Butler quartet sets track relay record
Butler High's quartet of Macy Stalnaker, Tori Sawhney, Rachel Weyand and Alexis Swiergol broke the meet record in the 3,200-meter relay at Saturday's indoor track event at Youngstown State University with a first-place time of 10 minutes, 6.77 seconds.
Also on the girls' side, Kennedy Evans qualified for the upcoming state meet with a second-place effort of 17 feet, 8 inches in the long jump.
In the boys' competition, Butler was again victorious in the 3,200 relay with a time of 8:39.30. The team included Brandon Critchlow, Jeromee Geibel, Josh Rader and Sean Rundle.
Butler participants who placed in the top three follow:
Girls
Long jump: 2-Kennedy Evans 17-8
Triple jump: 2-Kristen Knass 34-2.5, 3-Lauren Maher 30-4
Shot put: 3-Ava Bonetti 37-.75
Pole vault: 3-Becky Arturo 10-0
4x800 relay: 1-Butler (Macy Stalnaker, Tori Sawhney, Rachel Weyand and Alexis Swiergol) 10:06.77
4x200 relay: 3-Butler (Paige Allen, Kristen Knass, Amanda Wiest, Kennedy Evans) 1:51.32
1600 run: 2-Tori Sawhney 5:33.98
Boys
Long jump: 2-Anthony Yurkovich 21-4.75
Triple jump: 2-Tyler Roudybush 40-5.5
4x800 relay: 1-Butler (Brandon Critchlow, Jeromee Geibel, Josh Rader and Sean Rundle) 8:39.30
Brothers Blake (120 pounds) and Korey Caudill (126) both went 5-0 to spark Butler to its fourth win in as many tournaments this season as the Golden Tornado bested 11 other teams at the Chartiers Valley Tournament.Blake Caudill tallied four pins, while several other wrestlers enjoyed solid outings. They included: Cody Houston (132, 4-1), Xavier Bennett (138, 3-0), Jeremiah Bortmas (145, 4-1), Will Bortmas (160, 4-1), Ryan Hannon (170, 4-1) and Zach Weaver (182, 4-1).As a team, Butler reeled off five wins at the event, defeating Bentworth (59-10), Chartiers Valley (44-23), Freedom (75-3), Chartiers-Houston (51-28) and Norwin (34-29).The Golden Tornado will face Greensburg Salem in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA team tournament at 6 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny High School.
After holding a one-point lead at the end of the first quarter, Knoch was outscored by 15 points over the last three periods in a 60-46 home loss to Indiana.David Gallagher led the Knights (9-7, 4-5) with 13 points.INDIANA 60Carter 7 1-3 15, Hodzick 1 0-0 3, R. Stapleton 7 1-2 17, D. Stapleton 2 0-0 4, Zilinskas 3 0-0 6. Totals: 24 2-5 60.KNOCH 46Austin Miller 3 0-0 8, David Gallagher 4 1-2 13, Matt Zanella 3 2-2 8, Marc Vaughan 2 5-12 9, Chris Kier 2 2-2 6, Ben Pfieffer 1 0-0 2, Troy Hixson 0 0-0 0, Chris Law 0 0-0 0, Alex Campbell 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 10-18 46.Indiana 11 17 18 14—60Knoch12 9 13 12—463-point goals: Indiana 3 (R. Stapleton 2, Hodzick); Knoch 6 (Gallagher 4, Miller 2)Tuesday: Knoch at HighlandsSeneca Valley 66, Lincoln Park 64 (OT) — Easton Bazzoli's two free throws with five seconds left in the extra quarter were the difference for the Raiders (14-4) in a game played at La Roche College Sunday night.Bazzoli scored 21 points to lead SV, while R.J. McCauley added 15 and Alex Snyder 14.The victory came a day after the Raiders dropped a crucial 67-51 Section 3 final to rival North Allegheny on Saturday.Bazzoli scored 17 in the loss.SV is now 7-3 in the section standings, tied with Hampton for third place.LINCOLN PARK 64Kellem 5 0-1 11, Skovanko 2 2-2 7, Rowan 6 0-0 17, Minnie 10 2-3 24, Loedding 1 0-0 3, Cottrill 1 0-0 2. Totals: 25 4-6 64.SENECA VALLEY 66Easton Bazzoli 5 8-8 21, Mike Smith 2 0-0 4, T.J. Holl 2 1-4 6, Eric Woods 2 0-0 6, R.J. McCauley 7 1-2 15, Alex Snyder 7 0-0 14, Taylor Mantick 0 0-0 0. Totals: 25 10-14 66.Lincoln Park 18 12 16 13 5—64Seneca Valley16 15 19 9 7—663-point goals: Lincoln Park 10 (Rowan 5, Minnie 2, Kellem, Skovanko, Loedding); Seneca Valley 6 (Bazzoli 3, Woods 2, Holl)Tuesday: Seneca Valley at New CastleNORTH ALLEGHENY 67Hennigan 1 0-0 2, Sumpter 1 0-0 2, Zeise 1 0-2 2, Meeker 2 0-0 5, Colabrese 3 5-7 11, D. Haus 6 1-2 16, Soyster 1 7-8 10, A. Haus 3 1-2 7, Mancini 4 0-0 12 . Totals: 22 14-21 67.SENECA VALLEY 51Matt Darby 2 2-2 6, Easton Bazzoli 7 2-2 17, Dan Cashdollar 1 0-0 2, Mike Smith 3 0-0 6, T.J. Holl 2 1-2 5, Eric Woods 1 0-0 3, R.J. McCauley 2 0-0 4, Alex Snyder 4 0-1 8. Totals: 22 5-7 51.North Allegheny 20 11 19 17—67Seneca Valley8 14 15 14—513-point goals: North Allegheny 9 (Mancini 4, D. Haus 3, Meeker, Soyster); Seneca Valley 2 (Bazzoli, Woods)
