[Onward Leslie!]

May be a crazy Question, but out of the last 20-30 years, how many teams have won state championships that have NOT been border schools (County borders another state) or Private Schools?

[Big Daddy Bull]

May be a crazy Question, but out of the last 20-30 years, how many teams have won state championships that have NOT been border schools (County borders another state) or Private Schools?

Not crazy at all, I have asked the same but too lazy to look it up. I'm guessing not many on a consistent basis, I'm also going to add Independent School Districts just for fun.

[Orange Blaze]

That is actually a really interesting thought. I’m not sure of the exact number but I would guess that a high proportion of Kentucky counties border another state if not the majority of them. Given the way the geography of the state is aligned I think it would make sense for the border states to the most championships just of how the state is built.

[Shogun]

I was just having this discussion with a buddy a few months back. I compiled this list based on the county being adjacent to the border as opposed to the actual city where the school is located. Only went back 2000 also.

Now, I will say, I don't necessarily think that proximity to a state border automatically means that teams are pulling in kids from across state lines. I don't believe Mayfield, for example, can attribute their success to kids coming to play for them from Tennessee. Also, would a team like Mayfield be at more of an advantage to pull kids from across state lines just because Graves County is border adjacent, versus a school like South Warren or Bowling Green which isn't? It is interesting to think about though.

1A
2020 - Paintsville
2011 - Hazard
2003 - Danville
2001 - Danville
2000 - Danville

2A
2019 - Somerset
2017 - Danville
2006 - Mercer County
2002 - Breathitt County
2001 - Bardstown
2000 - Boyle County

3A
2017 - Boyle County
2003 - Boyle County
2002 - Boyle County
2001 - Boyle County

4A
2023 - Boyle County
2022 - Boyle County
2021 - Boyle County
2020 - Boyle County
2019 - Johnson Central
2015 - South Warren
2013 - Collins
2010 - Boyle County
2009 - Boyle County

5A
2023 - Bowling Green
2022 - Frederick Douglass
2021 - South Warren
2020 - Bowling Green
2018 - South Warren
2016 - Bowling Green
2015 - Bowling Green
2014 - Pulaski County
2013 - Bowling Green
2012 - Bowling Green
2011 - Bowling Green

6A
2013 - Scott County

[Big Daddy Bull]

I was just having this discussion with a buddy a few months back. I compiled this list based on the county being adjacent to the border as opposed to the actual city where the school is located. Only went back 2000 also.

Now, I will say, I don't necessarily think that proximity to a state border automatically means that teams are pulling in kids from across state lines. I don't believe Mayfield, for example, can attribute their success to kids coming to play for them from Tennessee. Also, would a team like Mayfield be at more of an advantage to pull kids from across state lines just because Graves County is border adjacent, versus a school like South Warren or Bowling Green which isn't? It is interesting to think about though.

1A
2020 - Paintsville
2011 - Hazard
2003 - Danville
2001 - Danville
2000 - Danville

2A
2019 - Somerset
2017 - Danville
2006 - Mercer County
2002 - Breathitt County
2001 - Bardstown
2000 - Boyle County

3A
2017 - Boyle County
2003 - Boyle County
2002 - Boyle County
2001 - Boyle County

4A
2023 - Boyle County
2022 - Boyle County
2021 - Boyle County
2020 - Boyle County
2019 - Johnson Central
2015 - South Warren
2013 - Collins
2010 - Boyle County
2009 - Boyle County

5A
2023 - Bowling Green
2022 - Frederick Douglass
2021 - South Warren
2020 - Bowling Green
2018 - South Warren
2016 - Bowling Green
2015 - Bowling Green
2014 - Pulaski County
2013 - Bowling Green
2012 - Bowling Green
2011 - Bowling Green

6A
2013 - Scott County

Are Bowling Green and Mayfield Independent

[Shogun]

I was just having this discussion with a buddy a few months back. I compiled this list based on the county being adjacent to the border as opposed to the actual city where the school is located. Only went back 2000 also.

Now, I will say, I don't necessarily think that proximity to a state border automatically means that teams are pulling in kids from across state lines. I don't believe Mayfield, for example, can attribute their success to kids coming to play for them from Tennessee. Also, would a team like Mayfield be at more of an advantage to pull kids from across state lines just because Graves County is border adjacent, versus a school like South Warren or Bowling Green which isn't? It is interesting to think about though.

1A
2020 - Paintsville
2011 - Hazard
2003 - Danville
2001 - Danville
2000 - Danville

2A
2019 - Somerset
2017 - Danville
2006 - Mercer County
2002 - Breathitt County
2001 - Bardstown
2000 - Boyle County

3A
2017 - Boyle County
2003 - Boyle County
2002 - Boyle County
2001 - Boyle County

4A
2023 - Boyle County
2022 - Boyle County
2021 - Boyle County
2020 - Boyle County
2019 - Johnson Central
2015 - South Warren
2013 - Collins
2010 - Boyle County
2009 - Boyle County

5A
2023 - Bowling Green
2022 - Frederick Douglass
2021 - South Warren
2020 - Bowling Green
2018 - South Warren
2016 - Bowling Green
2015 - Bowling Green
2014 - Pulaski County
2013 - Bowling Green
2012 - Bowling Green
2011 - Bowling Green

6A
2013 - Scott County

Are Bowling Green and Mayfield Independent

Yes, as are Somerset, Danville, Paintsville, Hazard and Bardstown.

[Onward Leslie!]

So basically, Boyle Co., Bowling Green, Danville and a few others....

[Big Daddy Bull]

So basically, Boyle Co., Bowling Green, Danville and a few others....

I do not think Boyle is, could be wrong.

[Shogun]

So basically, Boyle Co., Bowling Green, Danville and a few others....

Yes, but to be fair, excluding border counties and private schools isn't exactly casting a wide net. That's a significant majority of the state's population being excluded. 11 of the 15 most populated counties are border counties.

[Jumper Dad]

So basically, Boyle Co., Bowling Green, Danville and a few others....

I do not think Boyle is, could be wrong.

Boyle is a County system.