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Butler football returning to WPIAL

Butler’s Braylon Littlejohn scores a touchdown against McDowell at Art Bernardi Stadium on Oct. 21. Butler has agreed to rejoin the WPIAL, District 7, in 2024. Butler Eagle File Photo

BUTLER TWP — Butler football’s court battle with the PIAA is over.

The Golden Tornado have agreed to rejoin the WPIAL in football in 2024, as part of a settlement of pending litigation with the PIAA. Terms of that settlement also include Butler remaining in District 10 for the 2023 season and staying eligible for postseason play, along with participation in the PIAA’s next Strategic Planning Committee meeting. That meeting is yet to be scheduled.

The PIAA’s next classification cycle begins next year. Butler had been informed that District 7 (WPIAL) and District 10 will no longer approve the Golden Tornado to participate in PIAA District 10 football at that time. That is their prerogative under the PIAA bylaws.

Faced with the options of going through the court system to get that move overturned, play an independent football schedule or rejoin the WPIAL in 2024, Butler decided on the latter.

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