Seneca Valley’s Haley Hunter finally lands signature win against Butler girls wrestling after ACL tear
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley senior wrestler Haley Hunter has been looking for a signature win since returning from a torn ACL that cost her all of last season.
She found one Wednesday night.
Normally competing in the 190-pound weight class, Hunter bumped up to heavyweight and pinned Butler’s Monica Osborne with a minute left in the second period. The fall snapped a 36-36 tie and handed the Raiders (1-1) a 42-36 girls wrestling victory in the Butler Intermediate gym.
“I’ve worked hard to come back,” said Hunter, who tore her ACL in a freestyle tournament ahead of her junior year. “I was giving up a lot of weight in this match, and I was giving up weight in the match I got hurt in.
“I was definitely nervous going in. Then I didn’t have a good first period.”
Osborne took a 5-0 lead in the opening period, securing a takedown midway through, then scoring two back points just before the period expired. Hunter began the second period from the top position.
“It was important for me to keep her down,” Hunter said. “I just locked in my grip and drove my legs as hard as I could to turn her. I never worry about or even look at the score when I’m wrestling. I’m just working on my match.
“This win definitely gives me confidence. I needed something like this.”
She improved to 6-5 on the season after winning 15 matches her sophomore year. Osborne slipped to 9-4.
“Nobody works harder than Monica, she brings so much intensity to the room,” Butler coach Nathan Bottiger said. “She still struggles with her weakness, which is bottom work. She’s trying to resist opposing moves from the top.
“We figured this would come down to one match. We forfeited a lot of matches in the upper weights, but Seneca Valley is very strong at those weights.”
The Raiders won four consecutive matches by forfeit prior to the heavyweight bout. SV was trailing 36-12 after forfeiting to Butler’s Mylee Toner at 142 pounds.
“I love where our program’s at right now,” SV coach Jess Leighton said. “This is the first season we have a junior high team and we have enough varsity wrestlers to field a complete lineup. We’re just battling some injuries at the moment.”
The Raiders’ only other win on the mat Wednesday occurred at 106 pounds, where Everly Harrell improved to 7-5 with a pin of Butler’s Bella Deprete in 1:15.
The Golden Tornado (4-5) scored three pins on the night. Freshman Sienna Stutz trailed SV’s Adele Shih-Calabro 6-3 before reversing her for a pin in the second period of their 112-pound match. Stutz is 9-4 on the year.
Brin Zehmisch (11-3) and Anastasia Manchester (11-2) scored dominant pins at 118 and 136 pounds, respectively.
Both teams return to action Saturday at the Mount Lebanon Invitational.
SENECA VALLEY 42, BUTLER 36
100 pounds-Azra Paraska (B) by forfeit; 106-Everly Harrell (SV) pinned Bella Delprete, 1:15; 112-Sienna Stutz (B) pinned Adele Shih-Calabro, 2:28; 118-Brin Zehmisch (B) pinned Khloe Hoover, 3:38; 124-Wynn Level (SV) by forfeit; 130-Kaylee Christie (B) by forfeit; 136-Anastasia Manchester (B) pinned Rowan Myers, :46; 142-Mylee Toner (B) by forfeit; 148-Kaeleigh Tuell (SV) by forfeit; 155-Harlee Hornick (SV) by forfeit; 170-Hannah Hornick (SV) by forfeit; 190-Marienna Marinoe (SV) by forfeit; 235-Haley Hunter (SV) pinned Monica Osborne, 2:59
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pins Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Sienna Stutz defeated Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro by pin in a 112-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Haley Hunter defeated Butler’s Monica Osborne by pin in a 235-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pinned Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pinned Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pinned Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pinned Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pinned Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Everly Harrell pinned Butler’s Bella Delprete in a 106-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Sienna Stutz pinned Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro in a 112-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Sienna Stutz pinned Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro in a 112-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Sienna Stutz pinned Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro in a 112-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Sienna Stutz pinned Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro in a 112-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Brin Zehmisch pinned Seneca Valley’s Khloe Hoover in a 118-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Anastasia Manchester pinned Seneca Valley’s Rowan Myers in a 136-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Anastasia Manchester pinned Seneca Valley’s Rowan Myers in a 136-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Butler’s Anastasia Manchester pinned Seneca Valley’s Rowan Myers in a 136-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Haley Hunter pinned Butler’s Monica Osborne in a 235-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Haley Hunter pinned Butler’s Monica Osborne in a 235-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Haley Hunter pinned Butler’s Monica Osborne in a 235-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Haley Hunter pinned Butler’s Monica Osborne in a 235-pound bout in a girls wrestling match Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle
