A year ago, BHS won the consolation game after losing to Helena Capital in the first round.

After falling to eventual champion Missoula Big Sky in the semifinals on Friday, the Hawks came back Saturday morning to defeat Capital 42-31 in a loser-out game at Butte High School. Elli Graff scored a game-high 17 points, two short of her season high, and grabbed 13 rebounds, also a game high, to push her team to victory. Kellie Cole scored 14 points.

Saturday represented the final appearance for seniors Gabriella Krevat, Coriann Clark, Emilee Grubb, Breanna Winters and Graff.

Bozeman closed the season at 18-7.

Missoula Big Sky won its second consecutive championship Saturday night with a 56-46 victory over Butte.

Helena Capital 54, Bozeman Boys 51

Matt Miller’s three-point play with 2.8 seconds left lifted Capital into the consolation game and ended the season for the Bozeman boys in a loser-out game Saturday morning at Butte High School. Bozeman, which trailed 47-40, had tied the game on an alley-oop pass from Gabe Rucker to Jacob Owsley.

Owsley led the Hawks, who finished the season with a 17-6 record, with 14 points and a game-high eight rebounds. P.J. Burns had 12 points and Tanner Roderick 11, including three 3-pointers.

Ben Ternes led Capital with 17 points and five 3-pointers.

The game was the final one for seniors Zach Brown, Will Waylander, Andy Ballinger, Matt Mullins, Rucker and Burns.

Bozeman girls 42, Capital 31

Bozeman 11 5 11 15 — 42

Capital 10 7 4 10 — 31

Bozeman (18-7) — Jenna Banks 0-4 0-0 0, Coriann Clark 0-5 0-0 0, Lindsay Manning 1-5 0-0 3, Emilee Grubb 1-5 2-3 4, Alexa Dawkins 2-6 0-0 4, Elli Graff 7-8 3-9 17, Kellie Cole 4-8 6-11 14. Totals 15-42 11-23 42.

Capital — Kalli Heller 0-2 0-0 0, Sammi Bignell 2-11 0-0 5, Kelsi Brekke 4-13 4-7 14, Caity Pilgeram 0-1 0-0 0, Alecia Wilson 0-5 1-4 1, Kaci Matthies 0-1 0-0 0, Jordan Johnston 4-8 1-6 9, Kelsey Grey 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 11-43 6-17 31.

3-point goals — Boz 1-14 (Manning 1-4, Banks 0-4, Clark 0-2, Cole 0-2, Grubb 0-1, Winters 0-1), HC 3-19 (Brekke 2-8, Bignell 1-8, Heller 0-1, Pilgeram 0-1, Wilson 0-1). Rebounds — Boz 40 (Graff 13), HC 32 (Bignell 10, Grey 7).

Capital 54, Bozeman boys 51

Bozeman 15 7 10 19 — 51

Capital 12 17 7 18 — 54

Bozeman (17-6) – Tanner Roderick 4-17 0-0 11, Will Waylander 0-1 0-0 0, P.J. Burns 3-6 5-5 12, Gabe Rucker 3-8 0-0 7, Jacob Owsley 6-8 2-2 14, Andy Ballinger 0-2 0-0 0, Matt Mullins 3-6 1-2 7. Totals 19-48 8-9 51.

Capital — Ben Ternes 6-10 0-1 17, Chris Darlow 0-2 0-0 0, Kelan Farry 1-3 0-0 3, Matt Miller 6-14 3-5 15, Carter Bignell 1-2 1-2 3, Josh Dirks 1-2 2-6 4, Tyler Erickson 5-12 2-4 12. Totals 20-45 8-18 54.

3-point goals — Boz 5-16 (Roderick 3-8, Waylander 0-1, Burns 1-2, Rucker 1-5), HC 6-15 (Ternes 5-7, Darlow 0-2, Farry 1-1, Miller 0-4, Erickson 0-1). Rebounds — Boz 29 (Owsley 8, Mullins 7), HC 32 (Miller 6, Dirks 6).