Beech Tree News Network

With the recent resignation of Butler County High School head football coach Ryan Emmick, the school is moving relatively quickly to fill the position.  BCHS Principal Michael Gruber is heading up the hiring process and has already received five applications.

Following significant losses to graduation, the 2017-18 edition of the Butler County High School Bears' basketball team will be a combination of the young and old. 

The 2017-18 prep basketball season in Kentucky officially got underway this week and the Butler County High School Lady Bears have three games on their schedule.  Butler County dropped its season opener on Monday, November 27, to Hancock County, 52-49.  The Lady Bears fell 67-46 at Owensboro on Tuesday, November 28.  Butler will round out the week on Thursday, November 30, with a trip to Russellville. 

 The Butler County High School Football Awards banquet was held Monday, November 20 at BCHS Commons Area. Friends and family gathered to recognize and say farewell to the 2017 varsity football squad. Head football coach Ryan Emmick was master of ceremonies, thanking players, parents, school administration, and boosters for a job well done. 

Bol Bol is a gifted 7-3 center who is ranked No. 1 at his position in the 2018 recruiting class. At one time he was thought to be a UK lean until he failed to make the USA team coached by John Calipari last season that included UK freshman P.J. Washington and UK signee Immanuel Quickley.

Calipari did not make the decision to leave Bol off the team, but that move still seemed to cool his interest in Kentucky. Some thought it might pick back up when he did make an official visit to UK, but it looked like he was going to sign with Oregon.

The Butler County Girls' Fall Softball League recently celebrated their season at Firehouse Pizza.  Congratulations to all the players and coaches.

5-8 year olds

Morgantown Elementary won 1st place elementary team with a record breaking score of 3299. North Butler Elementary finished a close 2nd with a score of 3197. Both teams swept the elementary division team awards bringing both home to Butler County.
 
Finishing in the top 10 were:
 
Female - Individual

1st place and Overall Elementary Top Shooter – Addison Henderson (MES)

Butler County High School will begin selling reserved chair back seats for the 2017-18 home basketball season starting Tuesday evening, 

A burst of fall colors, frosty mornings and an uptick in deer activity recently are encouraging and telling signs for hunters.

The season that contributes the greatest percentage of Kentucky’s annual deer harvest and fills many freezers with protein-rich venison is almost here.

Under clear skies and to the sound of approximately 300 cheering fans, the Butler County Middle School Football team took the field on Saturday morning October 21st at Warren Central’s turf stadium.  The Bears squared off in the Regional Finals of State against a tough TK Stone team.  The Bears were slated as the underdogs in the matchup, and it appeared early on in the game that the Panthers might dominate the Bears as they ran for 58 yards and then punched it in on the very next play to score on the first two plays of the game.  The Bears, powered by grit and determination, did not let th