Here are the results from yesterday:
(1) Hopkinsville 83, S. Oldham 62
(6) Lou. Trinity 55, Owensboro 41
(3) Scott Co. 77, Fleming Co. 66
Johnson Cent. 58, Campbell Co. 56
So the winners from the 2d, the 7th, the 11th, and the 15th regions all march on to the quarter-finals.
Here are today's games (all times Central):
11 A.M.: McCracken Co. (24-8) v. (10) Wayne Co. (31-1)
12:30 P.M.: Knott Co. Cent. (25-6) v. Bowling Green (27-6)
5:30 P.M.: Bardstown (26-6) v. (8) Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park (26-7)
7 P.M.: Clay Co. (23-8) v. (4) Cov. Catholic (29-2)
Since the regionals started, only one team that was ranked in the AP's top 10 at the end of the regular season has lost to a team that was not ranked. Here's what has happened so far:
1. Hopkinsville -- still playing
2. Lou. Ballard -- beaten in 7th Region final by Lou. Trinity
3. Scott Co. -- still playing
4. Cov. Catholic -- still playing
5. Newport Cent. Catholic -- beaten in 9th Region Semi-Final by Cov. Catholic
6. Lou. Trinity -- still playing
7. Cov. Holmes -- beaten in 9th Region Final by Cov. Catholic
8. Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park -- still playing
9. Montgomery Co. -- beaten in 10th Region Final by Campbell Co.
10. Wayne Co. -- still playing
#STANGGANG!
ReplyDeleteThe photograph linked behind this sentence is so ripe with happiness that it gives me chills. What a joy it is to get on a vehicle in a big group of friends and go somewhere terrific together.
ReplyDeleteAnd to have two or more of those vehicles chained together along a highway ... are you kidding me? That's off-the-charts happy.
DeleteGO, MCCRACKEN COUNTY! Mustangs got out to a 10-2 lead on Wayne County in the Day 2 opener and now hold a 22-18 advantage after one quarter in Lexington.
ReplyDeleteWayne County closed with what Paducah's WPAD 1510 AM said was a 30-foot jumpshot to close to within four.
DeleteGO, 'STANGS!
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ReplyDeleteWPAD is the fifth oldest radio broadcasting station in Kentucky, founded in 1930 by Pierce Lackey. It broadcast on 1420 kHz with a 100 watt signal. In 1941 the power was increased to 250 watts, and the frequency was changed to 1450 kHz. In 1943 the station joined the CBS radio network. In 1946 WPAD added the first FM broadcasting in the state, continuing with FM simulcast until the 1970s. In 1962, the power was increased to 1000 watts. In 1967 Lackey died and the station was purchased by Ed Fritts, In the 1970s the FM call letters were changed to WDDJ and the FM programming was changed to progressive rock.
In 1984 the stations were sold to Bill Bereman of Indianapolis. Bereman soon sold them to Lee Hagan. In 1996, the stations were purchased by Bristol Broadcasting, owner of WKYX and WKYQ. WPAD exchanging frequencies with WDXR, and continued to operate on 1560 kHz with an "oldies" format.
The Mustangs expand their lead to as many as 11 points but yield the last five points of the half, and McCracken County's advantage over Wayne County is 34-28.
ReplyDeleteThe Lone Oak Road McDonald's is now the only non-24-hours McDonald's around Paducah, per an ad just now on WPAD.
ReplyDelete52-46, McCracken County, through three quarters ...
ReplyDeleteJason Frakes @kyhighs 51s
ReplyDeleteNice tribute here to former Paducah Sun sportswriter Joey Fosko, who passed away last summer. #BSW16
12:20 PM - 20 Mar 2014
Here's a video of the 2011 Christmas lights in Bob Noble Park that appears to have been uploaded (and narrated) by the WPAD color commentator on today's game, Marshall Toy.
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DeleteBOOM!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHP Special Report: On to the Second Round for McCracken County!
