Butler High's Connor Foust (113 pounds) and Ryan Hannon (182) both went 3-0 and won the championship of their respective weight classes over the weekend to help the Golden Tornado place first out of 25 teams at the Chartiers-Houston Wrestling Invitational.

Blake Caudill earned a third-place finish at 120 pounds.

Fourth-place performances came from Korey Caudill (126), Xavier Bennett (138), Zach Weaver (195) and Damian Wheeler (HWT). Cody Houston was fifth at 132 pounds.

Though they did not place, solid efforts were turned in by David Slomers (152), Will Bortmas (160) and Zach Raible (170).

Butler will open its dual-match slate Wednesday at Mars. The Golden Tornado's first home match is Dec. 19 against Pine-Richland.

Forrest Christmann of Slippery Rock placed second in the heavyweight division at the Hickory Invitational over the weekend. He dropped a 2-1 decision to Union City's Jeff Burger in the title bout.

Knoch's Blaine Elliott also was a runner-up in the 132-pound division.

Earning third-place finishes were Slippery Rock's Dave Huselton (113) and Knoch's Ben Nowicki (170).

Placing fourth were Knoch's Brandon Yobst (138) and Bailey Savage (182) and Slippery Rock's Tim Kerr (220).

Zane Wolf earned a fifth-place finish for Slippery Rock.

Private SchoolsPaul Drake poured in 23 points and added six rebounds as First Baptist Christian defeated Evangel Heights Christian 41-39 in boys basketball.Trevor Barnhart added 10 points and Brent Block 10 rebounds in the win.In a 64-38 loss to Aquinas, Paul Drake managed 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Josh Drake had six points and 14 rebounds.