Silvers for Seneca Valley’s Shih-Calabro, Hornick at Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament come with side of vengeance, optimism
Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro (112 pounds) tries to a tilt Burrell's Ella Campbell on her back in the championship match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
BUTLER TWP — Seneca Valley’s Hannah Hornick has been here before. She’s not worried about the scoreboard at a regular-season tournament, as long as she wrestles sound or improves in some way.
Hornick’s younger teammate, Adele Shih-Calabro, needed a performance like she had Saturday at the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament, however, to build some much-needed confidence.
Such were the parallel tales at Butler Intermedia High School.
The Raiders senior and junior made their championship finals and finished with silvers. Shih-Calabro won her first two matches before losing to Burrell’s Ella Campbell on a second-period pin in the 112-pound final. Hornick (170) pinned her first two opponents before taking an 11-0 major decision loss to Kiski Area’s Alyssa Tresco.
It’s Hornick’s second runner-up at the Butler tournament and the first medal for Shih-Calabro after she entered the weekend 8-9.
“My season's been up and down like a rollercoaster because I wanted to drop weight, but it wasn't healthy for me. So I'm just getting adjusted to actually being in my own weight class. I'm happy I got second at least.”
Shih-Calabro said it became unhealthy for her to try to stay under 106, but the 6-pound move up a weight class came with its own perils. At 106, she had the strength to lift and slam opponents. How she would handle bigger girls at 112 was a question mark.
She answered her doubts and climbed a “mental hill” Saturday.
“Now I’m optimistic, I’m excited,” she said.
The junior, who finished fourth at WPIALs last year and made the PIAA West Regional Tournament, said she’s not the most confident wrestler typically. But despite losing to Campbell, she came away feeling she “can catch her next time.” Shih-Calabro thought she should’ve been rewarded points on multiple occasions and saw Campbell make a couple mistakes.
Shih-Calabro also beat Pine-Richland’s Aeriella Ryler in the semis with a first-period pin. It was a marked improvement from the first match of the season, when Ryer pinned Shih-Calabro in just 24 seconds.
“Today was my vengeance,” she said.
Seneca Valley's Hannah Hornick wrestles Kiski Area's Alyssa Tresco in the 170-pound championship match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Hornick, who recently committed to Washington & Jefferson, was more mellow in her reaction to another silver. The two-time PIAA qualifier is looking at the bigger picture.
“I’m happy with how I did, and I’m happy with how the finals went, how they went with what I did,” Hornick said. “Obviously, there’s stuff that I could fix, but I’d rather know it now than later in the season when I don’t have a chance to fix it.”
Specifically, the veteran said she got into her shoots more consistently and was able to set more of a tone in the match against Tresco, someone she practices against regularly.
“Obviously I would’ve rather won, but losing like that, I’d much rather lose like that than lose and not give effort,” Hornick said.
She’ll spend the next couple weeks before the postseason begins working on her wrestling conditioning — running is not the same, she said — and preparing for opponents she’s become familiar with.
Hornick has medaled each of the past two years at districts and regionals, but not in Hershey at the state championships. The goal in her final year is to change that.
Three other Raiders made the podium Saturday. Kaeleigh Tuell (148) beat Pine-Richland’s Glada Campanella by pin in 46 seconds for bronze, 106-pounder Everly Harrell won fifth by forfeit and Haley Hunter (190) finished sixth after a pin.
Seneca Valley finished 11th with 57 points.
“I thought everyone did really good,” Hornick said. “I thought we’ve been practicing hard, and it’s been showing.”
