Anyone know what year this happened??? Hate showing my age here, but I can remember when the districts and regions in kentucky high school baseball were not the same as basketball, as they are today.

 

 

Also, I can remember (mid-to late 70's) when the district runner-up did NOT advance to the Regional Tournament in baseball. When did this change?

The major realignment was after the 1984-85 school year. That was the first time, at least in western Kentucky, that the basketball and baseball regions were assigned the same boundaries.

Anyone know what year this happened??? Hate showing my age here, but I can remember when the districts and regions in kentucky high school baseball were not the same as basketball, as they are today.

 

 

Also, I can remember (mid-to late 70's) when the district runner-up did NOT advance to the Regional Tournament in baseball. When did this change?

 

I remember those one and done District days (mid to late 60's). We lost to Leo Foster as he threw a 1 hitter and hit a triple to beat us in my senior year. At the time it hurt, but later when I was watching Leo play SS for the Braves at Riverfront Stadium playing against the Reds, I was proud to say, hey I threw that guy out trying to steal on me one time.

 

I also seem to remember the Regions being larger maybe like only 8 regions at the time!

Does anybody have a copy of the old districts, pre-1985? It would be interesting to see how things have changed.

Does anybody have a copy of the old districts, pre-1985? It would be interesting to see how things have changed.

To the best of memory, this is far western Kentucky baseball in 1985:

 

REGION 1

1 ... Carlisle County, Fulton City, Fulton County, Hickman County

2 ... Ballard Memorial, Heath, Lone Oak, Paducah Tilghman, Reidland, St. Mary

3 ... Fancy Farm, Farmington, Lowes, Mayfield, Sedalia, Symsonia, Wingo

 

REGION 2

4 ... Calloway County, Marshall County, Murray

5 ... Christian County, Fort Campbell, Hopkinsville, Trigg County

6 ... Caldwell County, Crittenden County, Livingston Central, Lyon County

 

If memory serves, Region 3 included Madisonville, Henderson County and the seven Muhlenberg County schools, and Region 4 was the Owensboro area.

I think there were just eight baseball regions in the 1960s and early 1970s. I think the state went to 16 regions somewhere around 1973 or 1974.

In the late 80's the regional winners played in a 4 team semi-state tournament. The winners of the semi-state tournaments played in what was called the Final 4. So the state tournament was a 4 team single elimanation tournament.