Butler boys' basketball coach Joe Lewandowski came up with a recipe to defeat WPIAL Class AAAA No. 2 Shaler.

"You have to have someone else beat you," he said. "You can't let Nick Sefscik and Stu Anglum do it."

His theory proved correct as a stellar Butler defense held the Shaler pair to 26 combined points and the Golden Tornado (5-4, 2-2) pulled off a 57-47 upset against the visiting Titans (7-2, 2-2) last night.

Sefscik scored 16 points while Anglum chipped in with 10. Rich Miller was Shaler's leading scorer with 17 points, while Blake Anderson led Butler with 17.

Other top boys' games
Top-ranked Upper St. Clair (10-0, 4-0) remained the only unbeaten Class AAAA team with a 75-50 victory against visiting Trinity (8-3, 2-2) in Section 4. Sean Lee, a Penn State football recruit, led the Panthers with 26 points.

North Hills (7-2, 4-0) stayed unbeaten in Class AAAA Section 3 and remained in first place with a 64-53 victory against visiting New Castle (7-3, 1-3). Josh Trocchio made six 3-pointers and finished with 23 points for the Indians. Caleb Dorman added 12 points and nine rebounds.

Two of the top scorers in the WPIAL put on quite a show last night as visiting Belle Vernon (5-4, 3-1) beat Class AAA No. 5 Yough (7-1, 4-0), 74-61, in Section 3. Belle Vernon's Matt Rowland scored 38 points, and Yough senior Ben McCauley, a North Carolina State recruit, scored 29 points and pulled down 14 rebounds.

Class AA No. 4 Quaker Valley (7-1, 4-0) fought off visiting Brentwood (4-6, 3-1), 73-51 in Section 3. Ryann Bradford led the Quakers with 22 points, and Amir Johnson added 20.

Class A No. 3 Duquesne (6-4, 2-1) trounced host Greater Works Academy (1-8, 0-4), 100-55, in Section 4. Layton Dunn scored 21 points for the Dukes and Ian Maletta (20 points, 12 rebounds) and Elijah Fields (20 points, 10 rebounds) each notched double-doubles.

Star of the night
McKeesport (9-1, 3-1), the No. 5-ranked Class AAAA team, got 20 points and 19 rebounds from senior Asown Sayles in a 55-47 Section 2 victory against visiting Central Catholic (5-4, 2-2). Sayles bounced back from his 11-point performance in a loss against Penn Hills Wednesday.

Boys' hot shots
Players with four or more 3-pointers: Dylan Flick, Elderton, 6; Brett Jula, Center 6; Josh Trocchio, North Hills, 6; Bobby Brooks, Mt. Pleasant 5; Dale Novotniak, Norwin, 5; Nathan Blystone, Elderton, 4; Leroy George, Clairton, 4; Ryan Kiss, Serra, 4; Mark Gillooly, West Allegheny, 4; Jared Pavlecic, South Allegheny, 4; Steve Paskorz, Hampton, 4; John Ward, Hampton, 4; Brian Wilson, Perry, 4;

Top girls' games
Class AA No. 3 Fort Cherry (8-1, 4-0) survived a scare from visiting Washington (4-4, 3-1), as the Rangers slipped by with a 48-46 victory in Section 5. Nikki Steding sparked Fort Cherry with 13 points while Brooke Ghilani scored 10 and grabbed nine rebounds. Laura Montecalvo led the Little Prexies with 16 points. Washington led, 41-37, after three quarters.

Tina Mangola hit a layup as time expired to push Seneca Valley (6-4, 4-0) to a 44-42 victory against host North Allegheny (3-4, 1-2) in Class AAAA Section 3. Rachel Divosevic led the Tigers with 16 points, and Mangola had 17 for Seneca Valley.

Milestone
Toni Roscoe, a Youngstown State recruit, had six 3-pointers and scored 30 points to push Carlynton (3-5, 2-2) past Chartiers-Houston (0-4, 3-6), 57-40, in Class AA Section 3. Roscoe raised her career point total to 1,007.

Check this out
Mt. Alvernia (4-4, 1-1) slammed Elderton (1-6, 1-1), 54-8, in Class A Section 4. Kayla Brandt led Mt. Alvernia with 12 points. Mt. Alvernia led, 23-0, after the first quarter. Elderton's scoring was done by Leah McCoy, Erin Craig, Bianca Morelli and Shauna Walker, who each had 2 points.

Hiring
Rich Bowen was hired as Serra's football coach. A Serra graduate, he led Yough to the WPIAL playoffs this season.