King of the Bluegrass

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Six awesome games today...one price: $8 4:30 6:00 7:30 Two gyms

Winners Bracket 4:30 #5 Covington Catholic vs #22 Franklin-Simpson 6:00 #2 Trinity vs #8 Fern Creek 7:30 #1 Bowling Green vs #6 Ballard Consolation Bracket 4:30 Fairdale vs #10 North Hardin 6:00 #5 Christian County vs #14 Cooper 7:30 #3 Paul L. Dunbar vs Doss One entrance...one price $8

Day #1 - First Round - Friday, December 16th 6:00 Fairdale vs #22 Franklin-Simpson 7:30 #2 Trinity vs #14 Cooper 9:00 #3 Paul l. Dunbar vs #6 Ballard Fairdale High School 1001 Fairdale Rd. Fairdale, KY] Day #2 - First Round 12:00 Chicago St. Rita vs Altoona - Georgia 1:30 Huntsville Lee vs Berkmar - Georgia 4:30 #5 Christian County vs #8 Fern Creek 6:00 #1 Bowling Green vs #11 Doss 7:30 #5 Covington Catholic vs #10 North Hardin Second Round - Saturday, December 17th 9:00 St. Rita / Altoona winner vs Lee / Berkmar Winner - West Gym Losers - East Gym

Next week in the Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass at Fairdale High School. Seven of the states Top 8 + #11, #14, #22 and four impressive out of state teams.

Can't wait to see Covington Catholic in the Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass next week. Seven of Top 8 Ky teams. December 16-20 at Fairdale High School.

We invite Scott County year after year and Coach Hicks refuses to come.

Nine of the TOP 10 are in the Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass December 16-20, 2016 at Fairdale High School. Only Scott Co. is not participating...and we invited them. Billy Hicks won't come to the KOB.

There is no r in it.

36th Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass December 16-20, 2016 Fairdale High School 28 Games - 5 Days Featuring the TOP 6 Players in the Courier-Journal Preseason Rankings PLAYER - SCHOOL - COLLEGE 1 Taveion Hollinsworth - Dunbar - Western Kentucky 2 Tony Jackson - North Hardin - Costal Carolina 3 Jaylen Sebree - Christian Co. - Costal Carolina 4 Tavin Lovan - Franklin-Simpson 5 Cole VonHandorf - Covington Catholic Fairmont State 6 Terry Taylor - Bowling Green - Austin Peay 16 Chance Moore - Fern Creek 18 Jacob King - Trinity - Campbellsville 23 Sean McNeil - Cooper - Bellarmine 24 Jaylon Hall - Doss Out-of-State College Commitments Al Durham - Berkmar (GA) - Indiana Zack Cooks - Berkmar (GA) - New Jersey Tech Malik Burnet - Lee (AL) - Troy

From Jason Frakes with the Courier- Journal. Five matchups involving 10 of the top 14 boys basketball teams in the state highlight the first round of action for the Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass Holiday Classic. The bracket was released Tuesday for the 36th annual event scheduled for Dec. 16-20 at Fairdale High School. Three first-round matchups will feature top-10 teams in The Courier-Journal’s preseason poll of coaches – No. 5 Covington Catholic vs. No. 10 North Hardin, No. 7 Christian County vs. No. 8 Fern Creek and No. 3 Paul Dunbar vs. No. 6 Ballard. Other big first-round matchups will be No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 11 Doss and No. 2 Trinity vs. No. 14 Cooper. The original time schedule has been altered so that none of the out-of-state will play on Sunday, Dec. 18, and so the tournament won’t overlap with the University of Louisville-University of Kentucky men’s basketball game on Dec. 21. Here is the schedule: * Friday, Dec. 16 – Fairdale vs. Franklin-Simpson, 6 p.m.; Trinity vs. Cooper, 7:30 p.m.; Ballard vs. Paul Dunbar, 9 p.m. * Saturday, Dec. 17 – Chicago St. Rita vs. Ackworth (Ga.) Allatoona, noon; Huntsville (Ala.) Lee vs. Lilburn (Ga.) Berkmar, 1:30 p.m.; Christian County vs. Fern Creek, 4:30 p.m.; Bowling Green vs. Doss, 6 p.m.; Covington Catholic vs. North Hardin, 7:30 p.m.; St. Rita-Allatoona winner vs. Lee-Berkmar winner, 9 p.m.; St. Rita Allatoona loser vs. Lee-Berkmar loser, 9 p.m. * Sunday, Dec. 18 – Quarterfinals and consolation-bracket games at 4:30, 6 and 7:30 p.m. * Monday, Dec. 19 – Consolation-round games at 4:30, 6, 7:30 and 9 p.m.; semifinals at 7:30 and 9 p.m. * Tuesday, Dec. 20 – Consolation final, 3 p.m.; fifth-place game, 4:30 p.m.; third-place game, 6 p.m.; championship, 7:30 p.m.

