High School Round Up | February 4, 2012
Summit Academy claims section title, 68-48
The Summit Academy boys basketball team clinched the Section 2-AA championship Friday night after the Knights coasted to a 68-48 win over Laurel.

High School Round Up | February 1, 2012
Knoch boys top Highlands
Austin Miller scored 14 points off the bench, 11 of those coming from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, to help the Knoch boys basketball team to a 70-56 victory over Highlands in Section 1-AAA action Tuesday.

High School Round Up | January 28, 2012
Armagost triple-double lifts Moniteau
Kyle Armagost recorded a triple-double with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists as the Moniteau boys basketball team shook off a sluggish start in a 69-53 win over Keystone Friday night.

High School Round Up | January 21, 2012
Mars rolls past Valley
Owen Nearhoof had 19 points and Mitch Buzard and Zach May contributed 13 apiece to power Mars to a 64-34 Section 1-AAA boys basketball victory over Valley Friday.

High School Football | January 18, 2012
WPIAL realigns sections in top 2 classes
The WPIAL board Tuesday approved a new football alignment for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

High School Round Up | January 11, 2012
Slippery Rock falls to Sharon
Dustin Mellot had 27 points — all coming on nine 3-pointers — but the Slippery Rock boys basketball team fell short in a 69-63 Region 6 loss at Sharon Tuesday.

High School Round Up | January 7, 2012
Pollock nets 30 in Union win
Brody Pollock tallied 30 points — 20 coming in the first half — as Union posted a 69-62 victory over A-C Valley in boys basketball action Friday.

High School Round Up | January 5, 2012
Irwin treys key A-C Valley win
Brody Irwin dropped in 23 points — including six 3-pointers — to lift A-C Valley to a 66-58 victory over Keystone in boys basketball action on Wednesday.

High School Round Up | January 4, 2012
Mars surges past Burrell
Zach May scored 15 points and Mars used a second-half surge to pull away from Burrell for a 53-43 win in boys basketball action Tuesday night.

High School Round Up | December 22, 2011
Knoch bowlers set high mark
The Knoch boys bowling team set a school record with 1,012 total pins in a 7-0 win over New Castle at Family Bowlaway Wednesday night.

High School Round Up | December 21, 2011
Pollock paces Union to victory
Brody Pollock had 28 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and four assists on Tuesday, leading Union to a 63-45 victory over Clarion in boys basketball action.

High School Basketball | December 17, 2011
Smith drains 7 treys in Union victory
Taylor Smith had 27 points, including seven 3-pointers, and seven steals to power Union to a 61-36 victory over West Forest Friday.

High School Round Up | December 15, 2011
KC boys rout East Forest
Tyler Kepple scored 16 points and added six assists, while Brandyn Bowser had 12 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Karns City boys basketball team to a season-opening 68-24 victory over East Forest Wednesday.

High School Basketball | December 12, 2011
Brookville tops Union
Brody Pollock scored 33 points — 24 coming on eight 3-pointers — and added seven rebounds, but the Union boys basketball team lost to Brookville 56-50 in the championship game of the Brookville Tournament.

High School Basketball | December 10, 2011
Moniteau downs Mercer with late 3
Andrew Armagost sank a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left to give the Moniteau boys basketball team a 58-56 victory over Mercer on Friday.

High School Basketball | December 8, 2011
TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT SCHEDULES
Following are the schedules of tip-off basketball tournaments involving Butler County area teams this weekend:.

High School Basketball | December 8, 2011
Auditioning new casts
The cupboard looks different, but it hardly looks bare — unless you're on the outside looking in.

High School Football | December 2, 2011
Knoch's King league coach of year
Mike King, who led the Knoch football team to the WPIAL title game and a 12-1 record this season, was named Greater Allegheny Football Conference Coach of the Year Thursday.

High School Football | November 10, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• JORDAN BROWN (Seneca Valley) completed 23 of 37 passes for 266 yards and a touchdown in the Raiders' 30-13 victory over Penn Hills.

High School Football | November 5, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
Seneca Valley 30, Penn Hills 13

High School Football | November 3, 2011
GRIDIRON ROUNDUP
Last week: Sheffield earned a 28-8 win over Cameron County. Union rolled to a 49-0 victory over A-C Valley.

High School Football | November 3, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• DAMON SMITH (Freeport) had 39 carries for 200 yards and three touchdowns in the Yellowjackets' 27-0 win at Summit Academy.

