Butler County will have five wrestlers in the semifinals Saturday after a good night on the mat at Canon-McMillan High School Friday at the WPIAL Class AAA Championships.

Seneca Valley will have three grapplers in the semis, led by 120-pounder Louis Newell.

Newell, a senior who won a WPIAL title at 106 pounds two years ago, cruised into the semifinals with an 18-3 technical fall over Devyn Giovengo of Montour in the first round and then a 13-4 major decision over Tyler Kocak of Hampton in the quarterfinals.

Newell will meet Wyatt Henderson of Waynesburg in the semifinals Saturday.

Drew Vlasnik at 138 pounds also punched his ticket to the semifinals for Seneca Valley.

Vlasnik rallied to pin Neiko Kuntz of Belle Vernon late in their first-round match and then won a 5-1 decision over Alex Weber of Thomas Jefferson to advance.

He will take on Noah Levett of Kiski in the semis.

Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (106 pounds) is the third Raider in the semifinals after notching a 16-1 tech fall in the first round and then a 16-3 major decision over Jamie Cambron in the quarterfinals.

Herrera-Rondon will grapple with Carter Dilbert of Franklin Regional in the semifinals.

Christian Sequete of Butler also saw little resistance Friday in reaching the 182-pound semifinals.

Sequete pinned Nevin Matthews of Gateway in the first round in just 1:32 and then pinned John Bachar of Penn-Trafford in just 2:16 to advance.

Sequete will battle Justin Hart of Hampton Saturday in the semifinals.

Mars also sends a wrestler to the semis.

Alex Hornfeck (145 pounds) earned a first-round pin of Franklin Regional's Mason Spears in 1:54 and then gutted out a 6-2 decision over Tanner Rohaley of Canon-McMillan in the quarterfinals to move on.

He will wrestle Jackson Gray of Mt. Lebanon in the semifinals.

There were also some near-misses.

Seneca Valley wrestlers Tyler Gross (170), Antonio Amelio (132), Dylan Chappell (113) and John Siwiak (195) fell in the quarterfinals.

Jake Richardson (160) and Noah Hunkele (106) of Mars also lost in the quarterfinals.