Sweet Sixteen (KHSAA State Basketball Championship)

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association boys' and girls' state basketball championships are single elimination tournaments held each March featuring 16 high schools. Colloquially known as the Sweet Sixteen (the KHSAA holds a trademark on the phrase), the tournament takes place over four days at Lexington's Rupp Arena for the boys and Highland Heights' BB&T Arena on the campus of Northern Kentucky University for the girls.

History of the Sweet Sixteen

The Kentucky High School Boy's Basketball State Tournament began in 1918. For fourteen years there were 18 regions that encompassed the tournament. Since 1932 there have only been 16 regions thus the term "Sweet Sixteen" was coined. Kentucky is one of only three states (Delaware and Hawaii) that still play a state tournament without a class system that divides large and small schools into separate tournaments.^[1]

The first six tournaments were held at the UK Gymnasium in Lexington. After 1923 the tournament continued in Lexington but moved to Alumni Gymnasium on the University of Kentucky's campus where it stayed from 1924 until 1944. In 1945 the tournament moved to the Louisville Gardens until 1950 when it moved back to Lexington. For five years the tournament was held at Memorial Coliseum on Kentucky's campus. In 1957 the tournament was held at the newly built Freedom Hall in Louisville. From 1957 until 1964 the tournament alternated each year between Freedom Hall and Memorial Coliseum.

In 1965 Freedom Hall agreed to host the tournament for fourteen consecutive years until 1978. In 1979 the opening of Rupp Arena led to the tournament's return to Lexington. Since the move to Rupp Arena in 1979 the tournament has traditionally been played in the world famous arena. However, Freedom Hall has hosted the tournament six times since then with the last being in 1994. Since 1995 Rupp Arena has hosted the tournament each year.

Notable athletes who have competed in the Sweet Sixteen

Boys (high school team/college team(s))

The following is a list of Notable players that have competed in the Sweet 16:

Player	Years	School	College	Notes
Butch Beard	1964-65	Breckinridge County	Louisville	Atlanta
Ralph Beard	1944-45	Louisville Male	Kentucky	Indianapolis
Brian Brohm	2004	Trinity	Louisville (football)	Green Bay (football)
Greg Buckner	1992, 1994	University Heights	Clemson	Dallas
J.R. Vanhoose	1995-98	Paintsville	Marshall
Michael Bush	2001	Louisville Male	Louisville (football)	Chicago (football)
Mike Casey	1965-66	Shelby County	Kentucky
Rex Chapman	1985	Apollo	Kentucky	Charlotte
Tim Couch	1990	Leslie County	Kentucky (football)	Cleveland (football)
Dave Cowens	1966	Newport Central Catholic	Florida State	Boston
Johnny Cox	1953, 1955	Hazard	Kentucky	Chicago
Richie Farmer	1986-88	Clay County	Kentucky	Agriculture Commissioner of Kentucky
Travis Ford		Madisonville	Kentucky	Head Coach Oklahoma State
Jack Givens		Lexington Bryan Station	Kentucky	Atlanta
Darrell Griffith		Louisville Male	Louisville	Utah
Cliff Hagan		Owensboro	Kentucky	St. Louis
Clem Haskins		Taylor County	Western Kentucky	Chicago/Phoenix
Allan Houston		Louisville Ballard	Tennessee	New York
Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones		Harlan [2]	Kentucky	Indianapolis
Roy Kidd		Corbin	Eastern Kentucky	Hall of Fame Football Coach
Jeff Lamp		Ballard	Virginia	1981 Consensus All-American 15th pick 1981 NBA Draft
Dan Langhi	1995	Marshall County	Vanderbilt	2000 SEC Player of the Year
Chris Lofton		Mason County	Tennessee	2007 and 2008 Consensus All-American 2007 SEC Player of the Year
O.J. Mayo	2002	Rose Hill Christian	USC	3rd pick 2008 NBA Draft
Darius Miller	2008	Mason County	Kentucky
Dirk Minniefield		Lexington Lafayette	Kentucky	Cleveland
Jim McDaniels		Allen County,[3]	Western Kentucky	Seattle
Frank Selvy		Corbin	Furman	Minneapolis/Los Angeles
Mike Silliman		Louisville St. Xavier	Army	Buffalo
Greg Smith		Princeton-Dotson	Western Kentucky	Milwaukee
Wes Unseld	1963, 1964	Louisville Seneca	Louisville	Washington
Bill Walker		Rose Hill Christian	Kansas State	New York