High School Football | October 27, 2011
KC looks to ground Dutchmen
St. Marys opened the season with a bang.

High School Football | October 27, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• DAKOTA BRUGGEMAN (Knoch) ran for a 21-yard touchdown, threw a 23-yard touchdown pass and intercepted a pass to set up a field goal in Knoch's 24-6 victory at Highlands.

High School Football | October 22, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
McDowell 42, Butler 7

High School Round Up | October 22, 2011
Freeport cruises, 67-6
Damon Smith rushed for 209 yards and four touchdowns Friday night as Freeport ran away from West Shamokin, 67-6, in football action at Swartz Field.

High School Football | October 20, 2011
Highlands' task: Find a way to slow the Knights
JEFFERSON TWP — Records can be deceiving.

High School Football | October 20, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• BILLY SHROCK (Mars) had two tackles to stop a drive inside his team's 20-yard line and returned an interception 65 yards for a score in the Planets' 42-10 victory over Butler.

High School Round Up | October 17, 2011
Stalnaker nets 3 as Butler girls win
Macy Stalnaker scored three goals and Alexa Gray added two goals to lead the Butler girls soccer team to a 7-0 victory over Blackhawk Saturday.

High School Football | October 13, 2011
Nail-biters set for SV, KC, Slippery Rock
Lucky number seven.

High School Football | October 13, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• ANDREW RUMBURG-GOODLIN (Knoch) had 26 carries for 239 yards and three touchdowns in the Knights' 56-31 victory at Indiana.

High School Football | October 13, 2011
Gremlins need to corral Raiders' young pups
KARNS CITY — Karns City coach Ed Conto was very impressed with Brookville running backs Zach Vroman and Brodie Zacherl when he saw them last year.

High School Round Up | October 8, 2011
Smith's rushing keys Freeport
Damon Smith had a pretty good night.

High School Football | October 6, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
•JORDAN BROWN (Seneca Valley) completed 19 of 25 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns in the Raiders' 49-28 loss to North Allegheny.

High School Round Up | October 3, 2011
Knoch duos advance to WPIALs
Katie Conlon and Peggy Kanterman were in an unusual situation at the WPIAL Section 3-AA girls tennis doubles championship Friday at Oxford Athletic Club.

High School Football | October 1, 2011
FOOTBALL SUMMARIES
Shaler 34, Butler 6

High School Football | September 29, 2011
Scoop's halfway home
It's hard to believe, but this week marks the unofficial midway point of the high school football season.

High School Football | September 29, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• JORDAN BROWN (Seneca Valley) threw for 171 yards and a touchdown, ran for 65 yards and a score in the Raiders' 47-20 victory over McKeesport.

High School Round Up | September 26, 2011
Planets cruise to 14-0 win
Mani Brueckner netted four goals and Amber Fichter added two as the Mars girls soccer team blanked Freeport 14-0 on Saturday.

High School Football | September 24, 2011
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTALL SUMMARIES
Pine-Richland 35, Butler 0

High School Football | September 22, 2011
Scoop apologizes to local gridders
Sorry, Moniteau.

High School Football | September 22, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• TREVOR WIDEMAN (Butler) had three interceptions in the Golden Tornado's 16-6 victory over Canon-McMillan

High School Football | September 22, 2011
Winning streak welcome to resurgent Rockets
SLIPPERY ROCK — It's been nearly two years since the Slippery Rock High football team has been on a winning streak.

High School Round Up | September 21, 2011
Breaking away
Braden Sloan scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime to lead the Slippery Rock boys soccer team to a 4-3 victory over Kennedy Catholic Tuesday.

High School Round Up | September 17, 2011
Moniteau rally nets win
Moniteau quarterback Kyle Armagost was playing on one good leg.

High School Football | September 15, 2011
Planets not resting on 2-0 start to season
ADAMS TWP — Mars' football team had little trouble with Hampton last season in a 28-6 win.

High School Round Up | September 10, 2011
Grove City posts 77-0 football win
The Grove City Eagles running game amassed 476 yards and added 10 touchdowns in a 77-0 rout over Corry in Region 5 action Friday.

High School Football | September 8, 2011
GRIDIRON GEMS
• BOB VERNICK (Butler) had seven carries for 80 yards, including a game-clinching 43-yard scoring run, and a quarterback sack in the Golden Tornado's 24-14 victory over New Castle.

