Bears Have Depth and Experience in 2013; Looking For Successful Season

Wed, 08/14/2013 - 9:35pm — Diane Dyer

Heavy rains could not stop the "Meet & Greet" for the Butler County High School Football team. The Blue/White scrimmage was canceled but fans packed the fieldhouse to get a glimpse of the 2013 Bears.

The Butler County High School football team looks to build off their 6-5 campaign in 2012. The Bears lost just six seniors from last season's team that bowed out in the opening round of the Class 2A State Playoffs, and look poised for a deeper run in 2013.

BCHS football coach Ryan Emmick has been pleased with what he has seen in practice so far from his team.

"The guys are in here working very hard," Emmick said. "They are listening, they are very coachable. We've got a lot of experience returning which is lending itself to the face that we're spending more time looking at the little stuff."

The BCHS football team spent the week July 29-Aug. 2 at Camp Crestwood near Louisville, Kentucky.

The BCHS football program gained transfer student-athletes in the offseason in Jimmy Burns from Warren East and Bryce Shanklin from Todd County.

At this junction in the season Emmick said he hopes to see consistent improvement from his squad.

"Our biggest goal is to continue to improvement," he said. "We've had success the past two seasons and we want to continue to build off that success. We have a bunch of kids returning this year, we only lost six seniors. So the remainder of them are returning to us. We've got good depth, we've got a lot of experience."