Butler (North Carolina) upsets Weddington in a Top 25 showdown

Keshawn Barrino’s touchdown run in the final minute completes a second half comeback

MATTHEWS, NORTH CAROLINA – Facing the No. 3 team in SBLive’s North Carolina Power 25, No. 23 Butler rallied from a 15-7 third quarter deficit to knock off visiting Weddington, 22-15, Friday night.

Keshawn Barrino scored on a 5-yard run in the final minute of play to break a 15-15 tie and lift the Bulldogs to victory.

After a scoreless first quarter, Butler broke on top, in the second quarter, with a 35-yard touchdown run by Zach Lawrence. Two minutes later, Weddington tied the game with a 10-yard TD pass from Tyler Budge to Braeden Berger. Weddington then took a 12-7 lead to the half with a safety and a field goal.

Another field goal stretched the Warriors’ lead to 15-7 in the third quarter, but Butler pulled even when Jayden Williams scored on a 3-yard run and then completed a two-point conversion pass to Zach Lawrence.

Published Sep 9, 2023

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.

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