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

The Butler County High School Lady Bears' Soccer team honored their three seniors on Thursday night at the Charles T. Black City Park.  Carlee Mitchell, Tori Hampton, and Kierra Neighbors and their parents were recognized and presented gifts.

Carlee Mitchell is the daughter of Angela and John Morgan.  She is a defensive center midfielder.  Carlee plans to attend Western Kentucky University and pursue a degree in speech therapy.

Butler County Bassmasters held their seventh points tournament for the 2017 season at Barren River at the Lonnie White Park in Bowling Green on Saturday, September the 23rd. The fishing was exceptionally tough.  The river is still falling after the rains from hurricane Harvey earlier this month, and it has really affected the fish. 15 boats participated in the tournament with Daniel Cardwell and Nathan Neighbors taking 1st place with 5.90 lbs.,

Kentucky basketball commit Blair Green of Harlan County felt like she had a good relationship with most everyone at her school. Still, she was not prepared to be picked as the school’s homecoming queen.
“I wasn’t really expecting it. I am friends with most everybody in school and they all told me I had pretty good chance. But you just never expect something like that,” Green said.
She was in no hurry to take her crown off even though she gets to keep it.
“It’s sitting on my jewelry box now but I didn’t want to take it off,” she laughed and said.

The Butler County Bears lost a heartbreaker to the Muhlenberg Co. Mustangs 42-34 last Friday night. The Bears almost wrecked Homecoming night for the Class 6A Mustangs in a game loaded with offense.

Could this finally be the Saturday that Kentucky ends the long losing streak to Florida? If you are a Kentucky fan, you sure hope so.

The last UK win came in 1986 at then Commonwealth Stadium when the Cats won 10-3. Kentucky defensive back tony Mayes knocked the ball away from Florida receiver Ricky Nattiel with 29 seconds to go. Kentucky recovered the fumble and had the win. Certainly no one thought going into 2017, UK would not have beat Florida again.

He’s not flashy or overly dramatic, but just being himself worked perfectly for Rob Bromley at WKYT-TV (Channel 27) in Lexington for just over 40 years.

That run ends Sept. 29 when Bromley retires after doing what he came to love — covering University of Kentucky sports.

Butler County Middle School football was back in action last week with games against Edmonson County and Russellville.  On Tuesday night, the Wildcats of Edmonson County traveled to Butler County to take on the Bears.  The 7th-grade team fell to the Wildcats by a score of 10-0.  The Bears continue to struggle offensively.  Defense continues to be the 7th grades strong point. 

After having the August 31st game with Logan County cancelled due to the incoming weather from hurricane Harvey, the Bears played district perennial powerhouse Meade County at home.  In the five years since redistricting for soccer, Meade County has won the district all five times.  Meade showed their strength by beating the Bears 10 -2.  The Bears  saw several near scoring opportunities in the first half with shots by Ernest Lee, Jose Sanchez, and Alex Diaz which were thwarted by the Meade Defense.  Butler finally ended up getting scores from Ernest Lee and Omar Lopez.

The Butler County Middle School Football team was in action this past week with a game on Tuesday at Ohio County and a make-up game at home on Thursday with Hancock County.  Both 7^th and 8^th grade teams continue show grit and determination as they enter the mid-point of the season and prepare for GRVC.  Tuesday night was a good night for the Bears with the 7^th grade taking the field first and coming away with a 8-0 win over the Eagles of Ohio County.