Butler 136-pounder Anastasia Manchester wrestles Canon-McMillan's Farrah Henderson during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 100-pound Riley Gayhart wrestles Pine-Richland's Allison Burk in a match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 112-pound Sienna Stutz wrestles with Hickory High School's Emma Johnston in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley 106-pound Everly Harrell grapples with Saegertown 106-pound Aaliyah Morris in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson maneuvers over Canon McMillan's Adelina Saussol in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Hannah Hornick during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler girl's wrestling coach Nathan Bottiger fixes Anastasia Manchester's headgear during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson flips Greater Latrobe 100-pound Gabriella Roman during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson reacts after her loss in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson prepares for her 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 124-pound Braylee Ireland wrestles South Park's Anna Duncan in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Kenley Alexander fist bumps a coach during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler girl's wrestling coach Nathan Bottiger, left, reacts as Butler 142-pound Mylee Toner wrestles during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler's 112-pound Sienna Stutz flips over as she wrestles Canon McMillan's 112-pound Elexis Owens during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 112-pound Sienna Stutz wrestles with Hickory High School's Emma Johnston in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 130-pound Kaylee Christie shakes hands with Upper Saint Clair's Sydney Laboon after losing a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 136-pound Anastasia Manchester wrestles Fort Cherry's Brookelyn McClain in a 1st place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro (112 pounds) tries to a tilt Burrell's Ella Campbell on her back in the championship match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson attempts a shot against Shaler Area High School's Gianna Alcalde in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley 112-pound Adele Shih-Calabro competes agaisnt Burrell's Ella Campbell in a 1st place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson circles Shaler Area High School's Gianna Alcalde in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch wrestling coaches Dave Ireland, left, and Logan Downes, right, call out directions from the sideline during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley's Hannah Hornick wrestles Kiski Area's Alyssa Tresco in the 170-pound championship match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley 170-pound Hannah Hornick wrestles Kiski Area High School's Alyssa Tresco in a 1st place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 130-pound Leila Crowe wrestles Hickory's Marissa Tanner in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 130-pound Leila Crowe wrestles Hickory's Marissa Tanner in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 124-pound Braylee Ireland wrestles South Park's Anna Duncan in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
An offical watches for a pin as Seneca Valley 106-pound Everly Harrell wrestles her opponent during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 124-pound Braylee Ireland walks off the mat after losing to South Park's Anna Duncan in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley 106-pound Everly Harrell breaks free from Saegertown's Aaliyah Morris in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Seneca Valley 148-pound Kaeleigh Tuell works to takedown Canon-McMillan's Alaya Henderson during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 112-pound Sienna Stutz fights her way off the mat in a 5th place match against Hickory High School's Emma Johnston during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Butler 130-pound Kaylee Christie fights to avoid being pinned by Upper Saint Clair's Sydney Laboon in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
Knoch 148-pound Carma Forty attempts to pin Canon-McMillan's Mackenzie Pape during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 136-pounder Anastasia Manchester wrestles Canon-McMillan's Farrah Henderson during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 100-pound Riley Gayhart wrestles Pine-Richland's Allison Burk in a match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 112-pound Sienna Stutz wrestles with Hickory High School's Emma Johnston in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley 106-pound Everly Harrell grapples with Saegertown 106-pound Aaliyah Morris in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson maneuvers over Canon McMillan's Adelina Saussol in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley's Hannah Hornick during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler girl's wrestling coach Nathan Bottiger fixes Anastasia Manchester's headgear during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson flips Greater Latrobe 100-pound Gabriella Roman during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson reacts after her loss in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson prepares for her 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 124-pound Braylee Ireland wrestles South Park's Anna Duncan in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley's Kenley Alexander fist bumps a coach during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler girl's wrestling coach Nathan Bottiger, left, reacts as Butler 142-pound Mylee Toner wrestles during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler's 112-pound Sienna Stutz flips over as she wrestles Canon McMillan's 112-pound Elexis Owens during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 112-pound Sienna Stutz wrestles with Hickory High School's Emma Johnston in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 130-pound Kaylee Christie shakes hands with Upper Saint Clair's Sydney Laboon after losing a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 136-pound Anastasia Manchester wrestles Fort Cherry's Brookelyn McClain in a 1st place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley’s Adele Shih-Calabro (112 pounds) tries to a tilt Burrell's Ella Campbell on her back in the championship match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson attempts a shot against Shaler Area High School's Gianna Alcalde in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley 112-pound Adele Shih-Calabro competes agaisnt Burrell's Ella Campbell in a 1st place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 100-pound Kenna Watson circles Shaler Area High School's Gianna Alcalde in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch wrestling coaches Dave Ireland, left, and Logan Downes, right, call out directions from the sideline during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley's Hannah Hornick wrestles Kiski Area's Alyssa Tresco in the 170-pound championship match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley 170-pound Hannah Hornick wrestles Kiski Area High School's Alyssa Tresco in a 1st place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 130-pound Leila Crowe wrestles Hickory's Marissa Tanner in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 130-pound Leila Crowe wrestles Hickory's Marissa Tanner in a 5th place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 124-pound Braylee Ireland wrestles South Park's Anna Duncan in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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An offical watches for a pin as Seneca Valley 106-pound Everly Harrell wrestles her opponent during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 124-pound Braylee Ireland walks off the mat after losing to South Park's Anna Duncan in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley 106-pound Everly Harrell breaks free from Saegertown's Aaliyah Morris in a semifinal match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Seneca Valley 148-pound Kaeleigh Tuell works to takedown Canon-McMillan's Alaya Henderson during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 112-pound Sienna Stutz fights her way off the mat in a 5th place match against Hickory High School's Emma Johnston during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Butler 130-pound Kaylee Christie fights to avoid being pinned by Upper Saint Clair's Sydney Laboon in a 3rd place match during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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Knoch 148-pound Carma Forty attempts to pin Canon-McMillan's Mackenzie Pape during the Butler Girls Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at Butler Intermediate High School. Matthew Brown/Butler Eagle
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