[MiddleSchoolHoops]

8th Grade State at KBA (Lex) is starting the weekend for Feb 2-4. Barret (Lou) won last years 7th Grade State game over North Pulaski 58-45.

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This year's tournament should be a big one with over 70 teams already signed up:

Anderson County
Barret (Lou)
Bate (Danville)
Beaumont Middle (Lex)
Berheim Bruins
Blessed Sacrament (NKY)
Bourbon County
Boyd County
Butler County
Christian Academy of Louisville (CAL)
Christian County
Clay County
Clinton County
Conner Middle (NKY)
Corbin
Crosby (Lou)
Dorton Elementary (Pike Co)
Drakes Creek (Warren Co)
East Jessamine
East Oldham County Beast
Eastside Middle (Lou)
EJ Hayes (Lex)
Elkhorn Middle (Frankfort)
Farnsley Middle (Lou)
Frankfort
Georgetown
Hazard Middle
Jackson City
James D Adams (Prestonburg)
Johnson County Middle (JCMS)
Jefferson County Traditional Middle (JCTMS)
Knox County
LCA (Lex Christian Acad)
Leestown (Lex)
Lincoln County
LTMS (Lex)
Lyon County
McCreary
Meyzeek Middle (Lou)
Middlesboro
Millard (Pike Co)
Model (Richmond)
Morton (Lex)
Mt. Washington
Muhlenberg North
Newburg Middle (Lou)
North Laurel
North Oldham County
Northern Pulaski
Oldham County Colonels
Paintsville
Pikeville
Pineville Independent
Robert Campbell (Clark Co)
Rockcastle
Royal Springs (Scott Co)
RW Combs (Perry Co)
Scott County
Shelby East
Shelby West
South Laurel
Southern (Lex)
Southern Pulaski
Spencer County
Tates Creek (Lex)
Taylor County
West Jessamine
West Perry
Westport (Lou)
Whitesburg
Whitley County
Woodford County

[IAM22]

Favorites?

[EaglePride7th]

Obviously Barrett is the favorite. They have won it the last 2 years and this year shouldn't be any different

[FoSho]

Barret is the best team in this tourney and North Pulaski is next.

I wish Boyle Co was playing in it but they elected to not play because several are playing up to JV/Frosh ball. They would have made a nice run.

[hollcat]

Was looking at the championship brackets and noticed that a couple of teams that get a bye then get to play the winner of two #2 seeds in the next round when most other teams will be playing a #1 seed. Seems like if you are lucky enough to get a bye you shouldn't also get the advantage of playing against a # 2 seed instead of a #1 seed in the next round.

[MiddleSchoolHoops]

KBA State 8th Grade Tournament will begin tomorrow (Friday) evening....There are over 85 Teams currently signed up.
Per self reported records there are a handful of undefeated teams and approx 10-15 with 20+ wins. Pools are out at http://playkba.com/Schedules.aspx

Current Team List Includes:
Anderson County
Barbourville
Barret (Louisville)
Bate (Danville)
Beaumont Middle (Lex)
Bell Co
Berheim Bruins
Betsy Layne
Bourbon County
Butler County
Casey County
Christian Academy of Louisville
Christian County
Clay County
Clinton County
Conner Middle (NKY)
Corbin
Crosby (Lou)
Dorton Elementary
Drakes Creek
Duff Allen Central
East Jessamine
East Oldham County Beast
East Perry
Eastside Middle
EJ Hayes
Elkhorn Middle (Frankfort)
Frankfort Middle
Farnsley Middle (Lou)
Georgetown
Hazard Middle
Hopkinsville Middle School
Jackson City
James D Adams
James T Alton
Johnson County Middle (JCMS)
Johnson Traditional Middle (JTMS)
Kentucky Country Day
Knox County
LCA
Leestown (Lex)
Lincoln County
LTMS (Lex)
Lyon County
McCreary
McNabb Middle School (Montgomery Co)
Meece (Somerset)
Meyzeek MIddle (Lou)
Middlesboro
Millard
Model
Morton
Mt. Washington
Muhlenberg North
Newburg Middle (Lou)
Noe Middle (Lou)
North Laurel
North Oldham County
Northern Pulaski
Oldham County Colonels
Paintsville
Pikeville
Pineville Independent
Robert Campbell (Clark)
Rockcastle
Royal Springs (Scott Co)
RW Combs
Saint Peter and Paul (Lex)
Scott County
Sebastian
Shelby East
Shelby West
South Laurel
Southern (Lexington)
Southern Pulaski
Spencer County
Tates Creek (Lex)
Taylor County
TK Stone
West Jessamine
West Perry
Westport (Lou)
Whitesburg
Whitley County
Woodford County
St Henry Crusaders (NKY)

Good Luck to ALL!!!

[Coach_Lockwood]

Anyway to share who (claimed) is undefeated?

[OffTheHook]

Updated bracket or scores.

