2009 SECTION CHAMPIONS

UPCOMING EVENTS
LATEST SCORES

Softball
Butler - 4 North Hills - 2

Girls Lacrosse

Butler - 8 Knoch - 7
Butler - 6 Bethel Park - 4
Butler - 8 Hampton - 5

Baseball
Butler - 12 Hampton - 0

Butler - 9 Fox Chapel - 0
Butler - 15 Shaler - 9

Boys Tennis
Butler - 4 Pine Richland - 1
Butler - 5 Central Catholic - 0
Butler - 5 Sewickley Academy - 0
Butler - 4 Knoch - 1
Butler - 3 Seneca Valley - 2

Boys Track
Butler 125 Pine-Richland 25
Butler 134 Fox Chapel 16

Butler 97 North Hills 53
Butler - 84 Seneca Valley - 66
Butler - 82 Canon-McMillian - 68
Butler - 95 West Allegheny - 55
Butler - 98 Trinty - 52


Girls Track
Butler 100 Pine-Richland 50
Butler 126 Fox Chapel 24

Butler - 86 North Hills - 64
Butler - 91 Seneca Valley - 58

Boys Lacrosse
Butler - 13 Central Catholic - 3
Butler - 13 North Hills - 3
Butler 14 North Hills 4

Volleyball
Norwin Tournament Champions...
Butler - 3
Pine Richland - 0

Rifle

Ben Smith 2nd in Pennsylvania...

Junior Andrew Olexsak qualified for the state competition by finishing ninth.
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Butler Area Ultimate Frisbee...




There's only one thing left to do: turn pro.

U.S. National Team member
All-Section, All-WPIAL, All-State, All-Region, All-America, National All-America, McDonald’s All-America and Parade All-America at Butler HS … Named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year as well as the Pennsylvania State Player of the Year


TENACIOUS TORNADO'S CONTEST OF THE WEEK


Coaches Reports...


"She is a miracle in progress,".... "She wants to play ball again."



"My mother has always been behind me in everything ... I'm hoping to play women's hockey at Penn State some day.
Golden Tornado Goalie Kim Antonetti is believed to be the only female goalie in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League's Class AAA


Tornado Girls Volleyball Tournment Champions


JV Shaler Tournament Champions


Butler 1, North Hills 0
Jake Gamble's goal off an assist from Drew Donoghue was all the Tornado needed to help wrap up a WPIAL playoff berth.


Butler 4, North Hills 2
Jake Gamble netted a hat trick and Nate McCandless accounted for the other goal for the Tornado, who received a pair of assists from Drew Donoghue.



Cornerback-return specialist Josh Reddick

"probably the fastest kid on the team."
-Head Coach Jeff McAnallen...
Awarded the game ball for his performance last week, which included two interceptions — one returned for a touchdown — a 43-yard kick return and 26-yard punt return.


Butler - 28 New Castle - 21


Butler - 26 Norwin - 20


Butler cheerleaders 15th in UCAevent
ORLANDO, Fla. — Butler's varsity cheerleaders finished 15th at the Universal Cheerleading Association National High School Championships.
The Golden Tornado earned a bye into the finals by finishing among the top two in their division.



Butler Junior High Wrestling

Girls Volleyball

3rd Place...Moon Tournament

Post Gazette: Butler figures to be a factor at WPIAL cross country meet...


Top Medalists
Junior High Cross Country vs. North Hills

Related District and State Associations
www.piaa.org and www.wpial.com



WELCOME TO GOLDEN TORNADO SPORTS
FEATURE STORIES
Head Coach Matt Clement


Butler - 10 Trinity - 3



"She's an extremely talented young lady and we're proud of her."
-Butler cheerleading coach Lindsay Hasychak

Butler - 5 Norwin - 4

Butler - 5 Bethel Park - 4

4 medals

PIAA bound...


Butler - 3 Kiski - 2

more...

Butler - 15 Fox Chapel - 11


Butler - 4 North Hills - 2

"Now is the time we have to play our best ball," Butler varsity softball coach Lori Kline

Butler - 7 Seneca Valley - 2


45th annual Butler Track and Field Invitational


results...

Butler - 8 Seneca Valley - 3


Butler - 13 North Hills - 3


Butler - 91 Seneca Valley - 58


Matt Slamecka
Section 2 Champion

Butler Golden Tornado junior Matt Slamecka won the Section 2-AAA boys tennis title with a6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win over North Allegheny's Matt Smith
at Oxford Athletic Club.
" (Smith) has a very good serve and Matt was able to return it well today,"
said Butler coach Dave Hartzell."That allowed him to keep the pressure on."
Slamecka, who has been Butler's top singles player since his freshman season, placed second in the section as a sophomore.
He will compete in the WPIAL singles tournament April 16 and 17


Butler - 3 Shaler - 2


Butler - 12 North Hills - 6


Butler - 104 Shaler - 46


Butler - 11 Shaler - 5


Butler - 11 Knoch - 0


Butler - 5 Riverside -1


Butler -10 Knoch - 4


Butler - 3 Shaler -0


Butler - 7 Plum - 5


Butler -6 Mars - 1


Butler Eagle
Girls Basketball
Player of the Year

WPIAL CHAMPION


Cole Baxter
Unblemished 42-0

Heath Calhoun 3rd
PIAA Championships

Heath Calhoun 2nd Place
WPIAL Diving Championship
Brittney Grenet 6th...


