UPCOMING EVENTS
LATEST SCORES

Baseball


Volleyball



Tennis


Softball


Track








Butler Area Equestrian Team

Samantha Farabee 6th Junior Varsity Novice Flat
Miranda Stoner 1st Junior Varsity Beginner Flat
Emily Teague 5th Junior Varsity Beginner Flat

Carissa Chilcott 6th Future Novice Over Fences,
2nd Future Intermediate Flat
Jamie Mager 5th Future Novice Flat


Butler Area Ultimate Frisbee...



There's only one thing left to do: turn pro.

U.S. National Team member
All-Section, All-WPIAL, All-State, All-Region, All-America, National All-America, McDonald’s All-America and Parade All-America at Butler HS … Named the Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year as well as the Pennsylvania State Player of the Year


TENACIOUS TORNADO'S CONTEST OF THE WEEK


Coaches Reports...


"She is a miracle in progress,".... "She wants to play ball again."



Tornado Girls Volleyball Tournment Champions


JV Shaler Tournament Champions




"I love hot weather..."


Butler cheerleaders 15th in UCAevent
ORLANDO, Fla. — Butler's varsity cheerleaders finished 15th at the Universal Cheerleading Association National High School Championships.
The Golden Tornado earned a bye into the finals by finishing among the top two in their division.



Butler Junior High Wrestling

WPIAL CHAMPION

Cole Baxter
Unblemished 42-0



"She's an extremely talented young lady and we're proud of her."
-Butler cheerleading coach Lindsay Hasychak


Girls Volleyball

3rd Place...Moon Tournament

Post Gazette: Butler figures to be a factor at WPIAL cross country meet...

Matt Slamecka
Section 2 Champion

Butler Golden Tornado junior Matt Slamecka won the Section 2-AAA boys tennis title with a6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win over North Allegheny's Matt Smith
at Oxford Athletic Club.
" (Smith) has a very good serve and Matt was able to return it well today,"
said Butler coach Dave Hartzell."That allowed him to keep the pressure on."
Slamecka, who has been Butler's top singles player since his freshman season, placed second in the section as a sophomore.
He will compete in the WPIAL singles tournament April 16 and 17


" She scores. She's mobile. She rebounds. There's not much more you can expect from her."...Mercyhurst College Head Coach Deanna Richard

Golden Tornado Grad Amy Achesinski

Playing at Butler helped Fleeger prepare for the rigors of college basketball...


" Now I'm doing what I've dreamed about doing my whole life: playing pro soccer."
- former Butler High soccer player Meghan Schnur

Related District and State Associations
www.piaa.org and www.wpial.com



WELCOME TO GOLDEN TORNADO SPORTS
FEATURE STORIES
Girls Junior High Softball Tryouts
Grades 7 and 8


Spring Sports info
Tryout Information


Golden Tornado Swimming
Heath Calhoun
2nd
WPIAL Diving Championships


Tornado Cheerleaders
7th at National Event



Butler Tornado's Girls Varsity Bowling

Golden Tornado Bowling

Clinched their section with a win against Mars.
Their victory improved their record to 8-0 and are division Champions in their inaugural season. This win qualifies them for League Championships on February 25th and Regional Championships in March. Also posting a victory were the varsity boys, improving their record to 5-3 as well as both JV teams.

Nicole Balk 166
Brea Suchonic 177
Heather Paul 179
Hope Griffith 212

Boys 180 and above
Dalton Monaco 195
Derick Hahn 199
Sam Weston 184-19


Undefeated...


U.S. Tennis Association

USTA Winter National Championships


Golden Tornado
Swimmin
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Butler grad lands spot
on national soccer squad

"The Olympics are a goal of any little kid who starts kicking a soccer ball around." -Meghan Schnur.


Butler - 60 Bethel Park - 43

"The practices haven't been easy, but it's all about making us better. I think it's all going to pay off in the long run," -Senior Logan Renwick
Clement's touch evident
in boys' victory vs. Bethel


" It's all about developing work ethic. It paid off for him and it can pay off for us."-Senior Brian Jendesky


Butler - 47 Hampton - 17

Butler shapes up as threat to win section, WPIAL titles in Class AAA wrestling
"...we are already practicing at a high level. We're definitely excited about the season."
Varsity Wrestling Coach Scott Stoner
"Our feeder system has been the key to our success," Stoner said. "Donnie Geibel has done a great job with the junior high."

Butler - 69 Knoch - 9




"Our goals this year include winning the section, something we've never done,"
17th-year Butler coach
Scott Stoner

Milestone
Olivia Bresnahan had 22 points to give her 1,012 for her career as the Golden Tornado won beating Chartiers Valley, 59-49.

Bresnahan was recruited
by more than 100 schools


Headed to State's


" I'm excited about the freshman and sophomore classes because I was able to coach them in junior high,"

Head Coach Annessa Schnur
"It's been a dream of mine to give back to the community and to the district."



Tara Maxwell of the Robert Morris University women's track and field team was selected as the 2008-09 Northeast Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

2009 Highlights



Two Tornado Girls' Golfers qualify at the WPIAL Championship and move on to the Western PIAA Championship
Marissa Decola places 3rd in the west and moves on to her second consecutive PIAA State Championship...

PIAA CHAMPIONSHIP
Top 10
Marissa DeCola


Butler - 91 Seneca Valley - 58



Butler Eagle 2009
Girls Basketball
Player of the Year

Heath Calhoun 3rd
PIAA Championships

Heath Calhoun 2nd Place
WPIAL Diving Championship
Brittney Grenet 6th...


4 for 4

Butler's Jason Clouse



" He's a tough kid who gives us a big, strong presence inside."- SRU Head Basketball Coach Kevin Reynolds

Butler High Grad Jade Burka


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Butler Area School District Notification...
REDUCING THE RISK OF

STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS
AMONG SPORTS PARTICIPANTS

Parents of BASD student athletes...
Athletic Training
( Kelley Fako)


Golden Tornado Foundation
"New NCAA Athletic Eligibility Requirements for 2009"...


6-foot-2 senior hitter
Becky Smith
has been named to the all-state team by the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Association



PIAA State Championships


Butler grad proud of his

achievements as PSU LB


2003 Butler Grad
Jake Cuffman




"A team's success begins and ends with its line play."



Girl's Lacrosse...

WPIALClass AAA and AA Championships
Ben Porter (20th, 16:44)
Wayne Dailey (33rd, 17:12)
advanced to the state championship


Lea Renwick

2007
WPIAL Qualifier




Butler grad breaks CMU record
Butler graduate Molly Evans, Carnegie Mellon University
-3 event wins
-2 NCAA Division III
provisional qualifying times
-1 school record.
University Athletic Association Women's Swimming Athlete of the Week

Presidents' Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week

Golden Tornado
Dan Andreassi
"He's not a captain,
but he's definitely a leader,"
-Waynesburg University Head Coach Rick Shepas

2007 WPIAL Scholar/Athlete Award recipient: Molly Evans

Ashley Lotz
2007 WPIAL Triple Jump Champion

YMCA Top 100 Scholar Athletes for 2007
Jessica Vernon
Scholar Athlete Banquet
Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel.


Rifle

Rifle is a sport of concentration more than physical skill...Tornado shooter medals at states...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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