EL DORADO, Kan. – A new era is underway for the Butler Community College baseball program. 15-year Grizzly coaching veteran and former Butler pitcher Ty Reese will take the reins of the Butler baseball program, athletics director Todd Carter announced on Wednesday. This comes after former head coach BJ McVay announced his retirement after 13 seasons as the skipper on Aug. 22.
After a great performance at the plate last week, Butler Baseball's Hayden Dyer has been named the Jayhawk Conference Player of the Week in week fourteen.
The Grizzlies took down the visiting Dodge City Conquistadors 4-2 in game one of the double header at McDonald Stadium, and finished them off with a 5-2 game two victory.
After a great performance in on the mound last week, Butler Baseball's Izack Tiger has been named the Jayhawk Conference Pitcher of the Week in week twelve.
The Butler Baseball team hosted Cowley in their second matchup with the Tigers and fell 9-7 despite holding a two run lead going into the final inning.
The Butler Grizzlies took the series with the Garden City Broncbusters as they won two games on Saturday at McDonald Stadium. The Grizzlies won the first game 10-9 in extra innings and cemented the four game sweep over the Broncbusters in game two, with an 11-6 victory.
Despite starting the game off hot with a grand-slam and tallying three other homeruns to go along with that, Butler baseball falls to Neosho on the road 17-10