Beech Tree News Network

Butler County Little League will be having a meeting on Thursday, February 20, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at Morgantown Elementary School Cafeteria.  All parents are encouraged to attend.  Sign-ups will also be held that night.
 
Fees are for ages 5—12 (as of May 1, 2014) are:
 
$50.00 for Jr. Rookie, Rookie and Minors
$65.00 for Majors (ages 11-12)

Please bring a copy of child’s birth certificate.  If you do not sign up by March 1, 2014, then a $15.00 late fee will be charged.

The Butler County Lady Bears ( 7-13 overall, 2-3 district) hosted the Edmonson County Lady Cats (15-5 overall, 4-1 district) on Saturday afternoon in their first district match up.  Edmonson County defeated Butler County 64-49.

12th District basketball standings got a little more complicated on Friday night as both Butler County teams fell to host Grayson County in a boy-girl doubleheader.  The Lady Bears fell 52-40 in the opening game in what was a reasonably close game throughout, while the Bears found themselves in a significant hole early before losing 75-58.  

The Butler County Lady Bears had a tough week of basketball playing four games and picking up one win.  On Monday night the Lady Bears easily took care of the Warren East Lady Raiders 57-28.  Butler County jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Lady Bears extended the led to 32-12 at the half. Free throws played a major role in the game as Butler County scored 29 points from the line.  Coach Christy Clark was able to empty the bench and eleven Lady Bears made it into the score book.

Oak Ridge Lady Warriors defeated Daysprings Christian Academy on January 28th at home, 25-10.  Hannah Burden led the team with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 steals. Jasmine Alford had 7 rebounds and 6 steals, Amber Pendley had 2 points, Piper Pendley had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals, DeeDee Bratcher had 2 points, 4 rebounds, 4 steals, Gabby Harris had 1 rebound, Bailee Bratcher had 1 rebound and 1 steal, and Kaelyn Bratcher had 4 rebounds.

Butler County Middle School basketball season came to a close Friday night at the GRVC Tournament.  After snow prevented the event from happening last Saturday, both seventh and eighth grade teams traveled to Breckinridge County Friday night.  The seventh grade team took the floor first to play the number one seed in the tournament, Hancock County.  A very skilled Hancock County team jumped out to an early lead, putting 20 points on the board in the first quarter.  The Bears struggled to find the scoreboard and get the ball down the floor against the Cougars tough full court press.  The Cou

 Sometimes when you do something, and fail miserably at it, you're able to at least learn a bit from it. That's how it's been with me and my miserable attempt to pick 70% off this season's NFL games correctly.

I really did fail miserably. I think my final winning percentage was somewhere south of 65%, and most of what I thought I knew about the NFL fell by the wayside. However I learned some things, and I think I'm a better NFL fan because if it.

The Butler County Bears efforts to defend their 2013 3rd Region All “A” Championship fell short in the semi-finals on Thursday night, when they fell to the McLean County Cougars by a final score of 74-64.

The Bears started strong, bolting out to an early 7-2 lead in the first quarter, behind a hot start by Zeke Woodcock. However the three-point shooters for McLean County began heating up, as the Bears struggled to finish around the basket. By the end of the first the Bears trailed 14-11.

A year after establishing an overall deer harvest record, Kentucky hunters did it again.
The 2013-14 deer season in Kentucky ended Jan. 20 with a total harvest of 144,404 animals. That represents a gain of more than 9 percent over the previous record set during the 2012-13 season.