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Cole Baxter won four matches,
including a win over the top seed, and placed fourth out of 55 wrestlers
in the 160-pound weight class in the junior division
of the National High
School Coaches Association National Championships in Virginia
Beach, Va.
The Butler wrestler earned All-American status for his performance.
The Golden Tornado's Blake Caudill won three matches in the freshman 103-pound
division before being eliminated.
In junior high action, Butler's Ryan Hannon placed fifth at 145 pounds at the
Pennsylvania Junior State Wrestling Tournament in Wilkes-Barre. He won four of
six matches.
Connor Foust competed at 75 pounds, winning one match and losing two.
Junior High State Championships
Congratulations to Ryan Hannon for his 5th place finish at the PJW State Championships
at Wilkes-Barre this past weekend. Ryan won a total of 4 matches in route to
his 5th place finish in the 147 lb weight class. He used a thrilling takedown
with 2 seconds to go to claim 5th place. This ties the highest place ever for
a 13-14 year old at PJW states from Butler.
Congratulations to Connor Foust for also qualifying for the PJW State tournament.
Connor won his first match then dropped his final two. He lost a close, hard
fought 2-0 decision to become a place winner in the state. Both his losses
were close matches and both were to place winners (4th place and 8th place).
Hannon finished with 4 wins and 2 losses
Foust finished with 1 win and 2 losses.
See below for match results.
Great job guys!
There were 9 matches for Butler in the 2010 PJW State Championship Tournament.
Division: 13-14
Weight: 77_Lbs
Round: Preliminaries
Bout Winner: Connor Foust Butler
Bout Loser: John Berardinelli Connellsville
2-0
Division: 13-14
Weight: 147_Lbs
Round: Preliminaries
Bout Winner: Ryan Hannon Butler
Bout Loser: Devin Stacey Central Mountain
1-0 TB
Division: 13-14
Weight: 77_Lbs
Round: Quarter-Finals
Bout Winner: Kyle Berk Franklin Regional
Bout Loser: Connor Foust Butler
4-0
Division: 13-14
Weight: 147_Lbs
Round: Quarter-Finals
Bout Winner: Eric Morris Mechanicsburg
Bout Loser: Ryan Hannon Butler
13-0
Division: 13-14
Weight: 77_Lbs
Round: Cons3
Bout Winner: Austin Griffiths Southmoreland
Bout Loser: Connor Foust Butler
2-0
Division: 13-14
Weight: 147_Lbs
Round: Cons3
Bout Winner: Ryan Hannon Butler
Bout Loser: Zack Pinkas Forest Hills
3-2
Division: 13-14
Weight: 147_Lbs
Round: Cons4
Bout Winner: Ryan Hannon Butler
Bout Loser: Mac Mitchell Peters Township
4-0
Division: 13-14
Weight: 147_Lbs
Round: Cons5
Bout Winner: Tristan Sponseller Bermudian Springs
Bout Loser: Ryan Hannon Butler
7-0
Division: 13-14
Weight: 147_Lbs
Round: Cons Final
Bout Winner: Ryan Hannon Butler
Bout Loser: Christopher Matthews Franklin
3-1
Butler - 69 Knoch - 9
Comodore
Perry Tournament...
The Butler wrestling team captured first place at the Commodore
Perry Duals Saturday.
The Golden Tornado, who placed second at the event in 2008, dominated the competition
this year by defeating Port Allegany (58-3), Laurel (77-3) Youngsville (69-6),
Franklin (54-15) and Maplewood in the final, 60-15.
" It was a good chance to get in five matches, though the competition
wasn't
quite what it was last year," said Butler coach Scott Stoner. "Throughout
the lineup, we were pretty solid."
The Golden Tornado amassed a 60-10 record in individual matches.
Going a perfect 5-0 for Butler were: Blake Caudill (three pins), Nick Sutton,
Cody Hartman (four pins), Mike Crawford (four pins), Matt Pribis (one pin),
Cole Baxter (four pins), Mike Scialabba (two pins) and Chris White (three pins).
Three Tornado wrestlers went 4-1: Brandon Bauer, Zach Reges and Zach Collins.
Eric Tuck and Dakoda Collins both 3-2.
"
Caudill at 103 (pounds) and Collins at 125, they've been impressive as freshmen," said
Stoner. "People will be hearing a lot about them."
Butler - 47 Hampton - 17
Butler
Junior High Wrestling team at the Burrell 2009 Christmas Duals...
Butler Junior High Shaler 2010 Tournament...
Butler Junior High 4th Annual Duals ...
Butler Junior High vs. Fox Chapel...
Butler Junior High vs Seneca...
Butler Junior High vs. NA...
"Our goals this year include winning the section, something
we've never done,"
17th-year Butler coach Scott Stoner
WPIAL CHAMPION
Cole Baxter
Unblemished 42-0
WPIAL Championships...
Pretty impressive
Cole Baxter
Section 3-AAA Champion
The
Tornado send a dozen to WPIAL's...
Cole
reaches semi final...
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Baxter
heads to states...
44-0...more...
Baxter concludes 2009 (45-2)...takes
5th place in PIAA at 145 lbs....
Butler -
33 Seneca Valley - 23
Brockway
Big Dog Wrestling Tournament Champions
Butler's Zach
Reges (112)
WPIAL Championships
looking good..."
Junior High Wrestling
The Butler Junior High Wrestling team started off their season (12/16/09)
with an impressive 75-13 win over section opponent Knoch. The Golden Tornado
were able win despite having 6 starters out of the line-up due to illeness
or injury. Winning by pin for the "GT" were Cody Houston, Matt
Sarvey, Kirk Gibson, Doug DeFrancisis, Jacob Olenick, Zack Weaver, and Aaron
Conklin.
Winning by forfeit for Butler were Jared Hinkle, Mason Kauffman, and Jeremiah
Bortmas. Winning by technical fall were Xavier Bennett and Will Bortmas. Picking
up a major decision for Butler was Ryan Hannon by a score of 13-3. Most outstanding
wrestler for the Golden Tornado for the night was Doug DeFrancisis for pushing
for the fall and pinning his opponent with just seconds remaining in the match
for the bonus points for the team.
Dynamic Duo...
Butler improved
to 5-1 in dual meets this season by winning four of five team matches at
the Commodore Perry Duals.
The Golden Tornado's lone loss was to nationally ranked Reynolds. Butler defeated
Port Allegany 41-30, Hickory 52-18, Mercer 46-20 and Sharpsville 69-12.
Cole Baxter went 5-0 at 145 pounds and was named
Butler's Most Valuable Wrestler. Mike Crawford, Eric
Tuck, Chris White and Marino Quercio all finished 4-1. Zach
Reges, Alex Truman and Cody Hartman went 3-2 while Derek
Hays went 2-1 before being sidelined by an injury.
Junior High Wrestling
Butler finished second out of 14 teams at the recent Seneca Valley Invitational.
Blake Caudill (75 pounds),
Zack Collins (110) and Blaise Wheeler (210) each
captured their respective divisions to key the Tornado performance.
Jordan Allen (185) placed second in his weight class while Cody
Hartman (130)
and Dakoda Collins (145) were third and Zackary
Reges (105) was fourth.
Schedule...
Head Coach : Scott Stoner