Bearcats finish runner-up in meet renamed for four-time state finalist

GREENE – With the renaming of the North Butler annual wrestling meet to the Doug Trees Bearcat Invitational, coach Gordy Smith’s team tried its best to keep the title at home.
The Bearcats came up a little short against Lake Mills to finish second, 157-145.5.
Doug Trees, who was a four-time state finalist and two-time state champion for Greene, graduating in 1969, was honored at the meet as it was officially renamed for him on Saturday, Jan. 23.
It only seemed fitting that one of the title matches went to Brandon Trees, his great-nephew, who won...
Read more on this story in the Jan. 28 print edition of the Butler County Tribune-Journal and Clarksville Star.