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The Butler County Bears battled hard for four quarters on Friday night before falling 17-13 to the home-standing Russellville Panthers.  Trailing 17-0 at the half, Bear defensive back Josh Morris recovered a mishandled fumble by the Russellville punter at the 42-yard line.  The result was an 8-play scoring drive that ended with an 8-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryar Beasley to wide-out Dawson Carroll.  An extra-point kick by Keaton Diaz made the score 17-7.

On Butler's second possession of the third quarter, the Bears' offense put together a sustained drive that led to another touchdown - 70 yards in 11 plays.  There were several big plays on the drive, including a 24-yard catch by Warren Cameron and a 27-yard run by Ethan Lawrence.  On fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line, quarterback Bryar Beasley ran a keeper for the touchdown.  The extra-point attempt was blocked but the Bears had narrowed the deficit to four points at 17-13.

While the Bear defense effectively shut down the Panther offense in the second half, Butler County's offense threatened again late in the game but came up short with an untimely interception.  Russellville held on for the 17-13 win.    

 "We cleaned up a lot of the mistakes from the first two weeks.  In turn we had a good defensive outing against a pretty good Russellville offense," said head coach Brandon Embry.  "Offensively we did a much better job protecting the ball and that resulted in better offensive production.  I was proud of our guys for the fight they put up against a good Russellville team.  We didn't come out on top but it was still a good showing for us."

 

Below are game stats provided by Coach Mark Allen:  

 

Russellville Game Week #3 

Sept. 1, 2018 

 

Butler Co. 1st Half Possessions 

1st Poss...…. 3 plays & punt 

2nd Poss...… 5 plays & punt

3rd Poss...…..3 plays & punt 

4th Poss...…..4 plays & lost fumble

5th Poss...…..8 plays & punt

6th Poss...…. 3 plays & punt 

Halftime...…...Score 17-0 

 

Rushing Stats...…1st Half Only*

Lawrence.....12 carries/ 23 yds

Cameron...… 4 carries/ 27 yds

Beasley...….. 3 carries/  0 yds 

Roberts...…...1 carry/    5 yds 

Carroll...……..1 carry/ lost fumble 

Totals...…….21`carries/ 55 yds 

 

Receiving Stats..... 1st Half Only* 

Diaz...………. 1 catch/ 7 yds 

 

Passing Stats...…… 1st Half Only*

Beasley...……. 1 of 5  for 7yds 

 

1st Half Totals 

21 Rushing Plays.... 55 yds

  5 Passing Plays.....  7 yds

26 Total Plays...……. 62 yds offense 

  2  Lost fumbles...…. 1st Half* 

 

Punting Totals 1st Half Only* 

Diaz.... 5 punts of 32, 24, 31, 27, 8 for avg. 24.4 yds 

 

 

 

 

 

Butler/ Russellville Game 

Sept. 1, 2018 

 

2nd Half  Only*  Butler Offense 

1st Poss...…..8 plays & TD/ 42 yard drive

2nd Poss......11 plays & TD/70 yard drive 

3rd Poss...…. 3 plays & punt

4th Poss...…. 3 plays & punt 

5th Poss...…..3 plays & punt 

6th Poss...… .8 plays & interception 

 

Rushing 2nd half only* 

Beasley...…. 10 carries/ 34 yds/ 1TD 

Lawrence..... 9 carries/  38 yds 

Carroll...…...2 carries/     7 yds

Cameron......1 carry/       1 yd 

 

Receiving 2nd half only*  

Cameron...…. 3 catches/ 4 targets/  56 yds 

Carroll...……..2 catches/ 4 targets/   19 yds 

Yates...……… 1 catch/    2 targets/     9 yds 

Diaz...………...0 catch/    1 target 

Lawrence...….0 catch/    1 target

Flener………..0 catch/     1 target 

 

Passing 2nd half only* 

Beasley...….. 6 for 14 for 84 yds / 1 interception 

 

2nd half totals 

22 Run plays...….. 80 yds rushing 

14 Pass plays...…. 84 yds passing 

36 Total Plays...….164 yds Total Offense/ 2nd half only* 

1   interception 

 

Punting 2nd half only* 

Diaz...…… 3 punts for 7 ,22, 15 yards for avg. 14.6 yards* 

 

 

Russellville Offense 

1st Poss....  8 plays & over on downs

2nd Poss.... 1 play &  81  yd TD pass

3rd Poss..... 2 plays & 51 yd TD pass 

4th Poss.....8 plays  & punt

5th Poss.... 3 plays &  31 yd FG

6th Poss.....3 plays & punt

7th Poss.....3 plays & lost fumble 

Halftime.....

 

2nd Half Russellville Offense 

1st Poss......5 plays & punt, recovered fumble 

2nd Poss....3 plays & punt 

3rd Poss.....7 plays & missed FG 

4th Poss.....4 plays & over on downs 

5th Poss.....1 play & lost fumble 

6th Poss.....3 plays & punt 

7th Poss..... 2 plays in Victory formation, took knee .

Final  17-13 Russellville 

 

2nd Half Only*  Russellville Offense 

22 Run Plays ….. 51 yds rushing 

  4 Pass Plays.....   0 yds passing 

26 Total Plays...… 51 yds Total Offense * 2nd half Only 

 2  lost fumbles* 

 3 QB sacks* 

 

Name            Tackles... Assists.. Misses.. Big Plays 

D. Line              

A. Rich               15          1              1         2QBSacks 

H. Durbin             2          0              0 

W. Merritt             1          0              1 

K. Warren            2          0               2        Rec. Fumble 

L. Binion              1          0              0 

 

Linebackers

W. Cameron       7           2            3           2QBSacks 

A. Mahaney        4           4            1 

D. Roberts         2           2             2 

S. Flener            2           2             1 

M. Elmore           2          2             1 

 

D. Backs   

K. Diaz              3           1              2

T Yates             2           2              2  caused fumble 

D. Carroll          2           0              5 

J. Morris            0          0              3   recovered fumble   

 

Defensive Players of Week 

D. Line...…….. Alex Rich 

Linebacker..... Warren Cameron

D. Back...…….Tiler Yates 

 

Butler County (0-3) will return to action on Friday, September 7, at home against Apollo (3-0).  Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.  The game will be aired lived on WLBQ 101.5 and streamed on the Beech Tree News and WLBQ Facebook pages. 

 "We must continue to clean things up on both sides of the ball this week in preparation for a 3-0 Apollo team," said Embry.  "They are very big up front and overall a deep team talent wise.  We must slow down their running attack as they have one of the top backs in the area."