ALLISON – North Butler used its discipline at the plate to earn nine walks off of West Fork starter Rachael Hubka and reliever Delaney Christianson in a 12-2, five-inning Top of Iowa Conference victory over the Warhawks on Wednesday, July 1.
Surprisingly, the Warhawks out-hit the Bearcats, but errors and aggressive base running had the home team with the distinct advantage.
SHEFFIELD – Facing a similar press break from the previous night against Class 1A No. 9 Clarksville, the North Butler girls’ basketball team was able to handle West Fork to take a 43-29 victory over the Warhawks and improve to 4-6 overall, 3-4 in the Top of Iowa East Conference.
The Bearcats also shot the ball well, something West Fork’s girls have not been doing, helping to turn a 23-21 deficit into a 30-23 lead entering the fourth quarter.
It was North Butler’s first win over West Fork since the 2013-14 season when the Bearcats went 19-2.
HAMPTON — North Butler had just pulled to within a pair of points (28-26) early in the second half of this non-conference tilt against the Bulldog girls’ basketball team.
From there, coach Miranda Valley’s squad answered, forced four straight turnovers and in just a little more than three minutes’ time, had a 42-26 lead.
The Bulldogs went on to extend its run to 23 points before North Butler could answer in the eventual 67-37 win at Hampton.
SHEFFIELD – For all of the kills North Butler recorded in a 3-0 sweep of West Fork – and there were many – what people may have missed is the fact that junior libero Brooke Trees is creeping closer to the Bearcat school record for digs.
The 5-foot-2 defensive specialist needed 13 to tie the school mark against the Warhawks on Tuesday, Oct 1, but fell just one shy as she was poised to go past the mark during this Tuesday’s (Oct. 8) home conference home tilt against Rockford.
GREENE – AGWSR coach Jill Smith said she couldn’t pinpoint one thing that sparked the turnaround in her team’s astounding five-set comeback over North Butler on Thursday, Sept. 19.
Leading 2-0, North Butler had a late lead in the third set and appeared to be cruising for a sweep.
