Area Sports
Bears barely miss 4-0 start—District games start in Hodgenville
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor In his second season at the helm, BCHS Head Football Coach Josh Robins has his 2025 Bears off to their best start in four years. Sitting at 3-0 and favorites to knock off the Grayson County Cougars, who had lost their last two games, the coach…
Read MoreLady Cats Place Second in Tournament
Special to The Edmonson News Edmonson County High School Volleyball Team came in 2nd place for the 2A Sectional volleyball tournament. The Lady Cats beat Allen County in the semi finals and advanced to play Warren East in the finals! The girls really killed it out on the court, just look at…
Read MoreLady Cats Soccer Falls to Allen County
Lynn Bledsoe Gimlet Managing Editor Edmonson County Lady Wildcats Soccer team went head-to-head against Allen County Lady Patriots on Sept. 2. The ball was passed quickly from team to team with Edmonson doing a great job of holding back the Lady Patriots. The Lady Cats made a strong show of…
Read MoreWildcats Soccer Suffers Another Loss
Lynn Bledsoe Gimlet Managing Editor Edmonson County Wildcats Soccer team fought a hard game against Hart County Raiders on Sept. 2. Goalkeeper # 31 Kyle Norris was kept busy fending off attacks from the Raiders but in the end the Hart County wore him down and pulled out a 8 to 0…
Read MoreBears swat down Eagles—Throttle Todd, 52-0
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Butler and Ohio Counties have been rivals throughout many years, which creates a genuine dislike for one another but still respectful of the others’ competitiveness. At times, the heat of the moment has taken a turn for distaste; however, the number one goal for these student-athletes…
Read MoreJV Bears Blank Breck
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Coach Roscoe Bratcher was drawing up all kinds of offense for the BCHS JV Bears this Monday, following week one of high school football when the Bears down the varsity Fighting Tigers from Breckinridge County in Harned, KY, basically Hardinsburg to many. The…
Read MoreStraight Up Ballin’ at Breck—Rock Solid Up Front
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Opening night of high school football occurred across the Commonwealth over the past weekend with approximately one-hundred games played on the traditional Friday night along with nearly twenty contests on Saturday. The moment was set for the Butler County Bears, who have been waiting to showcase…
Read MoreBears Focused on Growth—Set to open at Harned on the 22nd
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor BCHS Head Football Coach Josh Robins continues to pour confidence into his players to perform in a role some have had limited opportunity, if any at all. Coach Robins has to formulate a new era of Bears into some critical positions within his team’s offense and…
Read MoreHart County Girls Golf – Gibbons named new head coach
By T. Wampler, JPI Sports Coach Boyd Rexroat handed over the reins of the Hart County girls’ golf team to Marlie Gibbons this season. Gibbons served as an assistant last season at HCHS and is “super excited” to become the Lady Raiders head coach this season. Gibbons served as an assistant at Barren County before…
Read MoreBC Shooters Show Out for the Kentucky Smokin’ Clays
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Linda Cox and Thomas “T.C.” Crossland coach the Kentucky Smokin’ Clays trap team based out of Todd County. Several of Butler County’s finest shooters recently participated with the team at the AIM Grand National Championship, which is considered the Super Bowl of Trapshooting. Elivia Heard…
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