Kevin Meeder of Seneca Valley has Butler wrestler Ian Thompson in a half-nelson hold in their 285- pound match Wednesday night. Meeder wound up winning by pin-fall and the Raiders posted a 54-12 team victory.

JACKSON TWP — Seneca Valley went to the max to turn a close wrestling match with Butler into a rout.

Of the Raiders' first seven wins, six came by fall as SV built a commanding 30-point lead before posting a 54-12 victory Wednesday night at William Paul Gymnasium.

Butler opened the night with a decision credited to Jack Codispot at 145 pounds. The Golden Tornado later received a decision from Justin Stewart (160) and a first-period pin from Christian Sequete (195) and trailed the Raiders 18-12 after six bouts.

But Butler could not keep pace with the Raiders, who received pins from Michael Adamson, Ty Gross, Patrick Johnson, Nick Funovits, Kevin Meeder and Dylan Chappell. Four of those came in the first period.

“You can have the same amount of wins as the other team, but getting those six points from a pin, it makes it tough on your opponent,” said Raiders' coach Kevin Wildrick.

“We knew coming in that (Seneca Valley) had a balanced team,” said Tornado coach Scott Stoner. “We've had some competitive matches with them in the past, but we just don't have the intensity level you need to have. It's disappointing.

“It's been an odd season for us, between the low numbers we have and most of our matches not being competitive (wins and losses). Other than our matches with Mars and Freedom, the other ones have not been close.”

SV's pins from Johnson, Funovits and Meeder came at 182, 220 and 285, respectively.

“All of those guys have the potential to win that way,” added Wildrick. “It's just a matter of getting out on the mat and doing it.”

Meeder, a sophomore, improved his record to 11-7. He was 12-13 last year.

“Getting that time as a freshman, I got my butt beat, but it taught me a lot of toughness. I lift weights for wrestling and football and it seems 10 times easier this season,” Meeder said

Codispot's victory for Butler (3-3, 3-2) came against Nick Montalbano, who entered the night with a 21-6 record this season. The bout was scoreless until Codispot scored an escape and takedown in the third period to win 3-0.

“Jack wrestled a solid, fundamental match against a good kid,” said Stoner.

The Raiders (10-1, 5-0) will next wrestle at the Section 3 Tournament, which begins Wednesday at a site to be determined.

Butler will extend its decade-long streak of competing at team sectionals if it wins a third-place match next week. The opponent will most likely be either Shaler or North Allegheny.

“At a school our size, we should be producing a product that consistently gets to the team playoffs,” said Stoner. “But again, we need that intensity.”

Seneca Valley 54, Butler 12

(Match started at 145 pounds)

106-Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (SV) won by forfeit; 113-Dylan Chappell (SV) pinned Clayton Dressler, 1:05; 120-No bout; 126-Louis Newell (SV) tech. fall Nathan McMaster, 16-1; 132-Jason Geyer (SV) dec. Steven Green, 7-2; 138-Drew Vlasnik (SV) major dec. Nate McDonald, 11-3; 145-Jack Codispot (B) dec. Nick Montalbano, 3-0; 152-Michael Adamson (SV) pinned Hunter Neff, :44; 160-Justin Stewart (B) dec. Conor Hayes, 11-5; 170-Ty Gross (SV) pinned Rob Hays, :34; 182-Patrick Johnson (SV) pinned Lance Rihn, 1:09; 195-Christian Sequete (B) pinned John Michael Siwiak, :32; 220-Nick Funovits (SV) pinned Pacey Rakozi, 2:57; Hwt.-Kevin Meeder (SV) pinned Ian Thompson, 3:18