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These Butler County athletes made WPIAL, KSAC all-star teams in baseball, softball, volleyball and track

Butler’s Trent Best (19) slides into home base after crossing home base in a baseball game Friday, March 20, 2026, at Putnam Field. Rob McGraw/Butler Eagle

Since the regular season ended, WPIAL and Big 56 released all-star teams in baseball, softball and boys volleyball, and the KSAC did the same in baseball, softball and track and field.

See the Butler County athletes to make all-league teams this spring:

WPIAL/Big 56 All-Section Teams

BASEBALL

6A Section 1

Coach of the Year: Josh Forbes, Butler

First Team: Trent Best, jr., IF, Butler; Mason Fisher, sr., IF, Seneca Valley; Danny Drennan, sr., OF, Seneca Valley; Nolan Stefaniak, sr., P, Butler; Kyle Casteel, sr., P, Butler; Mavrik Clement, sr., C, Butler

Second Team: Jake Szebalskie, jr., IF, Butler; Micah Olayer, sr., IF, Seneca Valley; Karsten Lenyk, so., OF, Butler; Blake Scott, sr., OF, Butler; Boden Lenyk, sr., DH, Butler

5A Section 3

Second Team: Danny Murray, jr., IF, Mars; Colin Yurisinec, so., C, Mars

SOFTBALL

6A Section 1

First Team: Paige Volz, sr., OF, Seneca Valley; Abby Kalkowski, sr., P, Seneca Valley; Neve Miller, sr., UTIL, Seneca Valley; Kyra Olivares, so., UTIL, Butler

Second Team: Riley Geyer, fr., IF, Seneca Valley; Alaina Garbinski, fr., OF, Butler

5A Section 1

Second Team: Tessa Simoni, jr., OF, Mars

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

3A Section 3

All-Section: Malachi DeGraaf, sr., OH, Seneca Valley; Gavin Gorajewski, so., OH, Seneca Valley; Andrew Slaugenhoup, sr., OH, Butler; Zane Steimer, sr., MH, Butler

2A Section 2

All-Section: Chris Ramaley, jr., OH, North Catholic; Rex Ranier, jr., L, North Catholic

KSAC All-Conference Teams

BASEBALL

First Team: Dawson Cook, IF, Moniteau; Weston Cook, C, Moniteau; Cole Johnston, OF, Karns City; Lexan Alworth, DH, Union/A-C Valley

Second Team: Dawson Cook, P, Moniteau; Trent Fleming, IF, Union/A-C Valley; Tyson Frazer, OF, Karns City; James Gillen, DH, Moniteau

Third Team: Cam Slater, C, Karns City; Joey O’Donnell, IF, Karns City; Ian Ross, IF, Moniteau; Connor Langon, OF, Union/A-C Valley

SOFTBALL

First Team: Abigail Dunlap, P, Karns City; Lily Staab, C, Moniteau; Aubrey Taylor, 1B, Karns City; Nicole Huff, IF, Karns City; Addison Burrows, IF, Karns City; Addison Fox, OF, Karns City; Ronni Radaker, OF, Karns City; Carley Conto, DH, Karns City

Second Team: Halle Beatty, OF, Moniteau; Lillian Hayden, OF, Union/A-C Valley; Kellyn Potsubay, DH, Moniteau

Third Team: Lexi McGhee, P, Moniteau; Sydney Dematteis, OF, Moniteau

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Field MVP: Alex Wilson, pole vault/long jump, Karns City

First Team: Owen Kaufman, 400-meter, Karns City; Aidan Fox, triple jump, Union/A-C Valley; Alex Wilson, pole vault, Karns City; Kolby Blair, discus, Karns City

Second Team: Aiden Kern, 400, Moniteau; Noah Weiland, 3200, Karns City; Karns City (Mason Bell, Noah Weiland, Carter Farren, Owen Kaufman), 4x800 relay; Owen Kaufman, triple jump, Karns City; Hudson Bliss, javelin, Union/A-C Valley

Third Team: Logan Skibinski, 200, Union/A-C Valley; Nick Ielase, 110 hurdles/300 hurdles, Union/A-C Valley; Union/A-C Valley (Parker Willson, Lucas Yerkey, Aidan Fox, Carter Snyder, Logan Skibinski), 4x100 relay; Karns City (Owen Kaufman, Cole Johnston, Carter Farren, Alex Wilson, Mason Bell), 4x400 relay; Alex Wilson, long jump, Karns City; Hudson Bliss, pole vault, Union/A-C Valley; Kolby Blair, shot put, Karns City

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

First Team: Phoebe Brandon, 100-meter, Karns City; Karns City (Ava Kamenski, Mya Jones, Phoebe Brandon, Brinleigh Kaufman, Baya Davis, Katelyn VanDyke), 4x100 relay; Emily Matz, long jump, Moniteau; Mya Jones, high jump, Karns City; Maddy Dehart, shot put, Union/A-C Valley

Second Team: Karns City (Ava Kamenski, Brinleigh Kaufman, Nicole Huff, Layla Colsey, Maddie Mahood, Taylor Ritzert), 4x400 relay; Phoebe Brandon, long jump/high jump, Karns City; Annalyce Baptiste, triple jump, Moniteau

Third Team: Gianna Louise, 400, Union/A-C Valley; Alexis Kirschner, 300 hurdles, Moniteau; Karns City (Nicole Huff, Sophia Bonetto, Layla Colsey, Carleigh Lucas, Maddie Mahood, Bree O’Donnell), 4x800 relay; Audrey Thorpe, shot put, Karns City; Jessica Rodgers, discus, Karns City; Maddy Dehart, javelin, Union/A-C Valley

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