2016 Whitaker Bank KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen

March 16-20, 2016 Lexington, Kentucky; Rupp Arena

	First round March 16-17					Quarterfinals March 18					State Semifinals March 19					State Championship March 20
	14	Buckhorn	35
	1	Murray	62
						Murray		54
						Newport Central Catholic		75
	7	Trinity	33
	9	Newport Central Catholic	48
											Newport Central Catholic		47
											Paul Laurence Dunbar		55
	11	Paul Laurence Dunbar	58
	12	Mercer County	55
						Paul Laurence Dunbar		57
						Bowling Green		51
	4	Bowling Green	75
	16	Elliott County	59
																Paul Laurence Dunbar		61
																Doss		52
	15	Lawrence County	57
	6	Doss	66
						Doss		69
						Taylor County		58
	10	Mason County	65
	5	Taylor County	94
											Doss		70
											South Laurel		63
	13	South Laurel	53
	2	Christian County	50
						South Laurel		71
						South Oldham		42
	8	South Oldham	58
	3	Owensboro Catholic	34

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KHSAA Boys Sweet Sixteen State Champions

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Venue	Most Valuable Player
1917	Owensboro	12-9	Somerset	Centre College, Danville
1918	Lexington[5]	16-15	Somerset	Centre College, Danville
1919	Lexington	21-17	Somerset	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1920	Lexington	56-13	Ashland[6]	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1921	DuPont Manual	32-17	Union Academy[7]	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1922	Lexington[5]	52-27	Frankfort	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1923	DuPont Manual	41-17	Clark County[8]	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1924	Lexington[5]	15-10	Fort Thomas[9]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1925	DuPont Manual	40-11	Winchester[10]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1926	St. Xavier	26-13	Danville	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1927	Millersburg[11]	34-25	London[12]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1928	Ashland[6]	13-11 (4OT)	Carr Creek[13]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1929	Heath[14]	21-16	Corinth[15]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1930	Corinth[15]	22-20	Kavanaugh[16]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1931	DuPont Manual	34-23	Tolu[17]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1932	Hazard	15-13	Male	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1933	Ashland[6]	33-25	Horse Cave[18]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1934	Ashland[6]	26-13	Danville	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1935	St. Xavier	32-18	Newport	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1936	Corbin	24-18	Nebo[19]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1937	Midway[20]	30-22	Inez[21]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1938	Sharpe[22]	36-27	Maysville[23]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1939	Brooksville[24]	42-39	Hindman[25]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1940	Hazel Green[26]	35-29	Ashland[6]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1941	Inez[21]	35-27	St. Xavier	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1942	Lafayette	44-32	Harlan[2]	Armory, Louisville
1943	Hindman[25]	29-26	St. Xavier	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1944	Harlan[2]	40-28	Dayton	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1945	Male	54-42	Central City[27]	Armory, Louisville
1946	Breckenridge Training[28]	68-36	Dawson Springs	Armory, Louisville
1947	Maysville[23]	54-50	Brewers[29]	Armory, Louisville
1948	Brewers[29]	65-48	Maysville[23]	Armory, Louisville
1949	Owensboro	65-47	Lafayette	Armory, Louisville
1950	Lafayette	55-51	Clark County[8]	Armory, Louisville
1951	Clark County[8]	69-44	Cuba[30]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1952	Cuba[30]	58-52	DuPont Manual	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1953	Lafayette	84-53	Paducah Tilghman[31]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1954	Inez[21]	63-55	Newport	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1955	Hazard	74-66	Adair County	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1956	Carr Creek[13]	72-68	Henderson[32]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1957	Lafayette	55-52	Eastern	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1958	St. Xavier	60-49	Daviess County	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1959	North Marshall[33]	64-63	DuPont Manual	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1960	Flaget[34]	65-56	Monticello	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1961	Ashland[6]	69-50	Lexington Dunbar[35]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1962	St. Xavier	62-58	Ashland[6]	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1963	Seneca	72-66	Lexington Dunbar[35]	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1964	Seneca	66-56	Breckinridge County	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1965	Breckinridge County	95-73	Covington Holy Cross	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1966	Shelby County[36]	62-57	Male	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1967	Earlington[37]	54-53	Covington Catholic	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1968	Glasgow	77-68	Seneca	