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KARNS CITY — To be at the top of your game, you’ve got to play teams that will test you. Butler certainly did that to Karns City on Monday night as the Gremlins dropped a 46-36 contest just three da...

BUTLER TWP — Sydney Patterson drove the length of the floor for a buzzer-beating, game-winning layup. Braylon Littlejohn returned from injury to help put away a win in the fourth quarter. In a pair of...

BUTLER TWP — Even as the setbacks piled up, Mark Maier preferred to take things one step at a time. “You take every possession, every game, every half independently and get better,” the Butler coach s...

By John Enrietto Eagle Sports Editor BUTLER TWP — Once Seneca Valley fell behind early in the third quarter, the message from the bench became clear. Get the ball down low. “I thought we wer...

BUTLER TWP — Butler was down while Sydney Patterson was out. The Golden Tornado point guard went to the bench with three fouls midway through the first quarter against defending WPIAL 3A champion Avon...

BUTLER TWP — It was the kind of game in which Butler could not afford to go well over five minutes without scoring. The Golden Tornado endured such a lull Thursday against Mercyhurst Prep and it sent ...

BUTLER TWP — With the way it opened Monday’s game against Hampton and the way it closed, there wasn’t much not to like about Butler’s performance. A 23-point first quarter helped the Golden Tornado gi...

MANOR TWP, Armstrong County — After seeing his Butler girls basketball team salvage the consolation game of the Armstrong Tip-Off Tournament, Mark Maier was in a satisfied, if not jovial, mood. "I'll ...

MANOR TWP, Armstrong County — Butler’s Mark Maier would rather have watched his girls hoops team throw the ball up from another zip code than the Friday afternoon alternative. In their season-opener a...