BUTTE — Butte High earned a runaway sweep over Butte Central on Tuesday at the Civic Center in their annual crosstown series.
In the girls game, the Bulldogs built a 29-10 lead en route to a 62-24 victory. It was Butte's seventh straight victory over the Maroons.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-2 and the Maroons fell to 0-3.
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Butte's Cadence Graham led the game with 14 points, Emma Johnson had nine and Elli Graham and Saege Grey each had eight. Central was led by six points from Rylee Forbes.
In the boys game Butte surged to a 44-12 halftime lead and went on to win 71-30 as the Bulldogs topped the Maroons for the third consecutive season.
Butte remains unbeaten at 4-0 while Central dropped its first game and fell to 4-1.
Butte's Hudson Luedtke led the way with a game-high 32 points. Josh Liston added eight for the Bulldogs. Central was paced by a team-high 11 points from Joshua Sutton.
Butte will host Gallatin on Jan. 2 while Butte Central will play at Anaconda on Jan. 8.
