Butler Golden Tornado Boys Basketball
Butler - 54 Pine Richland - 44
"Cole got us going tonight."guard Logan Renwick

Butler - 59
Summit Academy - 36

Championship Game
Butler - 41
Jeannette - 36

Butler - 38
Shady Side - 34

Butler - 67 Slippery Rock - 60

Butler - 63 Pine Richland - 58

"We wanted to send a message tonight,"Pratkanis said. "We weren't ranked anywhere in the preseason ratings.
Holiday Champion's
Butler - 65 Bethel Park - 52

Jeff Slater MVP

Butler - 52 Shady Side - 38

Butler - 58 Shaler -38

Butler - 59 Burrell - 41


Butler - 55 Pine Richland - 38


Tornado Boys Basketball
Butler - 59 North Hills - 33


Butler - 53 West Allegheny - 40

Butler - 59 Pine Richland -47


Butler - 59 Seneca Valley -58

Headed to the playoffs
Butler - 54 New Castle -41

"We wanted to send a message tonight,"Pratkanis said.
"We weren't ranked anywhere in the preseason ratings.

Woodland Hills coach Aaron Tipton. "He can bang on the inside with the big guys and shoot from the outside. He can take it to the hole, or shoot the 3."
Sean Lowry....36 pts

Butler - 54 Woodland Hills - 39


Butler - 50 W. Allegheny - 49


Butler - 61 Shady Side - 47


Butler - 40 USC - 38
Sean Lowry nets 20 pts
"He's just been waiting his turn," Coach Lewandowski said. "People don't believe me when I say this, but if we would have had him last year, we may have won the whole thing."

Butler -31 North Hills -29
Sophomore Christos Klutinoty likes his sandwiches at lunch toasted. He prefers to treat his opponents the same way. Toasting the visiting Indians by draining a trey at the buzzer.

Butler - 37 New Castle - 33

Butler - 41 North Allegheny -37


Holiday Champions
Butler - 63 Penn Hills - 61

Butler - 55 Burrell - 30

Butler - 41 Penn Hills - 39 OT

Butler - 55 Seneca Valley - 48


Butler - 56 Woodrow Wilson - 54 3OT

Holiday Champions 2005

Hartung and Burka play huge roles...

Butler upsets No. 1 Mt. Lebanon

"I think our composure was the key,..."

"This is a big, big step for us."

Butler - 60 North Allegheny - 56

Butler - 57 Central Cath. - 45

Senior Jade Burka scored 10 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter in the Golden Tornado's victory over visiting Central Catholic.

Butler - 46 North Hills - 34

Butler-63 Shaler - 50

Butler - 64 Seneca Valley- 59

Butler - 79 Seneca Valley -76 2-OT




Schedule
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2004-05
Butler plays relaxed in 74-49 victory
Senior forward Nate Hartung scored a career-high 19 points and 11 Butler players found the scoreboard as the
Golden Tornado (1-1) ran away and hid early. An 8-0 run - capped by 3-pointers from Nick Martini and Jerrod Markle - snapped a 4-4 tie in the first period. Adam Monday came off the bench and sank treys on consecutive possessions in the second quarter, the latter shot hiking the Tornado lead to 30-18.
Nate Hartung 8-9 3-4 19 Noah Hartung 2-6 2-3 6 Nick Martini 3-4 1-1 9 Jerrod Markle 5-7 1-2 14
Chris Anthony 0-1 1-2 1 Adam Monday 2-3 2-2 8 Blake Anderson 1-2 2-4 4 Jade Burka 3-4 2-4 8
Herbert Klann 0-1 0-0 0 Matt Celestin 1-2 0-0 2 Alan Jackson 0-0 1-2 1 Corey Thompson 1-1 0-0 2
Totals: 26-40 15-24 74


Butler - 48 Altoona - 44
Blake Anderson sank six free throws in the final 39 seconds of the game to give the Golden Tornado a 48-44 victory. The junior guard sank all six of his free throw attempts in the final 39 seconds, enabling the Butler boys to secure a come-from-behind 48-44 win over Altoona. He sank two free throws each at the 39, 29 and five-second marks, making it a two-possession game each time.
The Tornado managed just two field goals and five points in the first quarter. They trailed 27-17 at halftime as Altoona (2-1) sank 10 of 18 shots from the field, including five 3-pointers. The Tornado sank 14 of 16 free throws on the night, 10 of 11 in the fourth quarter. Butler had just three turnovers in the second half.
"For Blake Anderson to do what he did down the stretch in his first varsity game is incredible," Lewandowski said.

Nate Hartung 6-11 1-1 13, Noah Hartung 2-7 3-3 7, Nick Martini 0-1 0-0 0, Jerrod Markle 1-4 2-2 5, Adam Monday 4-7 1-2 10, Blake Anderson 1-5 7-8 9, Sean Lowry 2-3 0-0 4, Jade Burka 0-2 0-0 0


Butler - 67 Connellsville - 50
"Twenty-seven field goals and 24 assists," says Coach Joe Lewandowski. "How's that for unselfish basketball?"
Anderson 9-10 2-2 25 Nate Hartung 5-6 0-2 10, Noah Hartung 5-7 0-1 10, Jerrod Markle 2-7 2-2 7, Adam Monday 0-2 0-0 0, Blake , Sean Lowry 2-5 1-1 5, Nick Martini 0-1 0-0 0, Jade Burka 3-3 2-4 8, Chris Anthony 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Shockey 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 27-42 7-12 67
3-point goals:
King 2; Anderson 5, Markle

Butler - 66 Pine Richland - 52

MAKE WAY...
Nate Hartung added 15 points and six boards


Senior guard Jerrod Markle paced Butler with 16 points. He added five rebounds and became the fourth different Tornado player to lead the team in scoring for a game.
"That's probably going to keep happening," Markle said. "Just about everybody on this team can score."

Jerrod Markle 6-9 1-2 16 Nate Hartung 6-11 3-4 15, Noah Hartung 4-9 3-4 11, Nick Martini 0-2 0-0 0, , Adam Monday 3-5 0-0 8, Blake Anderson 1-3 0-1 2, Sean Lowry 3-4 2-4 8, Jade Burka 2-3 2-2 6. Totals: 25-46 11-17 66
3-point goals: Anderle, Matson 2; Markle 3, Monday 2

Tough defense lifts Butler to 57-47 win...
Butler boys' basketball coach Joe Lewandowski came up with a recipe to defeat WPIAL Class AAAA No. 2 Shaler.

The Tornado had a 31-25 edge in rebounding. Butler had 15 turnovers to Shaler's 12.
Nate hum's the tune..."Let's get Physical..,Physical..."
"This was a physical game and the officials allowed it to be physical," Shaler Coach Ruppert said. "When you have a guy who can knock people to the floor, that definitely favors Butler."

Golden Tornado Basketball squad stuns WPIAL Champion Aliquippa
Butler - 64 Aliquippa - 49

The Golden Tornado did exactly that in shocking the defending WPIAL Class AA champions, 64-49, in Butler's Christmas tournament title game.
Noah Hartung contributed 14 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Tornado. Nate Hartung had 11 points and five boards. Both made the all-tournament team.


Yoi...Double Yoi...
Golden Tornado steam rolls past Seneca Valley...
61-49
"We tried to front them, but Butler executes its inside-out game so well," Seneca Head Coach Giannotta said. "They are a well-coached team. Those guys get the most out of the talent they have."

Noah Hartung...in a word...Electric...

Butler-55 Seneca Valley - 40

Buzzer beater...

2004 season

2003 season

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