He’s got 431 career dual match wins, including 19-1 this year.

He ranks No. 1 in the WPIAL among active coaches, No. 5 all-time in WPIAL history. And District 7 is considered the toughest wrestling district in all of Pennsylvania.

His resume includes more than 30 tournament championships and 18 appearances in the WPIAL team tournament. He’s also produced 35 individual section champions and 205 WPIAL qualifiers.

Yet this season, the 30th of Scott Stoner’s varsity wrestling coaching career at Butler, may be the one he’s been waiting for.

Stoner’s teams had never defeated North Allegheny in a dual match until this year, when sophomore Gavin Rush scored a decision in the night’s final match to secure a 29-23 team victory.

Seneca Valley had been the dominant wrestling program in the county for the last few years. The bulk of those standout wrestlers are now graduated and the Golden Tornado defeated the Raiders in a dual match earlier this year as well. Wednesday night, the Tornado defeated Pine-Richland to win the section team title.

The Tornado won the prestigious Kiski Duals early in the season, including a win over Waynesburg that snapped that program’s lengthy winning streak.

Entering this past week, Butler had nine wrestlers with 18 or more victories. Seven of those had more than 20 wins already. Santino Sloboda, a freshman 107-pounder, is 28-0. Levi Donnel, 28-2 at 160 pounds, are legitimate WPIAL title contenders who could also succeed at the state level.

Kelley Schaukowitsch, Kase Chopp, Matt Zinkhann, Mickey Kreinbucher and Ethan Babay are the Tornado’s other 20-plus win wrestlers.

It remains to be seen how this season winds up.

It’s already been a memorable one for what has been a consistent, solid program.

Bucs have a case

The recent election of third baseman Scott Rolen to the Baseball Hall of Fame has raised a few eyebrows around here — and rightfully so.

Rolen has a lifetime batting average of .281 with 316 home runs and fewer than 2,100 career hits. He did win eight Gold Gloves, which went a long way toward his induction.

But if Rolen belongs in the Hall of Fame, shouldn’t former Pirates Dave Parker and Bill Madlock belong there as well?

Parker hit .290 with more than 2,700 career hits and 339 home runs. He won three Gold Gloves as an outfielder in his own right. Madlock, who could not field as well as Rolen, but was above average defensively at third base, won four batting titles.

Maybe Rolen’s induction paved the way for these guys. We’ll see.

Maulers return

The Pittsburgh Maulers are back for their second straight USFL season. They even switched their colors to black and gold.

But they’re still not in Pittsburgh.

Last year, they joined every other USFL team in Birmingham, Ala. This season, they will play their home games in Canton, Ohio, next to the Hall of Fame.

It’s a shame a deal couldn’t be worked out with Highmark Stadium in Pittsburgh. We could gauge fan interest a lot better.

John Enrietto is sports editor of the Butler Eagle