Four Teams Left

Quite a day in the KHSAA quarterfinals.  Here's what happened:

(4) Lou. St. Xavier 46, (16) N. Laurel 44

Heartache for North Laurel, as they took the heavy favorites all the way down to the wire.  Surprisingly, St. X is the first team from the Seventh Region to reach the semi-finals since 2021.

Grayson Co. 58, Great Crossing 50

I was very surprised by this result.  No team from the Third Region had won a game at the State Tournament since Owensboro went all the way in 2015, while the Eleventh Region regularly goes deep into the tournament.  In fact, Great Crossing were the defending champs.  Huge day for everyone in Leitchfield.

(5) N. Oldham 62, (19) Lou. Butler 56

Amazingly, the Sixth Region hasn't won this tournament since 1994.

(6) Geo. Rogers Clark 63, Marshall Co. 59

GRC won it all in 2022, lost in the final in 2023, and are looking strong again.  Very strong performance by Marshall County, but they come up just short in their effort to be the first team from the First Region to reach the semis since Graves County in 2006.