2011 PIAA Quarter Finalist

UPCOMING EVENTS
LATEST SCORES

Baseball schedule/results
Butler - 9 Woodland Hills - 0
Butler - 12 Knoch - 2
Butler - 4 Erie Prep - 3
Butler - 3 Mt. Lebanon- 0
Butler - 3 North Hills - 0
Butler - 14 Pine Richland - 5
Butler - 10 Brashear - 0
Butler - 12 Pine Richland - 2
Butler - 6 North Hills - 4
Butler - 4 Franklin Regional - 4

Softball schedule/results
Butler - 5 North Hills - 4

Girls Lacrosse
Butler - 12 Knoch - 9
Butler - 7 Hempfield - 6
Butler - 10 McDowell - 7
Butler - 15 Yough - 5
Butler - 14 Yough - 3

Boys Lacrosse
Butler - 16 Shaler - 3
Butler - 20 North Hills - 9
Butler - 22 Allderdice - 0
Butler - 12 Peters Twp. - 8
Butler - 21 Baldwin - 3
Butler - 18 - Vincentian - 3

Volleyball
Butler - 3 North Hills - 0
Butler - 3 Pine Richland- 0
Butler - 3 Gateway- 0

Butler - 3 Fox Chapel - 0
Butler - 3 Shaler - 0
Butler - 3 Hempfield - 0

Girls Track
Butler - 110 Fox Chapel - 37
Boys Track
Butler - 124 Shaler -26

Tennis
Butler - 3 Seneca Valley - 2

Butler - 5 Gateway - 0
Butler - 5 Central Catholic - 0
Butler - 4 Seneca Valley - 1
2011 WPIAL




CHAMPION
's

Track
Girls
Butler 126, Fox Chapel 24
Butler 122, Pine-Richland 28
Butler 101.5 Shaler 48.5
Butler - 124 Seneca - 25
Butler - 89 North Allegheny - 61

Butler Invitational Results...


Butler Jr.High - 51 Fox Chapel - 32
Varsity Wrestling Coach Scott Stoner
"Our feeder system has been the key to our success,""Donnie Geibel has done a great job with the junior high."

Butler Junior High "GT" Wrestling team wins the Norwin Duals ...more

Kent State bound...


2011 WPIAL Team Duals...

Butler Junior High wins North Allegheny 2011 Tournament ...

2010-2011 Goldent Tornado Hockey
Butler - 7 Seneca Valley - 3






Butler Area Ultimate Frisbee...


TENACIOUS TORNADO'S CONTEST OF THE WEEK


Coaches Reports...


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



Tornado Girls Volleyball Tournment Champions


JV Shaler Tournament Champions



"I love hot weather..."


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


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



Butler - 7 Seneca Valley - 3


“This is the perfect match for me,”

Girls Volleyball

3rd Place...Moon Tournament


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

Butler - 54 University City HS - 37
Surf and Slam Tournament
San Diego California


Butler - 62 Mission Bay - 49




" 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

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


" Now I'm doing what I've dreamed about doing my whole life: playing pro soccer."
- former Butler High soccer player Meghan Schnur

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

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



WELCOME TO GOLDEN TORNADO SPORTS
FEATURE STORIES

Butler - 12 Pine Richland - 2

Butler - 6 North Hills - 4
Matt Baranchak worked 5 1/3 innings for the win and Mick Fennell got the save as the Butler baseball team stayed alive in the Section 1-AAAA playoff chase with a 6-4 win at North Hills.
Baranchak tripled and doubled, while Colin Williamson had two singles for the Golden Tornado.