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1969	Central	101-72	Ohio County	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1970	Male	74-59	Richmond Madison[38]	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1971	Male	83-66	Anderson County	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1972	Owensboro	71-63	Elizabethtown	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1973	Shawnee	81-68	Male	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1974	Central	59-54	Male	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1975	Male	74-59	Henry Clay	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1976	Edmonson County	74-52	Christian County	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1977	Ballard	68-59	Valley	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1978	Shelby County	68-66 (OT)	Covington Holmes	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1979	Lafayette	62-52	Christian County	Rupp Arena, Lexington
1980	Owensboro	57-56	Doss	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1981	Simon Kenton	70-63	Mason County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Troy McKinley (Simon Kenton)
1982	Laurel County[39]	53-51	North Hardin	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Todd May (Virgie)[40]
1983	Henry Clay	35-33 (3OT)	Carlisle County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Steve Miller (Henry Clay)
1984	Logan County	83-70	Bourbon County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Fred Tisdale (Logan County)
1985	Hopkinsville	65-64	Clay County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Wendall Quarles (Hopkinsville)
1986	Pulaski County[41]	47-45	Pleasure Ridge Park	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Reggie Hanson (Pulaski County)
1987	Clay County	76-73 (OT)	Ballard	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Richie Farmer (Clay County)
1988	Ballard	88-79	Clay County	Freedom Hall, Louisville	Richie Farmer (Clay County)
1989	Pleasure Ridge Park	75-73	Wayne County	Freedom Hall, Louisville	Andy Penick (Pleasure Ridge Park)
1990	Fairdale	77-73	Covington Holmes	Freedom Hall, Louisville	Jermaine Brown (Fairdale)
1991	Fairdale	67-63	Tates Creek	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Jermaine Brown (Fairdale)
1992	University Heights	59-57	Lexington Catholic	Freedom Hall, Louisville	Darren Allaway (University Heights)
1993	Marion County	85-77	Paul Laurence Dunbar	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Anthony Epps (Marion County)
1994	Fairdale	59-56	Paul Laurence Dunbar	Freedom Hall, Louisville	Rashawn Morris (Fairdale)
1995	Breckinridge County	70-63	Pleasure Ridge Park	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Patrick Critchelow (Breckinridge County)
1996	Paintsville	71-53	Ashland Blazer	Rupp Arena, Lexington	J.R. VanHoose (Paintsville)
1997	Eastern	71-59	Fort Thomas Highlands	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Trent Coward (Eastern)
1998	Scott County	89-78	Paintsville	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Rick Jones (Scott County)
1999	Ballard	71-47	Scott County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Will Partin (Ballard)
2000	Elizabethtown	79-69	Lexington Catholic	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Antwain Barbour (Elizabethtown)
2001	Lafayette	54-49	Male	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Robert A Madison (Lafayette)
2002	Lexington Catholic	83-53	Paducah Tilghman[31]	Rupp Arena, Lexington	DeMetrius Green (Lexington Catholic)
2003	Mason County	86-65	Ballard	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Chris Lofton (Mason County)
2004	Warren Central	66-56	Mason County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Brock Whitney (Warren Central)
2005	South Laurel	70-59	Warren Central	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Walt Allen (South Laurel)
2006	Jeffersontown	61-48	Apollo	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Ceedrick Ware (Jeffersontown)
2007	Scott County	56-50	Ballard	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Bud Mackey (Scott County)
2008	Mason County	57-48	Covington Holmes	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Darius Miller (Mason County)
2009	Covington Holmes	67-63 (2OT)	Louisville Central	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Ricardo Johnson (Holmes)
2010	Shelby Valley	73-61	Ballard	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Elisha Justice (Shelby Valley)
2011	Christian County	65-63 (2OT)	Rowan County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Anthony Hickey (Christian County)
2012	Trinity	71-53	Scott County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Nathan Dieudonne (Trinity)
2013	Madison Central	65-64	Ballard	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Dominique Hawkins (Madison Central)
2014	Covington Catholic	59-51 (OT)	Scott County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Nick Ruthsatz (Covington Catholic)
2015	Owensboro	74-58	Bowling Green	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Justin Miller (Owensboro)
2016	Paul Laurence Dunbar	61-52	Doss	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Tavieon Hollingsworth (PLD)

Championships, by schools

The following is a list of all schools that have won at least one KHSAA Sweet Sixteen Championship, along with what years they have won their championship(s).

School	Titles	Years
Ashland	4	1928, 1933, 1934, 1961
Ballard	3	1977, 1988, 1999
Breckinridge County	2	1965, 1995
Breckinridge Training	1	1946
Brewers	1	1948
Brooksville	1	1939
Carr Creek	1	1956
Central	2	1969, 1974
Christian County	1	2011
Clark County	1	1951
Clay County	1	1987
Corbin	1	1936
Corinth	1	1930
Covington Catholic	1	2014
Cuba	1	1952
DuPont Manual	4	1921, 1923, 1925, 1931
Earlington	1	1967
Eastern	1	1997
Edmonson County	1	1976
Elizabethtown	1	2000
Fairdale	3	1990, 1991, 1994
Flaget	1	1960
Glasgow	1	1968
Harlan	1	1944
Hazard	2	1932, 1955
Hazel Green	1	1940
Heath	1	1929
Henry Clay	6	1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1983
Hindman High School	1	1943
Holmes	1	2009
Hopkinsville	1	1985
Inez	2	1941, 1954
Jeffersontown	1	2006
Lafayette	6	1942, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1979, 2001
Laurel County	1	1982
Lexington Catholic	1	2002
Logan County	1	1984
Madison Central	1	2013
Male	4	1945, 1970, 1971, 1975
Marion County	1	1993
Mason County	2	2003, 2008
Maysville	1	1947
Midway	1	1937
Millersburg Military Institute	1	1927
North Marshall	1	1959
Owensboro	5	1917, 1949, 1972, 1980, 2015
Paintsville	1	1996
Paul Laurence Dunbar	1	2016
Pleasure Ridge Park	1	1989
Pulaski County	1	1986
Scott County	2	1998, 2007
Seneca	2	1963, 1964
Sharpe	1	1938
Shawnee	1	1973
Simon Kenton	1	1981
Shelby County	2	1966, 1978
Shelby Valley	1	2010
St. Xavier	4	1926, 1935, 1958, 1962
South Laurel	1	2005
Trinity	1	2012
University Heights	1	1992
Warren Central	1	2004

KHSAA Girls Sweet Sixteen State Champions

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Venue
1975	Louisville Butler	60-43	Barren County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1976	Louisville Sacred Heart	68-55	Louisville Butler	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1977	Laurel County[39]	48-46	Paris	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1978	Laurel County[39]	63-48	Breathitt County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1979	Laurel County[39]	43-36	Lexington Lafayette	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1980	Louisville Butler	65-49	Franklin County[42]	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1981	Pulaski County[41]	50-42	Marshall County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1982	Marshall County	48-44	Louisville Mercy	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1983	Warren Central	57-49	Whitesburg [43]	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1984	Marshall County	55-53	Belfry	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1985	Whitley County	38-37	Louisville Atherton	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1986	Oldham County[44]	49-48	Franklin-Simpson	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1987	Laurel County[39]	50-48	Louisville Doss	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1988	Louisville Southern	57-34	Oldham County[44]	Civic Center, Frankfort
1989	Clay County	48-44	George Rogers Clark	Civic Center, Frankfort
1990	Lexington Henry Clay	62-50	Louisville Southern	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1991	Laurel County[39]	33-31	George Rogers Clark	Civic Center, Frankfort
1992	Louisville Mercy	44-38	Clay County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1993	Nicholas County	48-46	Warren East	Civic Center, Frankfort
1994	M.C. Napier[45]	88-56	Fort Thomas Highlands	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1995	Scott County	68-45	Pulaski County[46]	Civic Center, Frankfort
1996	Union County	44-37	Central Hardin	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1997	Hazard	54-38	Elizabethtown	Civic Center, Frankfort
1998	Elizabethtown	45-37	Montgomery County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1999	Lexington Catholic	57-42	Louisville Assumption	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2000	West Carter	58-50	Shelby County[36]	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
2001	Lexington Catholic	36-34	Louisville Manual	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2002	Louisville Sacred Heart	57-46	Jackson County	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2003	Louisville Sacred Heart	42-40	Lexington Catholic	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2004	Louisville Sacred Heart	43-34	Lexington Catholic	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2005	Lexington Catholic	59-54	Clinton County	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2006	Lexington Catholic	69-52	Rose Hill Christian	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2007	Lexington Christian	71-62	Louisville Iroquois	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2008	Louisville Butler	58-57	Franklin-Simpson	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2009	Louisville Iroquois	55-47	Elizabethtown	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2010	Louisville Mercy	71-61	Scott County	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2011	Rockcastle County	62-60	Louisville Manual	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2012	Louisville Manual	58-54	Marion County	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2013	Marion County	52-36	Notre Dame	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2014	Louisville Butler	49-38	Elizabethtown	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2015	Covington Holy Cross	35-32	Allen County-Scottsville	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
2016	Louisville Butler	62-36	Franklin County	BB&T Arena, Highland Heights
2017				BB&T Arena, Highland Heights

