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With only three weeks left of regular season action for the boys’ middle school basketball team, they had the luxury of staying at home this week.  Both games on Monday and Tuesday were played on the Bears’ home floor.  On Monday night the Russellville Panthers came to town for a visit looking for a little hospitality but were sent home licking their wounds instead.  Both 7th and 8th grade teams came out on the attack taking early leads and just kept building on them.  In the 7th grade game, the Panthers were simply way outsized by the Bears starting five in Bailey Anderson, Blake Graham, R

The Bears and Lady Bears basketball teams will make the long trip to Calhoun, KY this Saturday where they will begin playing in the 3rd Region Kentucky Touchstone Energy All "A" Classic. The Lady Bears (2-11) will play 12th district foe Edmonson County (5-9) in the first game of the morning at 10:00 a.m. In their first meeting this season, the Lady Wildcats defeated the Lady Bears 46-25 at Edmonson County. The Bears (5-12), who will be making their fifth trip this season to McLean County, will also play the Wildcats of Edmonson County (5-10) immediately following the Lady Bears at 12 p.m.

The Bears and Lady Bears loaded on the buses and headed down Highway 79 on Tuesday night. The destination was Logan County High School for a doubleheader with the Cougars and Lady Cougars.

The Lady Bears were first in a game that saw both teams start slowly. The Logan ladies took the lead behind the play of Shannon MacAllister and Jaylin Jones. The pair combined for 8 points. The Lady Bears could muster just a single basket in the quarter, from Madeline Drake on put-back layup, and the Lady Cougars took a 9-3 lead after one. 

1st Team Offensive MAC Conference
Offensive Lineman - C.W. Decker
Wide Receiver - Cole Tynes
Wide Receiver - Clayton Embry
Quarterback - Elijah Flener
 
1st Team Defensive MAC Conference
Defensive Lineman - Dillen White
Linebacker - Matthew Renfrow
 
MAC Conference Honorable Mentions
Jarred Brosnan
Kaleb Parks
Tanner Shain
Jacob Oliver

The Butler County Bears and Lady Bears were at home friday night and their opponents were the high-powered Cougars and Lady Cougars from Grayson County High School. GCHS is a district rival for Butler County and entered the game as the favorites to win the 12th District.

First up was the matchup between the Lady Bears and the Lady Cougars. GCHS came into the game with a 13-3 record including a 3-0 mark in district play. The Lady Bears entered play Friday night with a 2-9 record and a 1-2 record in the 12th District.

The Butler County High School Cheerleaders competed at the 3rd Region Kapos Cheerleading Competition on Saturday, January 7. The competition took place at Owensboro High School, and featured schools from around the 3rd Region. BCHS competed in the large varsity division, where squads must have 17-20 cheerleaders. There are seven divisions at Kapos competitions, and squads are divided depending on how many cheerleaders are on the team, if the squad is co-ed, and which type of routine they want to perform.

Anticipation was high as middle school boys basketball fired back up on Tuesday night after Christmas break as the 7th grade team faced off against Muhlenberg North on the first day back to school.  The Bears had traveled to North earlier in the year and was served their only loss for the season thus far.  With this being a district match up, the Bears needed to win by 8 points to sew up the number one seed in the GRVC tournament at the end of the season.   Apparently the boys knew exactly what they needed to do and they wasted no time getting it done.  Rex Henderson put on a shooting clini

The Butler County Lady Bears wrapped up play in the Greenwood Gator Classic on Friday evening when they took on the Lady Dawgs of Clinton County High School. The Lady Bears opened play on Tuesday with a win in pool play versus Warren East High School, but things had gone sour for BCHS since that win. Two straight losses to Franklin-Simpson and Caverna left the Lady Bears needing a win on Friday to break even in the tourney. Unfortunately a slow scoring first half doomed their hopes and they fell to the Lady Dawgs by a final score of 46-38.

After their 102-97 loss on Wednesday the Bears were back in action Thursday morning in Calhoun. It was the third and final day of the Advanced Drainage Systems Roundball Roundup at McLean County High School, and the Bears would be facing a district foe in Whitesville Trinity High School.

The Butler County Lady Bears got back in action on Tuesday night after an extended layoff for Christmas break. The Lady Bears traveled to Bowling Green to play in the Greenwood Holiday Classic. Awaiting BCHS was a one-win Warren East High School Lady Raider squad that was hungry to get another win.