After 20 years coaching at Butler High School, and putting everything he had into making the Bulldogs’ football team great, Brian Hales said it was time to do something else. Hales told The Observer ...

BUTLER — Ariana Mata can’t wait to walk onto the court for the Butler girls volleyball team’s first match. No matter that it’ll be on the road at Emerson. Mata, a senior, has been waiting since middle ...

Get a complete recap of Friday’s boys’ high school basketball action in the Charlotte area with #BIG5 performers, box scores, ...

Vandalia-Butler City Schools has named a new high school principal for the next school year. The district said Matthew “Buck” Williamson will be the next principal of Butler High School beginning in ...

After one season at Butler High School, Glenwood Ferebee has resigned as head football coach. Butler athletic director Chris Satterfield confirmed the news for The Observer and said the position is ...

Butler coach Glenwood Ferebee speaks with players during media day at Rocky River High School in Mint Hill, N.C., on Monday, July 29, 2024. KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com After one ...

Sometimes it’s the little things. Friday night in Matthews, the two best teams in Southwestern 4A played for the conference title, and for most of the game, Butler High School and Independence were in ...

PJ Coffey unleashed nearly three years of frustration out on the football field Friday night. The senior all-purpose back remembered back to the end of his first varsity season, when his Butler squad ...

MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers rolled out the blue carpet Wednesday morning to celebrate a local football team headed to the championships. Fans lined up along the carpet to send off the ...

Eight days ago, Glenwood Ferebee resigned as head football coach at Butler High School, one of the region’s best football powerhouses. Since the school opened in 1997, Butler has had only two losing ...