Butler freshman Santino Sloboda advanced to the semifinals at 107 pounds during action Friday at the PIAA Wrestling Championships, takling place at the Giant Center in Hershey.

Sloboda (39-1) decisioned Northwest regional champion Braiden Weaver of Altoona, 4-2, in the quarterfinal round. He will wrestle Southeast champion Keanu Dillard (24-0) of Bethlehem Catholic in the semifinal round Saturday morning.

Seneca Valley’s Tyler Chappell dropped a 9-4 decision to State College’s Hayden Cunningham in the 127-pound quarterfinals. Chappell then took a 6-1 defeat in the consolation round at the hands of Eren Sement of Council Rock North.

Connor Smith, the Raiders’ 114-pounder, has won a pair of matches in the consolation round. He decisioned Drew Scherer of Boiling Springs,. 5-2, and Cole McFarland of Haverford, 3-0.

Track and Field

Butler junior Drew Griffith placed fourth in the 3,200 meters Friday at the New Balance National Championships in Boston — and did so in fashion.

Griffith ran the event in 8 minutes, 48.01 seconds, less than five seconds behind champion Connor Burns of Southern Boone High School in Missouri. Griffith’s time was the third fastest by a high school junior in United States history. He shattered the previous school record of 9:02.23 — set by CJ Singleton during the national meet in New York two years ago — by 14 seconds.

Griffith’s time was also the 11th fastest two-mile time in U.S. high school history. He earned All-American status Friday.

Basketball

Remi Black scored 21 points and Ryan Ceh added 16 as Mars advanced in the PIAA 5A tournament with a 61-49 win at Manheim Central. Tasso Sfanos was limited to six points. Grube led Manheim Central with 18 points.

The Planets had a 33-21 lead by halftime.

Union 64, Turkeyfoot 28 — The Golden Knights cruised to victory in the PIAA 1A playoffs as Payton Johnston scored 22 points and Zander Laughlin netted 20. Union outscored Turkeyfoot 22-5 in the second quarter to break the game open.

Chris Kozlowski led Turkeyfoot with 12 points.