Here’s a little Butler County sports trivia question.

What coach has endured only five losing seasons in 25 years — all with the same program — and has a current streak of 10 consecutive trips to the WPIAL playoffs?

Answer: Scott Stoner.

Flying under the radar for most of his career, the Butler High School wrestling coach has been the model of consistency in terms of putting a competitive dual match team on the mat.

He knows how to structure a lineup and how to adjust that lineup as the dual goes, thus getting the most favorable matchups he can.

Butler’s win over Knoch a few days ago marked the 341st dual match win of Stoner’s career. He’s only lost 162.

Stoner’s team are winning by more than a 66 percent clip during his 25-year career.

The last time Butler failed to qualify for the WPIAL team playoffs was the 2006-07 season, when the Golden Tornado finished 7-14. Butler’s worst record since then is 15-8 two years ago.

Now, however, that decade-long run of WPIAL team playoff appearances is in jeopardy.

Butler lost to Mars in a dual earlier this season. The Tornado still have to wrestle Highlands in what should be a competitive match, then face a Seneca Valley team that is one the Raiders’ strongest and deepest in years.

Butler does not have a deep roster this year in terms of its varsity lineup. The Tornado have to forfeit a weight class or two each dual, which makes it difficult to defeat an opponent with a full lineup.

Still, this Butler team has its standouts. Senior Christian Sequete is 11-1 on the year, recently defeated a state runner-up from last year, and has 78 career wins. With a strong second half of the season, Sequete has a chance to become the ninth 100-win wrestler in the program’s history.

Fellow senior Justin Stewart — a rare three-sport athlete at Butler — is 7-2 on the year. Junior Jack Codispot is 13-3 with nine pins, freshman Steven Green 15-4 with 10 pins.

Sophomores Nate McDonald and Colton Spohn, freshmen Clayton Dressler and Nate McDonald all have a handful of wins so far this season. How that quartet fares down the stretch will go a long way toward determining the fate of the Tornado season.

And whether that playoff streak continues.

Butler wrestling has never defeated North Allegheny and has yet to produce an individual state champion. Undoubtedly, both of those items are on Stoner’s bucket list.

But in terms of dedication to his sport, to his program and to his school, it’s hard to beat Scott Stoner.

When he took over the Butler program in its third year of existence, the Tornado were 3-20 in dual meets and coming off an 0-11 second season.

Stoner has sent more than 20 wrestlers on to the college ranks. He’ll likely send on a few more.

That WPIAL playoff streak will end someday.

Stoner’s perseverance never will.

John Enrietto is sports editor of the Butler Eagle