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Butler High School Wrestling team does well at the Battle of Katy Trail

The Butler High School boys and girls wrestling team competed at the Battle of Katy trail today in Sedalia.

They all wrestled well and the boys team took 11th out 48 teams with only 7 wrestlers.

Congratulations to the following wrestlers for placing today.

Issac Rodriguez- Champion
Kellen Long-3rd
Preston Mallatt-3rd
Damian Alkire- 6th
Zane Nuzum-10th

The future looks bright for Butler in wrestling... Way to go Bears!

Highlights from a week at the 2nd Butler Invitational Basketball Tournament

The 2nd Annual Butler Invitational Basketball Tournament was held this week with both boys and girls competing. On the girls side University Academy was led by a exceptional player Anonda Ford. The Lady Gryphons defeated Butler in the Championship and remain undefeated on the season 7-0.

On the boys side the KIPP Legacy High School Gators went undefeated through the tournament beating last years tournament champion the St. Michael the Archangel Guardians.

KIPP was very fast and physical scoring a tournament high 101 points in a opening round game against University Academy. KIPP Legacy High School will move to 9-1 on the year and take the trophy back to KCMO.

Local teams in the tournament Butler, Rich Hill, Nevada and Adrian competed hard and has some great moments. Rich Hill Boys lost two games both of them close going to overtime.

The home town Butler Bears lost to KC Metro Academy in the first round but was able to fight back and play for and eventually winning the consolation trophy defeating RH in overtime. The Lady Bears made it all the way to the championship game before losing to University Academy.

The Adrian Blackhawk Girls finished 3rd after defeating the KIPP Legacy High School Lady Gators! The Blackhawk Boys finished 4th after dropping a hard fought game against KC Metro Academy.

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the 2nd Annual Butler Invitational Basketball Tournament. Thank you to the teams and fans for showing great sportsmanship and integrity. We look forward to doing it again next year.

We would like to wish all the teams best of luck on the remaining season. Congrats to the girls champions the University Academy Gryphons and the boys champions the KIPP Legacy High School Gators.

The champs are here...

The champs are here.... We would like to congratulate the Butler 8U Bears on winning the Rich Hill Youth Basketball Tournament today defeating the Lakeland Vikings 27-9. The young bears are coached by Brandon Golladay, Miles Brattin and Brett Isaacson. Way to go!

Obituary - Rhonda Lee Thomas

Rhonda Lee Thomas, age 57, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 with her loving family at her side.

Services will be held on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Cullen Funeral Home, 612 W. Foxwood Dr. Raymore, Missouri 64083. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. followed by a celebration of Rhonda’s life at 4:00 p.m.

Rhonda was born at St. Anthony hospital in Dodge City, Kansas on February 14, 1966 to Robert Stockdale and Eva (Ramey) Stockdale. After high school, Rhonda continued her education achieving her associate degree at Dodge City Community College. She worked for 15 years with JE Dunn as an administrative assistant. In the summer of 1990 she was joined in marriage with her husband Richard on August 11th at Faith Lutheran Church in Prairie Village, Kansas. In life, Rhonda loved flowers, gardening, had passionate love for dogs, and above all she loved her family.

Rhonda was preceded in death by her father, Rip Stockdale; step dad, Don Falke & Larry Burns; father in law, David Thomas; two sisters, Bambi Stockdale and Roquelle Smith.

Here cherishing Rhonda’s memory are her loving husband, Richard Thomas; three children, Blake & Jill Thomas, Preston & Sierra Thomas, and her favorite daughter Sydney Thomas; along with three grandchildren. Her amazing mother, Eva Lou Stockdale; mother in law Penny Burns; brothers in law, David Thomas, Michael Thomas, and Mike Smith; sisters in law Patricia Stewart and Cathleen Bowser.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the family c/o Richard Thomas.

Butler Youth Wrestling does well at Ray-Pec

What a great day of wrestling for our young bears up at Ray-Pec for the Christmas Chaos!!! As always they wrestled hard and made us proud.

And, we even got to see Brendin Patrick, our 2X hometown state champion reffing it up on the mat with us!

Here are the results from the day:
Garren McGuire-1st
Covy Riley-1st
Melanie Varns-1st in Girls/3rd in Boys
Gabriel Sines-1st
Nolan Varns-1st
Jestin Blomquist-1st
Archer Morris-2nd
Eli Wiese- 2nd
Eli Morris-2nd
Myka Morrill- 2nd in Girls/6th in Boys
Levi Wiese-2nd
Junior Lawrence-3rd
Elliot Lancaster-3rd
Waylen Henderson-3rd
Julius Varns-3rd
Titus Strauss-3rd
Colton Davis-4th
Jarrett Blomquist-4th
Brayden McGuire 4th in 12U/5th in 14U
Renner Hill-4th
Danner Davis-5th
Jacob Thomas-5th
Mack Hughes-8th

GREAT JOB BEARS!! We are so proud of you all!!

Obituary - Joe Stephen Teagarden

Joe Stephen Teagarden, age 72, La Cygne, Kansas passed away Friday, December 15, 2023.

Funeral service will be held 1 pm Friday, December 22, 2023 at the First Lutheran Church, Paola, Kansas.

Visitation will be held to 7 pm Thursday, December 21 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel.

Burial will be in the Prairie Home Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to First Lutheran Church, c/o Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, Kansas 66040

Complete obituary is pending at this time.

Butler Boys Basketball Tournament in the books

The fight to hoist the first place trophy saw KIPP take on St. Michael. In a back and forth game that saw numerous lead changes and ties, KIPP, led by Smith with 20 points, would reign victorious with a final of 69-65. Moss would also add 18 points for the Gators.

Adrian matched up against KC Metro in the battle for 3rd place. KC Metro would prove too much to handle for the Blackhawks as they walked away with a 64-55 win.

The scoring was spread out for the Mavericks, who had 4 players in double figures on the game; Ferrel with 14, Leis with 13, Newark with 12, and Kent with 11. Rusow led all scoring on the night with 18, while Cole Hamilton tallied 16 on the night.

The Butler Bears and the Rich Hill Tigers fought for 5th place. It was another back and forth game that saw 9 lead changes and 7 ties. After 8 minutes of play both teams were knotted up with 14 points a piece.

The Bears went into the break with a lead, but the Tigers were able to battle back and force an overtime period on a buzzer beating 3 to end regulation. This would be Rich Hill's 2nd overtime game of the tournament as they also went 5 rounds with Adrian in the opening matchup. Butler would prove too much to handle for the Tigers who would end up falling 67-61.

Carter Trumbore led all scoring for the game with 36 points, he also added 9 rebounds, 5 assists and a block to his stat line. Dylan Davison chipped in 16 points on the night for the Bears. For the Tigers,

Brayden Chandler totaled 27 points and 9 rebounds while Dillon Coonce, who had a short night as he was dealing with foul trouble and eventually fouled out of the game, recorded 11 points.

It was a great week of basketball! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported this tournament.

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