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Registration Dates & Instructions

Updated on 10/14/2024

2024-2025 Online Registration Dates Fall Sports: June 24 - August 5 Winter Sports: October 1 - November 13 Spring Sports: January 15 - February 26 REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS WELCOME LETTER (READ FIRST - Important)*Lists registration requirements & other important informationFIRST TIME BIGTEAM USERS - Step-By-Step InstructionsRETURNING BIGTEAM USERS - InstructionsSECTION 7 - Recertification InstructionsINSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO - Registration Video OTHER INFORMATION SPORT START DATES, TIMES & LOCATIONSImPACT TESTING DATESLIST OF SPORTS BY SEASON AND LEVEL

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ImPACT Testing

Updated on 10/14/2024

Impact testing available for 2024-25 WINTER SPORTS ATHLETES IHS Room 227 from 3-4:30pm Monday, October 28--Boys and Girls Junior High Basketball Tuesday, October 29—Boys and Girls JV/Varsity Basketball Wednesday, October 30—Boys and Girls Jr High and Varsity Wrestling ImPACT Tests are good for a period of 2 years. If you are unsure if your child needs an ImPACT test, please contact Holly Bachman-Forbes at bachmanh@upmc.edu.Any testing outside of scheduled dates is by APPOINTMENT ONLY.If your sport is not listed for testing, then your child is not required to have an ImPACT test. If you need a copy of your child's baseline ImPACT test for medical purposes or have any questions, please contact one of our athletic trainers listed below. Holly Bachman-Forbes, MS, LAT, ATCUPMC Sports MedicineAthletic Trainer, Butler High Schoolbachmanh@upmc.edu Heather Cooper, LAT, ATCUPMC Sports MedicineAthletic Trainer, Butler

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Sport Start Dates, Times and Locations

Updated on 10/14/2024

WINTER SPORTS - 2024 1st PRACTICE DATE/TRYOUTS-NOVEMBER 15THBOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL- SHS MAIN GYM—5:30-7:30 PMGIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL – SHS MAIN GYM– 3-5:30 PMVARSITY RIFLE – SR HI RIFLE RANGE – 3-5:30 PMVARSITY SWIMMING/DIVING – SHS POOL – 3-5:30 PMBOYS VARSITY WRESTLING – IHS WRESTLING ROOM- 3-5:30 PMGIRLS VARSITY WRESTLING – IHS WRESTLING ROOM- 5:30-7:30 PMGIRLS 7 th & 8 TH BASKETBALL – SHS AUX GYM – 3-5 PMBOYS 7 TH GRADE BASKETBALL –IHS GYM – 3-5 PMBOYS 8 TH GRADE BASKETBALL– IHS GYM –5-7 PMBOYS 9 TH GRADE BASKETBALL – SHS AUX GYM – 5:30-7:30 PMJR HI WRESTLING – IHS GYM – 3– 5:30 PMBOYS/GIRLS BOWLING – FAMILY BOWLAWAY – 3-5:30 PM 1st PRACTICE DATE/TRYOUTS – DECEMBER 3RDINDOOR TRACK (grades 9-12) – STADIUM ANNEX – 3-5 PM ** ALL COACHES WILL INFORM ATHLETES OF PRACTICE SCHEDULE AFTER THE 1ST DAY** ** START TIMES AND LOCATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE SO PLEASE CHECK THIS LINK CLOSER TO THE START DATE FOR THAT SPORT**

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Hours of Operation

Updated on 10/14/2024

School Days: 8 am - 3 pm Phone: 724-214-3232Fax: 724-287-8791 Butler Senior High SchoolAthletic Office120 Campus LaneButler, PA 16001 Physical Location - Butler Senior High School GymnasiumEntrance - Doors between the new blue auxiliary gym and the main gym

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Butler Track & Field: 2024 WPIAL CHAMPIONS

Boys/Girls Varsity Track

Posted on 05/08/2024

Congratulations to the Boys Track & Field Team! 2024 WPIAL CHAMPIONS!

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2024 WPIAL Scholar Athlete Winner - Drew Griffith!

Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country

Updated on 04/17/2024

WPIAL Announces 2024 James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award Winners The 33rd year of the program saw 20 winners selected from a group of 146 nominees 4/17/2024 11:00:00 AM Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) revealed the recipients of the 33rd annual WPIAL James Collins Scholar-Athlete Award on Wednesday, with 20 candidates (10 male, 10 female) selected from a group of 146 nominees. The 146 nominees are the eighth-highest total since 2000, and the second most since 2015. The candidate pool consisted of 77 female and 69 male student-athletes from a total of 87 schools, with 15 schools submitting at least one nominee after not doing so last year. Among the 2023-2024 group of applicants, 87.7 percent participated in multiple sports with 11.6 percent being four-sport student-athletes. The nominees played a total of 20 different sports, including baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross

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Drew Griffith Officially Runs 2 Mile National Record At NBNI

Boys/Girls Varsity Indoor Track

Updated on 03/13/2024 |Bobby Reyes

Photo by David Nguyen | MileSplit National Record Moments Bobby Reyes Mar 10, 2024 BOSTON -- It's official now. Drew Griffith ran himself into the record books. After netting an unofficial national high school record for two miles in February, the Butler senior followed it up at New Balance Nationals Indoor on Sunday, and this time he simply left no doubt. Griffith was well ahead of the pacing lights at The TRACK at New Balance and stopped the clock at 8:34.91, even improving on his former mark by four seconds. Last month Griffith made waves when he ran 8:38.67 on an oversized track at the Alex Wilson Invitational. While the performance in February was an all-time, all-conditions No. 1, it wasn't counted officially as a national record, given that it came on an oversized track. Griffith's performance on Sunday solidified himself in the record books. If the record s

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Hunter Swidzinski - PIAA State Champion!

Posted on 03/01/2024 |Paul Schofield - TribLive reporter

Butler’s Hunter Swidzinski wins PIAA golf title in all-WPIAL playoff By: Paul Schofield Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 8:51 PM Butler senior Hunter Swidzinski figured he had nothing to lose heading into the final round of the PIAA Class 3A golf championship Tuesday. All he did was shoot the best round of his life. Swidzinski shot an 8-under-par 64 and then won a three-hole playoff to claim the title and become the school’s first winner. Swidzinski sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the third playoff hole to edge WPIAL champion Nick Turowski of Penn-Trafford. Swidzinski, Turowski and Plum’s Wes Lorish finished the 36-hole tournament at Penn State’s Blue Course tied at 7-under. Lorish was eliminated on the first playoff hole. Turowski missed a birdie on the second playoff hole, but Swidzinski did not miss on the next hole. “It’s incredible,” Swidzinski said. “After my round on Monday, I knew it would be tough

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Butler Boys Indoor Track State Champs!

Boys/Girls Varsity Indoor Track

Updated on 03/01/2024

Congratulations to our boys distance medley relay team State Champions! Drew Griffith, Zack Slear, Griffin Bauer & Owen Dressler

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PIAA Indoor Track Gold Medalist - Drew Griffith!

Boys/Girls Varsity Indoor Track

Posted on 03/01/2024

Congratulations to Drew Griffith who won gold in the mile run at the PA Indoor State Championships & set a new meet record!

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Drew Griffith Seals 2-Mile Masterpiece With Historic Time

Boys/Girls Varsity Indoor Track

Updated on 02/22/2024 |Cory Mull

National Record Moments Cory Mull Feb 17, 2024 * Butler's Drew Griffith clocked the fastest 2-mile in history on Saturday at Notre Dame Photo Credit: David Nguyen/MileSplit - - - There were signs last year that Edward Cheserek's 2-mile national record was in jeopardy. In January of last year, Jackson Heidesch clocked a historic 8:42.60 effort at 2-miles to outrun Connor Burns in the final laps at the CYUP Misfits Invitational, registering the fourth-fastest time at the distance in history. He would go on to break four in the mile later that year. Burns, however, would avenge that loss just a few months later, posting the seventh-fastest 2-mile in history with his 8:43.24 from New Balance Nationals Indoor. Still, Cheserek's time stood. No athlete in history had gone under 8:40 for two miles. Maybe Drew Griffith had that on his mind on Saturday when he stepped to the line at the Gold

