? ➕️ From the KHSAA-Riherds Scoreboard. +30 point differential. 

(Massey KY rank, 1-289, for winner/loser.)

Championship game (C)

District games (43)

+80-89 (1)

+89 Meade Co 103 Cloverport 14 (93/285)

+70-79 (0)

n/a

+60-69 (3)

+63 Lyon Co 88 Crittenden Co 25 (32/278)

+62 Fairdale 93 Louisville Holy Cross 31 (59/208)

+61 Boyd Co 100 Fairview 39 (12/275)

+50-59 (11)

+59 McCracken Co 91 Community Christian 32 (11/255)

+58 Covington Catholic 101 Holmes 43 (1/202)

+57 Highlands 89 Bellevue 32 (24/254)

+57 Carlisle Co 85 Fulton Co 28 (100/252)

+53 Manual 101 Francis Parker 48 (9/262)

+51 (C) Madison Central 94 Model 43 (3/188)

+51 St Xavier 82 Collegiate 31 (2/240)

+50 Grayson Co 94 Butler Co 44 (27/212)

+50 Nicholas Co 97 Robertson Co 47 (147/283)

+50 Spencer Co 78 Cornerstone Christian 28 (69/268)

+50 West Jessamine 85 Burgin 35 (92/257)

+40-49 (17)

+49 North Hardin 84 John Hardin 35 (35/199)

+49 Great Crossing 89 Western Hills 40 (18/204)

+48 Letcher Central 79 Jenkins 31 (158/249)

+46 Wolfe Co 88 Jackson City 42 (185/263)

+46 Simon Kenton 82 Williamstown 36 (43/275)

+46 Ryle 79 Boone Co 33 (34/231)

+45 (C) Lyon Co 82 Livingston Central 36 (32/278)

+43 Madison Central 87 Madison Southern 44 (3/103)

+43 Pleasure Ridge Park 92 Valley 49 (38/195)

+42 Hopkinsville 86 Fort Campbell 44 (106/258)

+42 (C) Hopkins Central 82 Madisonville 40 (138/197)

+41 Shelby Valley 102 East Ridge 61 (124/225)

+41 Rowan Co 69 Menifee Co 28 (169/273)

+41 Knott Central 89 June Buchanan 48 (98/281)

+40 Male 92 Brown 52 (14/236)

+40 North Laurel 81 Oneida Baptist 41 (16/206)

+40 Whitley Co 71 Williamsburg 31 (96/270)

+30-39 (12)

+39 (C) Powell Co 86 Lee Co 47 (113/241)

+34 (C) Campbell Co 82 Scott 48 (57/153)

+34 Bell Co 86 Middlesboro 52 (29/215)

+33 Ballard 79 Kentucky Country Day 46 (6/209)

+32 (C) Bell Co 72 Harlan 40 (29/178)

+32 (C) Henry Co 77 Gallatin Co 45 (136/213)

+32 Bullitt Central 72 Southern 40 (111/214)

+32 Floyd Central 70 Prestonsburg 38 (81/244)

+31 Hazard 86 Buckhorn 55 (83/235)

+30 (C) Covington Catholic 74 Cov Holy Cross 44 (1/38)

+30 (C) Frederick Douglass 66 Bryan Station 36 (8/17)

+30 Campbell Co 83 Calvary Christian 53 (57/224)

 

● An additional 29 games were +20-29.

● 100 point games by the winners:

Meade County 103 Cloverport 14 (93/285)

Shelby Valley 102 East Ridge 61 (124/225)

Manual 101 Francis Parker 48 (9/262)

Covington Catholic 101 Holmes 43 (1/202)

Boyd County 100 Fairview 39 (12/275)

Appreciate you posting this info. No one saying a word. Apparently lopsided post season blowouts are ok in every sport except football. 

How many of the losing teams listed above qualified for the regional? I know Cov. Holy Cross did. How many others?

Edited March 3Mar 3 by Voice of Reason

5 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Appreciate you posting this info. No one saying a word. Apparently lopsided post season blowouts are ok in every sport except football. 

How many of the losing teams listed above qualified for the regional? I know Cov. Holy Cross did. How many others?

Besides the 15th, which I believe uses a hybrid model, all regional basketball tournaments are made up of four district winners and four district runner ups.

