Oh, Kentucky

One and done: Adding to GoHeath's boys' summary ... The Barren County boys prevailed in overtime against Allen County-Scotsville in the 15th District. "Oh my goodness, it feels amazing." ... The defending 13th Region champion, Bell County, was eliminated last night by a Middlesboro team that won only three games last season. ... The Lady Dawgs are done, but the Dawgs roll on in the 16th District. ... They start them young in Draffenville.

It's "Eggners," without the apostrophe.

NKU-Cadiz.

Be a beekeeper.

Build a "productive organic farm, market business and homestead from scratch, starting with very few financial resources and no existing infrastructure."

Great jobs news for Covington, good for Louisville and reassuring for Campbellsville. Rotten from La Center? Not so fast from HPKo10*. (From him, too). And a positive economic report from Hoptown.

Paywalls are coming to The Courier-Journal and the rest of Gannett's newspapers (other than USA Today).

Rest in peace, Mr. Wells, "a lifelong advocate for working families."

Album Review: Wild Flag by Wild Flag

So in the middle of the whole garage rock revival we get Wild Flag a super girl group. This album has its moments, but it's missing the slew of solid hooks that you expect from a good garage rock album.

I do think the roots of this band's sound is the current garage rock movement, but they are definitely bringing in inspiration from punk and new wave which adds an interesting twist.

This makes it an intriguing album and if you're into the whole garage rock thing I would say give this album a listen.

Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 2 out of 5 stars for Not Bad.

The 4th District Tournament in 1975

This was the first year the Marshall County Marshals participated in the KHSAA playoffs; MCHS was formed from the merger of the Benton Indians, the North Marshall Jets, and the South Marshall Rebels at the beginning of the 1974-75 school year. This left the 4th district with only three teams, which resulted in a rather goofy format whereby the team that lost the first game got another chance to make the district final and thereby qualify for regionals. 

All games at Murray State: 

Calloway Co. 51, Marshall Co. 47 

Murray 60, Marshall Co. 56 

Calloway Co. 58, Murray 44 

Other notes on this district: 

Prior to 1970-71, Murray had a school known as Murray University School. Before 1967, that school had been known as Murray College High. 

Prior to 1963-64, there was an African-American school in Murray known as Murray Douglass. 

The 1960 4th District Tournament featured 11 schools. But before the 1960-61 school year, Calloway County H.S. was formed from a merger of the Almo Warriors, the Hazel Lions, the Faxon Panthers, the Kirksey Eagles, the Lynn Grove Wildcats, and the New Concord Redbirds.

South Marshall High School was formed in the fall of 1956. It resulted from a merger of the Brewers Redmen and Hardin High School. Brewers went undefeated and won the state title in 1948 -- and it was the last state champ to finish the season with a perfect record.

North Marshall High School -- the last high school from the First Region to win the State Championship -- was formed in the fall of 1954. It resulted from a merger of the Sharpe Green Devils, Calvert City, Gilbertsville, and Briensburg.

The 3d District Tournament in 1975

Back in 1975, the Third District Tournament featured all of the schools in Graves County, and it was always played at Mayfield. This used to be my favorite district tourney. We don't have all the scores from 1975, but here's what we do have: 

Mayfield defeated Cuba 

Symsonia 62, Fancy Farm 59 

Wingo 81, Farmington 61 

Lowes 78, Sedalia 74 

Mayfield defeated Symsonia 

Wingo 65, Loews 61 

Mayfield 81, Wingo 58 

After the 1984-85 school year, Graves County was formed by the merger of the Farmington Wildcats, the Fancy Farm Golden Gophers, the Lowes Blue Devils, the Sedalia Lions, the Symsonia Roughriders, and the Wingo Indians.

After the 1976-77 school year, the Cuba Cubs were absorbed by Sedalia and Wingo.

Prior to the 1966-67 school year, there was an African-American high school in Mayfield known as Mayfield Dunbar.

The 2d District Tournament in 1975

Here's our own beloved Second District in 1975 (all games in Lone Oak): 

St. Mary 73, Reidland 64 

Paducah Tilghman 45, Heath 23 (Heath was coached by Frank Wright) 

Lone Oak 91, St. Mary 90 

Paducah Tilghman 86, Ballard Mem. 56 

Paducah Tilghman 91, Lone Oak 63 

Prior to the 1965-66 school year, there was an African-American school in Paducah known as Paducah Lincoln. 

In 1956, Heath won the 2d District Tournament with wins over Lone Oak (64-54 in overtime), St. Mary (98-63), and Tilghman (72-71). I'm pretty sure that the jerseys from this team were the jerseys hanging in the Heath Gym when I was in high school. Heath went to the 1st Region tournament, where the Pirates beat Fulgham 96-67 in the quarte-finals -- but lost 60-49 in overtime to Benton in the semi-finals. Heath finished with a record of 30-1, and its coach -- Bill Carter -- was named the C-J's Coach of the Year. (Mayfield blew out Benton, 49-32, in the regional final.) 

Ballard Memorial was formed before the 1952-53 school year. Before then, Ballard County had the following high schools: Bandana, Barlow-Kevil, Blandville, LaCenter, and Wickliffe.

The 1st District Tournament in 1975

In light of Eric's posts on 1975, and the ongoing district playoffs, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the various boys' basketball playoffs from that year. Here is the First District, which consisted of the same four teams in 1975 as it does now (all games at Carlisle County): 

Carlisle Co. 96, Fulton City 63 

Hickman Co. 65, Fulton Co. 59 

Carlisle Co. 68, Hickman Co. 55

Prior to the 1966-67 school year, there was a historically black high school in Hickman (the county seat of Fulton County) known as Hickman Riverview.

Hickman County H.S. was formed from a merger of Clinton Central and Fulgham High School after the 1958-59 school year.

Carlisle County H.S. was formed from a merger of the Arlington Aces, the Bardwell Indians, the Milburn Blue Devils, and the Cunningham Wildcats after the 1956-57 school year.

While the available records are not entirely clear, it appears that Fulton County was formed after the 1956-57 school year by merging Cayce and Hickman High Schools.

Behold the Power of Superstition

On the UK message board today, there's a post from someone who attended a game at Rupp, where he noticed that another fan was clutching his TV remote control. The man's wife noticed this person looking at the remote control, and explained that her husband never watched a game without the remote control in his hand. The husband ignored the whole conversation; he just sat there watching the game and holding his remote control.