Butler indoor track team sets records
It was a record-setting day for the Butler boys and girls indoor track and field teams at the TSTCA meet Saturday at Edinboro University.
Noah Beveridge broke the school record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8 minutes, 56.20 seconds. He broke the previous record of 8:58 set by Gary Garman in 1999.
Beveridge’s time is also the third fastest in Pennsylvania and the fourth fastest in the country this indoor season.
On the girls side, the distance medley team of Erin LeMay, Maegan Emanuel, Mariah Geibel and Maggie Welty broke a school record with a time of 13:19.56.
They eclipsed the old Butler mark of 13:21.10 set in 2013 by Alexis Swiergol, Tori Sawhney, Macy Stalnaker and Rachel Weyand.
The Butler girls had three first-place finishes in the 64-team meet and had a placer in 11 of the 16 events.
Alexis Leech won the 400-meter dash with time of 59.74 seconds, which is an indoor state qualifying time, and the 3,200-meter relay team of Maddie Glew, Shana Hoy, Emanuel and Leech also placed first with a time of 10:09.57.
Spire Scholastic Meet — Seth Beels placed first in the triple jump with a leap of 39 feet, 10 inches for the Slippery Rock boys team at The Spire.
On the girls side, Brady Dalton was second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.49, which is a state qualifying time.
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Hannah Santom continued her torrid play for Grove City with 23 points and five steals as the Eagles routed Franklin, 51-25.
Santom was 4-for-4 from 3-point range.
Abby Fulkerson added 12 points, including an 8-for-8 performance from the free throw line, as Grove City jumped out to a 25-8 lead at the half.
Bethel Park 42, Seneca Valley 27— Erin Danik and Michaela LaMont each scored nine points to lead the Raiders in this non-section loss.
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Robby Carmody scored 24 points and Ben Lewis added 21, but Mars fell to Holy Name (Ohio) 50-49 Sunday at Hoover High School in Canton, Ohio.
Mars (10-3) led 41-33 after three quarters after Caromody buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer.
But Holy Name (12-1) stormed back in the fourth quarter and eked out the victory.
Meadville 64, Grove City 54 — Kameron Patterson scored 15 points, but the Eagles couldn’t overcome a slow start in this non-region setback.
Grove City (8-4) fell behind 20-8 in the first quarter.
Isaac Thrasher and Marcos Cintron each added 13 points for the Eagles.
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Michaella Roth scored 15 points to lead the First Baptist Christian girls basketball team to a 35-15 win over Westmoreland.
Alexis Barnhart added eight points and eight rebounds and Katelyn Gavinski eight points and seven boards.