Mars' Alex Kokkinakis holds on to his Pine-Richland opponent during the 125-pound match Wednesday. Kokkinakis won 13-9, but the Planets fell to the Rams 33-30.

With three pins coming in less than a minute, the Butler wrestling team emerged with a 43-18 win over Mt. Lebanon Wednesday night.

Rob Runyan (103 pounds) earned a pin in 28 seconds; Josh Coburn (152) in 42 seconds; and Aaron Pascazi (160) in 47 seconds for Butler, which was coming off a 36-30 loss on Tuesday to Highlands.

The Golden Tornado (12-5) will wrestle seven matches this weekend at the Hempfield Duals.

Butler 43, Mt. Lebanon 18

103 pounds — Rob Runyan (B) pined Alex Szaller :28

112 — Brian Nicelli (B) dec. S. Kochanek 12-6

119 — Ian McLaughlin (B) pinned Buono 2:26

125 — Derek Hays (B) dec. Labelle 5-0

130 — Stewart Rapone (B) dec. Perri 4-1

135 — Alex Evanoff (B) dec. Lewandowski 6-3

140 — Baker-McKee (M) dec. Jon Sanko (B) 2-0

145 — Josh Pascazi (B) maj. dec. Bianco 11-2

152 — Josh Coburn (B) pinned McCelland :42

160 — Aaron Pascazi (B) pinned Eckel :47

171 — Bonenberger (M) by forfeit

189 — Bonwowell (M) dec. Duane Steifel 6-0

215 — Mario Quercio (B) dec. Iannotta 8-2

Hwt — Wotring (M) by forfeit

Pine-Richland 33, Mars 30 — Alex Kokkinakis (125 pounds) registered a 13-9 win, but the Planets couldn't hold off Pine-Richland.Logan Giger (145) and Matt Perry (119) each won one-point decisions and Luke Salter (103) recorded a third period pin.

Sean Foust led a balanced scoring attack with 15 points as the A-C Valley boys basketball team surged past East Forest 72-54 Wednesday night.Ted Marron and Kyle McCall each added 13 points and John Kaufman 11 for the Falcons (18-5, 8-4).<B>EAST FOREST 54</B>James Meloney 3 1-1 7, Bob Snyder 7 6-9 22, Jared Courter 1 0-0 2, John Rini 3 0-0 9, Corey Snyder 5 0-0 12, Rob Alexander 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 1-1 54<B>A-C VALLEY 72</B>Sean Foust 4 6-9 15, Ted Marron 6 0-2 13, John Kaufman 5 0-0 11, Kyle McCall 6 1-5 13, Ryan Jackson 4 1-1 9, Shawn Courson 2 2-3 7, Garrett Greathouse 0 0-0 0, Mark Hart 1 2-2 4. Totals: 28 12-22 72<B>3-point goals:</B>Bob Snyder 2, John Rini 3, Corey Snyder 2, Foust, Marron, Kaufman, Courson<B>Friday:</B> A-C Valley at North Clarion

<B>Kiski Area 89, Knoch 80 (girls) —</B> Rachel Tano won the 50-yard freestyle in 26.40 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:15.11. Paula Pivaronas qualified for the WPIAL meet in the 50 freestyle with a time of 26.73.<B>Kiski Area 84, Knoch 61 (boys) —</B> Doug Vogus won the 200 individual medley in 2:19.76 and the 100 butterfly in 1:05.30. Dan Lutz, Mike McCoy, Dylan Beck and Vogus won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:58.78.