The Butler boys bowling team finished runner-up in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Bowling Championships Wednesday. Butler led qualifying, but fell 2-1 to Hempfield in the best-of-three finals. Hempfield won game one of the championship round 216-213. Butler took game two 196-191, but Hempfield took the title with a 208-204 win in the final game.
Alex Ekas and Eric Devore made the five-man WPIBL All-Tournament team. Ekas led all bowlers with a 719 series. Devore rolled a 670 series. Butler qualified for the Pennsylvania Western Regional Team event in two weeks.