Butler's boys bowling team finished second in the WPIBL Team Championships Wednesday at North Versailles Bowl in Pittsburgh.

The Golden Tornado lost to Norrth Allegheny, 2-1, in the best-of-three championship roll-off. The win marked NA's first-ever team bowling title.

Rocco Rice paced Butler with a 722 series. The Tornado led qualifying among 18 teams. North Allegheny defeated Hempfield 2-1 in the semifinals.

The runner-up finish qualifies Butler for the PA Western Regional.

Butler's girls compete in the WPIBL Team Championships Thursday.

Karns City outscored Moniteau 17-2 in the first quarter and rolled to a 74-29 victory Wednesday night.Nathan Waltman led the Gremlins (15-1) with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Chase Beighley had 12 points and 10 assists, Cole Sherwin 11 points and Micah Rupp 10 rebounds.Chance Diaz led Moniteau with eight points.KARNS CITY 74Eric Booher 4, Cole Sherwin 11, Taite Beighley 2, Micah Rupp 6, Chase Beighley 12, Luke Cramer 10, Jacob Callihan 2, Luke Garing 4, Nathan Waltman 18, Braden Grossman 3, Nick Slomer 2. Totals: 31 4-8 74.MONITEAU 29Chance Diaz 8, Tanner Williams 2, Mason Mershimer 5, Delarosa-Rugg 3, Nathan Kelly 3, Quinton Scriven 6, Brady Thompson 2. Totals: 12 2-2 29.Karns City 17 14 21 22 — 74Moniteau2 16 8 3 — 29Friday: Karns City at Brockway<b>Mars 65, Shenango 48 —</b> Mihali Sfanos scored 19 points for the Planets while Zach Schlegel added 18. Sfanos drained five treys.Mars opened up a 12-point lead by halftime.SHENANGO 48Ryan Lenhart 10, Butchesse 8, Watkins 7, Sibeto 9, Ziegler 2, Peters 4, McQyuistan 8. Totals: 21 2-4 48.MARS 65Austin Cote 2, Zach Schlegel 18, Chris Dvorak 8, Tasso Sfanos 6, Nate Roush 4, Peter Gonzalez 2, Bryce Cunningham 6, Mihali Sfanos 19. Totals: 25 4-4 65.Shenango 14 13 15 6 — 48Mars17 22 12 14 — 653-point goals: Lenhart, Sibeto 3; Schlegel 2, T.Sfabnos 2, Cunningham 2, M.Sfanos 5<b>Union 62, North Clarion 61 —</b> Karter Vogle scored 24 points for the Golden Knights, who scored 21 in the fourth quarter to pull out the win.Carter Terwint added 17 points and Caden Rainey 13 for Union.NORTH CLARION 61Zeelan Hargebnrater 2, Aidan Hartle 4, Josh Daum 8, Collin Schmader 18, Dylan Walters 19, Cole Byers 6. Totals: 23 5-7 61.UNION 62Karter Vogle 24, Caden Rainey 13, Skyler Roxbury 2, Carter Terwint 17, Bailey Crissman 6, Payton Johnston 6. Totals: 24 12-15 62.North Clarion 22 8 14 17 — 61Union16 9 16 21 — 623-point goals: Schmader 5, Walters 5; Vogle 2<b>Clarion-Limestone 64, A-C Valley 60 —</b> Levi Orton struck for 35 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had four steals for the Falcons in a losing cause.A-C Valley took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter.A-C VALLEY 60Tanner Merwin 7, Ryan Cooper 2, Levi Orton 35, Eli Penny 8, Broc Weigle 2, Landon Chalmers 2, Alex Preston 4. Totals: 19 17-20 60.CLARION-LIMESTONE 64Jordan London 14, Hayden Siegel 7, Ryan Hummel 6, Rankin 7, Hayden Callen 15, Riley Klingensmith 7, Tommy Smith 8. Totals: 20 22-31 64.A-C Valley 18 15 13 14 — 60Cl-Limestone14 19 11 20 — 643-point goals: Merwin 2, Orton, Penny 2; Siegel, CallenBurrell 54, Knoch 44 —Ryan Lang scored 18 points, but a late rally by the Knights fell short.Zach McMillen hit a pair of 3-pointers to cut the deficit to six in the final minute, but Knoch couldn't get closer.

