Bearcat lineup returns in 2017

ALLISON – All of the starters from a team that finished 26-4 and ended the season a game away from the state softball tournament for the second straight year are poised to return in 2017 for North Butler.
Already an all-stater who shattered the North Butler season strikeout record, Taylor Graven will be gunning for an even better – and longer – senior season.
“We knew Taylor would keep us in the game,” North Butler coach Jeff Stirling said after last week’s season-ending game against Kee High. “We were trying as hard as we could and couldn’t put the runs across when we had to..."
Read more on this story in the July 21 print edition of the Butler County Tribune-Journal.