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Butler County Bassmasters held their third Points tournament for the 2016 season at Nolin Lake Saturday, May the 14th. The weather was pretty brutal, with dropping temperatures and high winds taking the larger fish out of the equation for the most part. The fish are on the tail end of the spawn, with fish being caught all throughout the water column.  There were 58 fish brought to the weigh scale for a total weight of 88.90 pounds for the tournament, with all fish being released alive back to Nolin Lake to be caught again.

The Butler County High School Softball Team honored their three seniors during a recent home game.

FRANKFORT, Ky. – May is a special time for anglers who chase redear sunfish and bluegill as they move into the shallows to spawn.
“I think we still might be a week or so from the peak for redear fishing,” said Maj. Shane Carrier, assistant director of law enforcement for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “The old timers say the timing is all about the full moon in May, but this year the full moon isn’t until May 21. I do best the second week and going into the third week of May.”

On Friday, May 13th, the MES Patriots will head to Louisville to the NASP National Archery Tournament. There are currently 13,459 archers representing 47 states and nearly 800 schools that are registered for this tournament.
This tournament will be recorded as the largest tournament by the Guinness Book of World Records.

 MES Archery Team Members:

Team Captain : Sally Butler

Team Co-Captain : Ryleigh White

Cayden Southerland

Hailey Pierson

Brayden Tomes

Ryn Taylor

Lydia Wilcox

Trenton Inglis

Connor Thompson

Butler County Track and Field traveled to WKU on Saturday, May 7^th to compete in the Warren East Raider Run. “Teams from all over the area come to come to this event, and it is great competition to push our athletes.” Said Coach Fuller.

With wins over Owensboro, Todd County Central and Russellville, the Butler County Bears jump started a good week of softball as the 2016 season enters its final three weeks.
On Thursday, May 5, the Bears used a big fourth inning to beat Russellville 11-3 at home. 
A seven-run explosion in the fourth inning proved to be the difference. 
The Bears jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. A single by Maddie McKinney, bringing home Madison Clark started the inning off.

The Butler County Track and Field Team continued their season on Thursday, April 28^th at McLean County, and were able to bring home 2^nd place overall. The Bears won many of the track events throughout the night, competing against several school in the area at the McLean All-Comers event. The teams included McLean, Muhlenburg, Hancock, and Ohio Counties. “This is one of the single best meets of the season for us so far.” Explained Coach Lindsey.

The Butler County Track and Field Team returned to true form on Tuesday, April 26^th at South Warren, setting three new school records. “It has been a great night for Butler County.” Expressed Coach Fuller. “It is a great thing to see.”

The Butler County Track and Field Team went to work Friday, April 22nd at The Great Gator Invitational. “This meet at Greenwood is one of the largest meets of the year.” Explained Coach Fuller. “We are one of the smaller schools here, and this fierce competition will push us to be better.” BCHS Boy’s 4X100 relay team brought home 2nd place, while Hannah Perry placed 4th in the 800 meter run.

Butler County Youth Soccer was in full swing again on Saturday morning at the Charles T. Black City Park.  The spring league has teams from 3 year olds and up.  Photos courtesy of Hocker Family Insurance and David "Hawkeye" Hocker.