Makennna Maier scored 19 points and Sarayne Forbes added 13, but Butler dropped a 62-49 decision at Penn Hills.The Golden Tornado had a 25-9 lead after the first period, but could not hang on.BUTLER 49Sarayne Forbes 13, Justine Forbes 6, Ali Altman 6, Makenna Maier 19, Aubree Tack 5. Totals: 16 6-10 48.PENN HILLS 62Eryn Roberson 6, Hannah Pugliese 14, Jayla Golden 7, Jasmyn Golden 8, Ciara Epperson 4, Amoni Blackwell 23. Totals: 28 4-8 62.Butler 25 5 8 11 — 62Penn Hills9 21 11 21 — 493-point goals: Pugliese, Golden; S.Forbes 3, J.Forbes 2, Maier 5, TackFriday:Shaler at Butler<b>Laurel 52, Seneca Valley 47 — </b>Olivia West scored 20 points and Jaden Davinsizer added 17, but the Raiders fell.<b>Karns City 28, Wilmington 20 —</b> The Gremlins held Wilmington to single digits in all four quarters. Brooke Manuel and Emma Johns scored eight points each.KARNS CITY 28Brooke Manuel 8, Rossi McMuillen 6, Rosie Carden 2, Abby Callihan 4, Emma Johns 8. Totals: 8 12-27 28.WILMINGTON 20E.Black 1, S.Dieter 2, J.Flick 3, A.Gardner 4, R.Ealy 8, M.Whiting 2. Totals: 7 3-6 20.Karns City 11 5 6 6 — 28Wilmington3 8 6 3 — 203-point goals: Gardner, Ealy 2

Natalie Double and Alyssa Olshanski won two individual events each and contributed to winning relays as the Slippery Rock girls improved to 8-3 with a 102-61 victory over Titusville.The Rocket boys slipped to 2-9 with a 90-14 loss.<b>GirlsSlippery Rock 102, Titusville 61</b>200 medley relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Alyssa Olshanski, Natalie Double, Ashley Shea, Gracie Olshanski) 2:20.70200 freestyle: 1-Brooke Kelley (T) 2:34.71200 individual medley: 1-Alyssa Olshanski (SR) 2:55.5450 freestyle: 1-Gracie Olshanski (SR) 29.19100 butterfly: 1-Reagan Suorsa (SR) 1:18.77100 freestyle: 1-Sophia Sampson (T) 1:05.61400 freestyle: 1-Natalie Double (SR) 5:24.57200 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Alyssa Olshanski, Ashley Shea, Natalie Double, Gracie Olshanski) 2:05.95100 backstroke: 1-Alyssa Olshanski (SR) 1:17.81100 breaststroke: 1-Natalie Double (SR) 1:31.10400 freestyle relay: 1-Slippery Rock (Katie Shea, Alana Colvin, Sarah McCandless, Reagan Suorsa) 5:07.21<b>BoysTitusville 90, Slippery Rock 14</b>200 medley relay: 1-Titusville 2:02.81200 freestyle: 1-Sam Wright (T) 2:17.50200 individual medley: 1-Duncan Young (T) 2:35.2350 freestyle: 1-Frank Barger (T) 24.72100 butterfly: 1-Seth Brooks (T) 1:05.96100 freestyle: 1-Frank Barger (T) 55.43400 freestyle: 1-Trey Kirvan (T) 4:26.74200 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville 1:45.81100 backstroke: 1-Conan Young (T) 1:05.76100 breaststroke: 1-David Hauptman (T) 1:11.25400 freestyle relay: 1-Titusville 4:42.87