The Butler Junior High wrestling team has gotten off to a great start this season.

The squad opened the season with a 67-6 win over Mount Lebanon.

The Golden Tornado then hosted their 15th annual Junior High Duals, defeating Burell 60-18, Franklin Regional 60-10, and North Allegheny 49-18.

Last week, they traveled to Kiski for a quad-dual. They defeated Kiski 53-30 and Franklin Regional 45-30.

This past weekend, Butler traveled to the Monroville Convention Center for the Junior High Matt Maddness Tournament. The Golden Tornado scored 230 team points to win the 22-team tournament. Canon McMillan was second with 191 points.

Santino Sloboda at 80 pounds, Dawson Davis 1at 130 and Diamond Cantera at 210 all took home first place.

Nicanor Andrada was the runner-up at 170.

Kase Chop at 108, Matt McCombs 145, Ethan DeLess 170 and Eli Prentice at 250 lbs earned third place.

Sutton Stoner at 101, Jaydon Mattingly 155, Layne Zmijowski 170 and Braylon May at 190 all placed fifth. Billy Makepeace at 122 and Gavin Rush at 115 placed sixth.

The Junior High GT have a busy week ahead of them. They wrestle New Castle Tuesday, Moon Wednesday, and Mars Friday.