Area Sports
North Butler Elementary Archery Team
The North Butler Elementary Archery Team placed first at Bristow Elementary School archery tournament on Saturday, November 15. Archers included Remington Jared, Gibson Whittinghill, Aiden Summers, Malacai Cabrera, Laynee Ellis, Emily Hunter, Zoey Johnson, Jolene Jared, Korbin Brown, Hayden Miller, Henry Lawrence, Colton Steele, Lila Henderson, Brody Ward, Hunter Steele, Titus Colburn, Brantley West,…
Read MoreBears aggressive in first appearance
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor The Butler County Bears, who won their first 3rd Region Championship last season, put on an early showcase of what will be another exuberating year of basketball on this past Friday night when former Mr. Basketball and UK player, Brandon Stockton, brought his Scotties over to Morgantown from…
Read MoreBCMS Lady Bears host Ohio County—7th bring the intensity
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor On Thursday evening, the Butler County Lady Bears welcomed the Lady Eagles from Ohio County not so friendly with the 7th grade team applying pressure the full length of the court in route to a 31-10 annihilation. However, the Lady Eagles flipped the script in the second game,…
Read MoreButler County Trap shattering more than clay pigeons
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor The Butler County High School Trap Team has been fine-tuning their aim this fall season. In the 1A-Conference 2, BCHS amassed more than 2400 total points as a team, nearly 670 points more than their closest competitor, Jessamine County. Even more impressive, seven of the top ten…
Read MoreBears win finale—Defense resilient
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor The Butler County Bears went over to face their neighboring-rival, the Ohio County Eagles, under the bright lights on a newly turfed field behind OCHS, in a battle of who would stay winless throughout the season this past Friday. On a cool night in which emotions stayed…
Read MoreBears XC going to state—Elementary runners compete at state
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor The Butler County High School cross-country boys team clinched another berth, the fourth consecutive year, to run in the state meet this Saturday at the Lexington Horse Park, an accomplishment that has never been achieved. For the girls, they all ran personal records for the season in their…
Read MoreBears to finish at Ohio County
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor The Butler County Bears football team traveled to Glasgow last Friday night and dug a deep hole early on. Glasgow’s offense made some big plays; plus, their defense returned two interceptions for touchdowns in the first quarter of the final district contest. The Scotties never looked back, downing…
Read MoreBears fall to 0-3 in district
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor With many 8th grade football players moving up to play a few JV games, the Bears put a different look on the field. Settling in nicely at the quarterback position, Brody Dockery found open receivers all night with good protection from his front line. His favorite seemed to…
Read MoreBears advance to Regionals—Lady Bears win District match
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Two weekends ago, involved a lot of high school soccer in Morgantown and Brownsville. The 11th District Tournaments were held at Butler County and Edmonson County High Schools with Grayson, Edmonson, Butler, and Meade playing in both boys and girls. While the boys were all played in Brownsville,…
Read MoreBears finding themselves, getting healthy for stretch run
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor While they have yet to get into the win column, the Butler County High School Bears football team has been improving week in and week out. The Bears have been in a brutal stretch of the season, schedule-wise, but they have stayed positive through great leadership from their coaches…
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