From the Courteous Journal's website today, the exact matchups:

 

The first-round pairings are:

 

 

Hazard vs. Fort Myers, Fla.;

Manual vs. Adair County;

Clark County vs. Hopkins Central;

Trinity vs. Boone County;

 

Bottom bracket:

 

Perry Central vs. McCreary Central;

Lexington Catholic vs. Newport Catholic;

Madisonville vs. St. Xavier;

Lexington Christian vs. Knott Central

Typical loading of one side of the bracket ...

Here is the games and gyms played in, dates and times:

 

 

2008

Lexington Catholic

 

 

Game List

 

Game 1 Trinity vs

Boone County

12/26 Friday 12:00 PM Bueter Gym

 

Game 2 LCA vs Knott Co. Central 12/26 Friday 1:30 PM Bueter Gym

 

Game 3 Manual vs

Adair County

12/26 Friday 3:00 PM Bueter Gym

 

Game 4 Clark Co. vs Hopkins Co. Cent. 12/26 Friday 4:30 PM Bueter Gym

 

Game 5 Lex. Cath. vs Newport Central Catholic 12/26 Friday 6:00 PM Bueter Gym

 

Game 6 vs St. Xavier 12/26 Friday 7:30 PM Bueter Gym

 

Game 7 Perry Co. Central vs McCreary Central 12/26 Friday 8:00 PM Alumni Gym

 

Game 8 Hazard vs

Ft. Meyers

Florida12/26 Friday 9:00 PM Bueter Gym

Manual, Boone, Trinity, Adair County, Ft. Meyers Fla, Hazard, Clark County, and Hopkins County Central are all on one side of the bracket. I'd say this is by far the tougher of the two brackets.

 

Lexington Catholic, Perry County Central, McCreary Central, Newport Central Catholic, Madisonville, St. Xavier, LCA, and Knott County Central are on the other side.

 

Boone would have to beat Trinity, then probably Clark County, then probably Manuel or Hazard to get the championship game against likely Lexington Catholic or Madisonville.

 

Looks to be a great tournament!

 

Manual plays Adair here, Bardstown in the KOB, and North Hardin at their place. That's the top 3 teams in the 5th region on top of playing a 7th region schedule. Meanwhile, the Hood v Jenkins matchup seems unlikely and Manual and Madisonville play in some 6 or 7 events together. I would say that's very interesting too.