Trinity, St. X, Highlands, Bowling Green

 

is almost a roatating circle now in the 5A/6A

Trinity, St. X, Highlands, Bowling Green

 

it's almost a rotating circle now in the 5A/6A

 

I can see where you'd say that, but...

 

• St. X has only made four appearances in the state finals in the last decade, and has won the championship twice.
  
• Bowling Green has made six appearances in the state finals in the last decade, and has won the championship three times (all of those came in the last three years). BG only has 4 state titles.
  
• Trinity is clearly the most dominant, with 8 championship game appearances and 7 state titles in the last decade.
  
• Neither Trinity of St. X made it to the state finals last year. Instead, the finals was played between runner-up Meade County (their second time ever in the state finals) and winner Scott County. It was Scott County's third state title appearance in a decade, and their first state title.
  

 

In the respective divisions that those teams have competed in over the last decade (3A/5A for Bowling Green, and 4A/6A for Trinity & St. X), there have been 15 unique teams that weren't Trinity, St. X, or Bowling Green that played in the state championship games:

 

1. Anderson County: 5A-'11
   
2. Boyle County: 3A-'04
   
3. Christian County: 5A-'08,'10
   
4. Cooper: 5A-'12
   
5. Covington Catholic: 3A-'06
   
6. Highlands: 3A-'04; 5A-'07,'08,'09,'10
   
7. John Hardin: 5A-'09
   
8. Lexington Catholic: 3A-'05
   
9. Male: 6A-'10
   
10. Meade County: 6A-'13
    
11. Pleasure Ridge Park: 6A-'12
    
12. Pulaski County: 5A-'13
    
13. Ryle: 4A-'06
    
14. Scott County: 4A-'04; 6A-'11,'13
    
15. Simon Kenton: 6A-'08
    

I was wondering about how many of those are considered independent public schools. Outside of NKY, I have virtually zero grasp of how many school public school districts. It's always been interesting to me how that works. By my own admission, I've never really looked into the pros/cons of why a public school would want to be an independent...but I know in Kenton County, there are 3 county high schools and 4 independent high schools, Campbell County has 1 county high school and 5 independent high schools, and then Boone County has 4 county high schools and no independents.

 

It's demographic issues for the most part.

 

Transportation is a big reason. Some who have never been outside an Independent/Private school bubble who don't want to know how the 'other sides' live (I went to an Independent school and coached in both public/count and an Indy) roll their eyes at what I'm about to say, because after all....it's all about "Working harder".

 

Another big reason, in particular in many of these heavy agriculture/rural areas, is these rural parts of the now "County high school" were communities that didn't have football back before consolidation for various reasons, but mostly in part to the fact that it just wasn't part of their culture. Wasn't then. Isn't now.

 

Counties that are spread out. Low population and heavy agriculture? Good luck. Ride the waves when they come and when they crash, just try to keep your head above water enough to catch the next one or move onto another beach.

 

So, what you have is a lot of these "county" schools in low populated areas who don't really draw from anywhere within the county outside of the main town (you know, those metropolitan cities of 2,500 people). You have 1A football programs at 2, 3, 4A schools in terms of population.

 

I heard a very successful coach once upon a time say this (multiple state titles and success at multiple schools) "If you see a bunch of barns and no population. Keep Driving (don't coach there)" lol.

I can see where you'd say that, but...

 

• St. X has only made four appearances in the state finals in the last decade, and has won the championship twice.
  
• Bowling Green has made six appearances in the state finals in the last decade, and has won the championship three times (all of those came in the last three years). BG only has 4 state titles.
  
• Trinity is clearly the most dominant, with 8 championship game appearances and 7 state titles in the last decade.
  
• Neither Trinity of St. X made it to the state finals last year. Instead, the finals was played between runner-up Meade County (their second time ever in the state finals) and winner Scott County. It was Scott County's third state title appearance in a decade, and their first state title.
  

 

In the respective divisions that those teams have competed in over the last decade (3A/5A for Bowling Green, and 4A/6A for Trinity & St. X), there have been 15 unique teams that weren't Trinity, St. X, or Bowling Green that played in the state championship games:

 

1. Anderson County: 5A-'11
   
2. Boyle County: 3A-'04
   
3. Christian County: 5A-'08,'10
   
4. Cooper: 5A-'12
   
5. Covington Catholic: 3A-'06
   
6. Highlands: 3A-'04; 5A-'07,'08,'09,'10; 4A-'11,'12
   
7. John Hardin: 5A-'09
   
8. Lexington Catholic: 3A-'05
   
9. Male: 6A-'10
   
10. Meade County: 6A-'13
    
11. Pleasure Ridge Park: 6A-'12
    
12. Pulaski County: 5A-'13
    
13. Ryle: 4A-'06
    
14. Scott County: 4A-'04; 6A-'11,'13
    
15. Simon Kenton: 6A-'08
    

 

Highlands also had 8 appearances with 7 championships

Highlands also had 8 appearances with 7 championships

 

Absolutely correct....I was just speaking terms of the three teams (St. X, Trinity, Bowling Green) that had been mentioned by EyeInTheSky.

My bad on the Versailles, I knew that but typed it wrong. Senior moment I guess.

 

I could not find info on the old Mt. Sterling HS, so I took the mascot of Mt. Sterling Elem. Thanks.

