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- ↑ Mr. Basketball
- ↑ California Mr. Basketball
- ↑ Indiana Mr. Basketball
- ↑ "Hood Named Mr. Basketball - KENTUCKY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". www.ukathletics.com. Archived from the original on 2009-04-10.
- ↑ School now defunct; consolidated into today's Allen Central High School.
- ↑ Consolidated into South Hopkins and West Hopkins High Schools, which in turn were consolidated into today's Hopkins County Central High School.
- ↑ Consolidated into Marshall County High School in 1974.
- ↑ Consolidated into today's Allen County Scottsville High School.
- ↑ This school, located in Richmond, closed in 1989; its former attendance zone is now served by Madison Central High School.
- 1 2 This is the school in Louisville—not to be confused with Ballard Memorial High School, which serves Ballard County in the far-west Purchase.
- ↑ This school was closed in 2008 and consolidated into Harlan County High School.
- ↑ Consolidated into today's Shelby Valley High School.
- ↑ Although this school, like Cawood High, is in Harlan County, it did not close in 2008. It is operated by the Harlan city school district, while Cawood was operated by the county's district.
- ↑ Frakes, Jason (March 21, 2022). "Check out the winners of the 2022 Kentucky Mr. and Miss Basketball awards" . Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Reed Sheppard named Mr. Basketball; Haven Ford named Miss Basketball". Lexington Herald Leader . March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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