Butler
- 2 Peters Twp. - 0
Post Gazette Athlete of the week
High
school girls soccer all-stars
Ashton Graham
Senior
Position:
Sweeper
Highlights: Four-year starter earned All-WPIAL honors
as a senior, leading Butler to an appearance in the PIAA Class AAA championship
game, a 1-0 loss to Owen J. Roberts. Graham was the leader of a defense that set
a school record with 17 shutouts, breaking the mark of 14 set a year earlier.
She also had five goals and two assists.
Annie Lowry
Senior
Position:
Forward
Highlights: Four-year starter was the second all-time
leading scorer in Butler history with 84 goals and 38 assists, including 30 goals
and 12 assists as a senior. Tall, athletic offensive player earned All-WPIAL,
all-state and regional all-star honors in leading Butler to an appearance in the
state championship game.
Ashton
Graham Graham paced Butler (21-2-2)
with 2 goals in the second half
to catapult Butler to the PIAA State Championship
game.
Two
years after enduring a record-breaking loss in the PIAA finals, Butler fell because
of an unlucky bounce.
Christopher Horner/Tribune-Review
NSCAA/adidas®
2003
High School Girls
All-America
Annie Lowry named National All American by the
NSCAA
Post Gazette North Player of the Year
Nature takes the Wind out of the Golden
Tornado's hopes for a State
Championship.
O.J. Roberts - 1 Butler
- 0
3 of 4 State Championship contests decided by wind. The Tornado Girls
were against the wind it seemed in both halves of the game.
Sewickley Academy
coach called it "borderline unplayable" Villa Marie coach says..."It was impossible,"
Butler - 3 Schenley - 0
Katie
Ritchey began the offensive assault of three unanswered
goals
against Schenley. The victory sends the Golden Tornado to the
Western
PIAA Championship . Jenny Kienzle and Elise McCaskey
close out the scoring.
PIAA State Playoffs
Butler - 1 McDowell - 0
Butler
- 2 Seneca Valley - 0
Butler’s Kelly Hilderbrand boots the ball away from
Seneca Valley’s Lauren Bartling
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Butler
1, McDowell 0 (2 OT) -- Kelly Hilderbrand scored just over a minute into
the second overtime to lift the Butler Golden
Tornado (20-2-2)
to a first-round victory over McDowell (17-4-2) at Erie Veterans Stadium in the
PIAA Class AAA playoffs. The Golden Tornado shut out Schenley (3-0) Saturday placing
them in the Western
PIAA Championship Game