Butler senior Luke Keene finished in second place at Wednesday afternoon’s WPIBL boys bowling singles championship, falling short to Plum’s Cade Schimmer in the finals at AMF Mt. Lebanon Lanes by a 195-163 decision.

Keene edged out Golden Tornado teammate and fellow senior Rocco Rice in the semifinals, 213-201.

“I can’t believe I ran the stepladder (bracket) and had to beat my own teammate to get there,” Keene said. “It was just a competitive fight. I bowled the kid (Schimmer) before that on Friday nights.”

Those matchups took place in a league that Plum’s Nesbit’s Lanes held. To earn another, Keene had to overcome a 194 in Game 2.

“I knew he was a good bowler and that it was going to be a tough challenge,” Keene said. “He got me this time.”

In qualifying, Rice rolled a 712 series, the best of any bowler in that round. His 257 showing in Game 2 was the second-highest of the tournament.

In the quarterfinals, Keene defeated Woodland Hills’ Dylan Ford by a 215-208 and Butler’s Eric Devore was bested by Schimmer, 233-212. That set up a interesting dynamic to get to the finals.

“It was hard just because you wanted to cheer for him, but didn’t want to cheer for him,” Keene said of his meeting with Rice. “I wanted to win. It was hard just to keep my competitive stance and try to be friendly to him.”

Hockey

Ben Bowser, Sam Steigerwald and Ethan Lipchin scored during a shootout as Mars defeated Butler, 3-2, recently at the Baierl Ice Complex.

Richie Lusk and Bowser scored goals for the Planets in regulation. Nathan Holland and Jaxon Salata scored for the Golden Tornado. Salata and Brayden Povlick scored during the shootout for Butler.

EJ Delaney made 27 saves in goal for the Tornado. Adam Goul was the winning netminder for Mars.

Butler wraps up its season against Thomas Jefferson at 9:10 p.m. Monday at the Frozen Pond.