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BUTLER TWP — Butler Junior High wrestling coach Don Geibel was named WPIAL Junior High Coach of the Year.

The Golden Tornado were 12-1 this year and were ranked fourth in Pennsylvania. Butler won the Norwin, Brookville, Butler and North Allegheny tournaments.

Seven Tornado junior high wrestlers — Hugh O’Neil, Mason Kauffman, Jeremiah Bortmas, Kirk Gibson, Will Bortmas, Ryan Hannon and Austin George — won 20 or more matches this season.

WASHINGTON — A portrait of former All-Star baseball pitcher Pedro Martinez is being unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.Martinez, a former Cy Young award winner who won the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2004, plans to be in Washington today for the unveiling at the museum. He'll also conduct a baseball mini-clinic and promote exercise for children.Martinez, an eight-time All-Star, also pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Montreal Expos, the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies.

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