Butler
Scott Stoner, Head Coach
gtwcoach@yahoo.com
(front left to right)
Cody Houston 103 3rd, Blake Caudill 112 1st, Nick Sutton 119 5th, Zach
Reges 125 1st,
Jesse Spohn 130
3rd, Zach Collins 135 2nd. (back left to right) Assistant Coach Joe
Davis, Dakoda Collins 152 2nd,
Mike Crawford 145
1st, Cole Baxter 171 1st, Matt Pribis 160 3rd, Coach Scott Stoner, Statistician
Rachel Hannon.
After completing a
26-5 dual meet team record and finishing
with a WPIAL AAA ranking of #7, the Butler Wrestling team set out for Fox
Chapel and the Section 3 Individual Wrestling Championships. Butler competed with 13 individual wrestlers in the 14 weight classifications. The top five place winners out of the 12
teams competing would move on to the WPIAL AAA Individual Championships at
Canon McMillan this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Butler entered the medal rounds with a
guaranteed 9 qualifiers already placed in the top 4 with only Nick Sutton at
119 needing a win to place 5th and get in.
Sutton recorded a major decision to punch
his ticket
to the next round.
Of the remaining 9 wrestlers, the Tornado placed a record 6 in the finals and 3 in
the consolations. Winning individual titles were sophomore Blake Caudill at 112 pounds, junior Zach “Big Red” Reges at 125 lbs, senior Mike Crawford at 145 pounds, and senior Cole Baxter at 171
pounds. Also reaching the finals for the Golden Tornado were
sophomore Zach Collins at 135 pounds and junior Dakoda Collins at 152
pounds. Placing third were freshman Cody
Houston at 103 pounds, junior Jesse Spohn at 130 pounds, and junior Matt Pribis
at 160 pounds.
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Blake Caudill (left) scored two reversals after giving up the initial takedown. His second reversal was with only seconds left in the match to give him the 4-2 win. Caudill wins his first section title and his second trip to
WPIALs. Reges may have scored the most
exciting win of the finals with a 22-12 “hip and elbow roll-a-palooza” major decision over #1 seed Pete Craig of Hampton. This is Reges’
first section title and third trip to the WPIAL Championships. Crawford appeared to have a match winning
escape on with 1 second left but the referee did not award the point and it
went to overtime where he quickly scored a takedown to win 2-0. Baxter’s (below) decision was a 5-0 win over Jared Lux of North
Allegheny who is currently ranked #3 in the WPIAL at 171 pounds. Crawford and Baxter both set a program
records by winning their 3rd Section 3 Championships and will make their 4th
appearances at the WPIAL meet! Crawford now
has 118 career wins and Baxter has moved to 153 wins on his career!
A late entry at 135 pounds due to injury, Zach Collins recorded two wins to reach the final and lost by tech
fall placing
second. This will be Zach’s first trip
to the WPIAL meet. Dakoda Collins entered the
tournament as the first seed. DC gave up
the first takedown and never got things going and lost a 7-4 decision to Marco Crivelli of
Hopewell.
Dakoda will make his second appearance at the WPIAL Tournament. Senior 160 pounder Matt Pribis won his third
place bout by injury default and will make his third appearance in the state
qualifier. Junior Jesse Spohn at 130
pounds won by fall for hi third place bout and will make his first appearance
at WPIALs with freshmen 103 pounder Cody Houston.
(Mike Crawford left, Zach Reges below left, Matt Pribis below right, Cody Houston bottom Rright)
Above
left: Nick Sutton, above Right: Zach Collins
Above
left: Jesse Spohn, above Right: Dakoda Collins
I
could barely keep Coach Davis awake during the finals!