[Pisces Iscariot]

Here's a little history lesson courtesy of my dad who's been following 15th region basketball for about 40 years. The regional tourney in question was 1971 at Johnson Central...and yes indeed there was a very,very intense brawl between Pikeville and Warfield in the 2nd game of the Semi-finals. Pikeville was leading with very little time left (less than a minute) when one of Warfield's main guys picked up his 5th foul. Not going to give any names. A Pikeville played tried to shake his hand and next thing you knew all heck broke loose! Players vs players, fans all over the court duking it out..people hitting people over the head with metal chairs...it was a very serious situation that took at least 20 minutes if not longer to get things under control. Many people blame the fact that only one law enforcement officer was on hand when the brawl started. Several people were hurt and a starting guard from Pikeville suffered a broken collar bone and didn't play in the finals. McDowell killed Pikeville in the finals. Don't get the wrong idea, if Pikeville hadn't had that guy hurt it wouldn't have made any difference, McDowell was loaded and lost in the quarter finals of the state tourney in overtime to Anderson County, who was led by Jimmy Dan Connor of UK fame!

Hopes this helps.