More District Tournaments

As I've stated before, I never intended this blog to be about just the Fourth Region or just the Fifth Region. I want it to be about basketball in all of west Kentucky. I'd love to get to more games in the First, Second, and Third regions, but there is only one of me and only one of Chris. Two things: I thought gas prices would come down this winter, and my 14 year old pickup truck has developed a loud knock in the engine. I don't trust it for road trips anymore. It's the only piece of rolling stock the Pennyrile Pick and Roll owns.

I thought I'd put up district tournament information for the rest of west Kentucky.

FIRST REGION

District 1: Hickman County High School. Feb. 25th, 26th, and 29th.

First round pits Fulton City vs. Fulton County and Carlisle County vs. Hickman County.

District 2: Paducah Tilghman High School. Feb. 25th, 26th, and 29th.

Top seeded Tilghman will take on Reidland and Lone Oak and Heath will play in the lower bracket.

District 3: Graves County High School. Feb. 25th, 26th, and 28th.

Mayfield vs. Ballard Memorial in the first game, and Graves County will take on St. Mary in the second one. The championship game will most likely be between Mayfield and Graves, which could prove to be one of the better championship match ups in the state. It will be city vs. county, big school vs. little school, rival vs. rival.

District 4: Marshall County High School. Feb. 25th, 26th, and 28th.

First round has Marshall County vs. Paducah Community Christian and Murray and Calloway County.

SECOND REGION

District 5: Lyon County High School. Feb. 28th and March 1st.

The first round pits Livingston Central vs. Crittenden County and Lyon County vs. Trigg County.

District 6: Webster County High School. Feb. 26th and 29th.

The 6th District has only three teams. Union County and Webster County will play the first game, and the winner will take on Henderson County, which has already punched its ticket to the Second Region Tournament.

District 7: Madisonville-North Hopkins High School. Feb. 25th, 26th, and 28th.

The first round features Caldwell County vs. Madisonville-North Hopkins and Hopkins County Central vs. Dawson Springs.

District 8: Hopkinsville High School. Feb. 26th and 29th.

The first round will feature Hopkinsville vs. University Heights Academy and Fort Campbell vs. Christian County. UHA has two of the best players in the state with Scotty Hopson and Tyshwan Edmondson. The press loves Hopson, but Pick and Roll thinks Edmondson is the real talent for the Blazers. Hoptown and UHA could be one of the best district match ups in the entire Commonwealth.

THIRD REGION

District 9: I'm not sure where this one will be played. The way I see it, Apollo has the best district record and will play Owensboro Catholic, while Owensboro and Daviess County will play in the first round.

District 10: McLean County High School. Feb. 26th, 27th, and 29th.

The first round features top seed Muhlenberg North vs. McLean County and Muhlenberg South vs. Ohio County. Muhlenberg North is one of the best teams in the state.

District 11: Meade County High School. Feb. 26th and 29th.

The first round has Meade County vs. Frederick Fraize (yeah, yeah, I know they're Cloverport) and Breckinridge County vs. Hancock County.

District 12: Grayson County High School. Feb. 26th and 29th.

The first round features Edmonson County vs. Trinity (Whitesville) and Grayson County vs. Butler County. I recommend that people spend Leap Day in Grayson County watching the state's most gerrymandered basketball district and eating the best popcorn in high school basketball.