Beech Tree News Network

Butler County Softball senior catcher Amy Rogers was recently selected Class 2A Second Team All-State for her softball accomplishments during the 2014 season. The announcement was made by the Kentucky Softball Coaches' Association last month and was voted on by softball coaches across the state.

Rogers' selection was the second for Butler County in the last several years.  Former BCHS pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey, now playing at Murray State, was a three-time selection - once Honorable Mention and twice on First Team.  

The Barracudas host their annual Relay Meet on Tuesday with great success. In attendance at the meet were the Portland Stingrays and the Ohio County Otters. The meet started at 5:30 and the last race finished at 7:30 just before the storm hit.

Provo native, Boyd Truelove is the 2014 inductee into the Kentucky Trapshooting Hall of Fame. The ceremony will take place on July 4th as part of the annual Kentucky State Shoot at the Central Kentucky Gun Club near Berea. As part of the program, the Kentucky Hall of Fame Handicap will be named in honor of Truelove.

The first event of the 34th Annual Green River Catfish Festival was the Green River 5 Mile Road Race from Morgantown to Woodbury on Saturday, June 21st.  This year there were 7 walkers and 67 runners. 

Butler Countian Nolan Johnson was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 32:06.  Belle Thomas of Bowling Green was the first female to finish with a time of 33:15. 

On Tuesday, June 17th the Morgantown-Butler County Swim Team traveled to Bowling Green where they competed against the Southland Sharks and Portland Swim Team for the first meet of the season. The MBCST which has a total of 47 swimmers had 33 of them attend the meet. The swimmers of MBCST had a great time at the meet and swam very well.

MBCST was able to pull a victory against Portland but lost to the Southland Sharks.

When Butler County sports get back into action in the late summer there will be two new faces stalking the sidelines as head coaches. Brian Bivens has been hired as the new BCHS girls basketball coach, and JR Bryant will be the new head football coach at Butler County Middle School.

With California Chrome set to chase history in the Belmont Stakes this coming weekend, the stream smallmouth fishing season is in full bloom.
 A late spring following a brutally cold winter caused some hit and miss stream smallmouth fishing this past spring. With the warm winds of June now here, stream smallmouth are settling into their summer patterns with water temperatures stabilizing in the mid 70s.
Years of perfect flow conditions for reproduction bequeathed a quality cohort of smallmouth bass 14 inches and longer in Kentucky streams.

There will be an organizational meeting of the BCHS Boys Basketball Booster Club on Monday, June 16th at 6pm in the MES cafeteria. New officers will be elected and fundraisers scheduled for the upcoming school year. All parents of the players are urged to attend whether you are interested in being an officer or not. If you have questions, you may contact Teresa Woodcock 270-999-2668.

The second annual Stan England Classic Golf Tournament for the Boys & Girls Club of Butler County will be held on Thursday, June 5th at Hidden Valley Golf Course in Morgantown.  Tee off is at 9:00am with a shotgun start.

The coaching staff and players of the Butler County  Bears’ softball team will be conducting a softball camp this summer for girls ages 5-12 from June 16-19, 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.