Beech Tree News Network

Members of the Bears Baseball team had the opportunity to play on a minor league baseball field last week when they took on the Allen County-Scottsville Patriots at Hot Rods Stadium in Bowling Green. The Patriots defeated the Bears 9-1 after scoring 7 in the 6th.

The BCHS baseball team finished their last week in regular season play with three varsity games and one JV game.  On Tuesday night they suffered a defeat at Muhlenberg 4-0, lost at Logan County on Thursday 6-1, and dropped one against Allen-County 9-1 on Saturday.  In JV action, the Bears lost their last JV game of the season to Muhlenberg 9-5, moving them to a 6-6 record on the year.

The Butler County High School Baseball Team honored their three graduating seniors at a recent home game.  The seniors Dillen White, Cole Tynes and Steven White were presented gifts oof appreciation and recognized along with their parents.

Butler County Little League is in full swing at the Charles T. Black City Park. Photographer Tiffany Jones takes us out to the ballgame....

Monday, May 14 the Butler County Track Team celebrated the end of their season with their annual banquet.

Butler County High School Principal and Athletic Director Patrick O'Driscoll has named Calvin Dockery head coach of the Bears' basketball team and Ryan Emmick and Brandon Embry as co-athletic directors. Dockery will be filling the vacancy left by Greg Woodcock, while Emmick and Embry will follow O'Driscoll as A.D.

The Butler County High School Band sold tickets to the Bowling Green Hot Rods game  on May 15th. The band received a percentage of the ticket sales. The best part of the night was hearing our very talented and professional band play The National Anthem for the opening of the game.

The Butler County High School Bears' softball team retired the #3 jersey worn by former standout pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey during her 7-year playing career at the school. The ceremony will took place on Wednesday, May 16, just prior to the Bears game against Breckinridge Coutny at the Butler County Baseball/Softball Complex.

Butler County Tennis player Chanda Hampton will be making to trip to Lexington to compete in the 2012 KHSAA State Tennis Tournament. Hampton made an appearance in the finals of the 3rd Region Tennis Championships where she fell to Kendall Moore from Daviess County 6-2, 6-4. The finalists and semifinalists from all 16 regions advance to the state tournament where they are seeded and compete in a single elimination tournament.

Over the past week the BCHS Bears baseball team saw action in 3 district games, finishing out their regular season district schedule.  Coming into the start of the week, the Bears were 2-1 in district with wins over Edmonson County, and Whitesville-Trinity, and one loss to Grayson County.  The Bears finished the week going 1-2 with a 2-1 loss to Grayson, a 10-3 loss to Edmonson and a 15-0 blowout win over Whitesville.