Beech Tree News Network

The Franklin-Simpson Chamber of Commerce 2013 Mustang Mania at the Downs was held Saturday, June 8, at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Kentucky. This was the 4th annual event.  There were 128 cars at this year’s event, the largest to date.  There were 21 classes of cars, 21 trophies taken home, more trophies given than in any previous year.  Class One (’64-’73) was won by Billy Beasley.  Best of Show, Closed, went to Bobby Beasley. 

Jeff Garrett of Logansport won a coveted NHRA Wally at the 27th annual NHRA Sportsnational Open at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green over Memorial Day weekend. Garrett drove his 1980 Malibu to victory in the Super Pro division which featured 100 drivers racing for the Wally. Garrett defeated veteran Franklin, Kentucky, racer Trance Baker in the finals of the two-day event. The win not only gave Garrett his 1st career Wally, but also marked the first time he has managed to win at Beech Bend. Wife/Crew Chief Shella Garrett said, "We're so tickled.

Despite Amy Rogers's 2-3 performance at the plate on Monday, the Bears took a 9-3 loss at the hands of Owensboro Catholic at WhitesvilleTrinity in the opening game of the 3rd Region Tournament.

 Jessica Carmon got it done in the circle on the way to a win. She allowed three runs over seven innings, struck out nine, walked two and gave up five hits.

Morgan Manning allowed 14 hits, struck out two and walked two in the loss.

Cam Waugh, R.J. Barnette, Ryan Patton, T.J. Ford, Brandon Harder, and Dave Mayo are names you probably don’t recognize, but they’re at the heart of one of the most dominant teams in professional sports. So far in calendar year 2013 they’ve staked their team to a commanding regular season lead in the standings, and they’re at the precipice of taking their star teammate to heights reached only by two other men in his sport.

Of course the team I’m talking about is Team Lowe’s, the pit crew for Hendrick Motorsports #48, crew chiefed by Chad Knaus and driven by Jimmie Johnson.

Neither rain, nor lightning, nor a long weather delay shall keep Tates Creek pitcher Caleb Johnson from dominating a baseball game. (Caleb is the son of Todd and Julie Johnson former of Butler County)

Johnson, a senior right-hander, was terrific in leading the host Commodores to a 3-1 victory over Lexington Catholic in the 43rd District semifinals Wednesday night.

It didn't bother Johnson at all when the game was suspended for almost two hours because of storms in the bottom of the third inning.

In fact, he thought the interruption helped him.

Butler County Softball went 3-3 over its final six games to finish the regular with a 21-12 record and the #2 seed in the 12th District Tournament.  The Bears defeated Trinity, Hancock County and Warren East, while losing to Bowling Green, Grayson County, and Greenwood.

The Bears defeat Trinity 5-1

The Bears beat Trinity 5-1 in seven innings on Wednesday, May 15, at Trinity behind Amy Rogers, who collected three hits.
She singled in the third and fifth innings and tripled in the seventh inning.

Butler County Senior Dylan Havens traveled to the KHSAA State Track Meet in Louisville to compete in two events, high jump and triple jump.  Havens finished in third place at the regional meet in Bardstown in both events.  He will attend Berea College in the fall on a track and choral scholarship. Congratulations Dylan!

The Butler County High School Baseball team honored their seniors on Monday night as the Bears hosted the Cougars of Logan County.  Butler County fell 6-9 to Logan County.

Seniors include Carrington Harpe, Elijah Flener and Keston Flener.  Each player was escorted to the field by their parents and presented gifts from the team.

The Butler County High School baseball team traveled to Muhlenberg County on Tuesday night.  After leading for most of the game the Bears fell 5-6 to Muhlenberg.  We decided to let the pictures tell this game.

The Butler County Softball team honored their four seniors on Thursday night as the Bears defeated the Lady Hornets of Hancock County 7-1. 

Morgan Manning is the daughter of Steve and Teryl Manning.  She played softball for six years. Morgan plans to attend college and pursue a degree in nursing.