Owen Berk Student Sports Media Going into the Wednesday, April 3 matchup against the Hutchinson Blue Dragons, the Grizzlies softball team rode a four-game win streak, collectively winning those games by a total score of 54-14. Revenge was on the mind of the Blue Dragons as they were embarrassed by Butler in their last double… Continue reading Softball sweeps the Blue Dragons once again
Raymond Hoare Student Sports Media The 2018-19 women’s basketball season is now in the books. Looking back, the Grizzlies excelled as they finished 28-5 overall and 18-4 in the Jayhawk Conference. This season, they were undefeated at home at 14-0. Overall, the Grizzlies have been undefeated at home since Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018 standing at… Continue reading Historic season comes to an end
Bryce Hirayama Student Sports Media Late game heroics were not enough in Butler Community College’s game against the Neosho County Panthers, as they lost 4-3 in 11 innings. The Grizzlies finished with nine hits and two errors in their loss. The first few innings may have been scoreless, but there was no short of highlight… Continue reading Baseball loses in extra innings to Neosho
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff The Grizzlies played their first two weeks in their annual Spring league. This league is made up of mostly local games and one out of state team. Cowley Community College, Emporia State, Newman, Friends, Tabor, Barton Community College and Northwest Missouri are teams in the league. The Butler Woman’s Soccer team… Continue reading Hunter challenges team with spring schedule
Joseph Washington Student Sports Media The latest piece of history in the Butler men’s basketball program has come to an end with the resignation of seven-year assistant and Head Coach Bryan Miller. In total, his teams were 68-54. Miller was in a coaching seat for seven years total for the Grizzlies, as he was also… Continue reading Miller resigns after seven years at Butler
Matthew Will Sports Editor For Head Coach Mike Helmer and the sophomores of the Butler Women’s basketball team, the Region VI crown was hardly a thought as they drove to Sedalia, Missouri on Friday, Nov. 2 to begin their 2018-19 season. Now, just over four months later, they reign as Region VI champions after a… Continue reading Women make history, take their first Region VI crown
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff Sophomore Tavarius Wright, business major from Memphis, Tennessee, begins the end of his Butler career by becoming a national champion and breaking a record. Wright recently became the national champion in the 60m dash, as well as breaking the school record in this event. Wright set the record with an event… Continue reading Wright emerges into success
Raymond Hoare Sports Columnist This season has been full of achievements for the coaches and the players as they are 25-4 overall and have won the Jayhawk East Conference title. I asked a few students what a team with a 25-4 record and a conference title, what their ranking should be. The majority of them… Continue reading Women deserve better in rankings
Owen Berk Student Sports Media After a night in the Sleep Inn and Suites in Hays, the Butler men’s basketball was well rested before its first round playoff game in Colby against the seven-seeded Trojans. Instead of taking the four hour road trip all at once, the Grizzlies opted to head to Hays a day… Continue reading Valiant effort from Ogugua, Allen falls short in Colby
Matthew Will Sports Editor For just the second time in over two decades, the Butler Grizzlies women’s basketball team became Jayhawk East Conference champions. Butler cruised in their regular season finale, defeating Coffeyville 67-42 on Saturday, Feb. 23. Scoring was held to a minimum in the first quarter as the teams combined for just five… Continue reading Grizzlies win conference title, not done yet