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Butler Defends Crown at 2024 WPIAL Team Championships

Boys/Girls Varsity Rifle

Posted on 02/08/2024 |#WPIAL

Canonsburg, Pa. – The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) started a full week of winter championships at the WPIAL/UPMC Sports Medicine Rifle Team Championships on Tuesday, held at the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club in Canonsburg. Across a competitive nine-team field, Butler successfully defended its 2023 title by edging out Trinity, 799-64x to 799-57x. Butler (14-0, 10-0 Section IV) is now a five-time WPIAL team champion, joining Munhall (23), Trinity (18), Mt. Lebanon (7), Bethel Park (6), Hempfield Area (6), Woodland Hills (6), and Churchill (5) among the schools in that club. The Golden Tornado has won three of the last five titles, and now owns trophies from 1988, 1993, 2020, 2023, and 2024. Butler had six of its eight scorers registered tallies of 100, with Nathaniel Aaron recording a perfect 100-10x. Hayleigh Gorog (100-09x), Luke Frazier (100-09x), Madison Krainbucher (100-08x), Tabitha Burke (100-08x), and Grace

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GRIFFITH - NATIONAL XC CHAMPION!

Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country

Updated on 12/12/2023 |Posted by Bob Cupp - Butler Eagle

Drew Griffith from Butler high school won the Footlocker Cross Country National Championship Saturday in San Diego, California. Griffith ran the course in a time of 15:09 and finished ahead of another Pennsylvania runner – Ryan Pajak of Ringgold. Pajak had taken first place over runner-up Griffith in the Northeast Regional in Boston two weeks ago. Drew Griffith led the field of 39 qualifiers to become the first boys runner from Pennsylvania in the 44 year history of the race to be crowned the national champion, and also the first Cross Country runner from Butler high school to do so. Article: Posted by Bob Cupp, Butler Eagle Photo: Victor Sailer@PhotoRun Victah1111@aol.com 631-291-3409 www.photorun.NET #victahsailer

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DREW GRIFFITH - STATE CHAMPION

Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country

Posted on 11/06/2023

Congratulations Drew Griffith for winning the PIAA State Cross Country Championship with a time of 15.23!

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FASTEST 5K IN PA HISTORY - GRIFFITH

Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country

Updated on 10/17/2023 |Cory Mull, Milesplit Author

The fastest time in Pennsylvania history. The second-fastest on Virginia soil ever. The 16th-best performance in the high school record books. Drew Griffith had himself a day at the MileStat Invitational. The Butler (PA) senior unleashed a ridiculous time of 14:21.00 for 5,000 meters on Saturday to claim the elite boys race at Pole Green Park, coming up just two-tenths of a second short of tying Drew Hunter's all-time soil record of 14:20.80 from 2015. Griffith won by a full 22 seconds, which is saying something because runner-up Berkley Nance ran 14:43 and Calvert Hall's Cameron Davis was third in 15:00. But Griffith did do another thing, too. The Notre Dame commit passed Archbishop Wood graduate Gary Martin ('22) with the fastest-time by any boys athlete in Pennsylvania history, moving past the current Virginia athlete's top time of 14:24.16 from 2021 at the Garmin RunningLane XC Championships. To top it off? Gri

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HUNTER SWIDZINSKI - STATE CHAMPION

Boys Varsity Golf

Updated on 10/17/2023

HUNTER SWIDZINSKI - STATE CHAMPION! Butler boys golf was represented at the PIAA two-day championship round at Penn States Blue course Monday and Tuesday. Butler was represented by senior Hunter Swidzinski. Hunter went +2 shooting 73 on the first day and went -8 shooting 64 on the second day to enter a playoff for 1st place in the championship. Hunter clinched the championship with a 20 foot birdie putt on the 3rd playoff hole against WPIAL champion Nick Turwoski from Penn Trafford. Hunter takes home first place, is the first state champion in Butler high history and one of the lowest rounds in PIAA history. Congrats to state champion Hunter Swidzinski... All that hard work has paid off!

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