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Amateur

BCC hosting West Penn tennis event

PENN TWP — The 22nd annual West Penn Inter-Club Junior Mixed Doubles Team Championships take place Thursday on the Butler Country Club courts.

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Simply beaming

Mars' Frank leads Thailand in international gymnastics event

Mars resident Karla Frank does a flip on the beam during a recent practice session at X-Cel gymnastics in Cranberry Township. Frank competed for the Thailand national team in the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Games last month.

CRANBERRY TWP — Only an incoming junior at Mars High School, it didn't take Karla Frank long to make an impact.

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Veterans helping veterans

8th annual Operation Sandtrap golf event at Hiland raises money for homeless vets

Chicora's Ashlee Hershberger, the only female veteran playing in the annual Operation Sandtrap golf outing Saturday at Hiland Golf Course, watches her putt on No. 10.

SUMMIT TWP — Veterans helping veterans — and they're standing in line to do so.

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Gross wins for BlueSox

Rey Gonzalez’s two-run single in the top of the sixth inning was the decisive hit in Butler’s 4-3 Prospect League baseball victory at West Virginia Tuesday night.

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Knapp falls shy of 8th title

JOHNSTOWN — Former St. Jude Country Club member and five-time Butler Eagle Amateur champion Sean Knapp just missed securing his eighth West Penn Amateur golf title Tuesday at Sunnehanna Country Club.

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Neal, Nagy toss no-hitter in win for West Sunbury

Gage Neal and Chance Nagy combined for a five-inning no-hitter as West Sunbury cruised to a 10-0 win over Meridian in legion baseball action.

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East Butler rolls to victory

Connor Miller, David Matson and Dallas Hays combined on a two-hitter recently as East Butler defeated Meridian, 7-1, in Butler County legion baseball.

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Hole-in-One

Jim Crawford of Saxonburg, on the No. 17, 172-yard hole Sunday at Stoughton Acres, using a 5-iron.

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BUTLER ROAD RACE

Back to back

Mars' Edinger repeats as men's 5-mile champ; Slippery Rock's Wirfel defends women's title

Nick Edinger of Mars breaks the tape in winning the men's 5-mile event at the 42nd annual Butler Road Race Saturday.

Winning at the Butler Road Race for the third time fits in with Nick Edinger's grand plan.

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BlueSox score weekend sweep

Butler’s Prospect League baseball team brought out the brooms over the weekend in Kokomo, Ind.

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Ketler, 16, tops 2K field

Moniteau graduate Snyder repeats as women's champ

Running competitively has become a big part of Seth Ketler's life, so it was only natural for the Cranberry Township resident to be drawn to the Butler Road Race.

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Malis president of Butler’s new bowling association

The newly-created Butler Area USBC Association — a merger of the Butler County men’s, women’s and youth bowling organizations — elected its officers Sunday.

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Overton wins $30,000 Firecracker 100

BUFFALO TWP — Brandon Overton of Appleton, Ga., grabbed the early lead and held on for victory Saturday night in the Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway.