3A Playoffs First Round History Lesson

With the playoffs starting this weekend I thought we'd take a look at some playoff historical facts about teams in Class 3A. We'll do something similar each week of the postseason. This week we are looking at first round records for all teams in the class. As a reminder, due to the lack of uniformity of the postseason during some of the early years, first round games include only games played earlier than the regional finals (typically in years with more than eight teams in a class making the playoffs).

Example: In 1967, Bardstown beat Garrard County in the first GAME of the playoffs, but it was the regional championship game. The records, therefore, are not included here but rather will appear in the regional final records in two weeks.

Most First Round Wins (First Round Record)

26 - Paducah Tilghman (26-3)

25 - Belfry (25-3)

24 - Bell County (24-4)

24 - Corbin (24-5)

21 - Lexington Catholic (21-1)

21 - Boyle County (21-2)

21 - Russell (21-4)

21 - Bardstown (21-7)

20 - Fort Campbell (20-7)

19 - Breathitt County (19-7)

16 - Central (16-5)

15 - Garrard County (15-6)

14 - Lawrence County (14-9)

13 - Trigg County (13-9)

12 - Caldwell County (12-7)

12 - Elizabethtown (12-12)

11 - Larue County (11-13)

10 - Sheldon Clark (10-11)

8 - Fleming County (8-11)

7 - Edmonson County (7-9)

6 - Waggener (6-13)

5 - Pike County Central (5-8)

5 - Estill County (5-9)

5 - Bath County (5-14)

5 - Union County (5-15)

4 - Moore (4-7)

3 - Henry County (3-16)

1 - Western Hills (1-7)

1 - Adair County (1-8)

1 - Magoffin County (1-8)

1 - Powell County (1-8)

1 - Casey County (1-9)

1 - Morgan County (1-11)

0 - Jackson County (0-3)

0 - Pendleton County (0-3)

0 - Lewis County (0-5)

0 - Hart County (0-7)

0 - West Carter (0-7)

0 - Knott County Central (0-9)

N/A - Thomas Nelson (never made postseason)