Butler - 5 Franklin Regional - 4

Butler - 18 Vincentian - 3


Two Time WPIAL Champion

Butler Boys Tennis closed it's regular season with a big win over
Seneca Today 4-1

In #1 singles Will Nesbitt (B) defeated Jonathan Perkins (SV) 6-2, 6-3
#2 singles Zac McCafferty (B) defeated Troy Abbott (SV) 6-1, 6-1
#3 singles AJ May (B) defeated Joe Shults (SV) 6-2, 6-0

In #1 doubles Eric May & Josh Daum (B) lost to Mayank Parashar & Alex
Park (SV) 6-2, 6-0
#2 doubles Nick Rocchi & Henry May (B) defeated Matt Hochberg &
Eric Abbott (SV 6-1, 7-5

Butler season record is 9-3 in section matches and 11-5 overal

Dynamic Duo


Butler 2012 Invitational

results...

Butler - 117 Seneca Valley - 43


Butler - 15 Yough - 5



Butler - 16 Shaler - 3


Butler - 3 North Hills - 0

Butler - 14 Pine Richland - 5

Butler - 124 Shaler - 26


Butler - 4 Erie Prep - 3


Girls Lacrosse
Butler 10, McDowell 7
Megan Kunst had three goals and Maggie Dellen and Casey Murdick two goals and one assist apiece to lead the Tornado.
Kathryn Hitchan tallied two goals and Bailey Kraus added one goal and one assist for Butler.


Butler - 3 Pine Richland - 0
Butler's Cole Chamberlain had 17 assists and Xavier Krause added 14 kills as the Golden Tornado swept Pine-Richland by scores of 25-11, 25-20 and 25-11. Steve Stauffer contributed eight assists.


Butler 3, Seneca Valley 2
Butler's Will Nesbitt and Zac McCafferty won the No. 1 and 2 singles matches, respectively.
Henry May and Nick Rocchi earned a doubles win for the Golden Tornado.



2012 Player of the Year


Butler - 3 North Hills - 0


Butler - 12 Knoch - 2




Butler - 9 Woodland Hills -0

“ Just being able to play at this level ...

I can't even describe how that feels.”


Silver medalist at the Warner University Invitational


PIAA Championships

WPIAL Swimming Championships



Butler - 63 North Allegheny - 61
Three times charmed

NA can not handle
Nate's 34 pt. performance...



On to the WPIAL Semi's



Lot of Hart-

tung...stuns #2 seed
Butler - 56 Chartiers Valley - 54
more...

Road to States


Playoff Bound

Butler - 52 Seneca - 50

42pts + 1K = Career night

Butler -81 North Allegheny -60


A Dozen Golden Tornado head to the
WPIAL Championships

Butler -66 Gateway - 9
Sec.3A Champions

Butler - 32 Hampton - 31
more...

" Yes We Can"


Butler - 75 North Allegheny - 69
play video...


Butler - 66 Pine Richland - 39






Butler - 66 North Hills - 51

Butler-65 Eau Gallie (Fla.)-51

Butler - 46 North Hills - 19




Butler - 63 Penn Hills - 52


Butler - 64 Wilkinsburg - 31


Butler - 73 Carrick - 47


Butler - 75 Shaler - 6

Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year



All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women's Soccer

2011
WPIAL CHAMPION

"...she is the type of player that can learn a course and play well on it quickly," Butler coach Rich Brady said. "That was a great score for how wet the course was today."
more...

Butler - 16 Canon-McMillan - 6


Butler - 3 North Hills - 0

Lauren Maher had 10 kills as Butler won the match 25-21, 25-10, 25-11. Heather Straynick added seven kills and nine aces while Gabby Carney had seven kills.


more...

Butler - 24 New Castle - 14


NCSASPORTS


To join the email list for the Boys Program please contact: ButlerTornadoSoccer@gmail.com

Tornado Girls Soccer info GoaliesRUs@embarqmail.com

Golden Tornado Volleyball
WPIAL Semi Finals...


Record

Breaker



Golden Tornado Girls defeat NA


Butler
- 3 Pine Richland - 0


Butler - 8 Knoch - 1


Butler - 4 Hampton - 2

Golden Tornado

Volleyball

Butler - 13 Knoch - 3

Schedule and Results
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Tornado Bowlers WPIBL State
Silver Medalist


more...


