Butler’s wrestling team clinched the Section 2-3A championship with a 36-30 victory at Pine-Richland on Wednesday.

Landon Christie earned the Golden Tornado’s only pin at 215 pounds, though Levi Donnel won via technical fall at 160 and Kase Chopp by major decision at 145.

Gavin Rush earned a decision at 139. The other three victories for Butler came by forfeit.

“We didn’t expect to just show up here and win,” said Butler coach Scott Stoner. “Pine-Richland had some open classes in the lighter weights, but they also have some really good wrestlers. We left some points on the board and we’ve been doing that lately.”

The WPIAL will release its team tournament brackets Thursday.

“We’re 19-1, but there’s traditional powers out there like Connellsville and Trinity,” Stoner said. “We’ll see where they seed us.”

Butler 36, Pine-Richland 30

(Match started at 107 pounds)

107-Santino Sloboda (B) won by forfeit; 114-Ana Malovich (B) won by forfeit; 121-Kelley Schaukowitsch (B) won by forfeit; 127-Dominic Ferraro (PR) pinned Leo Iarrapino, 1:25; 133-Anthony Ferraro (PR) pinned Aiden Plopi, 1:11; 139-Gavin Rush (B) dec. Rowan Foster, 9-5; 145-Kase Chopp (B) major dec. Quinn Foster, 17-4; 152-Maclane Miller (PR) pinned Dawson Davis, 3:09; 160-Levi Donnel tech. fall Grant Pillar, 19-4; 172-Jake Lukez (PR) dec. Matt Zinkhann, 10-7; 189-Vaughn Spencer (PR) pinned Mickey Kreinbucher, 1:43; 215-Landon Christie (B) pinned Dante Cruz, 4:51; 285-Joey Schneck (PR) dec. Ethan Babay, 4-0

Knoch 48, Summit Academy 24 — The Knights finished off section competition with this victory. Owen Layhew and Tanner Crowe won by pin for Knoch.

Getting forfeit victories were Miranda Lajevic, Braylee Ireland, Hannah Klemm, Brady Pflugh, Amelia Crosby and Wyatt Foster.

Bowling

Freeport’s boys defeated Franklin Regional, 5-2, as Colin Cummings rolled a 717 series. He had games of 268, 238 and 211. Eli Abbott had a 203 game and 525 series while Dylan Granata rolled a 506 series.

Brandon Smith rolled a 236-613, Andrew Marles a 227-607 for Franklin Regional.

The Yellowjacket girls were unopposed in a 7-0 win. Mackensie Livingston had a 233-600, Julia Cummings a 191-526.

Boys Basketball

Jacob Callihan led three Karns City players in double figures as the Gremlins (12-3) defeated Keystone, 51-42, in overtime.

Callihan and Micah Rupp sank free throws late in regulation to force the extra session. The Gremlins forced a few turnovers and scored buckets in transition in overtime to win going away.

KEYSTONE 42

Tyler Albright 4, Drew Keth 5, Kyle Nellis 17, Cole Henry 10,. Aidan Sell 4, Brett English 2. Totals: 20 0-0 42.

KARNS CITY 51

Hobie Bartoe 13, Taite Beighley 3, Braden Grossman 2, Micah Rupp 12, Jacob Callihan 15, Shane Peters 6. Totals: 19 12-12 51.

Keystone 6 11 9 12 4 — 42

Karns City 10 9 8 11 13 — 51

Kiski Area 69, Knoch 38 — Teegan Finucan scored 15 points for Knoch, but the Knights dropped this decision on the road Tuesday night. The Knights trailed by 24 points at halftime.

KNOCH 38

Teegan Finucan 15.

KISKI AREA 69

Isaiah Gonzalez 18, Lebryn Smith 10, Dom Dimino 12.

Knoch 10 10 14 4 — 38

Kiski Area 14 30 20 5 — 69

Swimming

Freeport earned a split in non-section action against Greensburg Salem. The girls defeated the Golden Lions 102-60 while the boys dropped an 82-51 decision. No other details were available.