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North Hardin Christian Falcons (Present) – The Falcons tried their hand at joining KHSAA play and over the 2008 and 2009 football seasons played 10 games, 5 each season. They went 2-8, after forfeiting 2 games in 2009 the Falcons ceased KHSAA varsity football before the 2010 season.

North Marshall Jets (1955-1974) – Originally announced in 1953 to combine Calvert City and Sharpe, a strike held up construction until 1954. In 1966 Dave Holt left Christian County with an 11-6-1 record to launch the Jets football program. They played “B” teams and JV games in 66 and in 1967 played varsity. With great enthusiasm and community support the Jets took flight for 7 seasons posting a record of 22-40-3 before consolidating into Marshall County High

Nicholasville Tarantulas (18?? – 1955?) – Nicholasville fielded teams dating back to the early 1900s and seems to have done so until about 1955 or so. Nicholasville closed when it was consolidated into Jessamine County.

Old Kentucky Home Wildcats (???-1969) – Finding information about Old Ky Home prior to the mid-1940s is tough thanks to the song of the same name. The Wildcats however have some rich tradition from their final decade on the field. OKH went 66-18 in the regular season from 1960 until the school stopped fielding a team in 1969. During that time, they won 3 district titles, a region title and finished as runner up in 1965. In the early ’60s Herbie Phelps would rush his way to KHSAA scoring records, currently 3 all-time in career points scored his record stood for over 40 years. His single season scoring record stood for 30 years until it was broken by Shaun Alexander, he is the only player to appear in the top 10 of that record twice. His name appears in several other spots in the all-time records. Phelps would go on to play for Bear Bryant at Alabama for two seasons (with Joe Namath and Ken Stabler) before transferring to Louisville due to an injury. Phelps was also blind in his left eye. Old Kentucky Home is also where Joe Jaggers would get his start as a head coach after he took over the program from Milton Graham in 1966. Jaggers would go on to win 5 state titles in his career. In 1969 OKH was absorbed into the new Nelson County High.

Olive Hill Comets (1929-1971) – When West Carter high school opened in 1971 it was a continuation of Olive Hill High School. The Comets fielded a football team from 1927-1948, playing in the Little East Conference. Their best season came under Benny Martin in 1935 when they went 8-2-1 loosing to Prestonsburg and the Ashland B Team.

Oliver Street Bobcats (1892-1956) – While they never competed in KHSAA football Oliver was a power in KHSAL prior to integration in 1956. In 1954 Joe Gilliam, father of future Pittsburgh Steelers QB Joe Gilliam Jr., the Bobcats won a KHSAL state title. They went 6-1 in their final season on the gridiron in 1955. Arthur Brooks who played FB on that team would go on to Ohio University and play for the New York Titans in the AFL. In 1923 Oliver was named Champions of the Bluegrass.

Okolona Warriors (1928 -1951) – Okolona went 7-1 in their final season (1950) before consolidating into Southern High School in Louisville. Outscoring opponents 239-72, they had only lost three the prior year. The school had fielded a team since at least 1934. Okolona was a census designated place until the year 2000 when it became a neighborhood in Louisville Metro area.

Ormsby Village Spartans (1912-1975) – Another Louisville area institution lost to time, to say it was small would be an understatement, in 1958 it graduated one senior, in 1960 only four. Ormsby Village was not your traditional high school, it was an orphanage/children’s home and reform school. This caused the schools population to shrink rapidly after WWII and the school stopped fielding a squad after the 1945 season. In 1944 the Spartans went 7-0, they were one of three undefeated teams that season, their defense allowed only 14 points in those 7 games.

Owensboro Western Bulldogs (-1962) – Western was another of the segregated high schools to fold in the early 60s. Going 3 – 5 in 1961 wasn’t how the mighty Western Bulldogs wanted to end their tenure as a school. Western was always a team people gunned for, their 1955 “Kentucky ***** State Championship” saw them go 10-0 helped to insure they were a top target for other KHSAL teams and when they moved to KHSAA in the late 50s that target remained. While it’s good that the Jim Crow era ended, it is sad to see how these once-mighty institutions have become footnotes to historical societies and Facebook reunion pages.

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Old Kentucky Home defeated Boyle in the ‘65 Regional by a TD.