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). Since 2019, both the boys' and girls' tournaments takes place over four days at downtown Lexington's Rupp Arena.

History

The Kentucky High School Boys' 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 two states (Delaware is the other) 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 University of Kentucky gymnasium in Lexington. After 1923 the tournament continued in Lexington but moved to the new Alumni Gymnasium on UK's campus which had become the new venue for the university's basketball teams, where it stayed from 1924 until 1944. In 1945 the tournament moved to the Louisville Gardens until 1950, when it moved back to Lexington and took up residence at Memorial Coliseum, again on the UK campus. Once construction was complete on Freedom Hall in Louisville, the 1957 tournament was held there and returned in odd-numbered years.

In 1965, Freedom Hall agreed to host the tournament for fourteen consecutive years until 1978. The opening of Rupp Arena in 1979 led to the tournament's return to Lexington, where it remains to the present day. However, Freedom Hall has hosted the tournament six times since then, the most recent being in 1994.

Both the boys' and girls' tournaments were cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Notable participants

Boys' Tournament

Notable participants in the Kentucky High School Boys' Basketball State Tournament

Player	Years	High School	College	Notes (NBA draft selections, pro rosters made, head coaching tenures, etc.)
Butch Beard	1964, 1965	Breckinridge County	Louisville	Mr. Basketball '65; 10th pick, 1969 draft; Atlanta Hawks
Ralph Beard	1944, 1945	Louisville Male	Kentucky	Indianapolis Olympians
Brian Brohm	2004	Trinity (Louisville)	Louisville (football)	Green Bay Packers (football)
Greg Buckner	1992, 1994	University Heights (Hopkinsville)	Clemson	Dallas Mavericks
Michael Bush	2001	Louisville Male	Louisville (football)	Chicago Bears (football)
Mike Casey	1965, 1966	Shelby County (Shelbyville)	Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '66
Rex Chapman	1985	Apollo (Owensboro)	Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '86; 8th pick, 1988 draft; Charlotte Hornets
Kelly Coleman	1956	Wayland	Kentucky Wesleyan	Mr. Basketball '56; holds overall PPG and single-game scoring/rebound tournament records
Tim Couch	1990	Leslie County	Kentucky (football)	Cleveland Browns (football)
Dave Cowens	1966	Newport Central Catholic	Florida State	Boston Celtics
Johnny Cox	1953, 1955	Hazard	Kentucky	Chicago Packers
Wesley Cox	1973	Louisville Male	Louisville	Mr. Basketball '73; 18th pick, 1977 draft; Golden State Warriors
Richie Farmer	1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988	Clay County (Manchester)	Kentucky	Played in '84 season as 8th grader; Mr. Basketball '88
Travis Ford	1989	Madisonville	Kentucky	St. Louis Billikens head coach (men's basketball)
Jack Givens	1972, 1974	Lexington Bryan Station	Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '74; 16th pick, 1978 draft; Atlanta Hawks
Darrell Griffith	1974, 1975	Louisville Male	Louisville	Mr. Basketball '76; 2nd pick, 1980 draft; Utah Jazz
Cliff Hagan	1948, 1949	Owensboro	Kentucky	St. Louis Hawks
Clem Haskins	1963	Taylor County	Western Kentucky	Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns
Dominique Hawkins	2013	Madison Central (Richmond)	Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '13
Allan Houston	1987, 1988	Ballard (Louisville)	Tennessee	Mr. Basketball '89; 11th pick, 1993 draft; New York Knicks
Wallace "Wah Wah" Jones	1942, 1944, 1945	Harlan [lower-alpha 1]	Kentucky	Indianapolis Olympians
Roy Kidd	1950	Corbin	Eastern Kentucky	Hall of Fame coach (football)
Jeff Lamp	1977	Ballard (Louisville)	Virginia	Mr. Basketball '77; 1981 NCAA All-American; 15th pick, 1981 draft
Dan Langhi	1995	Marshall County	Vanderbilt	SEC Player of the Year '00
Chris Lofton	2002, 2003, 2004	Mason County	Tennessee	Mr. Basketball '04; SEC Player of the Year '07; NCAA All-American 2007/2008
O. J. Mayo	2003	Rose Hill Christian (Ashland)	Southern California	3rd pick, 2008 NBA draft; Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, Milwaukee Bucks
Jim McDaniels	1967	Allen County (Scottsville)	Western Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '67; Seattle SuperSonics
Darius Miller	2008	Mason County	Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '08; New Orleans Pelicans
Dirk Minniefield	1979	Lexington Lafayette	Kentucky	Mr. Basketball '79; Cleveland Cavaliers
Frank Selvy	1950	Corbin	Furman	Minneapolis/Los Angeles Lakers
Mike Silliman	1962	St. Xavier (Louisville)	Army	Mr. Basketball '62; Buffalo Braves
Dwight Smith	1963	Princeton Dotson	Western Kentucky	Milwaukee Bucks
Felton Spencer	1985, 1986	Eastern (Louisville)	Louisville	Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks
Wes Unseld	1963, 1964	Seneca MCA (Louisville)	Louisville	Mr. Basketball '64; 2nd pick, 1968 draft; Washington Wizards
J.R. VanHoose	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998	Paintsville	Marshall	Mr. Basketball '98
Player	Years	High School	College	Notes (NBA draft selections, pro rosters made, head coaching tenures, etc.)
Unlike the other county schools, Harlan High was not part of 2008 consolidation that created Harlan County High School. Harlan High is instead operated by Harlan City School District.

