Bears get win, Lady Bears fall at Grayson

Tue, 01/08/2013 - 11:47am — John Embry

The Butler County boys' basketball team extended its perfect district record to 4-0 on Friday night with a solid 64-52 win over Grayson County at Leitchfield. Meanwhile, the Lady Bears dropped a hard-fought 71-56 decision to the Lady Cougars. The win for the Bears essentially assures the boys a top seed come district tournament time, while the girls' picture isn't entirely clear as Grayson, Edmonson and Butler are all locked in a three-way district battle

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Early baskets by Trevor Jenkins, Alex Hall, Zeke Woodcock, Elijah Flener, and Brandon Thomas gave the Bears a 15-10 first quarter margin. Up 25-17 in the second quarter, Grayson mounted a comeback as baskets by Talon Gary helped narrow the Cougar deficit to five at 27-22.

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Grayson County kept up the pressure in the opening minutes of the third quarter with a five-point run to tie the game at 27 apiece. A quick time-out by Butler County coach Calvin Dockery was able to refocus the Bears as multiple baskets by Alex Hall and a basket by Woodcock stopped the Cougar rally. Butler held a 46-35 lead at the end of the third quarter.

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Butler County maintained that lead in the fourth en route to a 64-52 win.

The game featured three ties and two lead changes. Butler's biggest lead was 20 at 56-36.

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BC 15 12 19 18 64

GC 10 12 13 17 52

Butler County (64): T. Jenkins 19, A. Hall 12, Z. Burden 8, Z. Woodcock 6, E. Flener 6, R. Henderson 5, B. Thomas 3, M. Moore 2, D. Henderson 2, and C. Deweese 1.

Butler County (9-7, 4-0) returns to action tonight, Tuesday, January 8, at home against Logan County.

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The Butler County Lady Bears played district rival Grayson County on Friday night. After beating the Lady Cougars at home, the Lady Bears were hoping for a similar outcome. Things were different this time around as Coach Christy Clark’s team was not at full strength. Junior guard Lynsie Clark was sick with a stomach virus and Madeline Drake was coming off a knee injury.

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First quarter action saw the Lady Cougars up 17-11, with a battle between Butler County’s Shawna West and Grayson County’s Maddie Stewart. At half time, West had 10 points while Stewart had racked up 20 points. The Lady Bears shot 23% from the field while Grayson hit 15 of 25 shots for 60% in the first half.

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At half Butler County was down 36-27. The third quarter belonged to the Lady Bears as Madeline Drake went on a hot shooting streak. Grayson County took over in the fourth quarter to pick up the win 71-56. Grayson County’s Stewart finished the game with 32 points and Kaylan Shull chipped in 21 points.