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2009 Boone County (regional runner up) was a pretty good team. 26-5 record, gave state champ Holmes one of its only defeats that year, and lost by only a point or so in the regional championship to them. Actually had a chance to beat them but missed a potential game winning bunny layup with 3 seconds left. Not sure I would put any of Boone's players from that team in "all-time" 9th-region players, but they played great team basketball.

For Boone:

David Dinn

Allen Feldhaus Sr.

 

For Conner:

John Crigler

 

Feldhaus and Crigler played at UK.

Feldhaus was Mason County

New Cath: Phil Popp from the old days. Went on to be All American at Bellarmine.

I also think if you go back farther that you'll find they had some pretty successful teams. I do think that a semi appearance is the best we've done under The current state championship format.

Yes, I believe there was an 11-1 Dixie team back before there was a state championship playoff system. In the 80s, there was at "at large" state championship, and the winner of that would play the Louisville champ for the overall state championship. Nonetheless, this has been a great year for Dixie.

Nope. This is the best team in terms of advancement in Dixie's history.

Class of 82 and 85 were also regional champs

Class of 81 and 85 both also won the regional championship. Both lost the next game. A banged up and injured 81 team lost to eventual state champs and nationally ranked Henry Clay who was the first non Louisville school to win state in the big school division. With a win vs Ballard this years Dixie team will have gone further. This Dixie team is very good. I see some similarities in talent. Both teams had similar records with their only regular season loss to Cov Cath. Class of 81 had Pike who played later at Georgia Tech and Derry who went on to play fullback at Uk plus three all staters in Shockey, Popp, and Lemker who also played at San Diego State.

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Actually it was 1981 but class of 82.

Nope. This is the best team in terms of advancement in Dixie's history.

Class of 81 and 85 both also won the regional championship. Both lost the next game. A banged up and injured 81 team lost to eventual state champs and nationally ranked Henry Clay who was the first non Louisville school to win state in the big school division. With a win vs Ballard this years Dixie team will have gone further. This Dixie team is very good. I see some similarities in talent. Both teams had similar records with their only regular season loss to Cov Cath. Class of 81 had Pike who played later at Georgia Tech and Derry who went on to play fullback at Uk plus three all staters in Shockey, Popp, and Lemker who also played at San Diego State.

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I'm not saying it had to be mentioned, but when Billy Hicks was the coach at Evarts in 1979 they had to forfeit all ten wins due to using an ineligible player. Hicks resigned under pressure at the start of the 1980 season when it was revealed that the ineligible player the season before had actually played games for Evarts while enrolled at another school. So while he may not have recruited at Scott County his past transgressions at least make him suspect in the eyes of many.

 

Here is a link to the Daily News article about the situation:

Daily News - Google News Archive Search

 

Below is another link with clarification. Click on District 52 and scroll down to 1979 and 1980 for more information.

2. Basketball tournament scores, records and lists for districts, regions and state

Is that the best you can come up with? Something that happened 35 years ago? "Past transgressions make him a suspect" you've got to be kidding.... I bet 99% of the people that comment on Hicks doesn't know anything about what happened in 1979.

Hicks just has a good program that draws good players to Scott County. I don't think there would be a coach in the state that would run off any of the players that transferred into Scott Co. Since some people think that Hicks gets jobs at Toyota for the players parents; name the players parents that got these "so-called" jobs.

Nice tournament. The old Kentucky Patriots won the A division 5 or 6 years ago.

who is in their region?

Obviously you don't know much about KY high school basketball.

The 11th Region is always one of the top two or three regions in the state.

Bryan Station

Henry Clay

Lafayette

Tates Creek

Paul Dunbar

Lexington Catholic

Lexington Christian

Lexington Sayre

Scott Co

Woodford Co

Franklin Co

Frankfort Ind.

Western Hills

Madison Central

Madison Southern

Berea

Richmond Model

Cake walk????

Madison Central was never in the game; Hicks played subs the majority of the 4th quarter. Players 11-15 actually got at least 3 minutes of playing time.

Nobody on MC's team could guard Gilbert. He scored at will.

With Scott Co's point guard not playing against Henry Clay, it should be a good game.

I'll go on record as stating that Bolden will be a stud in college, while Hawkins either sits the bench his whole career at UK, or ends up transferring out due to lack of playing time. Write it down and dust it off in a few years.

Not sure about that. After all, Polson got quite a bit of PT at UK this year. Hawkins is a better player, IMO.

It's a good thing for any team to have 20 wins in Feb. but realistically the 9th region is top heavy. Top 3 teams all have 20 wins however 4-7 are just above .500 and 8-10 have losing records. And all of the 9th region teams schedules are primarily loaded with 9th region games.

