The Professor

From what I hear there’s a distinct fan loyalty for both schools. A person told me it’s almost like there’s two different counties with Olive Hill on one side and Grayson on the other end, with an imaginary boundary in the middle. But this is usually the case with all consolidations and requires a few years to get everyone assimilated. I just hope they don’t add Central to their school name. There seems to be a hundred Centrals around the state. Just keep it Carter County High School.

Do they return most of their regional championship team? If so these additions will definitely make them a force to reckon with next year.

Nicholasville to Sterns Ky is 94 miles. It stills has a way to go to match the 135 miles distance in the 14th region from Jenkins to Irvine.

Some years the 14th and 15th do this.

I googled “largest enrollments in Kentucky high schools” and at the top of the list was Moore HS. Evidently it is half that 2,367 total.

I believe Estill has their entire starting roster returning next year. I did my student teaching there in the spring of 1976. It’s a nice school and great people. They won’t have much problems filling this job.

If you are referring to what last names seem to always be common on particular teams I have a few mountain schools that come to mind. Breathitt: Turner Clay: Sizemore Perry: Combs Knott: Hall Owsley: Smith

I like the bigger trophy better, too. Something as tough to win and as important as a state basketball championship should have an eye-catching size trophy for fans to observe in their gym trophy cases.

I have a question for the Louisville area posters. I was checking the enrollments of schools in the state and I noticed that Louisville’s Moore High has the largest number on the list at 2,367. I know there’s many factors involved in competitive sports programs but I was wondering why this school is not more relevant in basketball. I know they have been good in the past a few years but with those kinds of numbers one would think they would be challenging for titles more often.

I think another factor to add to Papa’s excellent list is it would be difficult for small size schools to have personnel available to run a high school shot clock. Our school has around 220 students 9-12 and we have a hard enough time getting people to do the scoreboard and scorebook, much less worrying about operating a shot clock.

Kentucky can’t win this game unless they start making outside shots. That will loosen Kansas State’s interior a little if they start connecting. Frederick and Reeves aren’t doing the only part of the game that they are capable of helping with.

I agree with this. If they’re going to keep the Saturday championship the first game of the day needs to be at 10am like it was for years and the last game needs to be 8:00pm. That adds two more hours rest for the players and a little breathing room. The teams that play the 1:30pm Saturday game have very little turnaround time before the championship tip the way it is now.

Unseld is an impressive coach. Really knows the game and how to prepare his team. I realize he is loaded with talent but even a fantastic team like the Dragons won’t win unless they have great coaching leadership, regardless of the amount of talent they have.

Hazard’s loss vs PRP in the semifinals in 1986 was some of the worst calls I’ve ever seen at the state tournament. The crowd stood and booed after the game for 20 minutes or more and unfortunately littered the floor with cups and other objects. A friend said he was listening to long time Hazard WSGS sports broadcaster Jay Lasslo’s broadcast and during a spate of calls and non calls against Hazard he said, “This is a bitter pill to swallow.” And he rarely ever made comments such as that.

I agree. I liked the Sunday format. The team who opens the tournament on Thursday, especially the late games, is at a disadvantage to the Wednesday teams. And the top bracket has an extra day of rest and in championship day Saturday the morning team has several more hours to rest. A Sunday championship takes care of those disadvantages.

Congratulations DragonFire and the Warren Central Dragons! Clearly the best team.

I believe Woodford County will win this one by around 8.

Sizemore can’t make a shot right at the rim. Some of these guys are going to have to help Reed out, he can’t beat GRC alone.

Don’t these two schools have the most appearances in the Sweet 16? Does anyone know how many each has?

Great comeback by the Tomcats! That was one of the most physical games I’ve seen in a while.

If Warren Central plays the way they did in the first half throughout the rest of the tournament just go ahead and crate the championship trophy and mail it to Bowling Green. Phenomenal play.

ETown forced McCracken into quite a few turnovers. Their quickness bothered the Mustangs.

Great game!! The officials ‘lettum play’ but it was consistent on both ends.

Well, they were going to repeat regardless but that seals it. Everyone else is playing for a runner-up trophy. For the next 2 years for sure. I don’t know if any team in KHSAA girls basketball history has had a roster with four future D1 players.

His scripture quotes were more toward his wife’s battle with cancer this year. It’s been pretty tough on the family. She went through treatments and is doing fine the last I heard.