 

gchs beat me to the punch, but my father actually attended Mt Sterling High. They won state the year after he graduated. I believe the school closed sometime around 1977. Someone made a music video in the abandoned school not all that long ago. They've never been able to tear it down because of all the environmental stuff. It's sad really.

Absolutely correct....I was just speaking terms of the three teams (St. X, Trinity, Bowling Green) that had been mentioned by EyeInTheSky.

 

Got ya

5% of the teams (12) have won 56% (122 of 218) championship games since the playoffs began in 1959.

 

.9% of the teams (2) have won 20% (44 0f 218) of the titles.

 

There have been 218 championship games

 

22 Highlands

22 Trinity

 

12 St. Xavier

 

11 Beechwood

 

10 Danville

10 Mayfield

 

7 Boyle County

 

6 Male

6 Covington Catholic

6 Fort Campbell

 

5 Central

5 Newport Central Catholic

 

http://khsaa.org/records/football/statefootballteamrecords.pdf

 

UPDATED

 

With Highlands (23), Mayfield (11) and Trinity (23) adding titles, here is how it looks:

 

5% of the teams (12) have won 56% (125 of 224) championship games since the playoffs began in 1959.

 

2.5% of the teams (6) have won 40% (90 of 224)

 

.9% of the teams (2) have won 21% (46 0f 224) of the titles.

Edited December 10, 201411 yr by Colonel Don

I can see where you'd say that, but...

 

• St. X has only made four appearances in the state finals in the last decade, and has won the championship twice.
  
• Bowling Green has made six appearances in the state finals in the last decade, and has won the championship three times (all of those came in the last three years). BG only has 4 state titles.
  
• Trinity is clearly the most dominant, with 8 championship game appearances and 7 state titles in the last decade.
  
• Neither Trinity of St. X made it to the state finals last year. Instead, the finals was played between runner-up Meade County (their second time ever in the state finals) and winner Scott County. It was Scott County's third state title appearance in a decade, and their first state title.
  

 

In the respective divisions that those teams have competed in over the last decade (3A/5A for Bowling Green, and 4A/6A for Trinity & St. X), there have been 15 unique teams that weren't Trinity, St. X, or Bowling Green that played in the state championship games:

 

1. Anderson County: 5A-'11
   
2. Boyle County: 3A-'04
   
3. Christian County: 5A-'08,'10
   
4. Cooper: 5A-'12
   
5. Covington Catholic: 3A-'06
   
6. Highlands: 3A-'04; 5A-'07,'08,'09,'10
   
7. John Hardin: 5A-'09
   
8. Lexington Catholic: 3A-'05
   
9. Male: 6A-'10
   
10. Meade County: 6A-'13
    
11. Pleasure Ridge Park: 6A-'12
    
12. Pulaski County: 5A-'13
    
13. Ryle: 4A-'06
    
14. Scott County: 4A-'04; 6A-'11,'13
    
15. Simon Kenton: 6A-'08
    

 

Lone Oak: 4A - 07 & 09 Now McCracken County

Lone Oak: 4A - 07 & 09 Now McCracken County

 

Correct. Lone Oak did compete in the 4A finals in 2007 and 2009, but the list I made were based on EyeInTheSky's statement that championship game competitors are "almost a rotating circle now in the 5A/6A" - referring to Bowling Green, St. X and Trinity's dominance in those two divisions. I was listing teams that competed in the finals of the same divisions that Bowling Green, St. X and Trinity had competed in, and in both '07 and '09, Bowling Green was a 5A team and St. X and Trinity were both 6A teams.

 

To my point in the post you referenced, though, it's worth noting that neither St. X or Bowling Green played in the finals this year, and there were new teams to add to my list from both 5A (Graves County) and 6A (Dixie Heights).

I got bored...there are currently 25 programs with a single state championship, and 16 with two championships, 9 with three championships, and 3 with four championships:

 

22 Highlands

22 Trinity

12 St. Xavier

11 Beechwood

10 Danville

10 Mayfield

7 Boyle County

6 Covington Catholic

6 Fort Campbell

6 Male

5 Central

5 Newport Central Catholic

4 Bardstown

4 Bowling Green

4 Lynch East

3 Belfry

3 Breathitt County

3 Corbin

3 Flaget

3 Fort Knox

3 Paducah-Tilghman

3 Paris

3 Pikeville

3 Russellville

2 Ashland Paul Blazer

2 Bell County

2 Bellevue

2 Butler

2 Caldwell County

2 Christian County

2 DuPont Manual

2 Franklin-Simpson

2 Hopkinsville

2 Lexington Catholic

2 Lloyd Memorial

2 Murray

2 Owensboro

2 Russell

2 Scott County

2 Trigg County

1 Bourbon County

1 Bryan Station

1 Collins

1 Conner

1 Crittenden County

1 Dayton

1 DeSales

1 Elizabthtown

1 Elkhorn City

1 George Rogers Clark

1 Hazard

1 Heath

1 Henderson

1 Henry Clay

1 Holy Cross (Cov)

1 Lexington Christian

1 Ludlow

1 Mercer County

1 Middlesboro

1 Mount Sterling

1 Nelson County

1 Seneca

1 Shelby County

1 Tates Creek

1 Versailles

 

and then there were two...

 

46 of the 220+ winners...:thumb: