" We don't have size, but we do have talented players who do their best when we face teams with a tall front line."


MVP
Butler Girls Track and Field Invitational









Butler - 10 McDowell - 5

Butler Eagle Girls Basketball
Player of the Year


Regional Champions
PIAA State bound too!


5th

PIAA Championships


Former Golden Tornado
Basketball standout

Butler - 31 Seneca Valley - 25


Butler - 56 South Fayette - 53

Butler Tornado Grad Aaron Epps


Butler
- 35 North Hills - 32



WPIAL Title in the wind?



3rd at NA Invite

Butler
- 38 Pine Richland - 32



Butler
- 32 Oakland Catholic - 31



300 Club


Butler - 39 Seneca Valley - 19



Butler - 44 Seneca Valley - 30

Mac Attack


Butler - 67 Shaler - 57


Butler
- 50 Pine Richland - 39

Butler - 28 Shaler - 25

“ Our success on the ice has come from what we’ve been doing outside of the rink,”
-Tornado Hockey Coach Mike Guentner


2013
GIRLS Jr high Volleyball tryouts
February 5, 6, 7
Intermediate High School 5:30-8PM


Golden Tornado Wrestlers
Champions
Southmoreland Holiday Wrestling Classic

Butler
- 58 Shady Side - 21



Butler - 54 Canon-McMillan - 46
Butler - 60 Trinity - 51


Butler - 58 Pine Richland -10


Butler - 62 Mars - 9



Record setting performance...
more...

Butler
- 54 Kiski - 30


Junior High Wrestling

2012 Norwin Duels...

Butler - 52 Thomas Jefferson - 37...

Butler - 7 Hempfield - 4




BUTLER VARSITY SWIMMING
AND DIVING CLINIC
Saturday, December 22, 2012 and Saturday, January 5, 2013...


“I want to see our team get to the state tournament
this year and do well there,”
Tornado Junior Jacob Cookson


2012 NCAA Division II playoffs...

Butler - 7 Hempfield - 1
Butler netted goals from seven different players in a 7-1 victory over Hempfield in PIHL Class AAA action
at Nevin Arena.
Troy Double, Nick Whann, Tanner Gilliland, Matt Tomasovic, Joe DiMartino, Jake Campbell and Brett Sybert each scored for the Tornado.
Gilliland added three assists while Whann and Jonathan Fair added two assists. Logan Rothbauer made 23 saves.


" Playoffs!"

Butler - 49 Fox Chapel - 7


Butler - 23 Hempfield - 10

“I had a feeling, if we were going to win tonight, Claude Clark was going to have to have a big game,” - Head Coach Clyde Conti


Conner Gray and Tommy Dimun both carded a round-low 73
to lead Butler to a first-place finish
at the 29th annual
Tam O'Shanter Invitational.
Gino Baroffio added a 78 and Jake Campbell a 93 to help the Golden Tornado (317 total strokes) edge second-place Shenango (318). A total of 30 teams competed at the event.



Butler - 19 Pine Richland - 7



Butler - 60 Shaler - 26



Butler - 1 Kiski - 0


Butler 3, Kiski 0
Rachel Redmann had 23 assists and Suzy Klann added 21
as the Golden Tornado earned a 26-24, 26-24, 25-14 sweep.
Gabby Carney had eight kills and four blocks, Heather Straynick pitched in six kills for Butler (1-1)


Butler 5, Knoch 0
Laura Brestensky, Zoey McCafferty and Gretchen Wilson swept singles play for Butler (2-3).
Singles: 1-Laura Brestensky (B) def. Patricia Pivaronas 6-0, 6-0; 2-Zoey McCafferty (B) def. Hannah Pfeiffer 6-1, 6-1; 3-Gretchen Wilson (B) def. Melissa Stearns 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: 1-Rebekah Bright-Molly Moses (B) def. Alice Gordon-Molly Conlon 6-2, 6-2; 2-Emma Brestensky-Olivia Jurdano (B) def. Catherine Wymer-Sarah Fasunic 6-0, 6-1.


Butler 197 Blackhawk - 202
Butler's Tori Hesidence fired a 45 to help the Golden Tornado down Blackhawk.
Blackhawk (202): Brooke Davis 45, Sarah Karaisz 51, Kayla Tupeoni 52, Courtney Vannoy 54
Butler (197): Tori Hesidence 45, Abby Dumbaugh 47, Edith Andersson 49, Ava Bonetti 56


Butler 3, North Hills 2
Zoey McCafferty and Gretchen Wilson picked up wins at Nos. 2 and 3 singles to key the Tornado's season opener.
Butler (1-0)
Singles: Helena Varys (NH) def. Laura Brestensky, 6-3, 7-5; Zoey McCafferty (B) def. Jaclyn Brink, 6-3, 6-3; Gretchen Wilson (B) def. Emily Huwe 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: Rebekah Bright-Molly Moses (B) def. Kendall Uhler-Sarah Brunner 7-5, 6-3; Mary Dunbar-Courtney Porto (NH) def. Emma Brestensky-Olivia Jurdano 6-2, 6-4




“My long-range goals haven’t changed, I want to become an All-American and win a national championship."
-Kent State's Cole Baxter


2011 and 2012
Two Time WPIAL Champion


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








Silver medalist at the Warner University Invitational







Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year



All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Women's Soccer

2011
WPIAL CHAMPION




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

Volleyball


Tornado Bowlers WPIBL State
Silver Medalist


more...


Butler - 5 Hempfield - 0
more...



WPIAL Silver medalist
PIAA State Championship


Golden Tornado Bowlers 4th


2011 Tri-State
Track and Field Coaches Association
Championship


Seven headed to Penn State for
PA CHAMPIONSHIP...











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