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Butler falls to Utah squad

Despite 14 points and 10 rebounds by Bobby Swartwout, the Butler boys basketball team fell to Highland (Utah) 49-39 at the Surf and Slam Tournament Thursday in San Diego.

Nate Snodgrass had 10 points and five assists for Butler (4-4).

BUTLER 39Nate Snodgrass 2-8 6-6 10, Trevor Wideman 0-0 0-0 0, Cody West 1-4 1-2 4, Cody Herald 0-1 0-0 0, Zach Slater 1-5 2-5 5, Jake Hilliard 1-2 0-0 2, Bill Smith 0 0-0 0, Vinny Schmidt 0-3 0-0 0, David Tompkins 1-3 2-2 4, Bobby Swartwout 5-14 2-2 14.

Totals: 11 13-17 39.

Highland 8 12 12 17—49Butler 7 10 11 11—393-point goals: Butler 4 (Swartwout 2, West, Slater.

Tuesday: Butler at Pine-Richland

Karns City 70, West Forest 62 — The Gremlins connected on 14 of 17 free throws in the fourth quarter.Brad Fuhrer had 20 points, Jake Henry had 14 points and eight rebounds, Josh Wallace had 10 points for Karns City (3-2, 3-1).

KARNS CITY 70Brad Fuhrer 5 7-8 20, Brandyn Bowser 0 3-4 3, Dylan Hipple 0 0-0 0, Jake Henry 4 6-6 14, Ethan Williams 1 2-2 4, Brady Ellenberger 0 0-0 0, Andrew Johnston 0 0-0 0, Tucker Preston 3 2-3 8, Josh Wallace 3 2-3 10, Kyle Barger 1 0-0 2, Tyler 2 0-0 6, Tom Stoughton 0 0-0 0, Zach Kepple 1 0-0 3.

Totals: 20 22-26 70.

WEST FOREST 62Coxson 0 0-0 0, Mendes 1 0-0 2, Liberty 0 0-0 0, Weaver 4 0-0 11, Bemis 1 0-0 2, Silvis 12 1-3 25, Sneeringer 2 3-4 7, Hale 1 1-2 3, McFarland 51-2 11.

Totals: 26 6-11 62.

Karns City 14 17 20 19—70West Forest 13 13 17 19—623-point goals: Karns City 8 (Fuhrer 3, Wallace 2, T. Kepple 2, Z. Kepple); West Forest 3 (Weaver 3)

JV: Karns City, 43-29 (Tyler Kepple 10)

Wednesday: Summit Academy at Karns City

<B>Seneca Valley 67, Colonial (Fla.) 44 — </B>Alex Karika had 17 points and nine rebounds for the Raiders (4-4), who won for the second time in three games at the KSA Disney Tournament in Orlando, Fla., Thursday.Karlei Fronzaglio had 11 points and five assists, and Julia Vandrak had 14 points and four assists.Seneca Valley's junior varsity went 3-0 in the tourney, defeating Centuria of Boston, 61-31 Thursday.<B>COLONIAL (Fla.) 44</B>Karma Jeremie 3 0-2 6, Megan Garcia 2 1-2 6, Nikole Martinez 2 2-2 7, Nuri Muhammad 4 0-0 9, Cita Garcia 0 0-0 0, Kristina Knott 1 0-0 2, Katelyn Coleman 0 1-2 1, Nina Guillaume 3 3-4 9, Jaret Pagan 2 0-0 4. <B>Totals:</B> 17 7-12 44.<B>SENECA VALLEY 67</B>Brooke Clifford 2 0-0 4, Julia Vandrak 4 2-4 14, Kaitlyn Eagle 0 0-0 0, Karlei Fronzaglio 4 1-2 11, Alyssa Miller 1 0-0 2, Kelly Hensler 0 0-0 0, Katie Brown 3 0-2 6, Mary Kate Fullerton 0 1-4 1, Bri Sieminski 1 1-2 3, Amanda Geiger 0 1-4 1, Alex Karika 7 3-4 17, Ally Sanderbeck 1 0-0 2, Abby Trzeciak 2 2-2 6. <B>Totals:</B> 25 11-24 67.<B>Colonial 8 14 9 13—44Seneca Valley 16 22 16 13—673-point goals:</B> Colonial 3 (M. Garcia, Martinez, Muhammad); Seneca Valley 6 (Vandrak 4, Fronzaglio 2).<B>Monday:</B> Seneca Valley at North Hills<B>Grove City 32, A-C Valley 22 — </B>Mariah Jenkins led all scorers with 12 points for the Eagles (4-3) at the Commodore Perry Holiday Tournament.Tricia Kerlin led the Falcons (0-4) with eight points.<B>GROVE CITY 32</B>Brogan Foster 1 0-0 2, Mariah Jenkins 3 6-11 12, Vanessa Sprando 2 0-0 4, Corianne Hyduchak 0 1-4 1, Arianna Sprando 2 0-0 4, Jenn Ferguson 2 1-4 5, Diamond Basham 1 0-2 2, Hailey Hall 0 2-2 2. <B>Totals:</B> 11 10-23 32.<B>A-C VALLEY 22</B>Meghan Cratty 1 2-5 4, Tricia Kerlin 3 2-2 8, Kelsey Boocks 1 4-7 6, Kelsey Russell 1 0-2 2. <B>Totals:</B> 7 8-16 22.<B>Grove City 16 2 5 9—32A-C Valley 8 4 4 6—223-point goals:</B> None<B>JV:</B> Grove City 32, Commodore Perry 12 (GC: Nicole Eisler 9, Diamond Basham 8; CP: Kaitlyn Powell 5)<B>Monday:</B> Grove City at Oil City

The trio of Mike Crawford (152 pounds), Dakota Collins (160) and Cole Baxter (171) won all eight of their matches to lead the Butler wrestling team to a 7-1 dual match record at the 40-team Wheeling (W.Va.) Duals Tuesday and Wednesday.With wins over Cuyahoga Falls (Ohio) 42-21, Northern Marion (W.Va.) 48-22 and Plum 32-18, the Tornado won its pool and advanced to the next round, meeting up against other pool winners.Butler then dispatched Hedgesville (Ohio) 43-26, Carrollton (Ohio) 59-17 and Marlington (Ohio) 58-6.In the Pool A finals, Butler lost to last year's West Virginia Class AAA state champion Parkersburg South 50-13.Butler concluded the tournament by defeating Pool B runner-up Maple Heights (Ohio) 46-24.Parkersburg South took the title with a 43-15 over Massillon Jackson (Ohio).Other top performers by the Tornado included Eric Tuck (152, 3-0, all pins), Doug DiFrancisis (135, 6-2), Korey Caudill (119, 6-2), Zach Reges (125, 6-2), Dillon Weston (145, 5-2) Matt Pribis (189, 4-2), Blake Caudill (112, 5-3), Cody Houston (103, 5-3), Zach Collins, 130, 4-3).Crawford captured his 100th victory during the tournament and his 103 wins tie him with T.J. McCance for second on the all-time wins list behind Baxter (129).

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