[Coach_Lockwood]

Sweet 16:

Noe vs Ej Hayes
Beaumont vs Farnsley

Barret vs Newburg
North oldham vs Hazard

Crosby vs paintsville
Butler vs Robert Campbell

Johnson county vs Rockcastle
Knox vs Northern Pulaski

[MiddleSchoolHoops]

First of the Elite 8 are in:

Robert Campbell (Clark) plays a very good game and handles Butler 66-37

Hazard outlasts North Oldham in a tight one 59-55

More updates to come.....

[Coach_Lockwood]

Final four:

Farnsley vs Barret
Robert Campbell vs Rockcastle

[Bossdaddy 4115]

Does the winner play the winner of gold bracket or are there two different classes.

[Coach_Lockwood]

After vs Robert Campbell for title!!

Gold bracket is for those who finished last in their pool play (I believe)

[MiddleSchoolHoops]

You are correct Coach Lockwood, for each pool the top 2 teams played in the Championship Bracket and the 3rd placed team played in the Gold Bracket.

Thanks

[MiddleSchoolHoops]

Just a complete run-down of the brackets.....

Championship Elite 8 are:

EJ Hayes (Lex)
Farnsley (Lou)
Barret (Lou)
Hazard
Crosby (Lou)
Robert Campbell (Clark Co)
Rockcastle Co
Northern Pulaski

Gold Championship:

James T Alton
Corbin
East Jessamine
Georgetown
Shelby West
Woodford
Meyzeek
Conner

[MiddleSchoolHoops]

Some Great games in tournament play this weekend at KBA for the 8th Grade State:

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET:
ELITE 8:
• Farnsley (Lou) beat a valiant effort by EJ Hayes in a close game 59-51. Farnsley was led by Crump 23 and Northington 20, high were Duron 14 and Basson 13 for EJ Hayes.
• Barret (Lou) continued their march to a 3-peat with a win over a stubborn Hazard in a defensive game with a 37-21 win. Tilford 11, Franklin 10 for Barret and Beverly 7 and 3 a apiece for Turner and Napier for Hazard.
• Robert Campbell (Clark Co) beat a solid Crosby (Lou) team 54-40. Morton had 21 to lead Robert Campbell and Bryant with 11 for Crosby.
• Rockcastle County played a great game and beat perennial power North Pulaski 51-46. Rockcastle led by Chesteen with 15 and Travis had 16 for Northern Pulaski.

FINAL FOUR:
• Barret squared off against Farnsley in an all Louisville affair. The game was decided in the closing minutes after one of the closest and best played games of the tournament with Barret prevailing 41-36. Barret led by Brown with 13 and Crump with 14 for Farnsley
• Robert Campbell toppled Rockcastle in a great matchup 58-52 with some key plays and clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch. Robert Campbell led by Morton with 22 and Rockcastle led by Chesteen with 22

GOLD BRACKET:
ELITE 8:
• Corbin beat James Alton 48-37 in a tough victory. Corbin was led by Longmire with 19 and Davis 11 for James Alton.
• East Jessamine beat Georgetown 55-29 with a high scoring offense. Hayden had 35 for East Jessamine and Hawkins had 12 for Georgetown.
• Selby West came up on top against Woodford in a thriller 43-42. Thompson had 12 for Shelby West and Talyor 15 for Woodford.
• Meyzeek beat Conner in another thriller 46-43. Meyzeek was led by Carr-Cole 23 and Hammonds led Conner with 17.

FINAL FOUR:
• Corbin beat East Jessamine 44-38 in a close game. East Jessamine led by Hayden with 14 and Allen with 14 for Corbin.
• Shelby West pulled away from Meyzeek 49-38. Austin Thompson had 14 for Shelby West and Carr-Cole 19 for Meyzeek.

CHAMPIONSHIP:
• Shelby West pulled away in a tough game from a valiant Corbin team to win 49-43. Shelby West scoring: Hutzel 15, Evans 10, Austin Thompson 9, Aaron Thompson 7, Sproul 6 , Acree 2 and Corbin scoring: Engle 16, Longmire 14, Mills 7, Poore 4, Allen 2

[MiddleSchoolHoops]

Barret 3-PEAT KBA Middle School Champions!!!!!

Congratulation to Coach Edelen and the Barrett Hilltoppers for their 8th Grade Middle School State Championship run this past weekend. They become the third school to complete the mythical 3-peat (first team from Louisville) by winning 6th Grade in 2016, 7th Grade in 2017, and 8th Grade 2018 as they beat Robert Campbell (Clark County) in a hard fought victory 51-45. The other two teams to accomplish this mythical 3-peat were Southern Pulaski, which did it twice (2011-2013 and 2012-2014) and Northern Pulaski (2014-2016).

Robert Campbell played Barret tough throughout the game evident by the quarter scores of 14-9, 25-22, 40-31, and final of 51-45, but Barret’s inside presence and clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch proved a little too much. Barret was led by floor general Edelen with scoring Brown 16, Franklin 11, Tilford 8, Vrabonic 8, Buford 5, Edelen 3. Robert Campbell was led by Morton and Mundy with 16 apiece, Howe 4, Hernandez 4, Harrison 3, Huff 2.

Many thanks to all you participated and made this the biggest tournament yet.

Final scores are posted at http://playkba.com/Schedules.aspx and all tournament teams will be announced later this week.

Thanks Again!!!