Schools with at least three boys state championships

Rank	School	Titles	Years Won
1	Lexington Lafayette	6	1942, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1979, 2001
1	Lexington Henry Clay	6	1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1983
2	Owensboro	5	1917, 1949, 1972, 1980, 2015
3	Ashland	4	1928, 1933, 1934, 1961
3	Louisville Male	4	1945, 1970, 1971, 1975
3	Louisville Manual	3	1921, 1923, 1925, 1931
3	Louisville Saint Xavier	3	1926, 1935, 1958, 1962
4	Louisville Ballard	3	1977, 1988, 1999
4	Louisville Fairdale	3	1990, 1991, 1994

Schools with at least two girls state championships

Rank	School	Titles	Years Won
1	Laurel County	5	1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1991
1	Louisville Butler	5	1975, 1980, 2008, 2014, 2016
3	Lexington Catholic	4	1999, 2001, 2005, 2006
3	Louisville Sacred Heart	4	1976, 2002, 2003, 2004
5	Louisville Mercy	2	1992, 2010
5	Marshall County	2	1982, 1984

Notes and references

1. "The tradition of Kentucky's Sweet Sixteen". The Ledger Independent. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
2. Unlike other schools in Harlan County, Harlan High did not participate in the 2008 consolidation that created Harlan. Harlan High is operated by the Harlan city school district, a separate district from that of the county.
3. This school was later consolidated with Scottsville High School to form today's Allen County-Scottsville High School.
4. 2015/16 Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Results
5. Now Henry Clay High School.
6. The predecessor to today's Paul G. Blazer High School.
7. Defunct.
8. This is not the school that is today incorrectly referred to as "Clark County", properly known as George Rogers Clark High School. This was one of the two schools that merged to form "GRC".
9. The predecessor to today's Highlands High School, also in Fort Thomas.
10. This is the other school that merged to form today's George Rogers Clark High School.
11. Closed in 2003.
12. Later merged into Laurel County High School, which would win a boys' state title in 1982 and several girls' titles. Laurel County split in 1992 into today's North Laurel and South Laurel High Schools.
13. Consolidated into today's Knott County Central High School.
14. This is the "Heath" of the 1997 Heath High School shooting. The district that operates Heath, the McCracken County Public Schools, has received state approval for plans to consolidate its three current high schools into the new McCracken County High School, which it opened on August 9th 2013.
15. Consolidated into today's Grant County High School.
16. Consolidated into today's Anderson County High School.
17. Consolidated into today's Crittenden County High School.
18. Consolidated into today's Caverna High School.
19. Consolidated into West Hopkins High School, which was in turn consolidated into today's Hopkins County Central High School.
20. Consolidated into today's Woodford County High School.
21. Consolidated into today's Sheldon Clark High School.
22. Consolidated into North Marshall High School, which would win a state title of its own in 1959. Still later, North Marshall was consolidated into today's Marshall County High School in 1974.
23. Absorbed by Mason County High School.
24. Consolidated into today's Bracken County High School.
25. Consolidated into today's Knott County Central High School.
26. Consolidated into Laurel County High School along with London, Bush and Lily High Schools in 1971.
27. Consolidated into Muhlenberg North High School in 1990, which in turn consolidated with Muhlenberg South High School in 2009 to form today's Muhlenberg County High School.
28. Defunct.
29. Consolidated into South Marshall High School, which would itself consolidate in 1974 to form today's Marshall County High School.
30. Later absorbed by Sedalia High School, which would in turn be consolidated into today's Graves County High School.
31. Tilghman did not participate in the 2013 McCracken County consolidation, as it is operated by a separate school district.
32. Consolidated into today's Henderson County High School.
33. Consolidated into today's Marshall County High School in 1974.
34. Closed in 1974.
35. This is not the modern Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, but rather Lexington's former black high school, from which today's "PLD" indirectly took its name.
36. In August 2010, the Shelby County High attendance zone was cut roughly in half with the opening of the new Martha Layne Collins High School.
37. Consolidated into South Hopkins High School, another of the high schools which would eventually consolidate into today's Hopkins County Central.
38. Closed in 1989, with its attendance zone moved into that of Madison Central High School.
39. Split in 1992 into today's North Laurel and South Laurel High Schools. The old Laurel County High building houses South Laurel.
40. Consolidated into today's Shelby Valley High School.
41. This school still exists, but with a smaller attendance zone, as it spawned Southwestern High School in 1993.
42. This school still exists, but with a considerably smaller attendance zone, having spawned Western Hills High School in 1981.
43. Later consolidated into Letcher County Central High School.
44. This school still exists, but has a considerably smaller attendance zone, having spawned first South Oldham High School and later North Oldham High School.
45. As noted in the main text, this was Napier's last year of existence, as it would be consolidated into Perry County Central High School that fall (autumn).
46. This was after Pulaski County High had spawned Southwestern.