Does Bourbon County host this tournament this year?

Yes, but it isn't a tournament, it's a shootout. One game for each team. I know that Elliott County plays Christain County.

How much life do you think this event has left? From all indications this was Salsmans deal but he has been gone for three years now back to Lexington Catholic and with all the coaching changes at Bourbon you would think this event would bite the dust.

How much life do you think this event has left? From all indications this was Salsmans deal but he has been gone for three years now back to Lexington Catholic and with all the coaching changes at Bourbon you would think this event would bite the dust.

 

I've gone to this event the last few years, and it's been a quality event, with top teams from around the state and good out-of-state squads as well (Oak Hill).

When is this Shootout? What teams play?

When is this Shootout? What teams play?

 

Kentucky Bank Shootout

 

The list appears incomplete, but it still has some of the better teams from around the state. Seven of those teams listed are threats to make it to the Sweet 16.

Which 7?

Which 7?

 

Rose Hill

Christian Co.

Henry Clay

Madison Cent.

Tates Creek

Elliott Co.

J'Town

I know Columbia High from Georgia is playing in it, The complete schedule was in Mike Fields Notes a couple weeks ago.

I seen that list, but in the past years there were more teams from out of the state, so maybe there has been a little bit of life taken out of this shootout.

That's my point exactly, without Salsman's contacts which he inherited from Danny Haney I just can't see this even going on much longer. It seems every year the event has slipped just a bit and you keep waiting for it to slip out of existance. To me it speakes volumes that the best team in the state is 40 miles north and Bourbon couldn't land them for this event.

Maybe we need to bring the state together. East and West, and so on......

That's my point exactly, without Salsman's contacts which he inherited from Danny Haney I just can't see this even going on much longer. It seems every year the event has slipped just a bit and you keep waiting for it to slip out of existance. To me it speakes volumes that the best team in the state is 40 miles north and Bourbon couldn't land them for this event.

Scott County & Mason County is playing in Farm Bureau Classic in Pikeville on the same day as this classic ....