DeleteIn case you can't tell from Eric's comments, the McCracken County Mustangs upset Wayne County 81-74. Here was the score by quarters:
ReplyDelete1st: McCHS: 22, WCHS 18
2d: McCHS 12, WCHS 10 (Mustangs led 34-28 at the half)
3d: McCHS 18, WCHS 18 (Mustangs led 52-46 after 3)
4th: McCHS 29, WCHS 28 (Mustangs won 81-74)
McCracken County won a bunch of low-scoring games in the regional tournament, but today they shot the lights out against a high-flying Wayne County team. Look at these numbers:
ReplyDeleteThe Mustangs were 16-30 from 2-point range (53.3 percent)
They were 5-11 from 3-point range (45.5 percent)
They were 34-43 from the line (79.1 percent)
On the other side, Wayne County went 19-44 from 2-point range (43.2 percent) and 6-26 (23.1 percent) from 3-point range.
McCracken County also out-rebounded Wayne County 41-32.
So just an excellent performance across the board from the Mustangs, who will now await the winner of the upcoming game between Knott Co. Cent. and Bowling Green.
YEAH!
DeleteSeveral commentators had rated McCracken County as the weakest team in the Sweet 16, and Wayne County had been highly ranked all year, so this was regarded as a major upset. It should be noted, however, that the Mustangs jumped out to an early lead and never trailed.
ReplyDeleteThere were 72 possessions in this game. McCracken County had an offensive efficiency of 112.5, and defensive efficiency of 102.8.
ReplyDeleteWell, OK, time to get on with my life ... Bowling Green is up, 9-4, on Knott County Central after one quarter in the second game today, and here's the Purples Nation coverage.
ReplyDeleteKnott County Central is still hanging around. With 2:51 left in the first half, Bowling Green leads by only 23-22.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious?!? ... Are you serious?!? ... That call was terrrrrrrrr-uhhhhhhh-blllllllllllllllllllllle. ...
ReplyDeleteThe Purples Nation coverage is pretty darned Purple.
Knott County Central trailed 32-24 at the half, but they have now tied the game at 44 with 8 minutes to go.
ReplyDeleteKnott County Central now ahead, 46-44 ... but, no, Bowling Green gets a three-pointer with six minutes to play ... 47-46, Purples ...
ReplyDeleteIt's all up for grabs: Knott County Central and BGHS are tied at 48 with 4:53 left in the game.
ReplyDeleteKCC surges ahead, 50-48, on a drive and layup. "He took eight steps," reports the Purples Nation radio team.
ReplyDeleteBowling Green now leads 53-51 with 2:59 left.
ReplyDeleteThe 14th Region hasn't won the title since 1956, and they won't win it this year either. BGHS rolls on, 65-58.
ReplyDeleteTime to go back to the hotel and start watching tape on the Purps.
ReplyDeleteBGHS won 65-58 in 66 possessions. Their offensive efficiency was 98.5, and their defensive efficiency was 87.9.
DeleteIt is striking to see that the pace of these high school games is significantly quicker than what we see in most college games today. For most of the year, UK has been playing games of about 66 possessions -- but they are playing 40 minutes, while BGHS and KCC got there in only 32.
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3:41 PM - 20 Mar 2014
Bardstown has a 15-6 lead with 2:43 to go in the first quarter.
ReplyDeletePRP is playing for real now. They lead 18-15 with 7:12 left in the 2d quarter.
ReplyDeleteIf Hoptown wins tomorrow, two of the four semi-finalists will come from the four western-most regions. That hasn't happened since 2005, when University Heights made the semi-final and Warren Central made the final.
ReplyDeleteThe last time Regions 1 and 2 both made the semi-finals was in 1999, when Tilghman and Henderson County both made it.
I went to get something to eat, and while I was away Bardstown jumped all over PRP. Bardstown is up 67-50 with 3:51 to go in the game. Jason Frakes is getting tweets from folks who hate the Litratings.
ReplyDeleteHold the phone. There was a mistake before; Bardstown was only up 65-50. And now they are only up 65-57 with 3:05 left in the game.
ReplyDeleteThe purple-and-old-gold Tigers of Bardstown High advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in 1932 (and they lost to Danville), 1935 (they lost to Calvert City), 1949 (Madisonville), 1969 (Ohio County), 1971 (Laurel County), 2008 (Holmes) and 2011 (Bullitt East). That's 0-7 all time, before today.
ReplyDeletePRP continues to fight back. Bardstown now leads 68-63 with 1:04 left.
ReplyDeleteBut Bardstown scores on a run-out to take a 70-63 lead with less than a minute to go.
