The Kentucky boys' basketball tournament is mostly scattered across its rounds of 32 and 16, but one team and its community are already awaiting the Sweet Sixteen.
For Edgewood, today is the first of nine straight of celebrating Dixie Heights' first Ninth Region championship in 54 years without having to worry about actually having to play another game that night. This suggests that the first Edgewood Fire/EMS Friday-night fish fry of this Lenten season--already "famous"--stands to be an unusually happy affair.
For the rest of the KHSAA's boys' survivors, there's still more work to be done between now and March 16. Here are today's games:
First Region, at Murray State--Fulton County vs. Paducah Tilghman and Marshall County vs. Graves County
Second Region, at Hopkinsville High School--Christian County vs. Henderson County and Madisonville-North Hopkins vs. Union County
Third Region championship, at Meade County High School--Muhlenberg County vs. Daviess County
Fourth Region, at Western Kentucky University--Glasgow vs. Bowling Green and Warren Central vs. Monroe County
Fifth Region, at Green County High School--Marion County vs. Bardstown and Elizabethtown vs. Bethlehem
Sixth Region championship, at Bellarmine University--Pleasure Ridge Park vs. Bullitt East
Seventh Region, at Bellarmine University
Eighth Region, at Henry County High School--Oldham County at Henry County and Spencer County vs. North Oldham
10th Region championship, at Mason County High School--Pendleton County vs. Winchester George Rogers Clark
11th Region, at Eastern Kentucky University--Richmond Madison Central vs. Lexington Catholic
12th Region, at Lincoln County High School--Southwestern vs. Mercer County and Pulaski County vs. Wayne County
13th Region championship, at The Arena in Corbin--Bell County vs. Corbin
14th Region, at Memorial Gym in Hazard--Perry County Central vs. Letcher County Central and Knott County Central vs. Estill County
15th Region, at East Kentucky Expo Center in Pikeville--Pike County Central vs. Shelby Valley and Pikeville vs. Betsy Layne
16th Region championship, at Morehead State University--Rowan County vs. Ashland Paul Blazer
*And, as GoHeath confirmed yesterday:
Ninth Region--Edgewood Dixie Heights
Here are the last 10 winners of the 4th Region Title. From this list should take away two messages: (1) Warren Central has a great program and (2) it's really hard to win the 4th Region if you're not from Warren County:
ReplyDelete2010: Warren Cent.
2009: Bowling Green
2008: Greenwood
2007: Warren Cent.
2006: Warren Cent.
2005: Warren Cent. (state finalist)
2004: Warren Cent. (STATE CHAMPS)
2003: Warren Cent.
2002: Warren Cent.
2001: Russellville
And here are the last ten winners of the 5th Region, which tends to be wide open:
ReplyDelete2010: N. Hardin
2009: Adair Co.
2008: Bardstown
2007: Adair Co.
2006: John Hardin
2005: Elizabethtown
2004: Caverna
2003: N. Hardin
2002: N. Hardin
2001: N. Hardin
The last team from the Fifth Region to win the State Title was Elizabethtown. In 2000, Antwain Barbour had one of the best state tournaments ever -- 42 pts in the semi-final against Russellville and 31 pts in the final against Lexington Catholic -- to take E-Town all the way.
Bullitt East blows out PRP 81-58 to win the Sixth Region. This will be the first year since 1965 that Jefferson County sends only one team to the state tournament.
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, PRP led BEHS 49-48 after three quarters. So in the last 8 minutes of the game Bullitt East outscored PRP 33-9. That is unbelievable.
ReplyDeleteLexington Catholic cruised to the 11th Region title with an easy 59-43 victory over Madison Central. Catholic's only problem was that the Madison Central students shot baby powder into the air before the game, causing a 25-minute delay while the floor was mopped and dried.
ReplyDeleteMike Fields tweets that George Rogers Clark won the 10th Region title with a 62-40 win over Pendleton Co.
ReplyDeleteLess than a minute to go in the Third Region final, and Daviess County edges ahead of Muhlenberg County by one. Muhlenberg takes timeout. You can watch live at iHigh.com.
ReplyDeleteWPSD reports that in the First Region semi-finals, Paducah Tilghman has beaten 68-58. Leonard Smith scored 42 points for Fulton Co., but it wasn't enough.
ReplyDeleteThe BG Daily News tweets that Bowling Green has won their 4th Region semi-final game with an 85-84 win over Glasgow.
ReplyDeleteMuhlenberg turnover ... 15.6 seconds left, will be Daviess ball (with one-point lead) coming out of timeout ...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ihigh.com/hancock/broadcast_153969.html?silverlight=1
I'm surprised, by the way, to see how many games in Kentucky H.S. Basketball are going into the 80s. We rarely see scores that high in the DC area.
ReplyDeleteDaviess nearly commits inbounds violation, gets timeout ... each team has one left ...
ReplyDeleteHancock County gym looks awesome.
13.9 seconds left ... Daviess County headed to line with 64-63 lead ...
ReplyDeleteDaviess miss ... Muhlenberg rebound and last timeout ... 10-some-odd seconds to go ...
ReplyDeleteHeathPostDotCom is tweeting that in the third region, Daviess Co. has a one point lead and the ball against Muhlenberg Co. with 15.6 seconds left in the game.
ReplyDeleteTwo Muhlenberg misses, and Daviess floods the court!
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ReplyDeleteDaviess hangs on to beat Muhlenberg 64-63. Daviess is heading to state for the first time since 2003.
ReplyDeleteGreat coverage from Eric!
ReplyDeleteThat's all for me for now, as I am heading home from the office.
ReplyDeleteWait a minute, I'm still here. In the 13th region, Bell County has knocked off Corbin 54-49 to win the regional title. The Bell County Bobcats are going to state for the first time since 1980.
ReplyDeleteHere are your last 10 champions from the 13th region:
ReplyDelete2010: Corbin
2009: Corbin
2008: S. Laurel
2007: S. Laurel
2006: S. Laurel
2005: Rockcastle Co.
2004: Cumberland
2003: Rockcastle Co.
2002: Clay Co.
2001: Corbin
The last team from the 13th region to win the title was, of course, Richie Farmer's Clay Co. team. They went all the way in 1987.
Regional championship finals from KHSAA.org:
ReplyDeleteDaviess County 64, Muhlenberg County 63 in the Third
Bullitt East 81, Pleasure Ridge Park 58 in the Sixth
Winchester George Rogers Clark 62, Pendleton County 40 in the 10th
Bell County 54, Corbin 49, in overtime, in Corbin, in the 13th
Herald-Leader Mike Fields has Tweeted that Lexington Catholic outlasted Richmond Madison Central in the 11th Region. This leaves one outlying championship score for tonight: Rowan County vs. Ashland Paul Blazer in the 16th?
That Bell County game went to overtime, by the way. There have been some amazing games so far:
ReplyDelete1. Dixie Heights won the 9th region in 4 overtimes
2. Bell Co. won the 13th region in overtime
3. Daviess Co. won the 3d region by one point.
Just incredible stuff.
And Bell County had to survive OT in Corbin to break Corbin's run of regional championships.
ReplyDeleteYEAH!
ReplyDeleteOK, now I'm going home.
ReplyDelete@Dindependentpg Tweets that Rowan County won the 16th: 64-58, over Ashland Paul Blazer.
ReplyDeleteWait, one more score: Aaron Snyder, who tweets as "DindependentPG" tells us that Rowan County has beaten Ashland 64-58 to win the 16th Region. Rowan is going to state for the first time since 2005.
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike.
ReplyDeleteTwitter: so much better than I ever dreamed.
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