36th Annual Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass December 16 - 20, 2016 28 games in five days 12 Kentucky Schools 4 out-of-state TEAMS IN BOLD / RED ARE IN THIS YEARS CLASSIC Courier-Journal's Preseason Poll 1.Bowling Green-4th region. 2.Lou.Trinity-7th region. 3.Paul Dunbar-11th region. 4.Scott County-11th region 5.Covington Catholic-9th region. 6.Lou.Ballard-7th region. 7.Christian County-2nd region. 8.Fern Creek-6th region. 9.Hopkinsville-2nd region. 10.North Hardin-5th region. 11.Lou.Doss-6th region. 12.Lexington Catholic-11th region. 13.Pulaski County-12th region. 14.Cooper-9th region. 15.Pleasure Ridge Park-6th region. 16.Universty Heights-2nd region. 17.Lexington Christian-11th region. 18.Mercer County-12th region. 19.Newport Central Catholic-9th region. 20.Graves County-1st region. 21.North Laurel-13th region. 22.Franklin-Simpson-4th region 23.South Laurel-13th region. 24.Perry County Central-14th region. 25.Bullitt East-6th region.

Gregg Longacre - Player 1983 / Head Coach at Fairdale 2007

Glad to here he is a two sports athlete. Never cheat a kid...he might be a big time football player.

Congratulations Sean, you can see him play in the Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass - December 16-21, 2016

You can see Sean McNeil and Cooper High School play in the King of the Bluegrass…December 16-21, 2016 at Fairdale High School.

I'm not sure how this works. My guess is 2 games vs 2 Indiana schools. There were 3 Indiana schools and one Ky school.

I have been the tournamnet director for the KING OF THE BLUEGRASS for 35 years and I have tried for 35 years to get Indiana schools. It's simple...Indiana schools CAN"T play in tournaments against out-of-state teams. I know 90% of every states rules and regulations. For example: most of the southern states (the Bible Belt) will not allow games on SUNDAY…Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Flordia, the Cariolinas and several others. Some states don't allow coaches and/or players to receive gifts. Several states have milage restrictions. Each high school with out-of-state teams that do not border your state must be sanctioned by the NFHS>

La Lumiere School is NOT in the IHSAA…therefore they can play outside of Indiana.

Indiana schools CAN"T play in tournaments against out-of-state teams.

Go to Kentucky High School Athletic Association | KHSAA – Student-athletes of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow Stats/Media/Pub Sport by Sport…... Basketball Records

If it's true you can see him play in the Forcht Bank King of the Bluegrass in December. We have always been hign on Bowling Green.

FAIRDALE 1990-91 BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONS and then 1994 State Champions

Fairdale Jermaine Brown - 1991 Mr. Basketball / State Tournament MVP 1990 and 1991 Maurice Morris - 1st Team All-State 1990 and 1991 and All-State Tournament Team Forest Able - 1950 State Tournament Team -Drafted by Syracuse Nationals…when there were ONLY NINE TEAMS in the NBA Honorable Mention: Carlos Turner - 1991 - All-State Tournament Team - 1st Team All-State Eric Martin - 1994 - State Tournament Team - Kentucky All-Stars - National Junior College National Championship MVP - Started at Oklahoma Rayshawn Morris -1994 State Tournament MVP - National Junior College Championship All-Tournament Team It's hard to pick just four out of this group.

For 35 years we have invited four out-of-state-team and we have had some GREAT TEAMS AND PLAYERS…very few weak teams.