Butler wrestlers now 8-0

December 17, 2007 Last Updated: December 17, 2007 01:11 PM High School

The Butler varsity wrestling team followed up a huge 31-30 win over section foe North Hills on Friday by taking first place at the Commodore Perry Duals on Saturday.

Butler defeated Girard (84-0), Brookville (58-12), Mercer (42-27), Cambridge Springs (78-0) and Port Allegany (46-21) to tie Commodore Perry, which also finished with a 5-0 record.

Butler was awarded first place by virtue of more team points scored. Eleven teams competed at the event.

"It was a great weekend," said Butler coach Scott Stoner. "Hopefully, this can continue.

"We entered this weekend with 10 of our guys nursing injuries," he added. "As far as I know, we came away from the tournament with a few black eyes, but that's about it."

Winning all five of their bouts were Daman Redenbach (112 pounds), Mike Crawford (125), Cole Baxter (130), Alex Evanoff (152) and Josh Pascazi (160).

Next up for the Golden Tornado (8-0, 3-0) is a trip to Knoch on Wednesday, followed by a home match against Hampton on Friday.

"If we can get to next weekend at 5-0 in the section, we'd be halfway done with our section schedule and we would have a good shot at making the playoffs," said Stoner.

No wrestler in Butler's current lineup has a losing record. Following is that lineup, with each wrestler's performance at the Commodore Perry Duals in parenthesis, followed by his dual-match record this season.

103 — Eric Tuck (4-1) 6-2;

112 — Daman Redenbach (5-0) 7-1;

119 — Dave Jaillet (3-2) 4-4;

125 — Mike Crawford (5-0) 8-0;

130 — Cole Baxter (5-0) 8-0;

135 — Aaron Raible (4-0) 7-1;

140 — Ken Rosenbauer (3-2) 5-3;

145 — Jon Sanko (4-1) 6-2;

152 — Alex Evanoff (5-0) 8-0;

160 — Josh Pascazi (5-0) 7-1;

171 — Derek Hays (4-0) 4-1;

189 — Chris White (3-2) 4-3;

215 — Marino Quercio (4-1) 6-2;

285 — Mark Moses (3-2) 5-3.

Grove City (5-2, 2-0) featured four players who scored in double digits as the Eagles defeated visiting Kennedy Catholic, 71-57 Saturday night.Ryan McNamara led the way with 19 points, but Maxx Stutz added 18, Derek Forese had 13 and Kyle Perrine chipped in with 10.KENNEDY CATHOLIC 57Penn 1 0-0 2, McKinney 4 2-2 10, Kaikas 2 0-0 4, Randall 9 6-9 28, Hood 3 0-1 6, Farmartino 2 1-7 5, Jones 1 0-0 2, Klaric 0 0-2 0. Totals: 22 9-21 57.GROVE CITY 71Maxx Stutz 5 4-4 18, Ryan McNamara 4 10-13 19, Pat Johnson 1 2-3 4, Kyle Perrine 3 3-4 10, Dwayne Martin 2 3-6 7, Derek Forese 4 2-2 13. Totals: 19 24-32 71.Kennedy Cath. 11 13 17 16—57Grove City 21 10 14 26—713-point goals: Kennedy Catholic 4 (Randall 4); Grove City 9 (Stutz 4, Forese 3, McNamara, Perrine).JV: Kennedy Catholic 39-37 (GC-Jeff Hershberger 10 points)Tuesday: Fort LeBoeuf @ Grove City

Grove City's Caitlin McNamara led all scorers with 14 points as the Eagles downed Moniteau, 50-22.Kristy Woods added 12 points and Maggie Orr 11 for Grove City (5-2, 1-1).Maura McCaslin scored eight points to pace the Warriors (0-5), who trailed 25-12 at halftime.MONITEAU 22Jenna McCorry 2 2-2 6, Christi Kuzma 3 0-0 6, Maura McCaslin 3 1-2 8, Kathleen Harding 1 0-0 2, Ellie Hillard 0 0-0 0, Chelsea Sellers 0 0-0 0, Alex Guercio 0 0-0 0, Gretchen McCormick 0 0-0 0. Totals: 9 3-4 22.GROVE CITY 50Maggie Orr 5 1-5 11, Caitlin McNamara 4 5-6 14, Kimberly Cook 2 0-0 4, Caitlin Rothman 2 0-2 4, Lauryn Franklin 2 0-0 4, Kristy Woods 5 2-3 12, Lexi Caporali 0 1-2 1, Samantha Bell 0 0-0 0, Rachel Kurtz 0 0-0 0, Grace Bennett 0 0-0 0, Taylor McConnell 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 9-18 50.Moniteau 7 5 6 4—22Grove City 15 10 10 15—503-point goals: Moniteau 1 (McCaslin); Grove City 1 (McNamara).JV: Grove City 46-25 (GC-Lexi Caporali)Monday: Brookville @ Grove CityTuesday: Cranberry @ Moniteau