Butlers Brock Popovich 63 brings down the hammer to lead the Golden Tornado's onto the field before their game against Brashear earlier this year. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

Butler’s varsity football team has been granted its request for permanent injunction through the Butler County Court of Common Pleas and is now permitted to participate in the upcoming District 10 playoffs.

The court ruling handed down Friday afternoon states: “The conduct of the PIAA amounts to arbitrary and capricious discrimination against the Butler Area School District.”

The ruling enables Butler to be eligible for the 2023 playoffs as well, should it qualify.

Last winter, The WPIAL declared Butler ineligible to qualify for postseason play in District 10. After its appeal to the PIAA to change that ruling was denied, Butler opted to appeal the ruling through the court system.

The official hearing on the matter took place Thursday.

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