 

 

33 minutes ago, FatNate said:

Besides the 15th, which I believe uses a hybrid model, all regional basketball tournaments are made up of four district winners and four district runner ups.

 

 

Yes sir. So you lose in the postseason but you get to keep playing. Meanwhile, many football followers want more teams excluded from even getting a postseason game. Here is what many say.

Basketball - Everybody gets a postseason game and you can even lose a postseason game but still play more postseason games. You can lose in the postseason and be state champ.

Football - Many say keep more teams out of the postseason. Make it harder to get into the postseason. Many want as many as half the football teams to not even play one postseason game.

That's my point. Stop whining about too many teams in football postseason while you are ok with all teams playing in postseason in other sports and then staying in the postseason after losing a postseason game.

Edited March 3Mar 3 by Voice of Reason

10 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Yes sir. So you lose in the postseason but you get to keep playing. Meanwhile, many football followers want more teams excluded from even getting a postseason game. Here is what many say.

Basketball - Everybody gets a postseason game and you can even lose a postseason game but still play more postseason games. You can lose in the postseason and be state champ.

Football - Many say keep more teams out of the postseason. Make it harder to get into the postseason. Many want as many as half the football teams to not even play one postseason game.

That's my point. Stop whining about too many teams in football postseason while you are ok with all teams playing in postseason in other sports and then staying in the postseason after losing a postseason game.

Or, like many have said here dozens of times, football is wildly more popular and that's why there's more discussion on it. I'm not sure why that's so hard to grasp. 

I won't speak for others, but my opinion is no different for basketball. The post-season should be a privilege. 

7 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

Appreciate you posting this info. No one saying a word. Apparently lopsided post season blowouts are ok in every sport except football. 

How many of the losing teams listed above qualified for the regional? I know Cov. Holy Cross did. How many others?

In basketball, Madison Central beating Model by 51 points in a warm, dry climate controlled gym where each team likely dressed the same number of players and none of the Model players were physically battered and completely overwhelmed at every position on the court is a bit different from football where Frederick Douglass or Boyle County or CAL or Trinity beat a 1st round playoff opponent by 51 points by physically hammering and often injuring the opposing players (not intentionally) when the weather could be cold rain and 38 degrees.
 

I see those two scenarios very differently. 

Just now, TH58 said:

In basketball, Madison Central beating Model by 51 points in a warm, dry climate controlled gym where each team likely dressed the same number of players and none of the Model players were physically battered and completely overwhelmed at every position on the court is a bit different from football where Frederick Douglass or Boyle County or CAL or Trinity beat a 1st round playoff opponent by 51 points by physically hammering and often injuring the opposing players (not intentionally) when the weather could be cold rain and 38 degrees.
 

I see those two scenarios very differently. 

And by the way, FD or Boyle County or CAL or Trinity might dress 50 more players for that 1st round game than their opponent dresses. 

I will give you one example of why this is from a couple teams I know about.

Simon Kenton 9-12 enrollment is 1,866

Williamstown 9-12 enrollment is 181

It is just a numbers thing, both teams understand that.

Simon could have won by 80 or more if they wanted, but they have always been gracious in how they do it. Can't say that about everyone. 

Would a classification system help? I don't know, but I do know that the All "A" Regional and State tournaments are a blast to watch.

1 hour ago, TH58 said:

In basketball, Madison Central beating Model by 51 points in a warm, dry climate controlled gym where each team likely dressed the same number of players and none of the Model players were physically battered and completely overwhelmed at every position on the court is a bit different from football where Frederick Douglass or Boyle County or CAL or Trinity beat a 1st round playoff opponent by 51 points by physically hammering and often injuring the opposing players (not intentionally) when the weather could be cold rain and 38 degrees.
 

I see those two scenarios very differently. 

I’m also curious how many basketball districts there are where it would require one way travel of greater than 2 hours for a district semifinal game, as we can see happen more than once with football first round games. I wonder how many even require an hour or more. 
 

Basketball and Football are just different animals. Some refuse to see or acknowledge that as the quoted post points out there are physical reasons why football is treated differently in this debate, climate reasons why it is treated differently, and as I’m suggesting, travel reasons. 
 

One of the other points in VoR’s post is the ability to lose a game in the district final and still advance. I’d happily eliminate that if it meant we could remove that strawman from the board. I could conjure up reasons why it doesn’t bother me, but I don’t think there are many THAT dedicated to it.
 