ReplyDeleteBardstown leads 72-66 with 33 seconds left. Bardstown ball.
ReplyDeleteBardstown misses two free throws. PRP makes two. Bardstown leads 72-68 with 20 seconds left. Bardstown going to the line.
ReplyDeleteBardstown goes 1-2 from the line. Tigers lead 73-68.
ReplyDeletePRP scores on a quick layup. The score is now 73-70 with 14 seconds to go. The Panthers have scored 27 points in the fourth quarter.
Bardstown makes two more free throws and hangs on for the win! Another top 10 team goes down:
ReplyDeleteBardstown 75, PRP 70
The Tigers get their first state tournament win in school history.
Next up we have the last game of the first round: Clay County v. Covington Catholic.
ReplyDeleteCov Cath opens the game with a barrage of three-pointers. With 2:30 left in the first quarter, Cov Cath has hit 5-6 three's, and they lead 18-10.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Twitter is filling up with comments about what a great pep section Covington Catholic has.
ReplyDeleteCovington Catholic hit 6 of 8 three pointers in the first quarter, but their lead is only 21-17.
ReplyDeleteApparently the Covington Catholic student section just had pizzas delivered at the game.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like fun.
DeleteCov Cath continues to blister the nets. They have made 8-11 three-pointers so far, and they lead 31-24 with 4:38 before halftime.
ReplyDeleteNow Clay County is making a run. The Tigers are attacking the goal over and over against the shorter Cov Cath players, and they lead 33-31 with 2:12 to go in the first half.
ReplyDeleteWow. That was quite a spurt in just over two minutes.
DeleteClay County just killed Cov Cath in that quarter, outscoring them 23-12. The Tigers from Manchester now lead 40-33 -- even though Cov Cath went 8-12 from three point range.
ReplyDeleteHalftime.
Wow! That was quite another spurt in just over two minutes.
DeleteClay County ended the first half with a 19-2 run.
ReplyDeleteOK, here's the deal with the Cov Cath student section. They're all boys, and they're all wearing blue, and there are hundreds of them. They stand together in the end zone, where they do a whole series of organized chants, stomps, jumps, and other routines. It sounds kind of like the Duke student section, but it has a much tougher and cooler vibe when you see it.
ReplyDeleteAt WKU, I became friends with a bunch of boys from Trinity, and they had a level of cohesiveness and creative mischief that was very, very impressive. And now those guys are all 45-year-old men, and those things are still in evidence. When we were at Heath, I sort of knew a few kids from Tilghman, Lone Oak and Reidland, but I think I knew literally no one from Saint Mary's. That world intrigues me.
DeleteI know a lot of guys who went to all-male Catholic schools, which are very common in this part of the world. It is a unique culture.
DeleteNow they're interviewing Bobby Keith, the legendary former coach at Clay County, who was there for years and years. He gets to talking about how Clay County (and Richie Farmer) beat Louisville Ballard (and Allen Houston) in the final of the 1987 tournament, but lost to Ballard (and Houston) in the 1988 final. He remembers that in the 1988 tournament, Clay County beat PRP 92-90 in the semi-finals, and says that was the best high school game he ever saw.
ReplyDeleteKeith says his 1988 team was his best team, even better than the 1987 team that one it all. But that semi-final game against PRP wore them out before they had to play Ballard that night in the final.
ReplyDeleteHere's a KHSAA statement from February about Bobby Keith:
DeleteOver the past few weeks, the KHSAA has worked to resolve questions surrounding the all-time coaching record for Billy Hicks. With the assistance of several news outlets, including the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Louisville Courier-Journal, the Harlan Daily Enterprise and the Georgetown News-Graphic, the KHSAA believes it has resolved many of the discrepancies in regards to coach Hicks’ record.
With that said, the KHSAA records will reflect that coach Hicks enters tonight’s game between Scott County and Paul Laurence Dunbar with an all-time record of 856-244, tying him with William Kean (Central HS) atop the state’s all-time list for coaching victories.
The KHSAA congratulates coach Hicks on his accomplishments thus far, and wishes him the best of luck in the future. ...
It then goes on detail the season-by-season records for each of his teams at Evarts, Harlan, Corbin and Scott County .
