Tornado wrestlers clip Mars

By Josh Rizzo Eagle Staff Writer 

BUTLER TWP — Caleb Baxter isn't sitting back and rocking in his wrestling stance anymore. 
The Butler 152-pound junior wants to attack, regardless of who is standing across from him. 
“This year, I'm going out and attacking them, I like it a lot better,” Baxter said. 
It's the kind of attitude Golden Tornado coach Scott Stoner says more of the kids on his team need to display. 
Baxter gave him that effort, pinning Mars freshman Garrett Reinke in 1 minute, 5 seconds during the Golden Tornado's 48-21 Section 3-B win Wednesday at the Butler Intermediate High School. 
Baxter, who qualified for WPIALs last season, is off to a 5-0 start this season. 
He won the Chartiers-Houston Tournament last weekend. 
“I was trying to go out and push the pace and I didn't care who my opponent was,” Baxter said. “I had respect for them and wanted to go out and set the tone and make them try to keep up with me.” 
Stoner didn't feel much of that going on with Butler. 
The Golden Tornado (1-0, 1-0) won seven of the 11 contested matches — Mars forfeited at 138, 195 and 285 — but Stoner felt they were lethargic off the whistle. 
“We were anemic,” Stoner said. “They were much faster than us on the start. Everyone knows that the whistle is going to blow and I have to go. It's embarrassing to get beat off the start that many times.” 
Golden Tornado 120-pound freshman Jack Codispot was too nervous to be beaten off the whistle. 
He was determined to show off his motor from the beginning. 
Codispot scored a takedown in the first 20 seconds before quickly working for a fall. He pinned Mars' Jesse Chen in 1:21. 
“This is my freshman year, I don't want to put on a bad impression,” said Codispot, who went 1-2 at the Chartiers-Houston Tournament. “I don't want to come out here and lose.” 
Stoner was pleased with the effort from Codispot and Braydon Hoffman, who was pinned by Mars' Noah Hunkele in 2:57 at 106. 
“Jack's a goer,” Stoner said. “I'm going to like Jack more and more as the years go on. He goes out and does what I ask. He's a young freshman and he's going to make mistakes.” 
Mars (0-1, 0-1) opened the match with a 4-3 win from Aidan Leshinsky at 132 pounds. 
Butler picked up a forfeit at 138 and got pins from Justin Stewart and Caleb Baxter to stretch the lead to 18-3. 
Saavon Mosby (220) also picked up a pin for the Golden Tornado. 
The Planets never threatened the lead after that. Mars also got a win from Noah Wright at 160. 
“I thought it was a good effort,” Planets coach Jason Wilk said. “It's the first dual meet of the year and no one in our section is an easy match. A lot of our freshmen got a feel for what it's like. We're heading in the right direction.” 
Butler 48, Mars 21 
(Match started at 132 pounds) 
106-Noah Hunkele (M) pin Bradyon Hoffman, 2:57; 113-Alex Hornfeck (M) pin Isaiah Christy, 1:06; 120-Jack Codispot (B) pin Jesse Chen, 1:21; 126-Nolan Wicker (M) dec. Shane Culp, 11-7; 132-Aidan Leshinsky (M) dec. Sammy Dietrich, 4-3; 138-Scott Dietrich (B) by forfeit; 145-Justin Stewart (B) pin Cullen Barnes, :50; 152-Caleb Baxter (B) pin Garrett Reinke, 1:05; 160-Noah Wright (M) dec. Hank Finan, 4-0; 170-Christian Sequete (B) dec. Justin Petrilena, 10-5; 182-Jacob White (B) dec. Ryan Barnes, 6-1; 195-Justin Johnson (B) by forfeit; 220-Saavon Mosby (B) pin