03Sauger Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Off the top of my head, I only feel comfortable listing the 1928 Carr Creek team and its 4 overtime loss in the state finals to Ashland. I realize this is only a quasi rivalry because the teams didn't regularly schedule each other. Most of the early and very good teams were, originally, coal camp teams or coal town teams. Many of the coal town teams eg Hazard, Jenkins, Lynch(?) Harlan and Middlesboro still field teams. However, their decline can be marked with the gradual decline of their once teeming boom town populations. Teams like Wayland, Carr Creek, Hindman, Dilce Combs, Viper, Vicco, M.C. Napier, Whitesburg and numerous unmentioned teams from the mountains have suffered the fate of economic consolidation. I realize that I stepped out of the 14th a couple of times here. However, since Wayland was "just over the hill" from Carr Creek, the Wayland vs Carr Creek vs Hindman vs Hazard rivalries were fairly intense. For sure, smaller schools had rivalries that carried extreme passion. I'm unsure of our definition of rivalry here. Are we saying teams that regularly schedule one another, teams that might only meet frequently in playoff elimination games, and/or ne'er do well teams that play each other with ferocity each year? My school had no football program. While I'm a fan of h.s. football now, I had only here say knowledge of football when I was in high school. Why? Hazard was a one hour, hard mountain road drive for me. But I would beg, borrow or steal to get to a Hazard bball game. For example, I borrowed (till summer) $10. from my Dad in order to hire someone to drive me and my friends to the 1962 Hazard vs St. X game. Sorry, I have taken a detour to memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runcible Owl Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Off the top of my head, I only feel comfortable listing the 1928 Carr Creek team and its 4 overtime loss in the state finals to Ashland. I realize this is only a quasi rivalry because the teams didn't regularly schedule each other. Most of the early and very good teams were, originally, coal camp teams or coal town teams. Many of the coal town teams eg Hazard, Jenkins, Lynch(?) Harlan and Middlesboro still field teams. However, their decline can be marked with the gradual decline of their once teeming boom town populations. Teams like Wayland, Carr Creek, Hindman, Dilce Combs, Viper, Vicco, M.C. Napier, Whitesburg and numerous unmentioned teams from the mountains have suffered the fate of economic consolidation. I realize that I stepped out of the 14th a couple of times here. However, since Wayland was "just over the hill" from Carr Creek, the Wayland vs Carr Creek vs Hindman vs Hazard rivalries were fairly intense. For sure, smaller schools had rivalries that carried extreme passion. I'm unsure of our definition of rivalry here. Are we saying teams that regularly schedule one another, teams that might only meet frequently in playoff elimination games, and/or ne'er do well teams that play each other with ferocity each year? My school had no football program. While I'm a fan of h.s. football now, I had only here say knowledge of football when I was in high school. Why? Hazard was a one hour, hard mountain road drive for me. But I would beg, borrow or steal to get to a Hazard bball game. For example, I borrowed (till summer) $10. from my Dad in order to hire someone to drive me and my friends to the 1962 Hazard vs St. X game. Sorry, I have taken a detour to memory lane. Thank you for the detour. Your memories are a welcome addition to any topic. While I think @brooksville was looking for the oldest rivalry in Kentucky in his OP, I wasn't sure if you knew of teams in EKY that went way back too. That's why I "requested" you to join us. Maybe we can find an older thread that is more specific about the BEST basketball rivalry. You bring up some good points in questioning the definition of a rivalry. I'll have to give that some thought. Maybe this will help - http://khsaa.org/records/basketball/bbk-recordbook_regionalchampions.pdf Thanks again for posting. Hope to see you here again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooksville Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share Posted November 13, 2017 How old is Paintsville/Pikeville? Not from there so I do not know the extent of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonels_Wear_Blue Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Off the top of my head, I only feel comfortable listing the 1928 Carr Creek team and its 4 overtime loss in the state finals to Ashland. I realize this is only a quasi rivalry because the teams didn't regularly schedule each other. Most of the early and very good teams were, originally, coal camp teams or coal town teams. Many of the coal town teams eg Hazard, Jenkins, Lynch(?) Harlan and Middlesboro still field teams. However, their decline can be marked with the gradual decline of their once teeming boom town populations. Teams like Wayland, Carr Creek, Hindman, Dilce Combs, Viper, Vicco, M.C. Napier, Whitesburg and numerous unmentioned teams from the mountains have suffered the fate of economic consolidation. I realize that I stepped out of the 14th a couple of times here. However, since Wayland was "just over the hill" from Carr Creek, the Wayland vs Carr Creek vs Hindman vs Hazard rivalries were fairly intense. For sure, smaller schools had rivalries that carried extreme passion. I'm unsure of our definition of rivalry here. Are we saying teams that regularly schedule one another, teams that might only meet frequently in playoff elimination games, and/or ne'er do well teams that play each other with ferocity each year? My school had no football program. While I'm a fan of h.s. football now, I had only here say knowledge of football when I was in high school. Why? Hazard was a one hour, hard mountain road drive for me. But I would beg, borrow or steal to get to a Hazard bball game. For example, I borrowed (till summer) $10. from my Dad in order to hire someone to drive me and my friends to the 1962 Hazard vs St. X game. Sorry, I have taken a detour to memory lane. Awesome info, 03S. Glad to have you here on the site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcaster240 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) I talked to Jeff Bridgeman today (author of Kentucky High School Basketball Encyclopedia.) He is putting together a football book...due out next fall...just like the roundball one. While talking about the history of Western Kentucky teams, he mentioned that Henderson football goes back to 1895. I have a note from the Madisonville Messenger in 1944 that said: Longest running rivalries in the WKC (Western Kentucky Conference:) 1. Henderson vs. Owensboro...started in 1903 (O’boro won the 1944 game 39-0 and led the series 27-13-6) 2. Madisonville vs. Hopkinsville...started in 1907. 3. Paducah vs. Mayfield...started in 1911. (Obviously that's a football note. Sorry I don't have anything to add to the roundball part of it.) Edited November 15, 2017 by broadcaster adding info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDAWGS19 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I was thinking about Bracken County and Augusta and the two have been rivals ever since the 1920’s So I was just wondering which one was the oldest, not the best. Bracken leads the series 148-49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchs_uk9 Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Bracken leads the series 148-49 Has there ever been a year when they didn't play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wireman Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Actual unretouched photo of Irish Cat: This actually looks like an old guy who used to frequent 15th Region teams in the 90's and called himself "Doc". He was allegedly a trainer at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooksville Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) Has there ever been a year when they didn't play? 1933-34 and 2016-17 season to my knowledge. Don’t have records before that Bracken County/Brooksville was founded in 1920 officially. But Brokksville has been there since late 1800. Edited November 15, 2017 by brooksville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDAWGS19 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Has there ever been a year when they didn't play? last year...and this year. All over the seed/draw debate. Before that? I highly doubt it. Usually played at least twice, and once the All A started, 3-4 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDAWGS19 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 1933-34 and 2016-17 season to my knowledge. Don’t have records before that Bracken County/Brooksville was founded in 1920 officially. But Brokksville has been there since late 1800. Wonder why they didn't play in 33-34? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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