[PHSForever]

No, Greenwood did, but same difference. Don't confuse State-Runner Up with 2nd best team in the state. Notre Dame, Newport Catholic both would have beaten Greenwood the way Assumption did. Do you know how many good teams there are in Region 9 that didn't make it to state that would have trounced most of the other Regional winners? Mercy got upset, but that was the only misfire.

Only 6 schools have EVER been crowned champions in the 33 year old state tourney - and they are all in Regions 6,7, and 9. Those regions are full of good teams who don't get a shot. Quit running the tournament on blind draws and geography and let the talented teams in.

Runner up at the state tournament is 2nd best in the state. Spin it any way you want to, but this year, Greenwood is #2. Could those other schools have beaten them as bad? Probably. But we'll never know because they didn't beat the true state champ. End of story. I mean, you had North Oldham penciled in for the runner up spot, did you not think Greenwood could beat them? They did. Shows exactly what I meant by let them play the games. 16 regional winners battling for the title is the best show in Kentucky every year in any sport. In 1980, was America the #1 hockey team in the world? Not on paper, but win it they did at the Olympics