 

Teams in the 11th and 6th, by far the best two regions, constantly beat up on each other and that is primarily the reason I would think there isn't more 20 win teams out of those regions. 9th region is deinitely one of the top 5 regions in the state year and year out but the reason for 3 teams with 20 wins has a lot to do with the rest of the 9th region being pretty weak.

I agree with the above post 100%. The 9th region doesn't do very well when they play outside of their region; especially when they play decent teams from other regions. The team representing the 9th last year in the sweet sixteen, was the worst team at the state tournament by far. Let's just face it, the 9th is a football region (excluding Covington Holmes).

It doesn't say anything other than Title IX says that girls get primetime as well as boys.

That's why you play the JV and don't schedule games with the girls. Watching girls play is similar to watching paint dry.

99% of NKY players are going to be NAIA/D3 players. Traditionally, those scholarships are decided upon late even after the season.

I'm sure you know this, but for those that don't, D3 does not have any athletic scholarships.

I saw where Treg Setty was transferring to Ohio U. also.

Better than Mason Co. and Clark Co? How can I put this... No.

 

Montgomery Co. is however the most underachieving team in the region the last 15 years.

I was saying this sarcastically...Just wondering what other responsibilities Happy will have other than coaching the boys, I'll bet it's something that doesn't require him to be in a school or office 8 hours a day. Just guessing.

This was started in December and only concerns last years team.

Didn't catch that. I was thinking someone just started it. My bad.

Best job in the 10th Region?........Boys Varsity Basketball Coach at Montgomery Co. High School.

Gold Sunrise will not like that someone started a thread without them waiting for her reverse alphabetical listing of schools.

I've been told by a school administrator that this has been in the works for a while. The hold up was if Happy would take the Job. I'm told its a package deal with his spouse that will make Happy the highest paid coach in the history of high school basketball. Montgomery Countians can thank Phil Rison for this hire because he was not coming if he has to answer to MC Current AD who I'm told every citizen in MC wants to run him out of town. I think this is a great hire and will put the Indians back on the map as a regional contentender. I'm also told that baseball coach Gene Combs has resigned effective at the end of the year. I think Combs was a good coach until the AD game to town. I hear a lot of upset people are protesting this move. Who is the AD ? Everyone I ask don't have anything positive to say about this man. Happy will not go after the Moreheads job. I think Kelly Wells will walk Moreheads to get that job.

What position other than Boys Varsity Coach will Happy fill, and what position did his wife fill?

I might have been wrong earlier, I just heard that the principal is recommending to the board to hire him, so Happy must really be interested. The only thing that puzzles me is; I wouldn't think that Happy would teach nor be certified to teach so.....is there another position at the district level as an administrator available or may be coming available due to some shifting of responsibilities if some current administrators get promoted out of the county to superintendent jobs?

That may be why there will be no decision made till May.

I said Varsity experience. It is hard to get Varsity experience playing the JV game.

Really not much of a difference any way. If a team is up by 35 points, the JV players on the floor for the winning team are playing JV level players anyway if the other team is bad enough to be down by 35 points. So it just becomes more JV experience.

I like the "mercy" rule too. Now if you want to accomodate for comebacks, let the clock start stopping again if the lead falls to 10 points or less. I don't think it's that big a deal, the proposal has the clock stopping when free throws are shot and usually at the near end of every game free throws are already being shot.

Congratulations to the young man! It's good to see him go to a school where he can contribute as a freshman and have a good chance to be an impact player by the time he is a sophomore. Too many kids get caught up with playing at a Div 1 school or at a level too high for their abilities and they end up riding the pine and never contributing or end up quitting the game completely. I have a good feeling he will have an outstanding career at UVAW! Even though it's NAIA, they have basketball scholarship money and if they want you bad enough, he can get all his college paid for.

IMO he would be a one and done with the senior class and him leaving at the same time. I still keep hearing they are looking for someone with college experience to develop players on this team for the next level and that it was felt players were not developing under Wise. I can't see any scenario where if Happy wants to coach for several more years that he would not go back to the college level.

You don't need a coach with college experience to develop players so they can play at the next level. If a player is good enough, they will play at the next level. The college coaches will find them, either through AAU or High School ball; also, there are so many local, regional, statewide, and national scouts/recruiting services/so-called-experts on prep basketball out there that it guarentees if you're "good enough", you will be identified.

You are not going to find many college coaches that would step down to the high school level with a coaching stipend to coach a high school team. Schools have to follow the district payroll and stipend policy. If they pay a boys coach a certain dollar amount they have to pay the same amount to the girls coach.

Happy coming back to coach Montgomery Co., no way.