Notes from Cynthiana’s Jim Swinford, the Harrison County announcer who came up with all this information:

“I don’t have a heading for the regions listed below. Before 1976, the regions were identified by the location where the games were played. For example, if a region tournament were played at Madisonville one year, that particular region was referred to as the Madisonville Region. However, if they played at Ohio County the following year, that particular region was referred to as the Ohio County Region.

Teams in bold are state champs for that year.

REGIONAL CHAMPIONS PRIOR TO 1976 Year 1975 Christian Co Grayson Co Elizabethtown St Xavier Newport Catholic Tates Creek Somerset Ashland 1974 Tilghman Madisonville Elizabethtown Lou Trinity Cov Holy Cross Boyle Co Somerset Bath Co 1973 Reidland Owensboro Campbellsville St Xavier Highlands Henry Clay Somerset Rowan Co 1972 Tilghman Owensboro Caverna St Xavier Campbell Co Jessamine Co Somerset Russell 1971 Mayfield Daviess Co Campbellsville Lou Trinity Campbell Co Jessamine Co Somerset Rowan Co 1970 Tilghman Madisonville Elizabethtown Lou Trinity Cov Catholic Lafayette Somerset Russell 1969 North Marshall Owensboro LaRue Co Westport Cov Holmes Jessamine Co Middlesboro Ashland 1968 Mayfield Owensboro Greensburg Southern Newport Catholic Madison Central Russell Co Ashland 1967 Tilghman Madisonville Fort Knox Valley Newport Catholic Shelby Co Somerset Ashland 1966 Tilghman Owensboro Bowling Green Valley Boone Co Shelby Co Middlesboro Ashland 1965 Heath Hancock Co Bowling Green Fern Creek Highlands Madison Central Middlesboro Ashland 1964 Tilghman Owensboro Bowling Green Waggener Newport Catholic Madison Central Lynch McKell 1963 Lone Oak Owensboro Bowling Green Flaget Cov Holmes Madison Central Hazard McDowell 1962 Livingston Central Owensboro Bowling Green DuPont Manual Newport Catholic Madison Central Somerset Ashland 1961 Mayfield Owensboro Caverna Waggener Newport Catholic Lafayette Belfry Wheelwright 1960 Tilghman Owensboro Caverna Atherton Newport Liberty Middlesboro Ashland 1959 Tilghman Greenville Caverna DuPont Manual Highlands Lafayette Harlan McKell 1958 Tilghman Owensboro Fort Knox DuPont Manual Maysville Shelbyville Harlan Ashland 1957 Murray Owensboro Fort Knox DuPont Manual Newport Lafayette Russell Co Paintsville 1956 Murray Henderson Fort Knox Southern Newport Catholic Lafayette Elkhorn City McKell 1955 Salem Central City Greensburg DuPont Manual Newport Richmond Model Hall Ashland 1954 Salem Madisonville Bardstown St Joseph Male Newport Catholic Lafayette Jenkins Wheelwright 1953 Salem Owensboro Bardstown St Joseph Southern Newport Catholic Henry Clay Jenkins Wheelwright 1952 Salem Madisonville Bardstown St Joseph DuPont Manual Newport Catholic Great Crossing Jenkins Meade Memorial 1951 Mayfield Madisonville Bardstown St Joseph St Xavier Newport Catholic Great Crossing Jenkins Fleming Co 1950 Hopkinsville Sacramento Fort Knox Flaget Newport Catholic Frankfort Harlan Betsy Layne 1949 Madisonville Hopkinsville Bowling Green St Xavier Newport Catholic Henry Clay Harlan Ashland 1948 Heath Central City Fort Knox DuPont Manual Newport Catholic Irvine Lee Co Prestonsburg 1947 Heath Central City Fort Knox DuPont Manual Bellevue Lafayette Hall Prestonsburg 1946 Bowling Green Graham Fort Knox Male Newport Catholic Richmond Madison London Prestonsburg 1945 Bowling Green Henderson Bardstown St Joseph St Xavier Newport Richmond Madison Harlan Prestonsburg 1944 Henderson Olmstead Lebanon St Charles Male Brooksville Harlan Ashland Paintsville 1943 It was World War II, and no State Tournament was played this year. 1942 Henderson Elkton Lebanon St Charles St Xavier Vanceburg Wayland Ashland Paintsville 1941 Brownsville Lebanon St Charles DuPont Manual Paint Lick Newport Maysville Ashland Wayland 1940 Daviess Co Brownsville St Xavier Kingston Newport West Liberty Ashland Wayland