Butler wrestlers 2nd at Ringgold
Josh Pascazi went 5-0 and improved his season record to 25-5 as the Butler varsity wrestling team went 4-1 and finished in second place at the Ringgold Duals on Saturday.
Pascazi (152 pounds) now has 85 career wins and moves into fourth place on the Golden Tornado's all-time list.
Butler began the day by defeating McGuffey (42-27) before losing to eventual champion Hempfield (48-16).
The Tornado rebounded with three straight wins over Charleroi (68-9), Fox Chapel (44-25) and Norwin (66-19).
Cole Baxter went 4-1, with all four wins coming by pinfall.
Other Butler wrestlers who went 4-1 on the day included Mike Crawford, Jon Sanko, Alex Evanoff (91 career wins, third all-time) and Marino Quercio.
Butler (20-3) will travel to Kiski Area for a WPIAL Class AAA first-round team playoff showdown at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The winner of that match will face the survivor of North Allegheny/Hopewell at 8 p.m. the same night.
Butler's final home match of the season will take place Wednesday against Plum, with a Senior Night ceremony beginning at 6:45 p.m.
<B>Indiana 71, Knoch 53 —</B> The Knights (8-12, 3-7) continued to struggle with this home section defeat.Kyle Reiser and Jake McTighe led Knoch with 12 points.<B>INDIANA 71</B>Lombardi 3 2-3 10, Ayebo 5 1-4 12, Johnson 4 1-2 9, Stapleton 8 0-0 20, DeGory 2 0-0 4, Good 1 0-0 2, Viola 1 0-0 2, Fiscus 5 0-2 10, Antis 1 0-0 2. <B>Totals: </B>30 4-11 71.<B>KNOCH 53</B>Michael Gallagher 2 0-0 6, Kyle Reiser 5 2-4 12, Jake McTighe 6 0-0 12, Rob Briggs 3 3-7 9, Andrew Wirtz 1 1-3 4, Shawn Samek 1 0-0 2, Aaron Boldy 2 2-2 6, Zach Gross 1 0-0 2.<B> Totals: </B>21 8-16 53.<B>Indiana 18 13 14 26—71Knoch 17 11 12 13—533-point goals:</B> Indiana 7 (Stapleton 4, Lombardi 2, Ayebo); Knoch 3 (Gallagher 2, Wirtz).<B>JV:</B> Knoch 44-41<B>Tuesday:</B> Knoch at Valley
Seneca Valley's Matt Jarrett scored a goal and added two assists for the PIHL Southwest all-stars in a 4-3 loss to the Northeast all-stars on Saturday.The Class A all-star game, which involved players from Freeport, Knoch and Mars, was won by the Northeast squad, 7-4. Mars forward Mike Heltman scored two goals.