I also think if the criteria was changed that teams that won 4 or fewer games during a basketball season would not participate in the postseason, you’d probably see relatively little pushback. 

On 3/3/2026 at 1:31 AM, Voice of Reason said:

Appreciate you posting this info. No one saying a word. Apparently lopsided post season blowouts are ok in every sport except football. 

How many of the losing teams listed above qualified for the regional? I know Cov. Holy Cross did. How many others?

There were words said in the Holmes/CCH district thread. Those big mean Colonels really took it to those helpless Bulldogs.

On 3/3/2026 at 7:52 AM, TheDeuce said:

Or, like many have said here dozens of times, football is wildly more popular and that's why there's more discussion on it. I'm not sure why that's so hard to grasp. 

I won't speak for others, but my opinion is no different for basketball. The post-season should be a privilege. 

Exactly right. Post-season is a privilege.

●●● Region games 

Riherds Scoreboard.

? scoreboard/khsaa

(Current Massey KY rank, #1-289, for winner/loser - March 7.)

? masseyratings.com/Regionals

 

● Quarterfinals 

+60-69 (1)

+63 Marshall Co 98 Fulton Co 35 (36/251)

+50-59 (2)

+55 St. Xavier 105 Central 50 (2/174)

+52 Montgomery Co 91 Bracken Co 39 (47/240)

+40-49 (6)

+47 Hopkins Cent 98 Livingston Cent 51 (138/220)

+46 North Oldham 84 Walton-Verona 38 (5/78)

+45 Woodford Co 72 Gallatin Co 27 (27/211)

+42 G R Clark 84 Pendleton Co 42 (4/164)

+41 Great Crossing 82 Model 41 (19/184)

+40 Warren Cent 67 Franklin-Simpson 27 (7/165)

+30-35 (3)

+35 Johnson Cent 93 Phelps 58 (39/172)

+31 Butler 83 Pleasure Ridge Pk 52 (13/33)

+30 Cov Cath 71 Dixie Hts 41 (1/66)

+20-29 (15)

+29 Campbell Co 85 Nicholas Co 56 (55/150)

+28 Lyon Co 88 Union Co 60 (32/127)

+28 Barren Co 77 Clinton Co 49 (88/41)*

+28 Whitley Co 76 Pineville 48 (94/207)

+27 Scott 84 Mason Co 57 (153/216)

+27 Danville Chri 66 East Jessamine 39 (38/170)

+26 Grayson Co 91 Muhlenburg Co 65 (28/110)

+26 Taylor Co 70 Thomas Nelson 44 (46/173)

+26 Fred Douglass 61 Franklin Co 35 (8/140)

+23 Apollo 61 Ohio Co 38 (64/65)

+22 Corbin 54 Knox Cent 32 (84/112)

+21 Russell 68 Fleming Co 47 (60/186)

+20 Hopkinsville 70 Madisonville 50 (102/197)

+20 Madison Cent 67 Tates Creek 47 (3/77)

+20 Pikeville 79 Paintsville 59 (44/81)

 

●● Semifinals 

+50-59 (1)

+51 Cov Cath 92 Conner 41 (1/50)

+30-39 (1)

+35 Warren Cent 73 Barren Co 38 (7/88)

+20-29 (9)

+29 Bell Co 68 Whitley Co 39 (29/94)

+28 G R Clark 81 Scott 53 (4/153)

+28 Ashland 83 Raceland 55 (24/124)

+27 Ryle 64 Lloyd Meml 37 (34/21)*

+24 Lyon Co 80 Hopkinsville 56 (32/102)

+21 Danville Chr 62 Rockcastle Co 41 (38/115)

+20 Montgomery Co 91 Campbell Co 71 (47/55)

+20 North Laurel 66 Corbin 46 (15/89)

+20 Johnson Cent 79 Floyd Cent 59 (42/76)

 

●●● Championships

+30-39 (3)

+36 Marshall Co 76 Tilghman 40 (36/119)

+31 Covington Cath 82 Ryle 51 (1/33)

+30 North Oldham 67 Spencer Co 37 (6/61)

+20-29 (1)

+22 Grayson Co 81 Meade Co 59 (23/87)

All three games yesterday were ugly.  Scoreboard watcher only here.  No idea how any of these games actually played out.  Average 38-pt margin of victory yesterday in the three games.