Butler High School’s Ryan Porch steals the ball from Seneca Valley High School’s Tyler Pepin in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler High School’s Hannah Aldridge takes the ball past Seneca Valley Natalie Hambly in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 girls basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
The Butler High School student section cheers at a game in December 2022. See photos of area high school basketball fans in the Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
A fan in the Moniteau student section puts on his "3“ glasses during a girls basketball game at Moniteau on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Terry Steinheiser, Connoquenessing Township supervisor, talks about the improvement project on Stevenson Road and Route 68 on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Michele Smith shows a picture of her grandfather outside the church he constructed, the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The church closed in late 2022. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Katie Doerr is the director of programs at the Center for Community Resources. See the story in the Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Katie Doerr, left, director of programs, talks with crisis intervention specialist Jamie Meyer on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at the Center for Community Resources. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jamie Meyer, a crisis intervention specialist, talks on the phone Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Butler’s Center for Community Resources. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Injuries were reported in a vehicle crash on Route 68 in Fairview Township around 9:06 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Emergency responders found a silver SUV off the road upon arrival. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Bryce Lahew levels the gravel before he and his classmates lower a pipe down on top of it on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center near Saxonburg. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Saul Franco Jimenez, an instructor at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center, works with the pipe laying class on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Brittany Yookey works with her classmates on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Anthony Morales helps lower a pipe onto the leveled ground on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The pipe laying class members at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, work together to lower one of the pipes as part of their hands-on training. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dylan Gibbons and his mom, Michele Smith, stand outside the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church in Connoquenessing on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The church closed in late 2022. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Michele Smith talks about the closing of the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church on Friday, Jan, 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Colin Castell (33) fights for a loose ball with Seneca Valley’s Aiden Lyczek (0) in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Braylon Littlejohn (0) dunks the ball against Seneca Valley in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler head coach Matt Clement shows his excitement after his team got a win against Seneca Valley in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Braylon Littlejohn (0) backs a shot from Seneca Valley’s Aiden Lyczek (0) in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Freeport's Parker Lucas (3) fights to keep possession of the ball from Knoch's Kaden Spencer (22) and Zarian Finucan (23) in their game at Freeport on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Knoch's Teegan Finucan (21) looks past Freeport's Zach Clark (1) to pass the ball to one of his teammates in the second half of their game at Freeport on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Knoch's Kaden Spencer (22) goes up for a block on Freeport's Ben Lane (2) in their game Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Freeport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Knoch's Kaden Spencer (22) goes up against Freeport's Brady Stivenson (5) in their game at Freeport on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Freeport's Zach Clark (1) goes up to get a rebound from Knoch's Zarian Finucan (23) in the first half of their game Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Freeport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler team members celebrate the win over Seneca Valley in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 girls basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler High School’s Ryan Porch steals the ball from Seneca Valley High School’s Tyler Pepin in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler High School’s Hannah Aldridge takes the ball past Seneca Valley Natalie Hambly in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 girls basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
The Butler High School student section cheers at a game in December 2022. See photos of area high school basketball fans in the Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
A fan in the Moniteau student section puts on his "3“ glasses during a girls basketball game at Moniteau on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Terry Steinheiser, Connoquenessing Township supervisor, talks about the improvement project on Stevenson Road and Route 68 on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Michele Smith shows a picture of her grandfather outside the church he constructed, the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church, on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The church closed in late 2022. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Katie Doerr is the director of programs at the Center for Community Resources. See the story in the Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, edition of the Butler Eagle. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Katie Doerr, left, director of programs, talks with crisis intervention specialist Jamie Meyer on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at the Center for Community Resources. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Jamie Meyer, a crisis intervention specialist, talks on the phone Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Butler’s Center for Community Resources. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Injuries were reported in a vehicle crash on Route 68 in Fairview Township around 9:06 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Emergency responders found a silver SUV off the road upon arrival. Paula Grubbs/Butler Eagle
Bryce Lahew levels the gravel before he and his classmates lower a pipe down on top of it on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center near Saxonburg. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Saul Franco Jimenez, an instructor at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center, works with the pipe laying class on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Brittany Yookey works with her classmates on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Anthony Morales helps lower a pipe onto the leveled ground on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
The pipe laying class members at the Western Pennsylvania Laborers’ Training Center on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, work together to lower one of the pipes as part of their hands-on training. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Dylan Gibbons and his mom, Michele Smith, stand outside the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church in Connoquenessing on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The church closed in late 2022. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Michele Smith talks about the closing of the Connoquenessing United Methodist Church on Friday, Jan, 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Colin Castell (33) fights for a loose ball with Seneca Valley’s Aiden Lyczek (0) in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Braylon Littlejohn (0) dunks the ball against Seneca Valley in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler head coach Matt Clement shows his excitement after his team got a win against Seneca Valley in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Butler’s Braylon Littlejohn (0) backs a shot from Seneca Valley’s Aiden Lyczek (0) in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 boys basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
Freeport's Parker Lucas (3) fights to keep possession of the ball from Knoch's Kaden Spencer (22) and Zarian Finucan (23) in their game at Freeport on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Knoch's Teegan Finucan (21) looks past Freeport's Zach Clark (1) to pass the ball to one of his teammates in the second half of their game at Freeport on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Knoch's Kaden Spencer (22) goes up for a block on Freeport's Ben Lane (2) in their game Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Freeport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Knoch's Kaden Spencer (22) goes up against Freeport's Brady Stivenson (5) in their game at Freeport on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Freeport's Zach Clark (1) goes up to get a rebound from Knoch's Zarian Finucan (23) in the first half of their game Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, at Freeport. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Butler team members celebrate the win over Seneca Valley in a WPIAL class 6A section 1 girls basketball game at Butler High School on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle
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