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 Butler County Middle School boys basketball was back in action on Tuesday night after some time off for Thanksgiving Break.  They faced a familiar foe in the Suns of Muhlenberg South.  These two teams squared off right before Thanksgiving Break with BCMS 8th grade team winning quite easily.  This game, however, would be tougher with the loss of starter Kyle Casey who is out due to injury.  The Suns did make it a much closer game in the first half, but the Bears were just too hard to handle and won easily once again with a score of 54 to 41.  The difference maker in this game very well may

When the dust settled on Tuesday night, the Butler County Lady Bears' basketball team found themselves on top of the Russellville Lady Panthers in a roller coaster, come-from-behind, overtime game.  

Butler County (1-1) scratched out a gritty 53-49 win in overtime after falling behind

Trailing by five going into the last quarter, the Lady Bears turned in a strong performance, outscoring the Lady Panther 19-14 to force an overtime period.  

Butler County's Katie Graham and Madeline Drake knocked down key free throws late in the game to help secure the win.  

Coach Christy Clark has something to work with this fall that she’s been without in her tenure as BCHS head coach. The coach is practicing with a full roster.

Basketball action was hard to come by last week with it being a shortened school week due to Thanksgiving Break as well as College View out of Owensboro cancelling on the Bears Monday night.  That left the Bears with only one game for the week, but it was quite a game.  BCMS visited the Suns of Muhlenberg South on their home court on Tuesday night for what they thought would be a tough battle gauging from last years’ match ups with them and the loss of a key player from last year, Rex Henderson.  However, Butler County’s 8th grade team had a little proving to do and that is exactly what the

Basketball season passes are on sale now in the front office of Butler County High School. Student passes are $10, Adult $40. This includes admission for all Freshman, JV, and Varsity home games. Gate admission is $4 nightly without the pass.

Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally the kickoff of rabbit and quail hunting across Kentucky.
“Rabbit numbers are up, and that doesn’t surprise me, considering the ideal weather conditions we had in the spring and early summer,” said Ben Robinson, small game biologist for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “We’re already getting reports of good hunting.”

Ahead of Tuesday's deadline, the St. Louis Cardinals added four players to their 40-man roster to protect them from being selected in next month's Rule 5 Draft. One player from Butler County, Keith Butler.
 
St. Louis purchased the contracts of right-handed pitchers Michael Blazek, Keith Butler and Eric Fornataro and left-hander Kevin Siegrist. All four players ended the 2012 season at Double-A Springfield.
 

The Butler County Middle School 8th grade Girls Basketball Team has had a good year.  They currently support a 9-7 record going into the final weeks of the season.  They will be finishing up their season the first part of December where they will be playing in the Green River Valley Conference Tournament at Hancock County.

“Our girls have put in a lot of hard work and our school is so proud of their dedication and commitment to being the best they can,” said Robert Tuck, BCMS principal. 

Butler County Middle School Basketball Players:

Butler County Middle School boys basketball began their season with a busy start last week under the direction of new head coach, Chris House, and new assistant coach, Adam Schartzer.  Both 7th and 8th grade teams got off to a rocky start on their home season opener against McLean County.  7th grade lost with a score of 46-32 and 8th grade dropped their game with a score of 46-37.  Caleb Beasley had a good showing for the 7th grade team by putting 13 points in the basket.  Also getting on the scoreboard were Skyler Moore with 7, Patton Allen 4, Gage Ward 3, Brennan Grubb 2, Neil Bewley 2, a

Aberdeen Grocery, Archery, and Bait Shop had a parking lot full of deer on Saturday morning, opening day of deer season.  Pictured above is Warren Cameron, age 10, showing off his first deer.  Warren's deer had a nice rack. Congratulations!!

Bubba Smith and Ethan.

Another nice deer on the lot. Did you bag a deer?  Send your pictures and information to [email protected]