Beech Tree News Network

Christmastime means a heaping helping of high school basketball to go along with all the dinners, presents, and parties. The tradition of holiday hoops has kept the teams from BCHS busy this week on day-trips to play in a pair of holiday showcase events.

On Tuesday morning the Bears traveled to Calhoun, KY to take on the Owensboro High School Red Devils in the Advanced Drainage Systems Round Ball Roundup at McLean County High School.

Carroll County was the site of the Butler County High School Bears first holiday tournament last week for the North American Stainless Classic.  The Bears went 1-2 for the tournament, which began December 21 and ran through December 23.  Butler County dropped a 61-43 decision to Gallatin on Wednesday; won a hard-fought, triple overtime thriller 93-91 over Trimble County on Thursday; and fell to Hancock County 59-56 in a Third Region rematch on Friday.  

With Christmas in the rearview mirror, the Butler County High School boys' and girls' basketball teams will take to the court this week in a pair of road tournaments.  The Lady Bears will be participating in the Greenwood Holiday Classic at Greenwood High School in Bowling Green, while the Bears will travel to Calhoun, Kentucky for the Advanced Drainage Systems Roundball Roundup at McLean County.  

The Butler County Bears were riding a three-game winning streak on Friday night when they took the ride to Hawesville in Hancock County to take on the homestanding Hornets. The Hornets and head coach Scott LaMar learned just minutes prior to taking the floor on Friday night that they would be without the services of their leading scorer Christian Nelson. Nelson had been playing with a badly broken nose for the Hornets and had to take himself out of the lineup because of severe pain. That meant that Austin Ramey would be called upon to lead the Hornets.

After out of district match-ups early in the week it was time for the Bears and Lady Bears of Butler County High School to return to district action on Thursday night. Their opponents were a pair of struggling basketball teams for Edmonson County High School. The Lady Cats came into the game winless at 0-4, and the Wildcats weren’t much better with a 1-5 record.

After six weeks of basketball action, the 7th grade Butler County Middle School boys basketball team moves to 13 and 1 on the season with two great wins this week and the 8th grade team advances to 11 and 3 after two wins this week as well. Both teams looked good and played well this week against Breckinridge County at home on Tuesday night and Hancock County on the road on Thursday night.  

A former district foe was on the schedule Tuesday night when the basketball squads from Butler County High traveled to Todd County. Rebel Gym greeted the Butler teams with a rowdy crowd, and a hot and stuffy environment.

Every Saturday for the next couple of months you will find a large number of boys and girls in the gyms at Morgantown Elementary and North Butler.  Yes, that's right.  Jr. Pro boys basketball and cheerleading is in full swing.  This program provides students an excellent source of physical activity as well as provides opportunities for kids to learn some basketball and cheerleading skills.  

A solid first half of basketball by the Butler County Lady Bears (1-3) was overshadowed on Monday night in the second half as the Greenwood Lady Gators came to Morgantown and left with a 66-35 win. 

Whitesville, KY was the destination on Friday night when the basketball teams from Butler County High School loaded up the bus and hit the road. The Bears and Lady Bears each had their second district game of the season, and for one of the BCHS hardwood teams it was going to be a big test without a key part of their attack.