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Butler County Softball fell 10-3 to Grayson County in the first round of the 12th District Tournament at Edmonson County.  The loss ends the Bears' season at 19 wins, 17 losses, and one tie.    

Butler County collected eight hits in the loss to Grayson.

Grayson County was sparked by Megan England and Kara Decker, who teamed up for six hits and two RBIs.

Kassie Jo Phelps took the loss for Butler County. She allowed 10 runs in six innings, walked two and struck out four.

On Monday night, the Bears traveled to Grayson County for a district tournament matchup with Whitesville Trinity.  The Bears had swept the regular season meetings with Trinity and where in search of a trip to the district championship against Grayson County.  Blake Graham took the mound for the Bears looking to pick up the wing.  Trinity, however, had other ideas.  Trinity jumped on the Bears for two quick runs in the first inning, taking advantage of two errors by the Bears.  Graham battled back and picked up a key strikeout to escape further damage.
 

Future BEARS if you are ready to learn new skills and develop your game please attend the BCHS BOYS BASKETBALL CAMP.   This year we will have two sessions.  This will allow us to work and interact with each camper at a higher level.  This camp has a concentration on fundamental development.  We will work on defending, passing, rebounding, dribbling, and shooting.  Our hope is to help campers improve technique, efficiency, and confidence by using various proven drills.   We use many of these drills regularly to help our BCHS Boys Basketba

On Monday, the Bears played host to a strong Franklin Simpson team from the 4th region.  The Bears came out battling and led 2-1 going into the 3rd inning.  Franklin rallied to take a 4-3 lead into the 7th inning.  Then the wheels came off defensively for the Bears as the Wildcats plated 9 runs on their way to a 13-3 victory.   Blake Graham pitched an excellent game for the Bears, giving the team an excellent chance to upset the Wildcats.   But the bats were just not strong enough on this night as Cody Casteel and Rex Henderson collected the only 2 base hits for the Bears.

Butler County's Zeke Woodcock has a signed a letter-of-intent to play basketball at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.  The signing ceremony was held last Friday, June 9, at the BCHS Athletic Fieldhouse.  Woodcock's signing comes off a stellar career with Butler County.  As a senior, he averaged 18 points per game and 10 rebounds.

Butler County senior infielder (3B/SS) Lynsie Clark signed a letter-of-intent last week to play softball at St. Catharine College near Bardstown.  The signing ceremony, attended by teammates, coaches, family and friends, was held on Tuesday, May 6, at the BCHS Athletic Fieldhouse.  St. Catharine Head Coach Holly Smith was present at the signing.  

Region Tournament kicked off this week at Moreland Park in Owensboro with first and second round action on Monday, May 5th.  Butler County took eleven players for a fun afternoon of tennis.  At the end of a long, nail-biting, exciting night the Bears came away with seven players; Brennan Grubb- boy’s singles, Matthew Embry and Dakota Merrick – boy’s doubles, Emily Wallace and Rachel Johnson – girl’s doubles, and Chanda Hampton and Katona Dockery – girl’s doubles; surviving the first two rounds of action and advancing to Tuesday night’s third and fourth rounds of play.

The Butler County High School Softball team recognized their seniors on Monday night. 

The Bears traveled toGraysonCountyon Wednesday in hopes of knocking off one of the better teams in the region.  However, the defense faltered early and often.  The Cougars scored 6 runs in the first inning and 4 runs in the second inning on their way to a 10-0 win in 5 innings.  Of the 10 runs scored byGraysonCountyonly two of them were earned.   The Bears also struggled offensively with Eddie Phelps collecting the only Bear hit.  With the win,GraysonCountyclaimed the regular season district title and will be the #1 seed in the district tournament.  The Bears will be the #

The season on the calendar is Spring, but it was football season last Friday night at Butler County High School. Over a hundred fans, parents, and boosters gathered at the BCHS football field for the 2014 Blue/White Spring scrimmage.