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On November 18th at 6:30pm, Butler County Bassmasters will be holding their annual meeting to discuss the upcoming 2015 tournament season.  The meeting will take place at the Morgantown WRECC office.  Topics of discussion at this meeting will include 2015”s schedule, rules, fees, as well as anything else pertaining to next season.  If you have never fished with Butler County Bassmasters and would like to, this is a great way to meet everybody and learn more about how the club operates.  Butler County Bassmasters encourages anyone planning on fishing in 2015 to attend.  For more information

The BCHS Bears, who were hosting a playoff game for the fourth time in school history, squared off with the Ballard Memorial Bombers on Friday, November 7th in the first round of the KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl in Class 2A action.

The Butler County Bears hosted the Bombers of Ballard Memorial on Friday night in the first round of the playoffs.  The Bears fell short 14-18.  Supt. Scott Howard presented Coach Ryan Emmick with the District Runner-Up trophy prior to the kickoff.  The Butler County High School Band was in the stands and the NJROTC presented the colors. Thank you to the coaches and players for a great season!!!!

Deer season opened up in Butler County this Saturday and the Aberdeen Grocery parking lot was full of hunters and spectators.  Several nice deer was taken on the first day.  Robert Johnson killed a deer that field dressed at 214 pounds and scored 215.  The very non-typical rack, of Johnson's deer, got a lot of attention.  Gun season runs from November 8-17th.

Playoff football is coming to Morgantown tomorrow as the Butler County Bears (7-3) will host the Ballard Memorial Bombers (8-2) in the first round of the KHSAA State Football Playoffs.  Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.
Although the Bears are hosting as a #2 seed in their district and Ballard is coming in at a #3 seed in their's, B.C.H.S. Head Coach Ryan Emmick knows that those designations mean little when playoff season arrives.
"Ballard Memorial is a very good football team at 8-2.  They have excelled this season running the football and play great defense," said Emmick. 

Senior night for the Bears fell on Halloween this past Friday night. Neighboring, longtime-rival, Edmonson County came to Morgantown to play smash mouth football in the cold and wind. Once again, all three phases of the game contributed to propel the Bears over the Wildcats, 26-6.

First, it was the special teams—just like in last week’s game—a sailed snap over the head of the punter resulted in a safety and the Bears first points.

The Bears finished regular season play on Halloween night as they defeated the Wildcats of Edmonson County 26-6.  Butler County (7-3) heads into the playoff with a home game next Friday night against Ballard Memorial (8-2).

Birthday boy Terry Fields and Daltyn Havens.

Butler County Cheerleaders

Butler County High School held Senior Night for the Fall Sports prior to Friday night's football game against Edmonson County.
Boys Golf

Houston Jones is the son of Christi Abbott and played on the BCHS golf team for 6 years.

Familiar foes will take to the field on Friday night, October 31, as the Edmonson County Wildcats make their way to Morgantown for a football match-up with the Butler County Bears.  It is the final regular season game for both teams.  Butler County (6-3) is coming off a 43-41 win last week against Hancock County and has won their last four contests.  Meanwhile, Edmonson County (4-5) is on a two-game winning stint with a 25-0 win over Hart County and a 9-7 victory over Monroe County last week.  It is also Senior Night at Butler County.  Seniors will be recognized prior to the game.   

On Saturday October 25, Butler County Girls Softball hosted the "Homerun" 5K run/walk. The registration began at approximately 6:45 AM. The participants were led to the area directly behind Morgantown Elementary school at approximately 7:56am. The proprietors of the event welcomed the participants before suddenly declaring the 5K to be underway. 21 minutes and 43 seconds later, Ryan Patterson was the first to finish the 5K, followed by many others.