YOUTH SPORTS
Judah Roth scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the First Baptist Christian elementary basketball team defeated Grace, 41-21, recently.
Ben Drake added eight points, 15 rebounds and five steals while Kevin Fitzgerald had 13 rebounds.
Roth had 10 points and 15 boards in FBC’s 23-19 win over Rhema. Drake had nine points and 11 rebounds, Fitzgerald four points and 11 boards.
Roth had 14 points, 14 rebounds and six steals in a 23-20 win over New Castle. Fitzgerald added eight points, 13 rebounds and six steals, Casey Miller seven rebounds.
In other games:
Butler’s eighth grade boys White improved to 17-2 after posting recent wins of 39-36 over Pine-Richland and 46-40 over Fox Chapel.
Connor Ollio scored 10 points, Jacob Kradel seven and Jacob Keene six in the first game. Michael Harris hit the last two shots for Butler in the closing seconds.
Ollio had 20 points in the second game, Noah Beveridge adding nine and Nicolas Kibbie six.
Butler Catholic’s junior varsity boys improved to 13-1 with a 25-14 victory over Aquinas Academy. Colin Gallagher scored 10 points as the Saints won their 12th straight.
Wrestling
Butler elementary wrestler Santino Sloboda placed fourth in the 7-under 45-pound weight class at the Canon Mac Odd Age Novice tournament recently.
Knoch’s junior high team competed in the Sharon Junior High Tournament recently and had six wrestlers place.
Eric Green won his weight division while Brett Adams and Greg Sico placed second, Caleb Fike and Logan Treich third, Mitch Walter fourth.
