Beech Tree News Network

FRANKFORT,Ky.– I have an old friend who was reluctant to go wading in streams for smallmouth bass for many years.

“The fish are too small,” he said.

One May a few years ago, I convinced him to wade a small creek in centralKentuckythe weekend after the Kentucky Derby. From the time the water lapped over our ankles until nearly dark, we caught nice smallmouth after nice smallmouth. Many of those topped the 15-inch mark. I also hooked an unusual 22-inch largemouth bass on a 4-inch lizard that only had one eye.

The Butler County High School Boys Tennis team participated in the Third Region Tennis Tournament on Monday.

Remmington Harpe lost to #2 Wilson (Daviess County) 6-0 6-0

Ivan Beasley lost to Meador (Cloverport) 6-3 3-6 1-0 (10-5)

Amit Hajari/Brennan Grubb def Frizzell/Bailey (Ohio County) 6-2 7-6 (7-5)

Dakota Merrick/Matthew Embry lost to Hadley/Travis (Muhlenberg County) 1-6 6-2 1-0 (10-4)

On Friday, the Butler County High School Football Team held their Blue/White Scrimmage.  This scrimmage was held in conjunction with the Relay for Life in order to raise awareness and hopefully help the Relay gain more income.  The past few weeks of spring practice for the football team have been very competitive.  The coaches have evaluated the players and are excited for what is possible this season.

The Butler County Bears' softball rolled past the midway mark of their season recently with several wins and a few losses.  On Monday, April 29, the Bears defeated Logan 12-1; dropped a 5-0 decision to 12th District foe Edmonson County on April 25; defeated Grayson County 3-1 on April 23; and beat Todd County Central 10-0 on April 22.  Butler County took part in the Greenwood Border Battle on April 19-20.   The Bears beat North Hardin 2-0 and Russell County 6-4 on Friday night.

Sophomores CheyAnne Gaskey and Alexa Becker were honored for their excellence both on the field and in the classroom on Wednesday when they were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team by CoSIDA.

Gaskey, a sophomore marketing major with a 3.95 GPA, is having an outstanding season for the Racers.  She is currently 12-8 on the year with a 2.85 ERA and a Murray State single-season record 138 strikeouts.  This season, she also set the single-game mark for strikeouts with 14 and the single-season and career marks for save, with four and six respectively.

Morgantown City Park is home for the Butler County Little League.  Beech Tree News photographer Jeremy Hack went out to snap a few pictures of the players in action. The Majors were in action featuring Butler County 11-12 year olds.  Enjoy!!!

On Tuesday, the Butler County High School Track Team celebrated Senior Night.  Since the school does not have enough equipment for a large home meet, Butler and Ohio County High Schools have made an agreement in which each school alternates hosting Senior Night ceremonies.  Therefore, five Ohio County Seniors were honored along with four Butler County Seniors.  The ceremony took place at 6:30 p.m.

The Bears have suffered losses in their last two game of action against Logan County 13-3, and Ohio County 6-5.  They look to improve in their next three games this week against Edmonson, Davidson Academy, and Greenwood.

American Modified Series Visits Cedar Ridge Speedway for $1,500 to win on Saturday April 27-  After a successful 2013 season opener, the American Modified Series is set to return to competition as its quest for a 2013 series champion continues on Saturday April 27 at Cedar Ridge Speedway in Morgantown, KY with an event that will pay $1,500 to the winner.

The Butler County Boys Basketball Team will conduct Bear Camp 2013 this summer.  The camp will allow campers to interact with the BCHS Boys Basketball team, they accomplished many great things this year.  They are the 2013 12TH DISTRICT CHAMPS, REGION 3 ALL “A” CHAMPS, ALL “A” STATE TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT .This is a great opportunity to improve fundamental skills and have a good time learning the skills needed to perform at your highest level.  Monday through Wednesday we will work on skill development and agility test, on Thursday we will have various competitions.