Beech Tree News Network

The Butler County Buckmasters is a subordinate chapter of the Buckmasters American Deer Foundation.
We will holding a banquet on Saturday, August 24 at the Mike Truelove Education Complex Building located at 799 Veteran’s Way.
The doors will open at 5:30 with Dinner at 7:00  followed by Auction and Raffles at 8:15 p.m.
 
We are excited about the opportunity to celebrate the upcoming hunting season while raising monies for projects that will benefit our local community.
 

Little Lady Bears Jr. Pro Basketball signups have begun. If you know of any young lady interested in playing this year, please follow the link below and return the application to your child’s school. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/109o1gdbgscwnva/2013%20LLBB%20Application%20and%20Medical%20Form.docx

Please contact Cody Donaldson with any questions at 270-526-5647.

The Butler County Middle School softball season gets underway on Monday, August 12, as the Bears travel to Whitesville Trinity for its season opener.  

With a loss of seven 8th graders from 2012 - all starters - and only two 8th graders on the 2013 team - the Bears will be putting a young team on the field with limited softball experience at the middle school level.

Butler County Schools will be back in session on Thursday, August 8, and the return of students means high school athletic seasons are just around the corner.  BtN/WLBQ 1570 will once again be broadcasting live on the radio (and live streaming on BtN) over 100 athletic contests throughout the school year, including football, boys and girls basketball, baseball and softball.

Butler County native, Boyce Flener, will make his debut on the Sportsman Channel, Tuesday, August 6, 2013. He will be featured on the Whitetail Properties TV show. Boyce began working with Whitetail Properties Real Estate as a licensed real estate agent in the Spring of 2009.

The Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Post 5837 hosted a Golf Scramble on August 3, 2013 at the Hidden Valley Golf Course. The golf scramble was the first major fundraiser for the "Walls of Honor"

Scramble results:

Drake Embry, a junior receiver with the Butler County Bears' football team, recently attended the Under Classmen Combine Top 100 Prospect Invitation Football Camp at the University of Oklahoma.  The camp was held July 22-23rd. 

The Butler County Cheerleaders have started their year off with a camp at BCHS July 15-17.   The Cheerforce Coaches from Bowling Green conducted a 3-day camp in the fieldhouse on the BCHS campus.  

The girls worked very hard at learning new cheer stunts and their competition routine for the year," said Coach Lisa Rhoades.

Throughout the week the cheerleaders and coaches participated in team building activities such as bowling and mini-golf at Southern Lanes and a pool party at the Morgantown City Pool.    

Open try-outs will be held for the Green River Mud Cats 11U travel baseball team on Saturday, August 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Charles Black Park in Morgantown.  The Mud Cats will be coached by Mark Norris and Rodney McMillin.  

Fall golf season has begun and the Butler County High School golf team is seeking players.  Any girl interested in learning how to play golf or joining the high school team needs to meet on Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. at the Hidden Valley Golf Course.

In other BCHS Golf news, Emily Wallace qualified at Windward Heights Country Club in Hancock County to play in the Touchstone Energy All "A" State Tournament, which will be held in Somerset on September 7.