High School Football | September 8, 2011
Moniteau striving for faster start
It was a tale of two halves for the Moniteau football team during its season-opening 26-24 victory at Karns City last week.

High School Round Up | September 6, 2011
High School Round-up
The Mars girls soccer team had goals from seven different players in a 7-0 victory over Southmoreland in the team's season opener Saturday.

High School Football | September 1, 2011
Football, Scoop are back in town
Can you feel it?

High School Football | August 30, 2011
Depth will be the key for Knights
HERMAN — If Summit Academy is to be successful this year, a little depth will go a long way.

High School Football | August 30, 2011
2011 BUTLER COUNTY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept. 2

High School Round Up | August 27, 2011
Freeport golfers defeat Summit
Richard VanDruff fired a 3-under-par 32 to lead the Freeport boys golf team to a 179-238 win over Summit Academy at Serene Valley Golf Course Friday afternoon.

High School Track & Field | June 2, 2011
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD HONOR ROLL
3,200-meter relay

High School Track & Field | May 31, 2011
Summit senior strikes gold
SHIPPENSBURG — Cyniel Hinton arrived at Shippensburg University's Seth Grove Stadium hoping to earn a medal.

High School Track & Field | May 26, 2011
BOYS TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL
3,200-meter relay

High School Track & Field | May 20, 2011
Durand a triple qualifier
WHITEHALL — Freeport's Derek Durand didn't win a gold medal at Thursday's WPIAL Track and Field championships — but it sure felt like it.

High School Track & Field | May 20, 2011
LOCAL PIAA TRACK AND FIELD QUALIFIERS
The following are the winners as well as local medalists from the WPIAL Track and Field Championship Thursday from Baldwin High School. The top four Class AAA athletes as well as the top five in Class AA will advance to the PIAA Championships next weekend. Other medalists needed to reach the state qualifying standard to advance. Local athletes who qualified for the state meet are in bold.

High School Track & Field | May 19, 2011
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL
3,200-meter relay

High School Track & Field | May 12, 2011
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL
3,200-meter relay

High School Track & Field | May 11, 2011
LOCAL AA QUALIFIERS
Boys

High School Track & Field | April 28, 2011
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD HONOR ROLL
3,200-meter relay

High School Track & Field | April 21, 2011
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD HONOR ROLL
Here is a look at top times and distances posted by Butler County area athletes this season:

High School Round Up | April 14, 2011
Butler track rolls to win
The Butler boys track and field team swept the long and triple jumps as well as the shot put and javelin to knock off North Hills 93-57 in section action Wednesday.

High School Track & Field | April 14, 2011
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & FIELD HONOR ROLL
3,200-meter relay

High School Basketball | March 31, 2011
His best was last
ADAMS TWP — Christian Locher's last season at Mars High proved to be his best.

High School Basketball | March 31, 2011
BUTLER EAGLE BOYS BASKETBALL HONOR ROLL
The following players have been named to the Butler Eagle Boys Basketball Honor Roll for the 2010-11 season:

High School Basketball | March 31, 2011
Defense first
BUTLER TWP — The season was slipping away.

High School Track & Field | March 25, 2011
Squads looking for another shot at success
Championships were all the rage in Butler County boys track and field last season.

High School Basketball | March 17, 2011
END OF THE LINE
Knights bounced by Centurions
MONROEVILLE — Summit Academy was standing tall with Greensburg Central Catholic — then the Centurions went long.

High School Basketball | March 16, 2011
Back for more
Greensburg Central Catholic boys basketball coach Greg Bisignani knows what made the difference in his team's 64-62 victory over Summit Academy in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals Feb. 26.

High School Basketball | March 14, 2011
Summit snares 1st PIAA win
ERIE — Summit Academy watched an eight-point fourth-quarter lead disappear in less than four minutes.

High School Round Up | February 28, 2011
GC's Phipps earns mat title
Grove City junior wrestler Wes Phipps won his second straight District 10 Class AA title Saturday, pinning Greenville's Tyler Landfried just 66 seconds into the 171-pound championship bout at Sharon High School.

High School Basketball | February 25, 2011
Knights of the foul line
PITTSBURGH — Practice makes perfect — or at least close to perfect.

High School Basketball | February 21, 2011
Summit a bit sloppy, but remaining alive
MONROEVILLE — Never mind the scoreboard.