Since I graduated from high school in 1984, only two of Kentucky's 120 counties have had at least three different schools (including private schools) win the Boys' Basketball State Championship. One of those counties, of course, is Jefferson. Since 1984, six different schools from Jefferson County have gone all the way: Lou. Ballard (1988 and 1999), Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park (1989), Lou. Fairdale (1990, 1991, and 1994), Lou. Eastern (1997), Lou. Jeffersontown (2006), and Lou. Trinity (2012). The other county, by the way, is not Fayette -- the only state champions from Fayette since 1984 were Lexington Lafayette (2001) and Lexington Catholic (2002).
So which county is it?
Jason Frakes is tweeting a barn-burner in the 6th Region semi-finals, where Butler and Fairdale are tied at 50 with 4:42 left in the game.
ReplyDeleteThanks again to Jason Frakes of the C-J, who reports that Butler beat Fairdale 70-64 behind 32 points from Demetrius McReynolds.
ReplyDeleteButler advances to the 6th Region final, where they will face the winner of Bullitt East and PRP. Butler will be going for its first trip to the state tournament since 2002.
Christian County, right? County, Hoptown and UH?
ReplyDeleteVery good!
DeleteFor the record, only one school from McCracken County has ever won the boys' state basketball tournament.
DeleteOh, yeah!
DeleteIncidentally, after winning the 1929 state title, Heath lost to Hoptown in the first round of the regional tournament. The 1930 regional champ, Tolu, is in Crittenden County. The KHSAA had adopted an alignment of 32 districts and eight regions in 1928, and then it went to 64 districts and 16 regions in 1931.
DeleteHere are the 1929 and '30 First Region tournament results, per the fantastic Bob Mays Kentucky Sports History site sponsored by Ideal Rocket Oil Company:
Delete1930 (at Murray Teachers College)
B Tolu defeated New Concord
B Kevil 40, Brewers 15
A Hopkinsville 43, Heath 22
A Paducah defeated Bardwell
B final Tolu defeated Kevil
A final Paducah 24, Hopkinsville 22 (__-4) Coach: ___ Uphoff
overall champion: b-Tolu 42, a-Paducah Tilghman 26 ( Coach: Curtis Sanders--5
( Coach: R.A. (Rupbert) Belt
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1929 Heath defeated Eddyville 40-16
region final: a-Heath defeated b-Almo 23-22; both teams advanced
at state: Almo lost its opener; Heath won it all! Heath coach: Anderson (A.B.) Moore
It's possible that Heath 1929 coach Anderson "A.B." Moore is the A.B. Moore who played right guard for VPI's football team in 1916, the Anderson Bell Moore who wrote his thesis on the "History of education in Gallatin County, Kentucky" in 1939 and/or the Dr. A.B. Moore who, as president of the NCAA, in 1953 called for the abolishment of college football "unless it is cleansed of hypocrisy, skulduggery and cheating."
DeleteAccording to that same site, Heath last made the 1st Regional final in 1938. Heath beat Sedalia and Pilot Oak to reach the final, but then lost to Sharpe. Of course, the Sharpe Green Devils the won the 1938 State Championship.
DeleteThank you, Bob Mays!
Neither Bardwell nor Hazel qualified for the 2013 Sweet Sixteen.
ReplyDeleteHere's Lowes High School and basketball coach/principal Charles Hamlin.
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