2023 Boys' Tournament Results

2023 UK Healthcare/KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen® State Basketball Tournament

March 15–18, 2023 — Rupp Arena (Lexington, KY)

Note: First round seeds indicate ordinal position by region, match-ups are determined by random draw.

	First round March 15–16					Quarterfinals March 17					Semifinals March 18					State Championship March 18
	5	Elizabethtown	48
	1	McCracken County	44
						Elizabethtown		48
						Woodford County		59
	6	Jeffersontown	57
	8	Woodford County	60 (OT)
											Woodford County		48
	March 15
											Warren Central		56
	4	Warren Central	80
	12	Pulaski County	55
						Warren Central		64
						Ashland Blazer		48
	3	Owensboro	65
	16	Ashland Blazer	66
																Warren Central		64
																George Rogers Clark		60
	11	Frederick Douglass	73
	15	Martin County	53
						Frederick Douglass		58
						Male		54
	7	Male	94
	14	Breathitt County	59
											Frederick Douglass		44
	March 16
											George Rogers Clark		51
	2	Lyon County	61
	9	Newport	46
						Lyon County		56
						George Rogers Clark		60
	10	George Rogers Clark	62
	13	North Laurel	54

Boys' Basketball State Championship

Tournament results, by year

KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen State Champions (by year)

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Venue	Most Valuable Player
1917	Owensboro	12–9	Somerset	Centre College, Danville
1918	Lexington [3]	16–15	Somerset	Centre College, Danville
1919	Lexington	21–17	Somerset	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1920	Lexington	56–13	Ashland [4]	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1921	DuPont Manual	32–17	Union Academy [5]	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1922	Lexington [3]	52–27	Frankfort	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1923	DuPont Manual	41–17	Clark County [6]	UK Gymnasium, Lexington
1924	Lexington [3]	15–10	Fort Thomas [7]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1925	DuPont Manual	40–11	Winchester [8]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1926	St. Xavier	26–13	Danville	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1927	Millersburg [9]	34–25	London [10]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1928	Ashland [4]	13–11 (4OT)	Carr Creek [11]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1929	Heath [12]	21–16	Corinth [13]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1930	Corinth [13]	22–20	Kavanaugh [14]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1931	DuPont Manual	34–23	Tolu [15]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1932	Hazard	15–13	Male	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1933	Ashland [4]	33–25	Horse Cave [16]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1934	Ashland [4]	26–13	Danville	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1935	St. Xavier	32–18	Newport	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1936	Corbin	24–18	Nebo [17]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1937	Midway [18]	30–22	Inez [19]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1938	Sharpe [20]	36–27	Maysville [21]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1939	Brooksville [22]	42–39	Hindman [23]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1940	Hazel Green [24]	35–29	Ashland [4]	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1941	Inez [19]	35–27	St. Xavier	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1942	Lafayette	44–32	Harlan [25]	Armory, Louisville
1943	Hindman [23]	29–26	St. Xavier	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1944	Harlan [25]	40–28	Dayton	Alumni Gym, Lexington
1945	Male	54–42	Central City [26]	Armory, Louisville
1946	Breckenridge Training [5]	68–36	Dawson Springs	Armory, Louisville
1947	Maysville [21]	54–50	Brewers [27]	Armory, Louisville
1948	Brewers [27]	65–48	Maysville [21]	Armory, Louisville
1949	Owensboro	65–47	Lafayette	Armory, Louisville
1950	Lafayette	55–51	Clark County [6]	Armory, Louisville
1951	Clark County [6]	69–44	Cuba [28]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1952	Cuba [28]	58–52	DuPont Manual	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1953	Lafayette	84–53	Paducah Tilghman [29]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1954	Inez [19]	63–55	Newport	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1955	Hazard	74–66	Adair County	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1956	Carr Creek [11]	72–68	Henderson [30]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1957	Lafayette	55–52	Eastern	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1958	St. Xavier	60–49	Daviess County	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1959	North Marshall [31]	64–63	DuPont Manual	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1960	Flaget [32]	65–56	Monticello	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1961	Ashland [4]	69–50	Lexington Dunbar [33]	Memorial Coliseum, Lexington
1962	St. Xavier	62–58	Ashland [4]	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1963	Seneca	72–66	Lexington Dunbar [33]	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 [34]	62–57	Male	Freedom Hall, Louisville
1967	Earlington [35]	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	70–69	Richmond Madison [36]	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 [37]	53–51	North Hardin	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Todd May (Virgie) [38]
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 [39]	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	Rupp Arena, Lexington	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 [29]	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 [40]	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 [40]	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 [40]	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)
2017	Bowling Green	67–56	Cooper	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Terry Taylor (Bowling Green)
2018	Covington Catholic	73–55	Scott County [40]	Rupp Arena, Lexington	CJ Fredrick (Covington Catholic)
2019	Trinity	50–40	Scott County [40]	Rupp Arena, Lexington	David Johnson (Trinity)
2020	Canceled
2021	Highlands	79–60	Elizabethtown	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Sam Vinson (Highlands)
2022	George Rogers Clark	43–42	Warren Central	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Jerome Morton (GRC)
2023	Warren Central	64–60	George Rogers Clark	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Chappelle Whitney (Warren Central)
2024	Lyon County	67-58	Harlan County	Rupp Arena, Lexington	Travis Perry (Lyon County)

