Hellgate downs Butte boys Thursday night

Connor Dick got out of the gate early and Butte High never really got back on track as Missoula Hellgate rode an aggressive zone defense and got past the Bulldogs 57-38 Thursday night at Ross J. Richardson Memorial Gym on the campus of Butte High School.

Dick had five of the Knights' first seven points as Hellgate raced out to a 7-0 lead before a Hudson Luedtke 12-footer got the Bulldogs on the board nearly three minutes into the contest. The Bulldogs would ride that momentum, following with a Casey Merrifield bomb, a Bo Demairis steal and two slashing Luedtke layups for a 9-7 lead with 3:15 to go in the first quarter. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs it was all Hellgate from there. Missoula would end the quarter on an 11-3 run to close the stanza up 18-12 with the Bulldogs only points coming from a long-distance shot by Kale McDonald.

Butte's Hudson Luedtke in the Bulldog backcourt with Jonas Sherman Thursday night in Butte. Photo: Tommy O/Townsquare Media

Missed shots and turnovers would doom the Bulldogs in the second as Hellgate would get the quarter's first seven points and jump out to a 25-12 lead. Jonas Sherman would put the Bulldogs back in the board with a layup coming with 3:32 to play in the half. The Knights would take a 27-18 lead into the locker room.

Casey Merrifield attempts a three pointer against Missoula Hellgate Thursday night in Butte. Photo: Tommy O/Townsquare Media

In the third quarter, the Knights would outscore the Bulldogs 24-12 and would go up by as many as 21 in the fourth.

Hellgate's Connor Dick led all scorers with 16. Luedtke would chip in 15 for the Bulldogs, Tocher Lee and Kale McDonald scored 5 each.

States with the most registered hunters

Stacker analyzed data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to determine which states have the most registered hunters. Read on to see how your state ranks on Stacker’s list.

Mind-Boggling 2022 Moments That Felt Like Pranks

We pulled together a list of 11 inexplicable news stories that have already gone viral this year. They might seem like jokes, but we regret to inform you that they were all very much real. Check them out below.

LOOK: Here are the pets banned in each state

Because the regulation of exotic animals is left to states, some organizations, including The Humane Society of the United States, advocate for federal, standardized legislation that would ban owning large cats, bears, primates, and large poisonous snakes as pets.

Read on to see which pets are banned in your home state, as well as across the nation.

Check Out the Best-Selling Album From the Year You Graduated High School

Do you remember the top album from the year you graduated high school? Stacker analyzed Billboard data to determine just that, looking at the best-selling album from every year going all the way back to 1956. Sales data is included only from 1992 onward when Nielsen's SoundScan began gathering computerized figures.

Going in chronological order from 1956 to 2020, we present the best-selling album from the year you graduated high school.