4 for 4

Butler's Jason Clouse

Butler Wrestling 22-6

Butler - 48 Plum - 20

Butler cheerleaders 5th at nationals ...

Baxter beats No. 1 wrestler...

Butler
- 56 Butler - 49
Shaler - 55
Shaler - 39

No need to "Remember the Titan's"


Playing at Butler helped Fleeger prepare for the rigors of college basketball...


" He's a tough kid who gives us a big, strong presence inside."- SRU Head Basketball Coach Kevin Reynolds

Butler High Grad Jade Burka

Tornado earn 1st playoff victory vs. longtime power...


Butler - 3
Baldwin - 1
1st round WPIAL Volleyball
playoff

Butler -2
Penn-Trafford - 0
1st round WPIAL Soccer
playoffs'...


Butler - 1
  Elizabeth-Forward - 0

Sam Rossi scored the game's lone goal off an assist from Mackenzie Hohn.

Taylor Troyan made five saves in earning the shutout.


Butler - 2
Hampton - 1
OT
Jake Gamble tallied both goals off assists by Matt Slamecka and Blake McChesney..

Butler - 6
NA Carson - 0
The 7th and 8th grade football team improved their record to 4-2. Zach Collins scored the lone touchdown for the Golden Tornado following a 50 yard pass play from Canan Roskovski to Jacob Alston. The Tornado was lead on defense by Zach Collins with an interception, Dom Pusateri with a late game fumble recovery, and Travis Reed
.

Girls Cross Country
Schenley Invitational
Congratulations to the Girls CC squad for their 6th place finish. Ashton Dolan was 14th and Ashley Crawford was 23rd overall.

Butler - 7 North Allegheny - 5

Sara Schweiger scored six goals to lead Butler to a 12-10 win over Bethel Park.
Liz Manuel and Chelsea Rock each added two more goals for the Golden Tornado

Butler High School is getting its own baseball field on campus...



" She scores. She's mobile. She rebounds. There's not much more you can expect from her."...Mercyhurst College Head Coach Deanna Richard

Golden Tornado Grad Amy Achesinski



Golden Tornado Girls Lacrosse
Becca Crissman tallied four goals and Nicole Cancilla had two in Butler's 10-4 win over North Hills.
Also scoring for
Butler were Ashlee Gallagher, Elizabeth Small, Katresa Savisky and Chelsey Rock.
Lydia Garcia earned the win in goal.

Congratulations
Becca Crissman

WPIAL Lacrosse Section All Star

Elizabeth Small scored three goals, Yuki Schaper scored twice and Julie Holthad a strong game in net as Butler crushed McDowell, 11-3.
Also scoring for the Tornado were Shawna Herbert, Nicole Smolen, Nicole Cancilla, Traci Kuntz, Mackenzie Houk and Sara Schweiger.



Butler - 5 Seneca Valley - 0
(12-5)


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6-foot-2 senior hitter
Becky Smith
has been named to the all-state team by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association



PIAA State Championships


Butler grad proud of his

achievements as PSU LB


2003 Butler Grad
Jake Cuffman




"A team's success begins and ends with its line play."- Golden Tornado Head Football Coach Jeff McAnallen



"I'm very impressed with her."... St. Francis track and field coach Felix Moreno



Girl's Lacrosse...

WPIALClass AAA and AA Championships
Ben Porter (20th, 16:44)
Wayne Dailey (33rd, 17:12)
advanced to the state championship


Lea Renwick

2007
WPIAL Qualifier






Butler grad breaks CMU record
Butler graduate Molly Evans, a freshman on the Carnegie Mellon University women's swimming team, made her collegiate debut against Clarion.
-3 event wins
-2 NCAA Division III
provisional qualifying times
-1 school record.
Evans swam the 200-yard backstroke in 2 minutes, 5.71 seconds, breaking the previous school record by more than seven seconds.
She posted a second provisional qualifying time of 1:54.96 in the 200-yard freestyle and also won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:11.92.
Evans was named
University Athletic Association Women's Swimming Athlete of the Week
for her performance.


Presidents' Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week

Golden Tornado
Dan Andreassi
"He's not a captain, but he's definitely a leader,"-Waynesburg University Head Coach Rick Shepas

2007 WPIAL Scholar/Athlete Award recipient: Molly Evans

Ashley Lotz
2007 WPIAL Triple Jump Champion

YMCA Top 100 Scholar Athletes for 2007
Jessica Vernon
Scholar Athlete Banquet
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel.


Rifle

Rifle is a sport of concentration more than physical skill...Tornado shooter medals at states...

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