The All A Classic in the 1st Region is pretty wide open this year.  I think Carlisle, Mayfield and St. Mary all have a realistic shot of winning it.  The quarterfinals are Monday and then the Semis are Wednesday at Graves County.  The championship game is Saturday evening.

Key games this week:

Mon - Murray at Tilghman, Hickman at Carlisle, Fulton Co. at St. Mary, CFS at Ballard

Tues - Graves at Tilghman, Calloway at Marshall

Fri - Marshall at Graves (PTown Dad's Game of the Week), McCracken at Tilghman, Murray vs CAL (2A Championship quarterfinals)

Sat - UHA at McCracken

Here are this week's rankings:

1. McCracken Co. (12-3) - W 68-32 at St. Mary, W 79-60 vs New Madrid (Mo.)

The Mustangs keep rolling.  I wonder what the reception for Miles Woodfork will be at Tilghman this Friday.  Will it be warm or icy?  The young man scored better than 20 ppg during both his Sophomore and Junior seasons for the Tornado.  Woodfork is scoring 25 ppg this season and is shooting better than 36% from downtown.  

2. Marshall Co. (10-4) - W 73-46 vs CFS, L 47-55 vs Chicago Curie

Matthew Langhi scored 29 points in the Marshals' loss versus Chicago Curie.  They travel to Graves on Friday and I think that one could be interesting - it's PTown Dad's Game of the Week.

3. Murray (12-2) - W 54-52 Calloway Co., W 60-53 Webster Co. (2A Section 1 finals), W 69-50 at CFS

Congratulations to the Tigers as they won the 2A title for Section 1.  This team is led by Mitchell and Moore but they are pretty balanced in their scoring.  It seems like a new Tiger steps up each game.  Good luck to the Tigers as they travel to Owensboro for the 2A state championship!

4. Carlisle Co. (10-4) - W 78-50 vs Fulton Co.

Wyatt Rickard had 15 points and 10 boards in their win over Fulton County.  It looks like these Comets will cruise to the 1st District title as expected.

5. Mayfield (7-6) - W 56-54 at Ballard Memorial, W 41-33 vs Graves Co.

Great 3rd District win for the Cardinals on Friday night!  Owen Byrd led the way by scoring 18 points, but how about Freshman Gabe Morris chipping in 10 points!

6. Graves Co. (7-7) - W 76-59 vs Fulton Co, L 33-41 at Mayfield, W 68-55 Henderson Co.

It's clear that the Eagles are missing Raygon Mathis, but they pulled off a heck of a win against Henderson County on Saturday!  It will be interesting to see who gets the #1 seed in the 3rd District.  I'd hate to have to play Ballard Memorial with a trip to the 1st Region title on the line.

7. Calloway Co. (7-9) - L 52-54 Murray, W 71-49 Madisonville

After taking a nasty loss to the Tigers by 34 - the 2A semifinal game was more of what I expected.  I think the game went down to the wire, but Murray pulled it out in the end.  Jackson Ames is shooting the ball very well right now.  He makes two 3s per game and is shooting 35% from beyond the arc.

8. Tilghman (4-9) - L 75-77 vs Hopkins County Central, L 40-64 McCluer North (Mo.)

The Tornado led by ten points with just a few minutes left but gave the game away late to Hopkins County Central.  Avery Thompson is out with a foot injury and I think he will be out for a few weeks.  That really hurts because Thompson may be their best shooter and is also very good defensively.  The Tornado has a busy week this week but all three of the games are at home.  They host Murray on Monday, Graves on Tuesday, and then McCracken on Friday.

9. St. Mary (5-9) - L 32-68 vs McCracken, W 88-52 vs CCA

Jack Griffith poured in 26 points in the Vikings win at CCA.  Don't count the Vikings out in the All A Classic.  This is a young team with a very high ceiling.

10. Christian Fellowship (10-5) - L 46-73 at Marshall, L 60-69 vs Murray

Congrats to Elijah Grigg, who is now the 1st Region's all time leading scorer.  That's quite an accomplishment!  I haven't had a chance to see him play, but I hear he's pretty special.

11. Ballard Memorial (3-13) - I think the Bombers took Mayfield to two overtimes at home.  Ike Miller had 18 & 16 in that game.

12. Hickman Co. (8-5) - On Monday they travel to Carlisle.  Can they make it a game?

13. Fulton Co. (4-7) - The Pilots take on St. Mary in the All A Quarterfinals.

14. Community Christian Acad. (5-9) - This team is basically the DeJarnett and Anderson show.  The good thing is that they're both Sophomores.

15. Fulton City (2-12) - Who knows Fulton City's mascot without looking it up?  Let me know if you do.

Tell me what you think on these rankings.  I always like to get other's input.

Tough week for our Tornado indeed! 3 of your top 6 and 2 of your top 3 they play. At this point, we just have to hope to be competitive and put the best effort forth. Avery being out is going to make it that much harder. Hopefully the community will still get out and show some support still. 

On 1/11/2026 at 10:34 PM, TilghmanPride said:

Tough week for our Tornado indeed! 3 of your top 6 and 2 of your top 3 they play. At this point, we just have to hope to be competitive and put the best effort forth. Avery being out is going to make it that much harder. Hopefully the community will still get out and show some support still. 

They had chances last night to get a big win. They let that one slip away. 

What has happened to the kids that were moving in?are they freshman and JV players?

I think they are ineligible as of right now.  2 juniors and a senior.  There was a hearing for the Senior late last week but I haven’t heard if there has been a decision yet.