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Curious to see what it would look like with the old school four class system with today's numbers.  Played with this for a while when my kid was at basketball practice.  Know that we'll never go back to this, but it's fun to speculate what it might look like.  Here's my look at this with classes being divided evenly and nobody playing up.

Class AAAA (55)
District 1: Apollo, Christian County, Henderson County, Daviess County, Marshall County,  McCracken County, Owensboro
District 2: Barren County, Bowling Green, Central Hardin, Grayson County, Greenwood, Muhlenberg County, South Warren
District 3: Bullitt East, Bullitt Central, Fairdale,  Meade County, North Hardin, PRP
District 4: Atherton, Butler, Fern Creek, Male, Manual, St. Xavier, Southern
District 5: Ballard, Eastern, Jeffersontown, Oldham County, Seneca, South Oldham, Trinity
District 6: Boone County, Campbell County, Conner, Cooper, Dixie Heights, Ryle, Simon Kenton
District 7: Bryan Station, Great Crossing, Frederick Douglass, Henry Clay, Lafayette, PLD, Tates Creek
District 8: GRC, Madison Central, Montgomery County, North Laurel, Southwestern, West Jessamine, Woodford County

Class AAA (55)
District 1: Breckinridge County, Calloway County, Graves County, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Ohio County, Paducah Tilghman,
District 2: Adair County, Allen County-Scottsville, Logan County, Taylor County, Warren Central, Warren East
District 3: Elizabethtown, Doss, John Hardin, North Bullitt, Nelson County, Valley, Western
District 4: Collins, Iroquois, Jeffersontown, North Oldham, Shelby County, Spencer County, Waggener
District 5: Anderson County, Boyle County, Franklin County, Lincoln County, Madison Southern, Scott County, Western Hills
District 6: Corbin, Harlan County, Pulaski County, Russell County, South Laurel, Wayne County, Whitley County,
District 7: Covington Catholic, Grant County, Highlands, Harrison County, Holmes, Mason County, Scott 
District 8: Ashland Blazer, Boyd County, Greenup County, Johnson Central, Letcher County Central, Perry Central, Rowan County

Class AA (55)
District 1: Butler County, Caldwell County, Hopkins County Central, Murray, Trigg County, Union County, Webster County
District 2: Edmondson County, Franklin-Simpson, Glasgow, Hart County, LaRue County, Monroe County, Todd County Central
District 3: Bardstown, Central, CAL, DeSales, Marion County, WEB DuBois (2024), Thomas Nelson
District 4: Carroll County, Henry County, Lloyd Memorial, Owen County, Pendleton County, St. Henry (2024), Walton-Verona,
District 5: Bourbon County, Estill County, Garrard County, Lexington Catholic, Mercer County, Powell County
District 6: Bell County, Casey County, Clay County, Knox Central, McCreary Central, Rockcastle County, Somerset
District 7: Bath County, East Carter, Fleming County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Russell, West Carter
District 8: Belfry, Breathitt County, Floyd Central, Magoffin County, Martin County, Morgan County, Pike Central


Class A (55)
District 1: Ballard Memorial, Crittenden County, Fort Campbell, Fulton County, Mayfield, McLean County, Owensboro Catholic
District 2: Caverna, Clinton County, Fort Knox, Green County, Hancock County, Metcalfe County, Russellville
District 3: Bethlehem, Emminence, Lou. Holy Cross, KCD, Trimble County, Shawnee
District 4: Berea, Campbellsville, Danville, Frankfort, LCA, Sayre, Washington County
District 5: Beechwood, Bellevue, Dayton, Cov. Holy Cross, Ludlow, Gallatin County, Newport
District 6: Bishop Brossart, Bracken County, Fairview, Newport Central Catholic, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland
District 7: Betsy Layne, East Ridge, Knott Central, Paintsville, Pikeville, Prestonsburg, Shelby Valley
District 8: Harlan, Hazard, Leslie County, Lynn Camp, Middlesboro, Pineville, Williamsburg

Not competing: Jackson County, Phelps

I love your effort but why would NCC be in a district with Raceland and not with Beechwood?

(12-17-2022, 04:16 PM)RAMDAD50 Wrote: [ -> ]I love your effort but why would NCC be in a district with Raceland and not with Beechwood?

When I played in the 4 class system our district was Raceland, LCA, Nicholas Co, Fairview, Paris, Berea, and Bath Co

Putting this together, every district gets seven teams except one that gets six. There's 14 NKY/NEKY teams that neatly make up a region. Bishop Brossart and New Cath were the closest on the map to slide away from the other Northern Kentucky district. Strictly done to keep numbers balanced.

I like it. Reminds me of the days when you actually earned a playoff spot

Love it.
Brings back some traditional district rivals.

I would be 100% in on this.

Makes you earn your spot. Looking at some of the 1st and 2nd round potential matchups would make those rounds so much more interesting.

Yes, earned playoff spots…and by logical extension, state titles.

Also interesting to see that Mayfield, Beechwood and LCA would all be in Class A. Neat.

Each class would be absolutely loaded
1a Pikeville, Raceland, Mayfield, Owens Cath, Beechwood, LCA, NCC
2a Belfry, Bell, Breathitt, Bardstown, CAL, Lex Cath, Central
3a Ashland, Johnson Central, Cov Cath, Highlands, Boyle, Pulaski, Corbin, Scott Co
4a Bowling Green, South Warren, Owensboro, St X, Male, Trinity, Freddy D, Bullitt East, Southwestern

Talk about some amazing matchup in every round. You win a title in one of those classes you deserve it.

(12-18-2022, 04:13 PM)wolfcat Wrote: [ -> ]Each class would be absolutely loaded
1a Pikeville, Raceland, Mayfield, Owens Cath, Beechwood, LCA, NCC
2a Belfry, Bell, Breathitt, Bardstown, CAL, Lex Cath, Central
3a Ashland, Johnson Central, Cov Cath, Highlands, Boyle, Pulaski, Corbin, Scott Co
4a Bowling Green, South Warren, Owensboro, St X, Male, Trinity, Freddy D, Bullitt East, Southwestern

Talk about some amazing matchup in every round. You win a title in one of those classes you deserve it.

I played in the 4 class system and the 1A playoffs were no joke from the second round and beyond.

Absolutely love this ……. Bring this back ….

(12-19-2022, 02:08 PM)Orange Blaze Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-18-2022, 04:13 PM)wolfcat Wrote: [ -> ]Each class would be absolutely loaded
1a Pikeville, Raceland, Mayfield, Owens Cath, Beechwood, LCA, NCC
2a Belfry, Bell, Breathitt, Bardstown, CAL, Lex Cath, Central
3a Ashland, Johnson Central, Cov Cath, Highlands, Boyle, Pulaski, Corbin, Scott Co
4a Bowling Green, South Warren, Owensboro, St X, Male, Trinity, Freddy D, Bullitt East, Southwestern

Talk about some amazing matchup in every round. You win a title in one of those classes you deserve it.

I played in the 4 class system and the 1A playoffs were no joke from the second round and beyond.

I played in 2a under the 4 class system. Even if you were a 1 seed you still got a pretty good team in Rd 1 and from Rd 2 on were battles.

I think it would add so much value to the regular season and make district championships worthy again. All the Fayette County publics, plus Great Crossing in a district would be a blast. Sign me up for Boyle, Franklin, and Scott going after it every year for a district championship. Even districts that might not have an annual state championship contender would have some fun district races. The three-way between Hazard, Williamsburg, and Middlesboro would be great most years with teams like Harlan, PIneville, and Leslie County with spoiler capabilities.