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Ongoing field issues with the Butler County High School football field have sidelined the gridiron Bears from hosting home games for the remainder of the season. Butler County School officials made the decision earlier this week citing safety concerns for student athletes.

Butler County Middle School finished its regular season with a home game on September 12th against Grayson County and an away game on September 18th at Breckenridge County.  September 12th was not only the Bears final home game of the season, but it was also 8th Grade Night.  The 7th grade team played first against the Cougars of Grayson County. They finished the game with a score of 22-12.

Kentucky coach Mark Stoops, and UK fans, were not overjoyed with the 24-20 win over Eastern Michigan. Yet it does put UK at 4-1 going into this week’s game with Missouri.

Kentucky’s anemic offense had five three-and-outs on eight second-half possessions and the offensive line was shredded by the Eastern Michigan defense. However, there’s still reason for optimism going forward.

The Butler County High School Boys Soccer team has finished their regular season play with a winning record of 9-7. The Bears picked up wins over Grayson (2-1), and Owensboro Catholic ( 2-1).  The team is lead by eight seniors. BCHS Boys & Girls Soccer will host the 11th District tournament the week of Oct. 9-12 at Charles T. Black City Park.  The tournament brackets will be released at a later date. The 11th District schools are Butler Co., Grayson Co., Breckinridge Co., and Meade Co. HS.
Seniors honored included:

Kudos to Kentucky for giving rising musicians — who all have been huge UK fans — a chance to perform at pregame football concerts this season.

First it was Walker Montgomery of Lexington followed by Burgin’s Aly’An (Alyson Rogers and Andrea Gross) and then Paul Childers of Lebanon. This week before the Cats play Missouri it will be Magnolia Vale — twin sisters Katelyn and Samantha Daugherty of Marion County.

They were paired against Montgomery in the first round of the fan voting to determine who played before the opening game. They were thrilled to get this opportunity.

After he was asked about joining Christi Thomas on the two-hour Countdown to Kickoff on the UK Radio Network, former Kentucky quarterback Freddie Maggard wasn't sure what to expect.

He had never met her and knew she would be the first female to host a pregame radio show for any Southeastern Conference football program if the idea worked.

The Butler County Bears lost to district foe Owensboro Catholic Aces 59-6 last week on the road. The Bears on the season fall to (0-6) and (0-1) in district play.

The Bears defense on the opening drive held with a goal-line stand and forced Catholic to turn the ball over on downs with an incomplete pass on fourth down.

The Butler County Boys Golf Team finished up the season with middle school regional play at Glasgow Country Club; then, the varsity squad traveled to Madisonville Country Club on Monday for the 2nd Region High School Tournament. Coach Greg Moore could not elaborate enough on how pleased he is with his golfers’ efforts.
“We had three middle school boys to finish in the 40’s at an extremely challenging course, which has greens that can be treacherous,” Coach Moore proudly boasted.

On Tuesday, September 17, 2017 during their last regular season home game the Butler County Middle School football team recognized their 8th grade players.
 
Gabriel Stallings
Escorted by:  Michael and Heather Hunt and David and Andrea Stallings

The Bears traveled to Owensboro Catholic on Friday night.  Jeremy Hack got some great pictures from the sidelines, enjoy!