Kentucky high-school football, semifinals

The Internet was already awesome, and the Kentuckiana Digital Library has made it even a little more awesome still. Up there's a picture of the 1945 football team at Garth High School in Georgetown. That school, opened in 1926, folded into Georgetown High in 1958, and then Georgetown High consolidated into Scott County High in 1975.

Scott County is one of 24 Kentucky high schools still playing football this weekend. The rest of the pictures in this post don't have much to do with football if anything, but, whatever, they're from the Kentucky Digital Library, which I lost about two hours Tuesday afternoon happily browsing. Plus, Go Heath already talked about the football.

Class A

Mayfield at Fort Mitchell Beechwood--Mayfield's WYMC, which will be covering the Cardinals' 6:30 p.m. Central kickoff in northern Kentucky, on Wednesday spun the Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass sendup of "Wabash Cannonball." And that led to my happy discovery that there was a 1977 Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass TV special. Here's a postcard of Mayfield High that the Kentuckiana Digitial Library has.

Hazard at Westwood Fairview--Defending state champs visit the Class A final four's gate-crasher. How Hazard made it to this round should've been on Sportscenter this week.

Class 2A

Caldwell County vs. Louisville DeSales at Louisville Fairdale High School--All clear for the Tigers' buses across U.S. 62 and U.S. 31W from Princeton up to the 'ville.

Newport Central Catholic at Somerset--Since 2000, NewCath is 7-0 in state semifinals. Whether they extend that streak or the Briar Jumpers break it, this Holiday Inn looks like a fine place to either celebrate or mourn. On U.S. 27 South, the hotel offers "Color T.V. all rooms - Swimming Pool, Coffee Shop & Dining Room, Meeting rooms for 200 people, 5 Miles from beautiful Lake Cumberland, 35 Miles from Cumberland Falls."

Class 3A

Monroe County at Louisville Central--"Odds are, not many people outside of Tompkinsville probably give the Falcons much of a chance to win and advance to the state championship game in Bowling Green," writes Scott Wilson in the Glasgow Daily Times.

Bourbon County at Belfry--Seventy-five years ago, they were laying the foundation for Belfry School and "Pond Creek Nation" in Pike County. This picture was snapped Nov. 18, 1937. 

Class 4A

Bowling Green Warren East at Shelbyville Martha Layne Collins--In 1983, Martha Layne Collins, a former Shelbyville High School cheerleader, became Kentucky's first and the nation's third woman governor. 

Lexington Catholic at Fort Thomas Highlands--G. Michael Graham of Fort Thomas Matters warns the home folks, "The Bluebirds generally wear down opponents because they do not have players going both directions. But LexCath can say the same so it may not be an advantage unlike most opponents."

Class 5A

Bowling Green at Elizabethtown John Hardin--For the home team, no less than "the biggest night in the history of the program," writes Chuck Jones in The News-Enterprise.

Union Randall K. Cooper at Harlan County--Longest trip thus far for the traveling Jaguars. The picture is from a grade school in Lejunior, in Harlan County, in 1946.

Class 6A

Middletown Eastern at Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park--Jason Frakes previews The Courier-Journal's game of the week, "When the Pleasure Ridge Park High School football team lost to Eastern 13-0 in the 1964 Jefferson County championship game, Panthers supporters couldn't have imagined it would take 48 years for their team to get another shot at a trip to the state finals. Tonight that long wait will end. ..."

Scott County at Louisville Trinity

PC Football wants to wish "good luck" to Scott County against Trinity!All us "County" schools are pulling for you.
— Pulaski Football (@PulaskiFootball) November 19, 2012

Previous reports:

-- Week 1 roundup, western Kentucky results and the Lexington Herald-Leader's preseason rankings

-- Week 2 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 3 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 4 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 5 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 6 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 7 roundup

-- Week 8 roundup, western Kentucky results and standings

-- Week 9 roundup and western Kentucky results

-- Week 10 roundup, western Kentucky results and standings

-- Week 11 roundup, western Kentucky results and standings

-- first round of playoffs and western Kentucky results

-- second round of playoffs and western Kentucky results

-- quarterfinals and Go Heath's update