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Congratulations, Owensboro Red Devils!

Owensboro vs. Bowling Green Region 3 vs. Region 4 #BattleForTheNatcher Let's get this trending tonight!
— 3rd Region Problems (@3rdRegionProbz) March 22, 2015

@mcompton428 @thatjoebrunk camaro's and mullet's will be bumper to bumper coming out of Owensboro this morning
— Brad Hogan (@hoganbrad) March 22, 2015

Loaded up and heading to Rupp!  Seems like we just got off this bus a little while ago! and they're wearing Purple? pic.twitter.com/nw7bbeNasD
— BGHS Band (@BGPurpleBand) March 22, 2015

Coach Bryant is keeping the coaches relaxed this morning by playing some tunes on the piano! #FILD pic.twitter.com/mT43cpTxE7
— OHS Sports (@OHSsports) March 22, 2015

About to head back to Rupp Arena for one more game....don't think I'm exaggerating when I say it is the biggest game in BGHS history
— Micheal Compton (@mcompton428) March 22, 2015

Getting Hype! Almost game time! @zachgross_9 @WCTaytumN pic.twitter.com/3IKv9YO9ux
— OHS Student Council (@council_ohs) March 22, 2015

BGHS State Titles: Football, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Swimming, Baseball. If we add basketball 2day? Few HS in KY can compare
— The Purple Spirit (@BGHSPurplesNews) March 22, 2015

Early Purples student section #BGWhat #BattleForTheNatcher pic.twitter.com/mn19XYG1oK
— Joe Brunk (@thatjoebrunk) March 22, 2015

Go Red Devils! “@jenna_hunt98: The Harrison Twins wished the Red Devils good luck today! Now let's go get this W! pic.twitter.com/DXxEYSOlpZ”
— Kelsey Starks (@WHAS11Kelsey) March 22, 2015

This is the first all-Western Kentucky final since Edmonson County beat Christian County in 1976.
— Jason Frakes (@kyhighs) March 22, 2015

#purplenation laptop hooked to big screen for @khsaa championship game Go Purples!!! pic.twitter.com/o8y80JHJYs
— Beverly.Pitts (@pittsmama2) March 22, 2015

2015 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen® championship game is underway. Bowling Green vs Owensboro #khsbkb pic.twitter.com/mF7wSTKHHF
— Joe Angolia (@jangoliakhsaa) March 22, 2015

Owensboro's Justin Miller three-point play pushes lead to 13-3 over Bowling Green w/3:42 left 1st Q. Miller has 7 pts. Aric Holman 5 rebs.
— Mike Fields (@MikeFieldsNotes) March 22, 2015

Kentucky assistant Slice Rohrssen is at the KY Sweet 16 championship. I believe it's UK's first look at 2016 PF Aric Holman.
— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) March 22, 2015

Purples trail at the half 23-27...Still anybody's game!  Join us for the halftime show on http://t.co/D14M95yNuH!
— Purples Nation (@PurplesNation) March 22, 2015

Owensboro student section ready for the 2nd half to start! pic.twitter.com/6E2Z68GTLo
— Aaron Hancock (@aaronhancock14) March 22, 2015

overheard in BG huddle, "Nobody respects you, so let's go get it."
— Micheal Compton (@mcompton428) March 22, 2015

Owensboro up 47-30 w/2:10 left 3rd Q. Aric Holman has double-double (12 pts, 10 rebs). Justin Miller has 11 pts 9 rebs.
— Mike Fields (@MikeFieldsNotes) March 22, 2015

Not a good quarter for the Purples, they trail 33-49...
— Purples Nation (@PurplesNation) March 22, 2015

Rod Drake telling Devils in huddle: "It's right here, it's right here waiting on us." OHS has to keep heat on now.
— Mark Mathis (@markmathisMI) March 22, 2015

Owensboro held Hopkinsville (79ppg) to 2nd lowest point total of season and is on verge of holding BG to lowest. Defense wins championships.
— Chris Jung (@ChrisJungKNE) March 22, 2015

May not matter, but Aric Holman and Justin Miler both playing with four fouls right now.
— Jason Frakes (@kyhighs) March 22, 2015

Despite the officials best efforts, it appears Owensboro is gonna win this thing #3rdRegion #GoDevils
— Blake Hawley (@IAmBlakeHawley) March 22, 2015

