Last Night's Boys' Basketball Scores

For (I believe) the 81st year in a row, our beloved Heath Pirates will not play in the State Basketball Tournament. In fact, the losers in all these games were eliminated:

1st District (at Hickman Co.):

Carlisle Co. 47, Hickman Co. 42

2d District (at Paducah Tilghman):

Lone Oak 69, Heath 63

3d District (at Graves Co.):

Graves Co. 49, Mayfield 27

6th District (at Henderson Co.):

Webster Co. 52, Union Co. 44

7th District (at Caldwell Co.):

Madisonville-North Hopkins 81, Dawson Springs 24

And the Fifteenth Region will have a new champion this year, as East Ridge eliminated Shelby Valley, the 2010 State Champion, by the score of 62-46. Other teams of note eliminated tonight were 1976 Champ Edmonson County, 1991 State Finalist Lexington Tates Creek, the Kentucky School for the Deaf (they lost 81-8 to Danville to finish 11-20), and Red Bird (one of the great name teams -- their nickname is the Cardinals).

Also, a note for Eric: Pesky Russellville beat Franklin-Simpson 59-50 in the 13th District; the Panthers will play Logan County for the district title.