Baggetta, Patterson set Butler records
Butler's indoor track and field team broke two more school records Saturday at the Kent State University high school meet.
There were 132 schools competing.
Freshman Megan Baggetta won the triple jump with a school-record leap of 36 feet, 8.25 inches. Lexis Frost set the previous mark of 35-6.5 in 2011.
Tim Patterson broke the 3,200-meter record with a time of 9 minutes, 58.87 seconds. Chris Grooms was the previous record holder.
The Golden Tornado's girls 1,600-meter relay team of Taylor Timmons, Chelsey Kabel, Emma Lehman and Gabby Boden won the race with a state qualifying time of 4:08.85.
Slippery Rock competed in the meet as well. Seaton Wozniak placed second in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet, 9 inches, resetting his school's indoor record.
Butler placers in the meet follow:
GirlsTriple Jump: 1-Megan Baggetta 36-8.254x400 Relay: 1-Taylor Timmions, Chelsey Kabel, Emma Lehman, Gabby Boden 4:08.853,200: 2-Jen Cichra, 3-Autumn Pettinato4x200 Relay: 2-Anna Baxter, Alli Morrow, Emma Lehman, Gabby Boden4x800 Relay: 2-Autumn Pettinato, Jen Cichra, Krislyn Green, Chloe WeilandHigh Jump: 3-Katie Ban, 5-Alexia Mechling200: 5-Gabby Boden1,600: 5-Chelsey KabelPole Vault: 8-Heidi Bednarz 9-6
Boys3,200: 2-Tim Patterson1,600: 2-CJ SingletonHigh Jump: 2-Sami Taoufik 6-54x400 Relay: 2-Byron Manchester, Isaiah Seybert, Sage Vavro, Guinness Brown400: 4-Guinness Brown800: 4-Sage Vavro, 6-Ryder Kriley4x200 Relay: 50-Byron Manchester, Presley Ornelas, Isaiah Seybert, Guinness BrownTriple Jump: 6-Luke CampbellPole Vault: 6-Andres Kline
WrestlingButler placed second in the 16-team Sharon Duals over the weekend.The Golden Tornado defeated Corry 34-28, Erie 70-8 and Indiana 39-36 in pool matches before besting Elizabeth Forward 46-28 in the semifinals.Norwin defeated Butler 40-36 in the championship match. The Tornado are 15-5 in dual matches this season.Caleb Hartung went 5-0 with two pins for Butler. Levi Donnel, Colton Spohn, Steven Green, Nate McDonald, Hunter Neff and Cooper Baxter all went 4-1. Spohn and Green had four pins each.
Girls BasketballAnna Kadlubek scored 14 points, but Slippery Rock dropped a 77-38 decision to Blackhawk Saturday.The host Cougars scored 48 points in the first half. Bronwyn McCoy scored eight points and Ella McDermott six for the Rockets.Slippery Rock cruised to a 68-26 victory at Franklin on Friday. Hallie Raabe paced the Rockets with 15 points while McDermott had 14 and Kadlubek 10.Mercer 55, Union 43 — Dominika Logue scored 17 points and had 11 rebounds for the Golden Damsels. Keira Croyle added 10 points.UNION 43Maggie Minick 5, Keira Croyle 10, Hailey Kroebel 9, Dominika Logue 17, Tori Milliron 2. Totals: 15 8-18 43.MERCER 55Fisher 12, P.Miller 3, Balaski 6, D.Miller 14, Baker 15, Godfey 1, Fedorchak 4. Totals: 19 14-21 55 .Union 3 10 15 15 — 43Mercer17 9 11 18 — 553-point goals: Logue 4, Kriebel; D.Miller 6, FisherBoys BasketballTruman Vereb led three Union players in double figures, scoring 12 points, but the Golden Knights dropped a 55-42 decision to Mercer.Caden Rainey and Luke Bowser scored 10 points each.MERCER 55Woody Nickel 11, Logan Turton 13, Jake Mattocks 20, Dom Pugh 4, C.Doolin 7. Totals: 22 4-6 55.UNION 42Caden Rainey 10, Truman Vereb 12, Luke Bowser 10, Layton Stewart 3, Skyler Roxbury 2. Totals: 16 8-14 42.Mercer 13 12 14 16 — 55Union5 12 10 15 — 423-point goals: Nickel 3, Mattocks 3, Doolin; Vereb 2Mars 53, Franklin Regional 42 — Michael Carmody scored 12 points, Zac Schlegel 11 and Joey Craska 10 for the Planets in this Friday game.MARS 53Jared Kozora 1, Zac Schlegel 11, Michael Carmody 12, Anthony Vargo 2, Chris Dvorak 8, Joey raska 10, Mihali Sfanos 9. Totals: 16 19-27 53.FRANKLIN REGIONAL 42Kimmich 17, Smith 4, O'Toole 4, Hannah 6, Summerhill 8, Treloar 3. Totals: 15 6-11 42.Mars 5 19 6 23 — 53Franklin Regional11 9 8 14 — 423-point goals: Schlegel, Craska; Kimmich 5, TreloarHighlands 70, Freeport 40 — Matt Aulicino led three Yellowjackets in double figures, scoring 13 points in this Friday road loss.FREEPORT 40Ben Lane 2, Vinnie Clark 2, Garret Schaffhauser 10, Christian Waronsky 10, Aiden Skradski 2, Matt Aulicino 13, Andrew Speer 1.HIGHLANDS 70Timmy Kunst 7, Antoine McDaniel 9, Korry Myers 10, Carter Leri 10, Johnny Crise 13, Luke Cochran 17, Waheem Roman 4.Freeport 9 9 10 12 — 40Highlands15 18 20 17 — 70SwimmingMaggie Massella, Gracie Olshanski, Natalie Double and Alyssa Olshanski of Slippery Rock won the girls 200 medley relay over the weekend at the Poland Invitational.The same quartet placed second in the 200 free relay.The Rockets' Conner Wallace and Gracie Olshanski swam their season's best times in the 50 free. Sarah McCandless swam a district qualifying time in the 500 free.
