Meet the Team Night for B.C.H. S. Basketball

Tue, 11/24/2015 - 8:09am — John Embry

The Butler County High School basketball program held its annual Meet the Team Night on Friday, November 20, at the B.C.H.S. A nice crowd turned out to get their first look at both the Bears' and Lady Bears' basketball squads for the upcoming 2015-16 season.

The event first featured the introduction of the B.C.H.S. cheerleaders, which was done by cheer coach Shelby Baseheart. Assistant coaches are Katie Flener and Lisa Rhoades.

Grade Name

12        Hanna Gruber - captain
12       Caitlin Coleman - captain
11       Aspen Arnold - captain
11       Haley Hope - captain
11       Macy West
11       Alyssa Pace
11       Hayden Johnson
11       Kendra Dockery
11       Ashley Mudd
10       Hallie Windham
10       Madison Ford
10      Starr Lawrence
9        Hallie sanders
9        Brooklyn Henderson
9       Brinkley Hunt

Next, the Lady Bears were introduced by head coach Brian Bivens, who first introduced the lone senior on the squad - Callie Cardwell.

#	Name	Position	Yr.	#	Name	Position	Yr.
14	Callie Cardwell	Guard	Sr.	10	Addison Hall	Forward	Jr.
12	Maddie Cardwell	Guard	Fr.	3	Karson Inscoe	Guard	Jr.
23	Allie Easley	Guard	Jr.	25	Maddie Murphy	Forward	So.
33	Chloe Flener	Post	Jr.	4	Cheyenne White	Forward	Jr.
24	Kasidy Graham	Forward	Fr.

Assistant Coach Steve McLean introduced the Bears and like the Lady Bears the boys have only one senior Austin Nave.

#	Name	Position	Yr.	#	Name	Position	Yr.
23	Baylee Anderson	Guard	Jr.	1	Brennan Grubb	Guard	So.
5	Caleb Beasley	Guard/Forward	So.	12	Rex Henderson	Guard	Jr.
4	Colten Bratcher	Guard	Fr.	44	Jaden Hurt	Center	Fr.
14	Wyatt Dean	Guard	Fr.	34	Dillon McCoy	Center	Jr.
33	Kenton Flener	Forward/Center	Jr.	3	Will Moore	Guard	So.
24	Blake Graham	Forward/Center	Jr.	2	Austin Nave	Guard	Sr.

Both teams then went through several drills, including layups, jump shots, 3-on-3, 3-on-2, rebounding, and ball handling.

The night was highlighted by a 3-point shooting contest by both teams. Allie Easley won the girl's contest by making 11 from behind the arc in one minute and Rex Henderson won the boy's contest by making 12.

Rex then defeated Allie in the finale of the long distance shoot-out.

Both coach Calvin Dockery and coach Bivens took to the microphone to address the fans, expressing their excitement about the upcoming season.

The boys scrimmaged on Saturday, November 21 at Union County.

Coach Bivens expressed to the crowd how pleased he was with the Lady Bears scrimmage they had on Thursday, November 19, at Lyon County. The Lady Bears will host Hart County next Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. for their final preseason scrimmage. The Bears will have their last scrimmage at Greenwood on Wednesday morning, November 25, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Look for season previews coming later this week in Beech Tree News.

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Story by James White, Beech Tree News.

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