Butler track opens with wins

March 26, 2011 Last Updated: March 26, 2011 01:16 PM High School

Butler's Tanner Kotch (10) is watched by Bethel Park's Connor Herbertson (20) Friday night at Art Bernardi Stadium. Kotch scored five goals in Butler's 9-8 loss.

The Butler boys and girls track and field teams both opened the season with sweeps over Fox Chapel and Pine-Richland.

The girls rolled to wins of 126-24 over Fox Chapel and 122-28 over Pine-Richland.

Jasmine Bailey and Ava Bonetti each won two individual events in both meets for the Golden Tornado.

The boys also handled business easily, downing Fox Chapel 108-42 and Pine-Richland 100-50.

Evan Gomez and Spencer Murray each won two individual events for Butler in both meets.

BoysButler 108, Fox Chapel 42Track Events

3,200-meter relay: Fox Chapel 8:55.28;

110 hurdles: Mucklergio (FC) 16.41;

100 dash: Jake Alston (B);

1,600 run: Evan Gomez (B) 4:37.65;

400 dash: Corbin Seezox (B) 53.81;

400 relay: Butler (Moha, Murray, Lokhaiser, Widenhoffer) 48.41;

300-meter hurdles: Matt Rekich (B) 43.07;

800-meter run: Gomez (B) 2:03;

200-meter dash: Alston (B) 23.54;

3,200-meter run: Chris Grooms (B) 10:03;

1,600-meter relay: Fox Chapel 3:46.88;

Field Events

High jump: Yurkovich (B) 5-6;

Long jump: Spencer Murray (B) 18-5;

Triple jump: Murray (B) 41-6½;

Shot put: Nick Martin (B) 46-7;

Discus: Travis Reed (B) 131-0;

Javelin: Brandon Reamer (B) 132-4;

Pole vault: Anthony Paterno (B) 10-6

GirlsButler 126, Fox Chapel 24

3,200-meter relay: Butler (Trisha Brandt, Caitlin Baxter, Vanessa Tomsey, Danica Snyder) 10:19.31; 100 hurdles: Kennedy Evans (B) 17.45; 100 dash: Paige Allen (B) 13.02; 1,600 run: Danica Snyder (B) 5:34.1; 400 dash: Jasmine Bailey (B) 1:02.2; 400 relay: Butler (Paige Allen, Kennedy Evans, Kaitlin Wetzel, Jasmine Bailey) 50.87; 300 hurdles: Sumder (FC) 52.66; 800 run: Trisha Brandt (B) 2:34; 200 dash: Jasmine Bailey (B) 27.3; 3,200 run: Alexis Swiergel (B) 12:25.2; 1,600 relay: Butler (Brandt, Allen, Baxter, Rachel Konieczny) 4:25.6Field EventsHigh jump: Kirk (FC) 4:10; Long jump: Meghan Studds (B) 16-3; Triple jump: Hannah Williams (B) 34-1½; Shot put: Ava Bonetti (B) 35-4; Discus: Bonetti (B) 96-3; Javelin: Natalie Barkus (B) 92-6; Pole vault: Leah Domhoff (B) 9-0BoysButler 100, Pine-Richland 50Track Events3,200-meter relay: Pine-Richland 8:42.99; 110 hurdles: Mobley (PR) 16.06; 100 dash: Jake Alston (B); 1,600 run: Evan Gomez (B) 4:37.65; 400 dash: Corbin Seezox (B) 53.81; 400 relay: Butler (Moha, Murray, Lokhaiser, Widenhoffer) 48.41; 300-meter hurdles: Matt Rekich (B) 43.07; 800-meter run: Gomez (B) 2:03; 200-meter dash: Alston (B) 23.54; 3,200-meter run: Chris Grooms (B) 10:03; 1,600-meter relay: Butler 3:55Field EventsHigh jump: Yurkovich (B), McDonough (PR) 5-6; Long jump: Spencer Murray (B) 18-5; Triple jump: Murray (B) 41-6½; Shot put: Nick Martin (B) 46-7; Discus: Travis Reed (B) 131-0; Javelin: Borgen (PR) 154-3; Pole vault: Ferndak (PR) 11-6GirlsTrack EventsGirlsButler 122, Pine-Richland 28Track Events3,200-meter relay: Butler (Trisha Brandt, Caitlin Baxter, Vanessa Tomsey, Danica Snyder) 10:19.31; 100 hurdles: Sturgent (PR) 16.75; 100 dash: Paige Allen (B) 13.02; 1,600 run: Danica Snyder (B) 5:34.1; 400 dash: Jasmine Bailey (B) 1:02.2; 400 relay: Butler (Paige Allen, Kennedy Evans, Kaitlin Wetzel, Jasmine Bailey) 50.87; 300 hurdles: Kennedy Evans (B) 53.69; 800 run: Trisha Brandt (B) 2:34; 200 dash: Jasmine Bailey (B) 27.3; 3,200 run: Alexis Swiergel (B) 12:25.2; 1,600 relay: Butler (Brandt, Allen, Baxter, Rachel Konieczny) 4:25.6Field EventsHigh jump: West (PR) 4-10; Long jump: Meghan Studds (B) 16-3; Triple jump: Hannah Williams (B) 34-1½; Shot put: Ava Bonetti (B) 35-4; Discus: Bonetti (B) 96-3; Javelin: Natalie Barkus (B) 92-6; Pole vault: Leah Domhoff (B) 9-0

Cody Beacom had a double, but the Knoch baseball team dropped its season opener to Beaver Area, 4-2, on a frigid Friday afternoon at Pullman Park.Nathan Junk picked up the loss for the Knights.Beaver 000 300 1 — 4 7 0Knoch 000 010 1 — 2 5 3W: Herstine 3 IP (6 K, 0 BB). L: Nathan Junk 3 2/3 IP (1 K, 2 BB)Beaver (1-0): Logan 2-1B, DiNuzzo 1B, 2BKnoch (0-1): Cody Beacom 2BMonday: Knoch at Freeport

Tanner Kotch scored five goals and Cody Bachman added three, but Butler fell to Bethel Park 9-8 in its opener.The Golden Tornado will play at Seneca Valley Saturday night.

Seneca Valley 5, Central Valley 0 — The Raiders' three singles players dropped just two games in blanking Central Valley.Seneca Valley (1-0) will play at Shaler MondaySingles: Jonathan Perkins (SV) def. Alex Fischer 6-0, 6-1; Troy Abbott (SV) def. Chris Shahen 6-0, 6-0; Mayank Parashar (SV) def. George Dietrich 6-1, 6-0Doubles: Joe Shults-Matt Hochberg (SV) def. Matt Paul-Cody Keane 6-0, 6-1; Matthew Ruwe-Andrew Aluise (SV) def. Nate Kiliany-Ben Delostrino 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)Pine-Richland 5, Butler 0 — The Golden Tornado were swept by Pine-Richland to fall to 1-1 on the season.Pine-Richland 5, Butler 0Singles: Ji-Ho Park (PR) d. A.J. May 6-0, 6-0; Brett O'Donnell (PR) d. Erik May 6-1, 6-2; Hunter Coury (PR) d. Nick Rocchi 6-3, 6-1Doubles: Adam Molitor-Brian Beck (PR) d. David Bright-Jon Condon 6-1, 6-1; Ben Mentzer-Rishab Humar (PR) d. Ethan Turner-Gavin Shuler 6-0, 6-1