The Professor

Where will that game be played?

GRC is a very good team but seems like they are not performing up to last year’s state championship team caliber. I thought they had most of their key players back this year. Not inferring that Great Crossing should be an easy win by any means but a team of the Cardinals caliber at home should have won this game without too much stress.

As of now BGP has the most accurate ratings of any state ratings system and has since it’s beginnings, imo.

Breathitt County had a 2 point lead and the ball with about 15 seconds remaining in the game but for some reason chose to shoot the ball and Perry Central rebounded and was able to knock down a 3 as the horn sounded to win by 1 point.

This game is being streamed by Mytowntv

Also, and someone correct me if I’m mistaken, the All A Classic and the 2A tournament have different organizers. These two tournaments, although statewide events, are basically just huge invitational tournaments. They are not connected and have different qualifications and rules. So the guidelines for one and the guidelines for the other could be different.

The All A tournament is made up of the smallest 125 school enrollments in the state and uses the same 16 region format that is used by the KHSAA for their March tournament. There is not a set enrollment number. It is fluid from one year to the next. If an All A school chooses not to play in the tournament, which some do, then whoever was the 126th on the list will move up and be eligible. The enrollment numbers are higher now than they were in the past because small schools have been gobbled up statewide due to consolidations. In the 1990s there were many more All A schools, such as (from my region) Fleming-Neon, Whitesburg, old Letcher High, and Dilce Combs. Statewide schools such as Maysville, Harrodsburg, some of the McCracken Co schools, Allen Central, South Floyd, numerous Pike Co schools, etc. That’s why the enrollment number qualifications have edged upward well over 500 and has permitted many schools who years ago could not have played in the All A to now be able to do so.

The Owls win a squeaker in Booneville.

Owsley County downs Grundy 67-52 to go 2-1 in their three games at the Smoky Mountain Christmas Classic in Gatlinburg, Tn. Heading back to Booneville today and prepare for a busy January where they could possibly play as many as 15 games with the All A tournament being during January as well.

I watched about 7 minutes of the game and turned the tv to a Netflix documentary about Lynyrd Skynyrd. This team is not fun to watch. No talent imo. It seems they can’t get a good combination of players in the lineup to run a coherent offense or play defense. Too many players that are a square peg that Cal is attempting to wedge into a round hole. They have one player that will see minutes in the NBA (Wallace) and another that might make a roster (Oscar) and that’s about it. They went to the Bahamas and thumped some thrown together teams that were terrible and everyone, me included, got all pumped up for a grand ole season and a Final Four possibility, and now it appears they won’t even qualify for the Big Dance in March.

Owsley County rebounded from an opening round 63-54 loss to Houston County, Tenn. with a 69-46 win over Burton High of Norton, Virginia in the Smoky Mountain Christmas Classic in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

North Laurel’s Chadwell didn’t play. He makes a huge difference on the boards and interior scoring for the Jaguars. He’s been out with a knee injury but is expected back next week.

Madison Central is always a capable of winning but their record going into this game was 4-4. I’m about as surprised seeing this 17 point win over Warren Central as any score I’ve seen in a while.

The Olympics infractions committee acts about as fast with decisions as the NCAA.

He’s a mountain legend. Actually a statewide legend. Big Al, one of the best!

Warren Central is the best in the state this season and was a so close to winning it all last year. This year they will hoist the big trophy at Rupp in March in my opinion.

In emergencies they could train a few fans to ref from the bleachers where they have already perfected their officiating skills. 😁

I think attendance is affected these days by the ability of fans to be able to sit in the comfort of their homes and watch the games on streaming services. I don’t know how much it is a factor but I know quite a few people who once came to a lot of local games that now watch them through streams if they are available.

Two of the top teams in the 14th region battled it out tonight in the Hyden Citizens Bank Classic and a Lady Eagles basket in the last seconds earned them a hard fought victory. The Lady Owls had a shot at the horn to win but the long 3 wouldn’t fall. Leslie’s record is now 7-1 and Owsley falls to 5-2, with both their losses 2 point setbacks on the road (the other was Knox Central). Leslie and Owsley could very well play three more times this season: in the All A Regional tournament in January, a regular season game at Owsley in February, and possibly in the KHSAA regional if both are fortunate enough to advance. This years All A semifinals and the 14th region KHSAA tournaments are at Leslie.

The Green Dragons are the real deal! They’ve defeated a lot of high caliber competition on their way to being undefeated so far this season.

Yes! I wasn’t thinking.

I agree. I think Sacred Heart is on their way to a 2nd consecutive state title.

My guess is their coach knows how to wisely utilize timeouts, lol.

Harlan still undefeated. They have defeated the top rated teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th. They’ll have a good test in their next game in the Pikeville tournament when they take on the Polar Bears of Bracken County.