[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

I have a presentation to do in my appalachian studies class, everybody else is doing coal or music so I decided to do sports. I am going to focus on three aspects of mountain sports.

Great Programs/Teams

Great Players.

And the truly great rivalries.

Any input or stories anyone has would be greatly appreciated, I am going to post this in Football, Basketball and Baseball forums. also any old pictures would be amazing to get ahold of.

[Panther Thunder]

Lemme find you my stupid long post.

[Panther Thunder]

Originally Posted by Panther Thunder [Image: http://www.bluegrassrivals.com/forum/ima...ewpost.gif] Some 15th and 16th Region History
According the KHSAA program from the 2010 State Tournament:


Team (Regional Champions + Prior to 1976 State Tournament Appearances) (Championships, Runner Ups, Final Fours)

Paintsville (17) (1 Championship, 1 Runner Up, 5 Final Fours):

Region 16 Champions: 1978, 1979 According to OTH 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981 that are missing in the program were awarded to Paintsville. That's 6 16th Region Championships.(1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
Region 15 Champions: KHSAA (1989, 1990, 2000, 2001)
OTH (1986 missing from KHSAA) New Info (1985, 1987, 1988)

Regional titles prior to 1976 are not listed, but Paintsville appeared in the State Tournament in 1942, 1957 and there is no information listed for 1944, but OTH listed it, so we will give it to them. 1944. I was made aware of 3 more by my Dad:


That would give Paintsville 17: 1942, 1944, 1957, 1976, 1977, 1978 (Final Four), 1979 (Final Four), 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986 (Final Four), 1987, 1988, 1989 (State Runner Up), 1990 (State Champions), 2000, 2001.




Pikeville (8) (1 Final Four):

15th Region: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2010 (Final Four)

Nothing from the KHSAA Books have Pikeville appearing in a State tournament previous to 1976, so if they won a regional championship, they did not advance any further than Sectionals.



Johnson Central (6) (1 Final Four):

16th Region: 1982, 1983
15th Region: 1995, 1996, 2004 (Final Four), 2007

(1994 from the 15th is missing. This could be JC, I have no idea.)
No appearances prior to 1976.


Lawrence County (5) (1 Runner Up, 1 Final Four):

16th Region: 1986, 1995, 2003
15th Region: 2008, 2009 (Runner Up)
No appearances to 1976.


Boyd County (14) (1 Championship, 2 Runner Ups, 6 Final Fours):

15th Region: 1985
16th Region: 1988 (Runner Up), 1990, 1992, 1993 (Final Four), 1994, 1997, 1998 (Runner Up), 1999, 2000 (Final Four), 2001 (State Champions), 2002, 2005 (Final Four), 2006

No appearances prior to 1976.



Ashland Paul Blazer (14) (3 Championships, 2 Runner Ups, 7 Final Fours):

15th Region: 1976, 1978, 1979
16th Region: 2004

And then here we go back into the depths of history, State Tournament appearance prior to 1976: 1940, 1941, 1942 (Runner Up), 1949, 1955, 1958, 1960 (Final Four), 1962, 1965 (Final Four), 1966 (State Champions), 1967 (State Champions), 1968 (State Champions- 3-peat), 1969 (Runner-up), 1975


Greenup County (6) (1 Runner Up, 1 Final Four):

15th Region: 1980, 1982
16th Region: 1996 (Runner Up), 2007, 2008, 2010

No appearance prior to 1976.

Prestonsburg (4) (1 State Championship, 2 Final Fours):

State Tournament Appearances prior to 1976: 1945, 1946, 1947 (Final Four), 1948 (State Champions)



Betsy Layne (1):

State Tournament Appearances prior to 1976: 1950



Jenkins (4) (2 Final Fours):

State Tournament Appearances prior to 1976: 1951 (Final Four), 1952, 1953 (Final Four), 1954



Belfry (1):

State Tournament Appearances prior to 1976: 1961



Elkhorn City (1):

15th Region: 1997



Sheldon Clark (1):

15th Region: 2006



Allen Central (1):

15th Region: 2003



Rowan County (2):

15th Region: 1981, 1983




East Carter (2) (1 State Championship, 1 Final Four):

15th Region: 1984 (State Champions)
16th Region: 2009



Russell (2):

16th Region: 1987, 1989



Raceland (1):

16th Region: 1991



Montgomery County (1):

15th Region: 1977





And there is a nice recap that took me an hour and a half to type up.

