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Lady Bears beat CEC Louisville, 58-14

LOUISVILLE — Butler County pulled away to beat Christian Educational Consortium (CEC) Louisville 58-14 in a girls' high school basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 28. 

Visiting Butler County notched its fourth straight win. Following the win, Butler County improved to 15-6. 

Butler County took control early, outscoring CEC Louisville 13-4 in the first quarter.

After holding CEC Louisville scoreless in the second period, Butler County led 27-4 at halftime.

WHITESVILLE — Winning on the road, Butler County swept Whitesville Trinity in a 12th District basketball doubleheader Friday, Jan. 27.

Congratulations to the MES Archery team for their success on Saturday, January 21, at the Butler County Bears Den Home Tournament.  

1st Place Elementary Team in Bullseye

4th Place Elementary Bullseye Boys-Carter Burdette

3rd Place Elementary Bullseye Girls-Raelynn Southerland

Best wishes at the tournament this weekend at the Warren East Raider Classic for both bullseye and 3D.  MES archers will shoot bullseye at 9am or 10:30am and 3D will shoot at 1pm at the Ephraim White Gym 1/28/23.

We continue with the second article in a series on the history of Butler County Boys' Varsity Basketball. The following information can be found in the BCHS gym lobby trophy case, but we felt readers would enjoy it and bring back memories. 

  Butler County High School Boys Varsity  Basketball 1000 Point Club 

Jamie Jackson- 2,188                Kevin Phelps- 1,356

Mike Wallace- 2,060                Wally Johnson-1,326

Billy Warren-    2,002                Parker Rice-    1,288 

In the special called meeting, members of the Commission voted unanimously to recommend an amendment to the license, tag and permit fees administrative regulation to enable the sale of a Senior Lifetime Sportsman's License at a price of $180.

BROWNSVILLE — Working its way back into the win column, Butler County defeated Edmonson County 25-21 in a 12th District girls' basketball game on Friday, Jan. 20. 

Congratulations to the MES Archery team for their success on Saturday January 14 at the BGJHS 2nd Annual Purples Archery Tournament.  .  

2nd Place Elementary Team in 3D

5th Place Elementary 3D Girls-Robyn Householder

5th Place Elementary 3D Boys-Carter Burdette

4th Place Elementary 3D Boys-Landon Hudnall

1st Place Elementary 3D Girls-Raelynn Southerland

1st Place Elementary Team in Bullseye

2nd Place Elementary Bullseye Girls-DeLanie Ryan

1st Place Elementary Bullseye Girls-Raelynn Southerland

Increased student enrollment prompts move to Class 3A

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MORGANTOWN — Remaining in the win column, Butler County topped visiting Green County 66-58 on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

This is the first in a series of articles dedicated to all the young men who coached and played high school basketball for Butler County High School.