olivia Warriner 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 6-9 45.

BUTTE — Dylann Bartoletti 1 0-0 3, Cadence Graham 5 9-14 21, Brityn Stewart 4 7-8 16, Addelei Hiatt 1 1-1 3, Franki Salusso 1 0-0 2, Allie Becker 1 0-2 2, Emma Johnson 2 0-0 5, Ellison Graham 0 0-0 0, Sidney Whitaker 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 17-25 52.
3-point goals — Glacier 5 (Ramey 2, Allen, Rankosky, Holloway), Butte 5 (C. Graham 2, Bartoletti, Stewart, Johnson). Fouls — Glacier 22, 10. Technicals — Ramey.