March Madness: The Kentucky High School Basketball Tournament

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“March Madness,” the first in-depth look into the exciting, unpredictable world of the Kentucky High School Basketball Tournament, tells your entire story of the Sweet 16. The entire great players – Marion Cluggish, “Wah Wah” Jones, Wes Unseld, Butch Beard, Jeff Lamp, Fred Tisdale – and the legendary coaches – Ralph Carlisle, Jock Sutherland, Bob Graves, Bo Davenport – are here on this exciting volume. The accounts of the dramatic games are certain to thrill you, whether you’re reliving fond memories from your high school days or experiencing the excitement of some other era for the first time. The 1928 showdown between Ashland and Carr Creek attracted national attention, with Ashland the eventual winner over Cinderella Carr Creek. And the 1983 triple-additional time championship game between Lexington Henry Clay and Carlisle County might be remembered as one of the vital classics of Sweet 16 history. Illustrated with photographs and supplemented with complete tournament scores and records, “March Madness” reveals the year-by-year, game-by-game story of the once a year struggle of over 300 teams around the state of Kentucky to earn sixteen regional titles leading to the championship tournament. Included is the first serious consideration of the black championships sanctioned by the Kentucky High School Athletic League from 1932 to 1957 and the great black teams in the years before integration. Also covered are the girls’ state title tournaments played from 1920 to 1932 and reinstated in 1975, including the memorable Laurel County team that dominated girls’ basketball with three championships in the late ’70s.

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