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Part of the greatest run in Evarts basketball history. Evarts didn't win another regional tournament game after beating OBI that year.
Not that you said it was in any order, but Evarts beat Cumberland first and then Cawood in the finals. Cawood was one slow-fingered clock keeper from winning the region that year.
Evarts wasn't exactly tiny though with 500-plus students at the time, only a few less than Cumberland. Cawood had over 1,000 students.
Someone else said the All A is like the NIT compared to the Sweet 16 being like the NCAA. If they ever form classes in Kentucky basketball though, the state tournament could become more like the NIT. The All A is a big deal to Class A schools, who like having the chance of playing in both.

Evarts only won 3 regional tournament games in my lifetime, and I'm old. The Wildcats beat Cumberland by a score of 50-44 in 1963 when the coach was Charlie Hunter and the star players were Ken Hicks and Gilbert Burton. They beat Middlesboro in 1970 by a score of 61-53 when they were coached by Doyle Troutman and the star player was Billy Hicks. Evarts beat OBI in 1983 by a score of 91-86 when the Cats were coached by Billy Hicks and the star player was Kerry Vanover. OBI had a very good team that year. OBI had beaten Cawood by some wild score like 120-105 earlier in the year. OBI had two really good guards, Brown and Burns. OBI also had a very tall center named Samuals. Vanover outscored Samuals 38-1 in the regional tournament game. One publication said the Evarts-OBI game was "was THE exciting game of the tournament (played to a full house). The game was filled with man-to-man defense and full-court pressure. Oneida's fast pace could not overcome Evarts consistency." Evarts was within 2 points of regional champion Middlesboro in the 4th quarter of the semifinal game before Middlesboro ended the game on a 21-12 run in the 4th quarter.