Meanwhile, the Cov Cath student section has convinced everyone at Rupp Arena -- including the Clay County fans -- to do a slow motion wave.
ReplyDeleteCov Cath is 8-12 from three-point range, but only 3-16 from two-point range.
ReplyDeleteA lot of history in these two schools. Covington still looks like the little German-American village it was when the Cincinnati region was settled by German Catholics in the early 19th century. Sure enough, Cov Cath's starting line up features a lot of German-sounding last names:
ReplyDeleteSchuh
Schult
Vonhandorf
Ruthsatz
Heppler
Meanwhile, Clay County, like the rest of Appalachia, was filling up with folks whose ancestry goes back to rural Britain. Check out the last names of Clay County's starters:
Wolfe
Farmer
Allen
Smith
McDaniel
So each school is representing a tradition that runs through Kentucky history, and so far each is doing a pretty good job.
GO HEATH, REPRESENT! This comment might be my favorite thing ever posted at the HP.
DeleteThis is a bang-up game. Clay County leads 52-49 with 1:52 to go.
ReplyDeleteCovington Catholic greatly improved its defense, and continued its hot shooting from three point range. The Colonels are now 11-16 from three-point range, and they lead Clay County 54-52 with 8 minutes to go.
ReplyDeleteBy common consent, this has been the best game of the tournament so far.
The most three-pointers ever made by a team in a state tournament is 14. Mason County did that in 2003. So far, Cov Cath has 11.
ReplyDeleteMcCracken County was so great at the free-throw line Thursday. If I had played high-school basketball, I would've missed every free throw I ever attempted in any game in which my team was within 10 points either side of the opponent.
DeleteCov Cath still leads 56-53 with 6:23 left in the game.
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing game.
ReplyDeleteClay County is 4-9 from three-point range (44.4 percent)
Covington Catholic is 12-18 from three-point range (66.7 percent).
With 3:40 to go, Covington Catholic leads 63-62.
When the other team shoots free throws, the Covington Catholic student section chants:
ReplyDelete"He's scared, he's shakin'
He ain't gonna make it."
I would've thrown the ball 18 inches short of the rim or 18 inches over the backboard.
DeleteCov Cath leads 65-62 with 2:55 to go. Cov Cath headed to the line for free throws.
ReplyDeleteUnless something extraordinary happens, Cov Cath and its fans will be back tomorrow night. They are up 74-69 with only 1:05 left.
ReplyDeleteCov Cath keeps knocking down free throws, and the Colonels lead 77-72 with 29 seconds left.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for Clay County, because they played well enough to win most of the time. You will rarely see any team go 12-18 from three-point range, but that's what Cov Cath did tonight.
Trey Farmer, the son of Richie Farmer, is the real deal. He has 19 points in this game, and his jumper makes the score 77-74 with 19 seconds to go.
ReplyDeleteGood for Trey Farmer!
DeleteI hope that boy writes because he is going through an extraordinary time in a life.
DeletePoll at the website of WKYT "Mountain News":
DeleteDo you agree with a judge's decision to allow Richie Farmer to attend the Boys' State Tournament and not report to prison until next week?
Yes
25.11%
No
74.89%
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Cov Cath misses two free throws, and Clay County has the ball. The Tigers are down 3 with 14 seconds to go.
ReplyDeleteClay County desperately tried to get the ball to Tyler McDaniel, who has 25 points and is their best three-point shooter. But Cov Cath stole the ball. After making one of two free throws, Cov Cath leads 78-74.
ReplyDelete8 seconds to go.
Ouch.
DeleteWith 5 seconds to go, McDaniel is fouled trying a three-pointer. He gets three free throws.
ReplyDeleteHe misses the first one.
He makes the second.
He misses the third one on purpose, but commits a lane violation going for the ball.
Cov Cath leads 78-75 with 5 seconds to go.
Tyler McDaniel, who is the best player on Clay County's team (at least he was tonight), is better known as "Chip" McDaniel. Last summer, he became the youngest player ever to win the Kentucky State Amateur golf championship. According to the broadcasters, he is going to skip his senior year of high school and take a golf scholarship at UK.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah! I didn't recognize the name initially.
DeleteCov Cath hangs on and wins the game, 80-78. What a game!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff, Go Heath!
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