Butler - 5 Hempfield - 0
more...


WPIAL Silver medalist
4th
PIAA State Championship.


Meredith Harbison vaults to the 400 club with 403.35 to place third
at the WPIAL's...on to the PIAA State Championship...

Golden Tornado Bowlers 4th


Section 3 AAA Wrestling
Champinship


2011 Tri-State
Track and Field Coaches Association
Championship

Seven headed to Penn State for
PA CHAMPIONSHIP...


Butler - 96 North Hills - 89
Butler - 105 North Hills - 81


Tornado Indoor Track sends 3 to
State Championships


Butler Golden Tornado Bowlers remain undefeated for two years straight in section play...(20-0)...



2nd Place

Greater Latrobe Tournament

Butler - 64 Fox Chapel - 15

Butler - 41 Hampton - 24
Section 3-A Champions



Past Highlights

Butler - 55 Central Catholic - 52


Butler Golden Tornado Indoor Track

has two qualify for the State Championship
Paige Rittelmann in the high jump
Meghan Studds in the long jump


Butler - 55 Franklin Regional - 43


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.



"My goal was to improve the competition we're facing during the regular season. A tougher schedule will help us prepare for the postseason tournaments."

Butler - 70 Mars - 6


Butler - 103 Mars - 83
Butler - 96 Mars - 76


Butler 37 Hopewell 36 (OT)
Freshman Emily Eyth made a 3-pointer with 17 seconds left in overtime, lifting the hosts to a victory over Hopewell, which is ranked No. 5 in Class AAA. Butler got 18 points from Caitlin Baxter.




Evan Gomez and Danica Snyder were selected boys and girls runners of the year...r

DeCola places 2nd

PIAA West Final
Marissa DeCola placed second with a 73
more...
DeCola places 8th at PIAA State Championship...

Double Duty

"She has a tremendous work ethic,"
- Butler coach Meghan Lucas

Butler Tornado's Girls Varsity Bowling

Golden Tornado Bowling


Butler Eagle Player of the Year

The senior guard completed her Butler High career with 1,395 points, averaging 18.1 points, 11.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 3.8 steals per game.







Tara Maxwell of the Robert Morris University women's track and field team was selected as the 2008-09 Northeast Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

2009 Highlights



Two Tornado Girls' Golfers qualify at the WPIAL Championship and move on to the Western PIAA Championship
Marissa Decola places 3rd in the west and moves on to her second consecutive PIAA State Championship...

PIAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Top 10
Marissa DeCola


Butler - 91 Seneca Valley - 58



Butler Eagle 2009
Girls Basketball
Player of the Year

Heath Calhoun 3rd
PIAA Championships

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


4 for 4

Butler's Jason Clouse




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Golden Tornado Foundation





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



PIAA State Championships



Undefeated...



Tornado Cheerleaders
7th at National Event



U.S. Tennis Association

USTA Winter National Championships


Evan Kowalski
Section Champion


Milestone
Olivia Bresnahan had 22 points to give her 1,012 for her career as the Golden Tornado won beating Chartiers Valley, 59-49.

Bresnahan was recruited
by more than 100 schools

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

Butler High Grad Jade Burka


Butler grad lands spot
on national soccer squad

"The Olympics are a goal of any little kid who starts kicking a soccer ball around." -Meghan Schnur.


Butler grad proud of his

achievements as PSU LB


2003 Butler Grad
Jake Cuffman




Girl's Lacrosse...

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


WPIAL CHAMPION

Cole Baxter
Unblemished 42-0




Butler grad breaks CMU record
Butler graduate Molly Evans, Carnegie Mellon University
-3 event wins
-2 NCAA Division III
provisional qualifying times
-1 school record.
University Athletic Association Women's Swimming Athlete of the Week








 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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