The Butler Boys Lacrosse team beat Hampton 14-9 in the WPIAL Division 2 boys' lacrosse championship game Friday night at Chartiers Valley Stadium. Nathan Barthlow scored four goals, Cody Bachman and Cole Harvey had three each and Tyler Kotch had two goals. The Golden Tornado had strong goaltending from Alex Hill. Top-seeded Butler finishes the season 18-2 while Hampton ends up 18-3. The start of the game was delayed one-hour and 45 minutes because of rain and lightning.

In high school sports yesterday, in girls’ basketball Seneca Valley lost to Pine-Richland 46-34 despite 10 points from Kara Moyer.  Knoch defeated Highlands 38-35 behind 12 points from Hannah Novotny.  The Mars girls’ dominated Valley last night and cruised to an easy 65-19 win at home.  Elaine Hasek and Carly Clark each had 15 points.  In one of the lowest scoring games of the season, Freeport lost to West Shamokin last night 28-23, Jessica McFadden had nine points for Freeport.  Sharon defeated Grove City by a final score of 55-46.  In boys’ basketball last night, Seneca Valley lost to Oliver 60-51 despite 25 points from Christian Durbin.  The A-C Valley boys’ continued their winning streak with a 75-69 win over North Clarion. 

Last night in high school girls’ basketball, the Butler Tornado kept their winning streak rolling with a 53-42 win over Altoona in non-section play.  Butler was led by Olivia Bresnahan who had 22 points and Cassie Cygan who had 20 points.  In boys’ basketball, A-C valley defeated West Forest 70-35 for their ninth win a row; they will take on North Clarion tonight at North Clarion.  Karns City lost to Keystone 57-54 and Moniteau lost to Union 71-70 for their second straight loss.  In other action last night, Hampton defeated Mars 58-18 in wrestling action.  Coming up tonight in girls’ basketball, Seneca Valley will be at Pine-Richland, Knoch will be at home playing host to Highlands, Mars is also at home taking on Center in non-section play, Freeport will be at West Shamokin, Slippery Rock will travel to Titusville and Grove City will be at home taking on Sharon. 

Coming up tonight in high school girls’ basketball, the Butler girls’ will be at home taking on North Allegheny on WBUT 1050AM at 7:30, Seneca Valley will also be at home tonight taking on Shaler, Knoch will be on the road against Franklin Regional, Mars will be on the road as well taking on Highlands, the Slippery Rock girls’ will be at home taking on Franklin and the Grove City girls ’will be on the road taking on Oil City.  All girls’ games tonight are scheduled to begin at 7:30.  In boys’ basketball tonight, Karns City will be at home against Ford City and the Moniteau boys’ will be on the road taking on Brookville at 7:30. The Butler Tornado wrestling team is ranked eighth in the WPIAL with a record of 12-2.  Cole Baxter of Butler and Nate Cully of Seneca Valley continue to hold on to their number one rankings in their weight divisions. 

In high school sports last night, the A-C Valley boys’ increased their winning streak to six games with a 74-68 hard fought win over Moniteau last night at Moniteau.  The Karns City boys’ lost their fourth game in row, this time to Cranberry by a final score of 47-41 at home.  In girls’ basketball last night, the A-C Valley girls’ had their three game win streak snapped with a 57-22 loss to Moniteau at home.  The Karns City girls’ losing streak hit nine games with a 68-34 loss to Cranberry last night at Cranberry.  In other high school sports last night, the Butler boys’ bowling team defeated North Hills 6-1 while the Mars bowling team lost to North Allegheny by a final score of 7-0.  In girls’ bowling, it was Butler over North Hills 7-0 and Mars lost to NA by a final score of 5-2.  In high school wrestling last night, Butler defeated North Hills 38-29 but lost to NA 33-28 in the championship of the WPIAL team section tournaments.  In other wrestling action, Knoch defeated Riverview 42-24.