BUTLER TWP — Jack Codispot got the story started. Steven Green punctuated it.

The two had six of Butler's six pins Wednesday night in a runaway 55-12 dual match wrestling victory over Knoch in the Butler Intermediate gym.

“We know the situation we're in,” Golden Tornado coach Scott Stoner. “We have Seneca Valley coming up and we've already lost to Mars.

“Highlands comes in next week and that will be a good match. We needed to pile up some points tonight.”

Codispot (13-3) began the match at 152 pounds for the Tornado by pinning Brendan Hinchberger with one second left in the bout. Rob Hays at 170, Pacey Rakoci at 220 and Nate McMaster at 126 also recorded pins for Butler before Green's match at 132 pounds.

“Jack gets a lot of his pins in flurries when he just catches the kid,” Stoner said. “He likes aggressive-type matches like that. We're trying to get him to wrestle a little better on top and engineer falls that way.”

The match of the night looked to be at 182 pounds, where a pair of 10-1 wrestlers butted heads in Butler's Christian Sequete and Knoch's Eric Green. Sequete dominated the match and won by major decision, 15-2.

“I figured that one to be a lot closer,” Stoner admitted. “Christian just beat a state runner-up from last year (at the Southmoreland Tournament) and he's got a lot of confidence right now.”

So does Green, a freshman who improved to 15-4 on the season with his 10th pin of the year. Green leads the Tornado in wins and pins.

“He's had a lot of wrestle-backs in tournaments, so Steven has a lot more matches in than our other guys,” Stoner said. “That's a great thing. We want him on the mat competing as much as possible.”

Rakoci's pin at 220 was just his second win of the season for the Tornado (2-2).

Knoch (0-3) picked up pins from Kody Moore at 195 pounds and former Butler wrestler Saavon Mosby (10-1) at 285. The pin was Mosby's seventh of the year.

Mosby won 49 matches in two years at Butler before his family moved into the South Butler School District during the off-season.

“I was doing a lot of reminiscing tonight ... I've been out on the mat here so many times,” Mosby said. “It felt a little strange. I was in this (Butler) system, since third grade.

“Having a new set of coaches, learning a different skill-set can only help me down the road when I'm hopefully doing this in college.”

Knoch had two starters — Guy DeLeonardis at 145 pounds, Kameron Grassi at 132 — out with an injury and the flu bug Wednesday.

Three of Butler's pins occurred with less than a minute remaining in those matches.

“We got a little sloppy late,” Knoch coach Steve Carney said. “We made mistakes and lost hand control.

“We're just a young team. I don't have much else to say.”

Mosby's move to Knoch marked a first in Stoner's 25-year career as Butler coach.

“I had never lost a kid to a neighboring school and had to go up against him on the other side,” Stoner said. “That was a little weird.

“I'm saddened by it. There's not much you can do, but I wish we still had him here with us.”

Butler 55, Knoch 12

(Match started at 152 pounds)

106-Clayton Dressler (B) dec. Tim Misitis 5-2; 113-No match; 120-Colton Spohn (B) by forfeit; 126-Nate McMaster (B) pinned Hunter Oskin, 5:34; 132-Steven Green (B) pinned Hunter Cascio, 5:01; 138-Nate McDonald (B) pinned Chris Butler, 4:27; 145-Hunter Neff (B) dec. Brandon Rodgers 2-0; 152-Jack Codispot (B) pinned Brendan Hinchberger, 5:59; 160-Justin Stewart (B) dec. Sam Freyermuth 9-2; 170-Rob Hays (B) pinned Earnie Zilka, 3:22; 182-Christian Sequete (B) dec. Eric Green, 15-2; 195-Kody Moore (K) pinned Reagan Donohue, 1:00; 220-Pacey Rakoci (B) pinned Tom Peifer, 2:27; Hwt.-Saavon Mosby (K) pinned Ian Thompson, 5:38