Photo gallery for Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017

2017-10-01 01:00:00

Mars fullback Teddy Ruffner darts into the open field as Andrew Moyer lead blocks during the Planets' tough 25-23 loss to New Castle Friday night, Sept. 29, 2017.DAVE PRELOSKY/butler eagle

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Grove City’s Trey Adams tries to break a tackle by Slippery Rock’s Jacob Shaffer during the Eagles’ 28-0 win over the Rockets Friday night, Sept. 29, 2017.Steven Dalton/special to the Eagle

Grove City’s Carter Chinn with the carry against Slippery Rock’s Eithan Beckwith during the Eagles’ 28-0 win over the Rockets Friday night, Sept. 29, 2017.Steven Dalton/special to the Eagle

Freeport quarterback Austin Romanchak runs the ball for a first down as Burrell’s Jacob Robertson tries to bring him down during a WPIAL Class 3A Allegheny Conference section game at Burrell Stadium on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Freeport’s Conor Selinger runs the ball through a hole past the Burrell defense for a touchdown during a WPIAL Class 3A Allegheny Conference section game at Burrell Stadium on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

Shane Rine checks the apple mash that is being squeezed at Sally’s Cider Press in Lancaster Township on Thursday Sept. 21, 2017. For a couple months, the press owned by Tom and Sally Davis will process apples customers bring in by the bushel.JUSTIN GUIDO/butler eagle

Ken Metrick, owner of Harvest View Farm, prepares apples for pressing into cider at his farm in Connoquenessing Township on Wednesday Sept. 20, 2017. Metrick rated this year’s crop as average, not exceptional, not poor.JUSTIN GUIDO/butler eagle

Wallace Fleming of Butler, a barber, enjoys a laugh with fellow veteran Dana Haynes of Butler while giving him a free haircut at the second annual Butler County Stand Down event Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, at American Legion Post 778 in Butler Township.JUSTIN GUIDO/BUTLER EAGLE

A Cranberry Township man is accused of hitting a jogger and fleeing the scene Thursday evening on Haine School Road in Cranberry Township. Police arrested Michael Mesecke, 25, Thursday night, Sept. 28, 2017. He is charged with accident involving death or injury, failure to give information or render aid, and reckless driving.CALEB HARSHBERGER/BUTLER EAGLE

Janice Phillips Larrick appears Friday, Sept. 29, 2017, with Nick Neupauer, president of Butler County Community College, after the school announced a $1 million gift from Larrick, a Butler County resident.Submittedphoto

Mars defenders, from left, Anthony Grieco, Davis Bayne, Cade Hetzler and Tyler Kowalkowski all try getting a piece of New Castle’s Marcus Hooker Friday night, Sept. 29, 2017. Hooker ran for 179 yards and three touchdowns in New Castle’s 25-23 win.DAVE PRELOSKY/BUTLER Eagle

Butler’s Luke Michalek and Logan Dubyak celebrate a second-quarter touchdown against Shaler Friday night, Sept. 29, 2017. The Golden Tornado earned their first shutout victory since 2008 with a 47-0 drubbing of Shaler.Steven Dietz/special to the eagle

Members of the regional traffic incident management team and other first responders gather Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, at Cranberry Township's Fire Safety Training facility to practice their response to a traffic accident. The facility includes a replica of the Route 228/19 intersection.Rachel wagoner/BUTLER EAGLE