WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
For the third time this postseason, Butler was heading to overtime with their season on the line. For the third time this postseason, the Golden Tornado kept their season alive with a 93-90 overtime thrilling win over Central Dauphin Saturday afternoon at North Allegheny High School. Butler trailed for most of the night, but Mattix… More »
In a rematch of last year’s WPIAL title, a game won by Mt. Lebanon, it was the Butler Golden Tornado who got revenge defeating the Blue Devils, 60-51, Saturday night at the Petersen Events Center. It was a huge offensive first quarter for the Golden Tornado hitting on all cylinders and jumping out to a… More »
For the second game in a row, the top-seeded Butler Golden Tornado went to overtime but came out on top with an 83-79 win against the fifth-seeded Upper St. Clair Panthers Wednesday night at Robert Morris University. Butler is in the WPIAL Championship Game for the second straight season. The first half was very intense,… More »
Top-seeded Butler was taken to the limit Saturday afternoon when it took not one, but two overtimes to take down the pesky Peters Township Indians, 78-76, at Mt. Lebanon High School. The No. 9 Indians controlled play in the first quarter and had an 18-11 lead. Butler’s defense started to heat up forcing multiple turnovers… More »
Butler senior guard Ethan Morton has been selected as the Big 56 Player of the Month by PlayerPager for the month of February. Morton has been a four-year starter and recently surpassed 2,000 career points this season. He has led the Golden Tornado to the No. 1 seed in the Class 6A boys basketball playoffs… More »
First Team Photo Gallery
First Team Photo Gallery
Butler clinched their first section title since 1992 in a 68-63 win Tuesday night on the road at Pine-Richland. The game was back-and-forth all night long, as the biggest lead in the game was 10 points and in the second half was six points. Pine-Richland started the game with a ton of energy in front… More »
Ethan Morton scored 33 points, 19 of them in the second half as Butler ran past Seneca Valley, 80-66, in a Section 1-6A game Tuesday night. Seneca Valley came out strong in the first quarter with a ton of energy, controlling the game and getting out to a 19-17 lead. In the second quarter, Butler… More »
Class 6A First-Team Photo Gallery