The 2 big man have been a factor for Owensboro, but Dylan Sanford's 21 points has been a big reason Red Devils in control too
— Micheal Compton (@mcompton428) March 22, 2015

Get ready for the fire truck ride down Frederica Street Devils. Rod Drake with both fists in the air to the OHS cheering section.
— Mark Mathis (@markmathisMI) March 22, 2015

 

Love the Owensboro Red Devils!!!! #OHS #classof82 pic.twitter.com/7sZOpo6k73
— Lorie Hayden (@HaydenLorie) March 22, 2015

2015 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys' Sweet 16® Championship - Owensboro 74, Bowling Green 58 - FINAL #khsbkb pic.twitter.com/Z7GnR8ETFN
— KHSAA Main (@KHSAA) March 22, 2015

#Owensboro MVP Justin Miller  hugged a teammate after winning state title. Full story http://t.co/2YmfxApF4l pic.twitter.com/kJm10d90CZ
— Herald-Leader Sports (@KentuckySports) March 22, 2015

Owensboro head coach Rod Drake played on the 1980 Devils championship team & coached today's title!!! pic.twitter.com/wWlawsVcHk
— Aaron Hancock (@aaronhancock14) March 22, 2015

Congratulations to the Owensboro Red Devils, 2015 KHSAA Boys State Champions! @BluegrassBball @The_Homers pic.twitter.com/w5iXk9sW6Q
— The Hawk's Hangout (@PCHawksHangout) March 22, 2015

Owensboro Red Devils--2015 KHSAA Boys' Basketball State Champs!! pic.twitter.com/NEQVMtRabQ
— Aaron Hancock (@aaronhancock14) March 22, 2015

What an honor to follow and cheer on an outstanding basketball team. Congrats on a great season! @DGSherrill00003 pic.twitter.com/wUAwn5pu7A
— BGHS Cheer (@BGHS_Cheer) March 22, 2015

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Owensboro now one of 7 programs with at least 4 Boys Sweet 16 titles, joining Henry Clay/Lafayette (6) & Ashland/Manual/Male/St. X (4 each).
— Jason Frakes (@kyhighs) March 22, 2015

Just spoke with Gaddis. STATE CHAMPIONS will arrive at OHS approx. 6:45 central. Please welcome them home with a crowd. Meet in N. Gym lot.
— OHS Student Council (@council_ohs) March 22, 2015

Loaded up & feel better after McDonalds! Rest well my roadwarriors - you will have spent 24hrs on a bus these 4 days! pic.twitter.com/ehA4OfDpJb
— BGHS Band (@BGPurpleBand) March 22, 2015

Here are the 98 one-and-only-one-per-year Kentucky high-school boys' basketball champions:

1918 Lexington (Henry Clay)
1919 Lexington (Henry Clay)
1920 Lexington (Henry Clay)
1921 Louisville duPont Manual
1922 Lexington
1923 Louisville duPont Manual
1924 Lexington
1925 Louisville duPont Manual
1926 Louisville Saint Xavier
1927 Millersburg Military Institute
1928 Ashland (Blazer)
1929 West Paducah Heath!
1930 Corinth
1931 Louisville duPont Manual
1932 Hazard
1933 Ashland (Blazer)
1934 Ashland (Blazer)
1935 Louisville Saint Xavier
1936 Corbin
1937 Midway
1938 Sharpe
1939 Brooksville
1940 Hazel Green
1941 Inez
1942 Lexington Lafayette
1943 Hindman
1944 Harlan
1945 Louisville Male
1946 Breckinridge Training
1947 Maysville
1948 Brewers
1949 Owensboro
1950 Lexington Lafayette
1951 Clark County
1952 Cuba
1953 Lexington Lafayette
1954 Inez
1955 Hazard
1956 Carr Creek
1957 Lexington Lafayette
1958 Louisville Saint Xavier
1959 Calvert City North Marshall
1960 Louisville Flaget
1961 Ashland (Blazer)
1962 Louisville Saint Xavier
1963 Louisville Seneca
1964 Louisville Seneca
1965 Breckinridge County
1966 Shelby County
1967 Earlington
1968 Glasgow
1969 Louisville Central
1970 Louisville Male
1971 Louisville Male
1972 Owensboro
1973 Louisville Shawnee
1974 Louisville Central
1975 Louisville Male
1976 Edmonson County
1977 Louisville Ballard
1978 Shelby County
1979 Lexington Lafayette
1980 Owensboro
1981 Independence Simon Kenton
1982 Laurel County
1983 Lexington Henry Clay
1984 Logan County
1985 Hopkinsville
1986 Pulaski County
1987 Clay County
1988 Louisville Ballard
1989 Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park
1990 Louisville Fairdale
1991 Louisville Fairdale
1992 Hopkinsville University Heights
1993 Marion County
1994 Louisville Fairdale 59
1995 Breckinridge County
1996 Paintsville
1997 Middletown Eastern
1998 Scott County
1999 Louisville Ballard
2000 Elizabethtown
2001 Lexington Lafayette
2002 Lexington Catholic 83
2003 Mason County
2004 Bowling Green Warren Central
2005 London South Laurel
2006 Jeffersontown
2007 Scott County
2008 Mason County
2009 Covington Holmes
2010 Pikeville Shelby Valley
2011 Christian County
2012 Louisville Trinity
2013 Richmond Madison Central
2014 Covington Catholic
2015 Owensboro

