Beech Tree News Network

Neither rain, nor lightning, nor a long weather delay shall keep Tates Creek pitcher Caleb Johnson from dominating a baseball game. (Caleb is the son of Todd and Julie Johnson former of Butler County)

Johnson, a senior right-hander, was terrific in leading the host Commodores to a 3-1 victory over Lexington Catholic in the 43rd District semifinals Wednesday night.

It didn't bother Johnson at all when the game was suspended for almost two hours because of storms in the bottom of the third inning.

In fact, he thought the interruption helped him.

Butler County Softball went 3-3 over its final six games to finish the regular with a 21-12 record and the #2 seed in the 12th District Tournament.  The Bears defeated Trinity, Hancock County and Warren East, while losing to Bowling Green, Grayson County, and Greenwood.

The Bears defeat Trinity 5-1

The Bears beat Trinity 5-1 in seven innings on Wednesday, May 15, at Trinity behind Amy Rogers, who collected three hits.
She singled in the third and fifth innings and tripled in the seventh inning.

Butler County Senior Dylan Havens traveled to the KHSAA State Track Meet in Louisville to compete in two events, high jump and triple jump.  Havens finished in third place at the regional meet in Bardstown in both events.  He will attend Berea College in the fall on a track and choral scholarship. Congratulations Dylan!

The Butler County High School Baseball team honored their seniors on Monday night as the Bears hosted the Cougars of Logan County.  Butler County fell 6-9 to Logan County.

Seniors include Carrington Harpe, Elijah Flener and Keston Flener.  Each player was escorted to the field by their parents and presented gifts from the team.

The Butler County High School baseball team traveled to Muhlenberg County on Tuesday night.  After leading for most of the game the Bears fell 5-6 to Muhlenberg.  We decided to let the pictures tell this game.

The Butler County Softball team honored their four seniors on Thursday night as the Bears defeated the Lady Hornets of Hancock County 7-1. 

Morgan Manning is the daughter of Steve and Teryl Manning.  She played softball for six years. Morgan plans to attend college and pursue a degree in nursing.

FRANKFORT,Ky.– I have an old friend who was reluctant to go wading in streams for smallmouth bass for many years.

“The fish are too small,” he said.

One May a few years ago, I convinced him to wade a small creek in centralKentuckythe weekend after the Kentucky Derby. From the time the water lapped over our ankles until nearly dark, we caught nice smallmouth after nice smallmouth. Many of those topped the 15-inch mark. I also hooked an unusual 22-inch largemouth bass on a 4-inch lizard that only had one eye.

The Butler County High School Boys Tennis team participated in the Third Region Tennis Tournament on Monday.

Remmington Harpe lost to #2 Wilson (Daviess County) 6-0 6-0

Ivan Beasley lost to Meador (Cloverport) 6-3 3-6 1-0 (10-5)

Amit Hajari/Brennan Grubb def Frizzell/Bailey (Ohio County) 6-2 7-6 (7-5)

Dakota Merrick/Matthew Embry lost to Hadley/Travis (Muhlenberg County) 1-6 6-2 1-0 (10-4)

On Friday, the Butler County High School Football Team held their Blue/White Scrimmage.  This scrimmage was held in conjunction with the Relay for Life in order to raise awareness and hopefully help the Relay gain more income.  The past few weeks of spring practice for the football team have been very competitive.  The coaches have evaluated the players and are excited for what is possible this season.

The Butler County Bears' softball rolled past the midway mark of their season recently with several wins and a few losses.  On Monday, April 29, the Bears defeated Logan 12-1; dropped a 5-0 decision to 12th District foe Edmonson County on April 25; defeated Grayson County 3-1 on April 23; and beat Todd County Central 10-0 on April 22.  Butler County took part in the Greenwood Border Battle on April 19-20.   The Bears beat North Hardin 2-0 and Russell County 6-4 on Friday night.