Tomcats and Panthers party like it's 1967 Regardless of who comes out on top at Kroger Field, Class 3A will crown a champion ending a decades long drought. Ashland hasn't won, or even played for a title, since 1990. Elizabethtown got a crack at hoisting the hardware more recently, in 2003, but hasn't won it all since 1969. The Tomcats and Panthers share a little championship history. Jack Hallum led Ashland to its first playoff era title in 1967, besting E'town in the Class 2A finals, 19-14