Butler wrestlers roll past Planets

Butler's Nate McMaster takes down Mars' Davis Luedtke in their 145-pound match Wednesday night. McMaster pinned Luedtke in 2:47 and the Golden Tornado scored a 66-12 dual match win.

BUTLER TWP — If the Butler wrestling team was looking for momentum, it found it.

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Iron Jaw

Butler takes Seneca Valley's best punch in 80-66 section victory

Butler's Ethan Morton goes up for a dunk during the Golden Tornado's 80-66 win over Seneca Valley Tuesday night. Morton recorded a triple-double with 33 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists.

Butler takes Seneca Valley's best punch in 80-66 section victory

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Patience Pays

Karchut comes alive in 2nd half as Raiders finish strong for 59-46 victory over Butler

Seneca Valley's Madelyn Karchut (15) fakes inside before sinking a turnaround jump shot over Butler's Alison Altman Monday night. Karchut scored 20 points in the Raiders' 59-46 victory.

Karchut comes alive in 2nd half as Raiders finish strong for 59-46 victory over Butler

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SV's JROTC wins air rifle competition

JACKSON TWP — Members of the Seneca Valley Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) placed first at the Western Pa. JROTC air rifle competition recently at Seneca Valley.

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Shop with a Cop

Butler students treated to outing with police officers to buy gifts

On Friday, several police departments partnered with the Walmart in Butler Township to give more than 40 Butler Area School District students $100 Christmas shopping trips. Every child wandered through the store with a police officer by their side as part of Butler's first Shop with a Cop event.

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Hitting a high note

Northwest students belt out holiday tunes

Northwest Elementary School students gathered together Friday morning to sing Christmas songs in the gym. Schoolwide singalongs are an annual tradition in the Butler district.

Friday was the Butler Area School District's last day of class before winter break. At Northwest Elementary School, the whole building crowded into the gym to belt out a series of Christmas songs in celebration.

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Butler vo-tech awarded state grant

Butler County Area Vocation-Technical School received $15,979 in state grant money toward the purchase of new equipment for training students in high-demand occupations.

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Tornado football denied in bid to leave WPIAL

Butler mulls other scheduling options

Butler football head coach Eric Christy, left, and the Golden Tornado are looking to re-energize a program that hasn't had a winning season since 1997 and is coming off consecutive 0-10 seasons.

The Golden Tornado's bid to leave WPIAL District 7 — in football only — to join District 10 suffered a blow Monday when the WPIAL Board of Control voted to deny the request.

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School seeks to help its families thrive

One effort to build the parent-teacher organization at Emily Brittain Elementary School recently involved raising money by selling hoagies. The participating students were entered into a raffle to be Principal Cassandra Pencek's helper for the day, and Taylor McLachlan, 7, won. The money raised will help pay for the school's entire student body to participate in field trips.

Butler's downtown elementary school is busy reimagining itself to help its students' families thrive.

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Streak Snapped

Butler girls end 7-game slide with 49-42 win

Butler sophomore forward Makenna Maier (30) drives past Shaler's Claire Grunden (25) for a layup during the Golden Tornado's 49-42 girls basketball victory Monday night.

BUTLER TWP — For most of Monday, Sarayne Forbes reflected on her team's seven-game losing streak.

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Boyer, Shaw spark Knoch girls hoop win

Madilyn Boyer scored 18 points and freshman Nina Shaw added 15 as Knoch rolled past Indiana, 63-42, in girls basketball Monday night.

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Rough Road

Loss to Foxes, injury make going tough for Butler

Butler's Makenna Maier is fouled by Fox Chapel's Domenica Delaney Thursday night during the Golden Tornado's 56-51 home loss.

BUTLER TWP — A tough road for Butler's girls basketball team became even more daunting this week.

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Tornado swimmers felled by NA

BUTLER TWP — North Allegheny's swimming and diving opponents are used to coming up short against the Tigers on the scoreboard, but not every team produces the number of positives in defeat that Butler had Wednesday night.