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The Butler County High School Bears' basketball team went 3-1 in the Edmonton State Bank Holiday Classic last week, picking up wins against North Bullitt (61-50), Owensboro Catholic (62-58) and Rockcastle County (75-72).  Butler dropped a 66-60 decision against Todd County Central.  The Bears finished in third place in the eight-team tournament.

Elijah Flener and Trevor Jenkins were both named to the All-Tournament Team.

Todd County Central 66, Butler County 60

TCC     15    18    14    19          66
BC       18    11    13    18          60

To conclude the Butler County Cross-Country season, a banquet was held on Sunday, December 30th at Butler County High School to honor this years' athletes.

The 2012 Butler County Cross-Country team was composed of 29 athletes. The Varsity girls team finished the season Region 2 Runners-Up earning a trip to the KHSAA State Championship meet along with Junior Ethan Jenkins who qualified as an individual after finishing 6th in the Region.

The Bears Classic 3-on-3 Basketball tournament will be held on Saturday, January 26th at the Morgantown Elementary School Gym. Teams must be registered by 9:15 and the tourney begins at 10 o’clock. The entry fee is $30 per team and all proceeds go to help the Butler County Little League. There will be trophies for first and second place.
 
For more information contact Rodney McMillin at 270-532-1022 or Brad Dockery at 270-999-2729

The Butler County Lady Bears participated in the Farmers' National Bank Holiday Bash at South Warren High School Thursday through Saturday dropping three games and picking up a win.  Lynsie Clark was named to the All Tournament Team.

There’s a present under the tree that can’t be opened until the weekend after Christmas for boys and girls 15 years of age or younger.
It’s the Free Youth Deer Hunting Weekend, Dec. 29-30 and the Free Youth Hunting and Trapping Week, Dec. 29 through Jan. 4, 2013, open to both resident and non-resident youth.
Youth hunters and trappers are not required to have licenses, permits or hunter education certification, but must be accompanied by an adult.

 It was a year for deer and bear season records, expanded public hunting opportunities and improved access to Kentucky’s premier trout stream.
Here’s a look back at a few of the top stories from 2012:
Kentucky hunters harvested a record number of white-tailed deer.
    With 35 days of archery hunting and a two-day youth season remaining before season’s end, hunters eclipsed the overall deer harvest total record. As of Dec. 18, hunters harvested 126,923 deer. This total breaks the previous season record of 124,752 set in 2004.

Garrett Embry harvested an estimated 500 pound cow elk in Eastern Kentucky on December 15th. He is the son of Michael and Jan Embry.  Congratulations Garrett.

 Butler County Middle School boys basketball team boarded the bus at 9:00 am on Saturday, December 15th for a full day of basketball action at the annual Adairville Christmas Tournament.  Butler County played two pool play games which seeded them for the tournament that night.  Their first pool play game was against Chandlers Chapel.  The Bears charged out strong under the direction of Blake Graham and Bailey Anderson who combined for 26 of the Bears 38 first half points and only allowed Chandlers 5 points.  The Bears bench saw lots of playing time in this game and did well defensively allo

With three players in double figures, the Butler County Bears squeaked past the visiting Todd County Central Rebels 69-66 on Monday night in prep basketball action in Morgantown.  

Elijah Flener led the Bears with 16 points, while Brandon Thomas and Zach Burden added 12 and 10 points, respectively.  

Butler County’s “Little Bears”  boys basketball program came to a close this weekend after a successful season with a tournament at Morgantown Elementary.  According to Cody Donaldson, director of the program, all teams have shown tremendous growth.  Individual players have had fun while learning the skills of basketball.  Each Saturday morning 1st and 2nd grade players worked on drills before playing games.  3rd through 6th grade teams practiced two times each week with games on Saturdays that seeded them for the end of the season tournament.