Butler's boys and girls track and field teams got their season started with a flourish Monday at Art Bernardi Stadium.

Ryan Marcella took first place in the 100 and 200 meters and javelin, along with running a leg of the winning 4x100 relay in the Golden Tornado boys' 125-25 triumph over McDowell.

Gabby Boden won the 100, 200 and 400 meters along with running a leg of the winning 4x100 relay in the Tornado girls' 111-59 win over McDowell. Anna Baxter won both hurdle events and ran legs on the victorious 4x100 and 4x800 relays.

Chelsey Kabel won the 1,600 meters and ran a leg of the winning 4x800 and 4x400 relays for the girls.

Four freshman boys won events in their first varsity meets. Guiness Brown won the 400, Tyler Rekich the 300-meter hurdles, Sage Vavro the 3,200 and Jacob Pomykata the discus.

Butler opens section competition Thursday against Pine-Richland at Art Bernardi Stadium. Knoch is part of the meet as well.

Boys

Butler 125, McDowell 25

3,200 relay: Butler (Ethan Depew, Lucas Slear, Sage Vavro, Aden Dressler) 10:26; 110 hurdles: Byron Manchester (B) 15.6; 100 dash: Ryan Marcella (B) 11.2; 1,600 run: Austin Carpinella (M) 4:51.4; 400 run: Guiness Brown (B) 54.23; 400 relay: Butler (Cody Reddick, Isaiah Seybert, Guiness Brown, Ryan Marcella) 44.24; 300 hurdles: Tyler Rekich (B) 46.45; 800 run: Cade Gratzmiller (B) 2:05.11; 200 dash: Ryan Marcella (B) 23.39; 3,200 run: Sage Vavro (B) 10:37.6; 1,600 relay: Butler (Cody Reddick, Cade Gratzmiller, Guiness Brown, Isaiah Seybert) 3:37.6

Shot put: Dennis Goodwine (B) 47-1;Discus: Jacob Pomykata (B) 122-1; Javelin: Ryan Marcella (B) 135-2; High jump: Sami Taoufik (B) 5-10; Long jump: Sami Taoufik (B) 21-6.5; Triple jump: Colbin Maybin (M) 42-8.5; Pole vault: Jack Codispot (B) 13-0

Girls

Butler 111, McDowell 59

3,200 relay: Butler (Chelsey Kabel, Jen Cichra, Piper Geibel, Autumn Pettinato) 10:26.45; 100 hurdles: Anna Baxter (B) 16.4; 100 dash: Gabby Boden (B) 13.25; 1,600 run: Chelsey Jabel (B) 5:53.7; 400 run: Gabby Boden (B) 1:03.44; 400 relay: Butler (Chloe Weiland, Taylor Timmons, Anna Baxter, Gabby Boden) 53.20; 300 hurdles: Anna Baxter (B) 49.33; 800 run: Gina Villeja (M) 2:41.6; 200 dash: Gabby Boden (B) 27.7; 3,200 run: Kyla Kramer (M); 1,600 relay: Butler (Taylor Timmons, Chloe Weiland, Anna Baxter, Chelsey Kabel) 4:22.90

Shot put: Megan Penrod (B) 24-10.3; Discus: Paris Johnson (B) 95-0; Javelin: Heidi Gross (B) 101-0; High jump: Alexia Mechling (B) 5-0; Long jump: Nikolova (M) 15-10; Triple jump: Nikilova (M) 34-0; Pole vault: Samantha Penrod (B) 9-6

Baseball

Ian Balquist struck out eight in four innings and produced a double, three singles and two RBI Monday in Slippery Rock's season-opening 14-4 win over Sharon.

Alex Duffalo added a double, single and two RBI for the Rockets.

Sharon 200 002 x — 4 7 6

Slippery Rock 150 053 x — 14 11 1

W: Ian Balquist 4IP (8K, 1BB). L: Shaffer 3IP (1K, 2BB).

Sharon: Volpe 2B, Voytik 3B

Slippery Rock (1-0): Ian Balquist 2B 3-1B 2-RBI, Alex Duffalo 2B 1B 2-RBI, Nathabniel Willison 2-1B

Tuesday: Harbor Creek at Slippery Rock

Clarion 7, Karns City 1 — Ty Belles had a pair of singles and Tyler Yough allowed only one earned run, but Karns City dropped its season opener Monday at Pullman Park.

The Gremlins committed five errors and left 11 runners on base.

Clarion 001 301 2 — 7 8 1

Karns City 000 000 1 — 1 4 5

W: Rhoades 4IP (4K, 5BB). L: Tyler Yough 5.2IP (3K, 1BB).

Clarion: Chase Kribble 2-1B 2-RBI, S.Pastor 2-1B RBI

Karns City (1-0): Tyler Yough 1B, Cam Blair 1B, Ty Belles 2-1B

Thursday: Karns City at Grove City

Sharon 200 002 x — 4 7 6

Slippery Rock 150 053 x — 14 11 1

W: Ian Balquist 4IP (8K, 1BB). L: Shaffer 3IP (1K, 2BB).

Sharon: Volpe 2B, Voytik 3B

Slippery Rock (1-0): Ian Balquist 2B 3-1B 2-RBI, Alex Duffalo 2B 1B 2-RBI, Nathabniel Willison 2-1B

Tuesday: Harbor Creek at Slippery Rock

Girls Lacrosse

Maybe Wonderling scored four goals for Freeport, but the Yellowjackets dropped a 21-7 decision to Knoch. Tea Smith added two goals and Lily Mcneil one.

Madison Ravotti had 12 saves, Hayley Smieszek eight for Freeport.

Boys Tennis

Butler took its first loss of the season Monday as Sewickley Academy posted a 5-0 victory.

Sewickley Academy 5, Butler 0

Singles

Arjan Bedi (SA) def. Tyler Bell 6-1, 6-1; Saarang Mulukutla (SA) def. Trevor Bell 6-2, 6-2; Alex Billiar (SA) def. Jake Steele 6-1, 6-1

Doubles

Cole Rychel-Will Stevenson (SA) def. Jake Zangas-Asa Errington 6-2, 6-1; Jayvir Monga-Rohan Shah (SA) def. Trevor Gahagan-Chris Zidek 6-1, 6-1