I would have to rank the programs in the 15th an 16th after all of that:

1. Ashland Paul Blazer
2. Boyd County
3. Paintsville
4. Pikeville
5. Greenup County
6. Lawrence County
7. Johnson Central
8. East Carter
9. Prestonsburg
10. Jenkins

Ashland is a far and away #1. Boyd and Paintsville are very close. Pikeville, Greenup County, Lawrence County, Johnson Central are not very far apart. East Carter has a State Title, but few Regional Titles, same with Prestonsburg. And then Jenkins had a nice run a loooong time ago.

The 15th has 3 State Champions, the 16th has 4.



That was a good afternoon's research. If only I was so inclined with actual studies.





After a little more research, All of those titles are accurate, but the Region in which they were won are not necessarily correct if it says a region different from what they are now. Some are right but others are not, but all Teams did win a regional title in the years listed, just maybe not in the region listed.

Hope this helps.

[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

Thank you sir. I will definitely use this for my section on great programs. thanks again.

[Strikeout King]

Thank you sir. I will definitely use this for my section on great programs. thanks again.

Estill County (Baseball)


Regional Titles: (2-Since 2000)

2008/2009 - Repeating History (No Estill County Baseball Team Had Ever Won Region Titles.


District Championships (5-Since 2000)

10th Region - 2000, 2002

14th Region 2007, 2008, 2009


2008: 24-4 (2 Wins Shy Of Tying The School Record for Most Wins in a Season)

2009: Went on The Road And Defeated Eventual State Champions Lexington Catholic 5-2




Estill County (Softball)

State Tournament Appearances (5-Since 2000)

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

2005 Finished 4th In The State



Regional Championships (5 - Since 2000):

10th Region - 2005

14th Region - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009




District Championships (5- Since 2000)

10th Region - 2005

14th Region - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

[Kosar]

Don Gullet- Mckell High(greenup)- state record for points scored in a football game, Ace of the Big Red Machine.

[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

Estill County (Baseball)


Regional Titles: (2-Since 2000)

2008/2009 - Repeating History (No Estill County Baseball Team Had Ever Won Region Titles.


District Championships (5-Since 2000)

10th Region - 2000, 2002

14th Region 2007, 2008, 2009


2008: 24-4 (2 Wins Shy Of Tying The School Record for Most Wins in a Season)

2009: Went on The Road And Defeated Eventual State Champions Lexington Catholic 5-2




Estill County (Softball)

State Tournament Appearances (5-Since 2000)

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

2005 Finished 4th In The State



Regional Championships (5 - Since 2000):

10th Region - 2005

14th Region - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009




District Championships (5- Since 2000)

10th Region - 2005

14th Region - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Do you have any onfo on the schools that were consolidated into Estill county?

[PaintsvilleTigerfan]

Don Gullet- Mckell High(greenup)- state record for points scored in a football game, Ace of the Big Red Machine.

That is truly amazing of an athlete to be that great in two sports.

[Strikeout King]

Do you have any onfo on the schools that were consolidated into Estill county?

all I know is that there were several old High Schools before The County High School was built, Since it was built there has been no other high school here. there was the Old Irvine High School and Hargett (I'm not sure if that's how they spelt it or not) was here before Estill County High School was built.

[Kosar]

That is truly amazing of an athlete to be that great in two sports.

72 pts in a football game is unbelievable.

[MHS Parent4Life]

Middlesboro Baseball

Region Champs (13 Championships)- 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2002
-11 Regional Runner-ups

6 Final Fours - 1965, 1967, 1982, 1992, 1999, 2002