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Tornado look to build on breakthrough year

BUTLER TWP — A winning regular season and a playoff appearance.

Butler experienced both in 2021, ending droughts of more than 20 years in both categories. Now the Golden Tornado enter the 2022 campaign without three stalwarts from a year ago — Cooper Baxter, Ethan Trettel and Lance Slater. Quarterback-running back-middle linebacker Baxter has moved on to Indiana (Pa.) University for baseball and Trettel plans to walk on as a receiver at Slippery Rock University next spring.

Slater, a senior, is out for the season after undergoing leg and ankle surgery over the summer.

“Our schedule is challenging, too,” Butler coach Eric Christy said. “We have some long road trips and virtually every team we play is a good one.”

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