Beech Tree News Network

The 2018 Lady Bears Volleyball season came to an end Monday night at Edmonson County, where they were defeated in the first round of district play by Whitesville Trinity.  Butler was the 3 seed and Trinity was the 2 seed in the district, with Grayson as the 1 seed and Edmonson as the 4 seed.  A disappointing end to a very good season for the volleyball program that finished with a record of 11-10.  This is the best record the program has ever had.  Grayson County was victorious over Edmonson County in the first game of the district tournament.  Tuesday night Trinity defeated Grayson to win

BCMS got to do the honors of hosting the GRVC Tournament on Saturday, September 29th.  Both 7th and 8th grade teams advanced to the championship.  7th grade was the number 2 seed and faced off against a very good Edmonson County team.

One consistent part of John Calipari’s recruiting since he arrived at Kentucky is that he always like to target a point guard early to solidify that position and also hopefully use him to help recruit other players.

That’s why it was significant when Calipari recently made his first point guard scholarship offer in the 2020 recruiting class to Jeremy Roach of Fairfax, Va.

On Monday BCHS Lady Bears Volleyball Team traveled to Barren County for a F/JV/V match.  This was the last game of the season for the young freshman team and they ended on a positive note winning 21-11 in two straight sets.  This made the girls final record 4-2.

The Butler County Cross Country team competed at the Gatorland Run on Saturday, September 22.   It was rainy, cool and muddy and this team had a great race with six runners running personal bests!  

Case Hooten, 6th grader earned 5th place in the Boys Elementary 2000 Meter Run with a time of 7:40 and Marvin Brown, 6th grader ran a time of 8:43.

Emma Winchel won 1st place the Girls Elementary 2000 Meter Run with a time of 7:53. She was followed by Ann Marie Skaggs with a time of 8:59 and Lily Glass with a time of 9:01.  All three girls are 5th graders at MES.

Butler County Lady Bears Volleyball team picked up their 9th win of the season Tuesday night by defeating Frederick Fraise in straight sets, 25-20 and 25-19. This was the second time the two teams have played each other this year with Butler winning both matches.  Even though the Lady Bears did not play their best, they found a way to win. Good teams do just that. 

Butler County played hard and competitive for much of the game Friday night before falling 46-16 to the Muhlenberg County Mustangs on homecoming night-Friday, September 14.

On Saturday, September 8th, the JV played in a “pool play” tournament in Bowling Green on Saturday at Ephriam White Parks & Rec.  The Lady Bears played five games beating Warren East and Metcalfe County, and losing to Webster County, Allen County, and Paducah Tillman.

After a couple of tough losses last week, the BCMS Bears Football team headed to Grayson County for a must win game against the Cougars.  During the 7th grade game neither the Bears nor the Cougars were able to get on the scoreboard during regulation or the first overtime.  It wasn't until the second overtime that quarterback Kyle Chambers was able to connect with Gage Beasley in the endzone for 6 points.  The Bears were unable to get the 2 point conversion, but it didn't matter because their defense kept the Cougars from scoring allowing the Bears to win with a score of 6-0.