Five Butler wrestlers secured pins Wednesday night as the Golden Tornado wrestling team cruised to a 69-6 nonsection win at Ambridge.

Eric Tuck at 125 pounds, Mike Crawford at 140, Cole Baxter at 145, Dakoda Collins at 160 and Chris White at 189 had pins. White's pin occurred just 25 seconds into his match while Collins scored his fall in 56 seconds.

Now 7-1 overall and 2-0 in section competition, Butler hosts Fox Chapel, also unbeaten in section duals, Friday night.

Friday also will be Elementary Recognition Night for the Tornado wrestling program.

Butler 69, Ambridge 6103 pounds: Brandon Bauer (B)by forfeit;

112: Nick Sutton (B)by forfeit;

119: Zach Reges (B)by forfeit;

125: Eric Tuck (B)pinned Derek Persuit, 3:37;

130: Cody Hartman (B)dec. Anthony Tripp, 8-0;

135: Dillon Weston (B)dec. Nick Gohn, 17-7;

140: Mike Crawford (B)pinned Joe Baran, 1:18;

145: Cole Baxter (B)pinned Ross Spinelli, 3:34;

152: Derek Hays (B)dec. David Fitzpatrick, 9-3;

160: Dakoda Collins (B)pinned Franchesco Aloe, :56;

171: Josh Petis (A)pinned Matt Pribis, 2:29;

189: Chris White (B) pinned Nate Schnieder, :25;

215: Marino Quercio (B)dec. Brent Sutton, 12-2;

285: Alex Truman (B)dec. Chris Schnieder, 2-0

Mars 42, Jeannette 34 — Domenic Cosentino scored a pin for the Planets at 171 pounds in this Tuesday match.

Mars 42, Jeannette 34103 pounds: Brendan Frank (M)by forfeit;

112: Ian Thorn (J)by forfeit;

119: Nate Nelson (M)dec. Zach Nedley, 11-9;

125: Dillon Lennen (M)dec. Robert Wolfe, 9-6;

130: Michael DePalmas (J)pinned James Flinn, 1:44;

135: Michael Glasgow (J)dec. Billy Matoka, 11-1;

140: Josh Studeny (M)by forfeit;

145: Treven Craft (J)pinned Ben Dallatore, 3:11;

152: Ronnie Dakan (M)by forfeit;

160: Connor Clyde (M)by forfeit;

171: Domenic Cosentino (M)pinned Teddy Delgross, :55;

189: Chris Boggs (M)by forfeit;

215: Anthony Deni (J)pinned Richard Fallecker, 1:36;

285: Daniel Peters (J)pinned John Glomb, 4:27Boys BasketballMars featured four players in double figures as the Planets blew past host St. Joseph, 74-50, Wednesday night.Vinny Smith and Christian Locher each had 18 points, Chris Herold had 12 and Brad Weischedel scored 10 for Mars (7-4).

MARS 74Chris Herold 4 3-4 12, Brad Weischedel 3 2-2 10, Christian Locher 5 5-6 18, Luke Gruber 1 1-2 4, Alec Mahon 1 0-0 3, Aaron Lozzi 1 0-0 2, Dante DeTillio 3 1-1 7, Vinny Smith 9 0-2 18, Eric Routhieaux 0 0-0 0, Mike Page 0 0-0 0, Tim Vandall 0 0-0 0, Mike Lindenbaum 0 0-0 0, Eric Guzak 0 0-0 0. Totals: 27 12-17 74.

SAINT JOSEPH 50Heinie 4 1-1 12, Roming 1 2-2 4, Marsilli 3 3-4 11, Thimons 1 0-0 2, O'Donnell 0 2-6 2, Gigler 4 2-5 10, Will 3 0-0 7, Oshnock 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 10-18 50.

Mars 19 20 21 14—74St. Joseph 14 14 5 17—503-point goals: Mars 8 (Locher 3, Weischedel 2, Gruber, Herold, Mahon); St. Joseph 6 (Heinie 3, Marsilli 2, Will).

Friday: New Castle at Mars

Ford City 40, Freeport 39 — The Yellowjackets led 17-9 after the first quarter before dropping this section game to the Sabers.Sean Carnahan led Freeport (4-8, 1-4) with 14 points, Alex Isenberg had 13 and Nick Gentile 10 points and five assists.

FREEPORT 39Sean Carnahan 6 2-3 14, Alex Isenberg 3 4-4 13, Darius Frantz 1 0-2 2, Nick Gentile 4 0-0 10, Harrison Wood 0 0-0 0, Derek Durand 0 0-0 0, Mitch Shaw 0 0-0 0, Tyler Collins 0 0-0 0. Totals: 14 6-9 39.

FORD CITY 40Kutsch 2 0-0 5, Shanty 2 2-2 6, Prazenica 4 0-0 8, Young 7 4-4 21. Totals: 15 6-6 40.

Freeport 17 5 5 12—39Ford City 9 12 7 12—403-point goals: Freeport 5 (Isenberg 3, Gentile 2); Ford City 4 (Young 3, Kutsch).

JV: Freeport 44-28 (F-Tyler Collins, 13 points)

Friday: Apollo-Ridge at FreeportJunior Varsity HockeyJake Tomasovic tallied a hat trick to lead Butler to a 7-4 win over Shaler Tuesday at the Harmarville Blade Runners.Cody Bachman scored twice, while Mark Strange and Tim McConahey each scored once.Tomasovic and Bachman added two assists each and Mitchell Cunningham had one.Jacob Hrip made 18 saves for Butler (5-5).