Exactly! If we go by teams I could easily say St.x this past year.

 

 

Let us not for get the Trinity team of 1975.....

However, you cant leave out the 99 squad and last years team!

 

They were state runner-up 4 times from 78-88. Not included in that was the 82 team that lost one game by one point to Boyle Co. and didn't get into the playoffs that year since only the district champ made it. The next week they went to Corbin and waxed the Redhounds, who would go on to win the state title, by something like 34-0. Somerset lost a total of 3 games from 82-84 but couldn't bring home the title.

The year they had Alexander they should have won it, but apparently they hadn't been informed of the forward pass rule.

 

:jump: Good one

Let us not for get the Trinity team of 1975.....

I believe they are speaking of programs, not individual teams. I think the 'Rocks have won one or two over the years.

Let us not for get the Trinity team of 1975.....

 

Or Manual in '88... or was it '89?

I don't know Lousiville Central's history but they seem to always have a nice team that flies under the radar every year.

Two teams that don't have a LONG tradition but both have a lot of nice things going for them is Scott County and Dunbar.

 

 

 

Scott County won a state title in 1975. However that is in 2A I think. They do not have a 4A title.

They were state runner-up 4 times from 78-88. Not included in that was the 82 team that lost one game by one point to Boyle Co. and didn't get into the playoffs that year since only the district champ made it. The next week they went to Corbin and waxed the Redhounds, who would go on to win the state title, by something like 34-0. Somerset lost a total of 3 games from 82-84 but couldn't bring home the title.

 

 

You are dead on about Somerset. They also had some quality teams in the early 70's and were runners-up to a powerful Mayfield squad in '78. I have to think they have to be the premier program to never win despite having been in the running so many years with some great teams. BTW, the '82 squad was the best Jumper team I saw though the '83 and '84 teams get the pub because of Massey and Fletcher.:thumb:

I wonder hown many times Boone has been eliminated by the eventual state champ...

Or Manual in '88... or was it '89?

Little confused on this one. Manual got blown out in the finals: 28-0.

I wonder hown many times Boone has been eliminated by the eventual state champ...

 

Boone County has lost 4 times in the state championship game.

 

1986: St. Xavier, 27-14

1987: Shelby County, 17-14

1992: St. Xavier, 3-0

1994: Trinity, 21-7

 

Boone County has lost 7 times to teams who went on to win the state championship.

 

Trinity: 1988, 89, 90, 2003, 05

Clark County: 1991

Male: 1993

 

Boone County has lost 7 times to teams who finished as state runners-up.

 

Greenup County: 1977

Owensboro: 1983

Lafayette: 1985

Henry Clay: 1995

Dunbar: 1996

Trinity: 1997

Scott County: 2004

 

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So to conclude, Boone County High School has had 18 seasons end with a loss in either the state final, to the eventual state champion or to the eventual state runner-up, with all of this taking place since 1976.

 

18 times in 30 years the Rebels have played a significant role in determining the state champion. Pretty good history!

Boone County has lost 4 times in the state championship game.

 

1986: St. Xavier, 27-14

1987: Shelby County, 17-14

1992: St. Xavier, 3-0

1994: Trinity, 21-7

 

Boone County has lost 7 times to teams who went on to win the state championship.

 

Trinity: 1988, 89, 90, 2003, 05

Clark County: 1991

Male: 1993

 

Boone County has lost 7 times to teams who finished as state runners-up.

 

Greenup County: 1977

Owensboro: 1983

Lafayette: 1985

Henry Clay: 1995

Dunbar: 1996

Trinity: 1997

Scott County: 2004

 

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So to conclude, Boone County High School has had 18 seasons end with a loss in either the state final, to the eventual state champion or to the eventual state runner-up, with all of this taking place since 1976.

 

18 times in 30 years the Rebels have played a significant role in determining the state champion. Pretty good history!

I knew it was a big number, but WOW...

I knew it was a big number, but WOW...

 

With all of that said, plus considering that they have toiled away in Class AAAA for the entirety of its existence, I think Boone County has to be the best program never to win a state championship.

With all of that said, plus considering that they have toiled away in Class AAAA for the entirety of its existence, I think Boone County has to be the best program never to win a state championship.

 

Well said! :thumb:

With all of that said, plus considering that they have toiled away in Class AAAA for the entirety of its existence, I think Boone County has to be the best program never to win a state championship.

 

Agree !!

Scott County won a state title in 1975. However that is in 2A I think. They do not have a 4A title.

Thanks for sharing, I sure didn't know that.