Newfane junior Ayden Buttery has been selected as the WNY Athletics Wrestler of the Week presented by the SonShine Charitable Fund for the week of Monday, December 11th – Saturday, December 16th, 2023.
Buttery went 6-0 on Friday and Saturday at the 4th Annual Linda Knuutila Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Niagara County CC to capture the 145-pound title.
After two straight 4th place finishes in each of the past two events, Buttery finally ascended to 1st place. As the 3-seed in the weight class, Ayden went 5-0 in the championship rounds with five straight pins, including a semifinal pin over a returning Section V small school place winner, to reach the Knuutila Tournament final for the first time. In the final, Buttery was a 7-3 decision winner over the 5-seed senior from Clarence who was coming off two straight wins over returning NYS tournament qualifiers.
Also this week, Ayden was relied on to help the Panthers keep their Niagara-Orleans League unbeaten streak alive with a crucial late match pin against #10 Medina.
Ayden is a three sport athlete at Newfane who also finds time to work in his schedule. Ayden wrestles all offseason and his progress as a wrestler through his career is clearly due in large part to his commitment to the sport. He is a returning NYS Div. II tournament 6th place finisher.
WNY Athletics is proud to partner with the SonShine Charitable Fund as our presenting organization for the WNY Athletics Wrestler of the Week for the 2023-2024 season.
The mission of the SonShine Charitable Fund is to financially assist families who have experienced the death of a child by offering monetary grants to help with some portion of funeral costs. The Fund covers all eight counties of WNY and the four most north western counties of Pennsylvania.
Please visit https://www.sonshinefund.com for more information and to donate.