Oh, Kentucky

Princeton welcomes home Emma Talley, and the media frenzy continues.

The HPKo13 competition is, indeed, fierce!

"Bridge to Nowhere" is just a great, great name for a band.

Good detail from Cris Ritchie in The Hazard Herald in a story about a prayer service at a new Hazard elementary school: "(W)hen the group, which consisted of local residents ranging from students’ parents to police officers and school board members, first attempted to circle the school they found themselves about 50 feet short. That’s when the Perry Central football team, which was practicing nearby, joined in to complete the circle."

Are you ready for some squirrels?

These are the days for the VolleyTops.

Good jobs news from Franklin, Louisville and Russell Springs.

Good dog news from Mayfield.

Good for Joe B!

Lexington's Parkette has expanded.

There's only one "Big Swap Tradio," and it's on "The Big One."

Flooding in the home of the King ...

Pic from Wayland (Floyd County). Sent in by viewer Sandi Sexton Willoughby. pic.twitter.com/5yOkvnAobA
— Brandon Robinson (@wymtbrobinson) August 12, 2013

Gone With the Wind

Here is a list of high schools that won the state basketball championship but no longer exist. I always wonder what happened to the trophies. Someone could write a good book about Kentucky by visiting these places and learning what happened to them. Since I am very familiar with the history of at least one more school that will be added to this list in a few years, this is all very poignant to me:

1927: Millersburg Military Institute (closed in 2003)
1930: Corinth (consolidated into Grant Co.)
1937: Midway (consolidated into Woodford Co.)
1938: Sharpe (consolidated into N. Marshall, which was later consolidated into Marshall Co.)
1939: Brooksville (consolidated into Bracken Co.)
1940: Hazel Green ("defunct", according to Wikipedia)
1941 & 1954: Inez (consolidated into Sheldon Clark)
1943: Hindman (consolidated into Knott Co. Central)
1946: Breckinridge Training (defunct)
1947: Maysville (absorbed into Mason Co.)
1948: Brewers (consolidated into S. Marshall, which was later consolidated into Marshall Co.)
1952: Cuba (consolidated into Sedalia, which was later consolidated into Graves Co.)
1956: Carr Creek (consolidated into Knott Co. Central)
1959: N. Marshall (consolidated into Marshall Co.)
1960: Lou. Flaget (closed in 1974)
1967: Earlington (consolidated into S. Hopkins, which was later consolidated into Hopkins Co. Cent.)
1982: Laurel Co. (split in 1992 into N. Laurel and S. Laurel)

"Dear GoHeath, I hope you don't mind that I'm simply adding these photographs directly to your interesting and evocative post. It doesn't appear that images can be added in comments, so here are some from a Mexican restaurant that has opened in a bank in Earlington. We most recently visited on the night that Murray State lost in the OVC tournament; we left before the game ended, but you could tell that the Racer fans were already nervous. Anyway, the story was told among customers in the place that night that the restaurant operators were granted the lease only if they agreed to keep intact and publicly accessible a wall signed by various locals (including several members of the '67 state champs) and visiting celebrities (such as Kenny "Sky" Walker). ...eric"