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A fourth quarter rally wasn't enough on Friday night as the Butler County High School Bears fell 38-12 to Murray High School in the first round of the KHSAA football playoffs.  The loss brought to an end a successful 2013 season where the Bears finished 7-4 - its only losses to Murray, Owensboro Catholic, Russellville, and Union County - all top-tier programs.

The Butler County Bears traveled to Murray on Friday night for the first round of playoffs.  Congratulations to the Bears and the coaching staff on a great season.  This is our final week of From the sidelines… for 2013, enjoy!

Butler County Middle School boys’ basketball team opened their season Thursday night at McLean County Middle School.  Both 7th and 8th  grade teams gave a valiant effort, but both came up short.   The 7th grade took the floor first.  Starting for the 7th grade team was Justin Elms, Colton Bratcher, Wyatt Dean, Trevor Dockery and Jaden Hurt.  The Bears got off to a slow start against a big McLean County team and were unable to score the first quarter.  The Bears went on to put 5 points on the scoreboard by halftime.  The Bears did pick up the tempo and the scoring in the second half scoring

I'm still getting over Stanford's upset of Oregon, and so are a lot of other people, but it's that time of year. I like to think that questions are being answered about who the real powers are in college football.

After Saturday it's clear that Alabama and Florida State are on a collision course for the BCS national championship game. It's going to take a gigantic upset to derail these two football trains.

The "second" high school football season begins Friday night as the opening round of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's (KHSAA) post-season playoffs get underway.  Butler County High School (7-3) will be traveling to far western Kentucky for a 7 p.m. kickoff against the Murray High School Tigers (6-4).  B.C.H.S. head coach Ryan Emmick is well aware of the solid reputation Murray has as a football school.   

Butler County wrapped up its regular season on Friday night at Brownsville with a 20-6 win over rival Edmonson County.  A close game throughout, the Bears employed a solid air attack of 242 yards and a defensive performance resulting in 49 tackles to pull away from the Wildcats for the two-touchdown win.

Butler County Middle School boys’ basketball is set to begin action this week with a road trip to McLean County on Thursday.  Lots of preparation and practice have gone in to this season’s team.  Open Gym and conditioning began early in the summer and has intensified as the season draws near.  This year’s team has many new faces from the top down.  Leading the team this year is new head coach, Cody Donaldson.  Assisting him will be Adam Shartzer, Brian Bivens, and Ronnie Tyree.  The eighth grade team has some familiar faces in returning players Skyler Moore,  Brennan Grubb, Caleb Beasley, P

On Saturday, November 2nd, the Butler County Cross Country team competed in the Regional cross country meet in Bowling Green at Ephram White Park.  Both the boys and girls team will get the chance to run at state at the Horse Park in Lextington.
Senior, Ethan Jenkins, placed first in the Class 2A regional meet with a time of 17:35. This is Ethan’s personal best. Nolan Johnson also placed 5th. The boys’ team placed 3rd overall giving them the opportunity to run at state.

I've had a good sports writer week for a couple of reasons. First, my NFL picks went well, and I was beginning to wonder if I could correctly pick football games. So I needed it. Second, it seems I'm in touch with my readers, and we agree. In fact we agree famously.

Last week I asked a question of my readers. Is it realistic for the Kentucky basketball Wildcats to be shooting for a 40-0 season, or is running the board in this age of college hoops just a pipe dream?

The Butler County Bears traveled to Edmonson County on Friday night to wrap up regular season play.  The Bears defeated the Wildcats 20-6 finishing the season 7-3.  Butler County travels to Murray (6-4) next week for the first round of playoffs.  Good Luck, Go Bears!!!!