The Butler Junior High Wrestling team traveled to Norwin for the 2-day District VII Junior High Championships this past Fri-Sat.  This 51 team tournament it the biggest junior high event in the state.  Butler used 6 place winners to finish 10th out of the 51 competing teams. 

Butlers Shawndell Zapata was the teams highest place winner finishing as runner up at 210 lbs.  He finishes the year at an impressive 25-2

Justin Kabay and Cooper Baxter both took home 4th place medals at 145 and 155 lbs.  Kabay finishes the year at 22-8 with Baxter 25-5.

After his quarter final win Levi Donnel was forced to medically default his next three matches for a 6th place finish.  Levi did not lose a match this year where he stepped on the mat.  Even with the 3 medical default losses he was 21-3 on the year. 

Nick Shaukowitsch placed 6th at 85 lbs.  After being 4-18 (4 forfeit wins) and getting pinned 15 times last season, Nick rebounded to an impressive 19-10 record this season. 

The surprise of the tournament (no for me personally I know he has been improving) was Domenic Vivirito.  Dom came in unseeded at 9-14.  He lost his first match of the tournament to the #1 seed wrestler but pulled out 4 straight wins to make the medal round and ended up in 8th place.  He ended his season at 13-17. 

This concludes a season where the Junior High "GT" went 13-4 in dual matches, won the Butler J.C. Smith Duals, placed 2nd at Norwin Duals, placed 3rd at Southside, took 8th at NA, and 10th at District VII. 

This Sunday will be the PJW Area 7 Tournament at West Allegheny High School.  The top 3 finishers in each weight class will qualify for the PJW State Tournament in Johnstown the following weekend. 

Please see the attached images.