Butler's Cody Houston tries to turn North Allegheny's Rich Boeh to his back during a 138-pound match Friday night at the Butler Intermediate High School. Houston won 7-4, but the Golden Tornado lost 46-16.

BUTLER TWP — North Allegheny came out and asserted itself as the top team of Class AAA Sub-Section 3A.

Butler wrestling coach Scott Stoner was disappointed with how the Tigers asserted themselves.

North Allegheny won 10 matches en route to a 46-16 win Friday at the Butler Intermediate High School.

“It’s hard for me to sit there and watch,” Stoner said. “We’ve prepared and trained our kids to do a better job and put a better product on the mat. A lot of basic mental mistakes. You don’t put your shoes on the wrong feet when you get up in the morning. ... When we don’t execute those things, it’s really troubling.”

Butler is now in second place in the sub-section and has never beaten North Allegheny in a duael match.

The Golden Tornado (2-2, 2-1) picked up their first win of the night in a tight match at 138 pounds.

Butler’s Cody Houston, who entered the third period leading 2-0, attempted a roll and nearly got caught by North Allegheny’s Rich Boeh. While he avoided getting pinned, Boeh tied the match with a reversal.

Houston hit another roll midway through the third period and held on for a 7-4 win.

“I never let it hold me down during the match,” Houston said. “I always keep a positive attitude and finish the match strong. I wasn’t going to let that slow me down. I wasn’t going to let that slow me down. I knew in the back of my head I had to keep pushing forward.”

Houston improved his record to 9-4 and Stoner is pleased with his progress. At the Southmoreland Tournament last weekend, Houston placed second.

“Cody struggled a little bit,” Stoner said. “But he’s come on. It was a good performance on his part, but there is still room for improvement.”

North Allegheny (4-0, 3-0) won the first five matches to build a 24-0 lead, including two by pinfall.

“Getting momentum helps guys as far as their mindset,” Tigers coach Jamie Kyriazis said. “We know that Butler has a team that comes out and goes hard for six minutes. Even though the match score got lopsided, there were a lot of close matches.”

Jeremiah Bortmas (152 pounds), Ryan Hannon (170) and JD Bojanac (285) picked up Butler’s only other wins.

Bortmas scored a takedown and a nearfall in the first period and coasted to a 9-1 major decision.

Bojanac built a 5-1 first-period lead and nearly picked up a pin at the first-period buzzer.

With four seconds left in the second period, Bojanac was able to pin North Allegheny’s David Probst.

Houston said Butler will need to wrestle with more intensity to win more section duels.

“We need more intensity on our team,” Houston said. “They came out with a lot of intensity and got after us. We didn’t have a lot of that fire and spark.”

North Allegheny 46, Butler 16

(Match started at 106 pounds)

106-Zach Stedford (N) by forfeit; 113-Luke Landefeld (N) pin Max Stalnaker, 1:52 ; 120-Scott Stossel (N) dec Scott Dietrich, 9-3; 126-Dom Forys (N) pin Connor Foust, 1:56; 132-AJ Boeh (N) dec. Mason Kauffman, 5-0; 138-Cody Houston (B) d. Rich Boeh, 7-4; 145-Sean Kalmeyer (N) dec. Hank Finan, 6-4; 152-Jeremiah Bortmas maj. dec. Blynn Shideler 9-1; 160-Jake Woodley (N) maj. dec. Zach Raible, 10-2; 170-Ryan Hannon (B) dec. 3-0; 182-Clay Byerly (N) by forfeit; 195-Zach Smith (N) pin Alex White 2:43; 220-Layne Skundrich dec. Will Bortmas 3-0; Hwt.-JD Bojanac pin David Probert 3:51