The Down Range Supply softball team recently won the USA Softball Men's Class B modified state championship. Members of the team are, front row, from left: Joe Steiner, Justin Smith, Tim Dietrich, Kelley Kuharic, Brandon Daughtry, Doug Defrancisis and Nick Malis. Back Row, from left: Tyler Slepski, Ian Jewart, Dustin Defrancisis, Luke Slater, Adam Steiner, Nick Morrow, Josh Steiner and Marc Hunka.

BUTLER TWP — Tyler Slepski would like to forget the first season he spent in the Chicora Area Softball League.

“We were 0-24 in our first year,” said Slepski, a Butler High graduate. “That was the worst team I've ever been on.”

Slepski and his teammates, many of whom played with him on the Butler High School baseball team, were undeterred.

Five seasons later, the team won the USA Softball of Pennsylvania Class C modified fastpitch championship.

And last week, the team with largely the same roster, won the state title again, this time in Class B.

Read the full story in Monday's Butler Eagle.