Bears go 3-1 in tournament; now eye Grayson

Fri, 01/04/2013 - 12:13pm — John Embry

The Butler County High School Bears' basketball team went 3-1 in the Edmonton State Bank Holiday Classic last week, picking up wins against North Bullitt (61-50), Owensboro Catholic (62-58) and Rockcastle County (75-72). Butler dropped a 66-60 decision against Todd County Central. The Bears finished in third place in the eight-team tournament.

Elijah Flener and Trevor Jenkins were both named to the All-Tournament Team.

Todd County Central 66, Butler County 60

TCC 15 18 14 19 66
BC 18 11 13 18 60

Butler County (60): T. Jenkins 18, Z. Burden 12, Z. Woodcock 11, B. Thomas 9, A. Hall 7, R. Henderson 2, E. Flener 1.

Butler County 61, North Bullitt 50

NB 9 17 17 7 50
BC 16 14 8 23 61

Butler County (61): Z. Woodcock 17, E. Flener 16, T. Jenkins 12, R. Henderson 6, B. Thomas 5, Z. Burden 4, D. Henderson 1.

Butler County 62, Owensboro Catholic 58

OC 15 12 15 16 58
BC 13 16 15 18 62

Butler County (62): T. Jenkins 24, Z. Woodcock 17, E. Flener 9, R. Henderson 6, B. Thomas 5, Z. Burden 1.

Butler County 75, Rockcastle County 72

RC 23 18 20 11 72
BC 11 25 17 22 75

Butler County (75): T. Jenkins 27, Z. Woodcock 17, B. Thomas 10, R. Henderson 10, Z. Burden 5, A. Hall 3, D. Henderson 2, E. Flener 1.

Butler County (8-7) will take its perfect 3-0 record into 12th District play tonight at Grayson County.

"Tonight’s game will be a battle as district games should be and we know we are going to have to play well to come out of Grayson County with a win. They expect to win on their home floor," said BCHS head coach Calvin Dockery. "Our focus this week has been on us, improving defensively primarily. This is another challenge that we need in order to keep improving and we look forward to it."

The Bears and Cougars will tip at approximately 7:45 following the girls' game. The game will be broadcast live on WLBQ 1570 AM (and streamed on www.beechtreenews.com) with Smokin' Joe Morris and Diane Dyer.

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