Championships, by school

KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen State Championships (by school)

School	Titles	Years
Lafayette	6	1942, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1979, 2001
Henry Clay	6	1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1983
Owensboro	5	1917, 1949, 1972, 1980, 2015
Louisville Male	4	1945, 1970, 1971, 1975
St. Xavier	4	1926, 1935, 1958, 1962
Paul G. Blazer (Ashland)	4	1928, 1933, 1934, 1961
DuPont Manual	4	1921, 1923, 1925, 1931
Ballard	3	1977, 1988, 1999
Fairdale	3	1990, 1991, 1994
Warren Central	2	2004, 2023
Trinity	2	2012, 2019
Covington Catholic	2	2014, 2018
Mason County	2	2003, 2008
Scott County	2	1998, 2007
Breckinridge County	2	1965, 1995
Shelby County	2	1966, 1978
Central	2	1969, 1974
Seneca MCA	2	1963, 1964
Hazard	2	1932, 1955
Inez	2	1941, 1954
Lyon County	1	2024
George Rogers Clark	1	2022
Highlands	1	2021
Bowling Green	1	2017
Paul Laurence Dunbar	1	2016
Madison Central	1	2013
Christian County	1	2011
Shelby Valley	1	2010
Holmes	1	2009
Jeffersontown	1	2006
South Laurel	1	2005
Lexington Catholic	1	2002
Elizabethtown	1	2000
Eastern	1	1997
Paintsville	1	1996
Marion County	1	1993
University Heights	1	1992
Pleasure Ridge Park	1	1989
Clay County	1	1987
Pulaski County	1	1986
Hopkinsville	1	1985
Logan County	1	1984
Laurel County	1	1982
Simon Kenton	1	1981
Edmonson County	1	1976
Shawnee	1	1973
Glasgow	1	1968
Earlington	1	1967
Flaget	1	1960
North Marshall	1	1959
Carr Creek	1	1956
Cuba	1	1952
Clark County High School	1	1951
Brewers	1	1948
Maysville	1	1947
Breckinridge Training	1	1946
Harlan	1	1944
Hindman	1	1943
Hazel Green	1	1940
Brooksville	1	1939
Sharpe	1	1938
Midway	1	1937
Corbin	1	1936
Corinth	1	1930
Heath	1	1929
Millersburg Military Institute	1	1927

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 [37]	48–46	Paris	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1978	Laurel County [37]	63–48	Breathitt County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1979	Laurel County [37]	43–36	Lexington Lafayette	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1980	Louisville Butler	65–49	Franklin County [41]	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1981	Pulaski County [39]	50–42	Marshall County	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1982	Marshall County	48–44	Louisville Mercy	McBrayer Arena, Richmond
1983	Warren Central	57–49	Whitesburg [42]	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 [43]	49–48	Franklin-Simpson	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1987	Laurel County [37]	50–48	Louisville Doss	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1988	Louisville Southern	57–34	Oldham County [43]	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 [37]	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 [44]	88–56	Fort Thomas Highlands	Diddle Arena, Bowling Green
1995	Scott County	68–45	Pulaski County [45]	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 [34]	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	Mercer County	85–71	Franklin County	BB&T Arena, Highland Heights
2018	Mercer County	74–34	Mercy	BB&T Arena, Highland Heights
2019	Ryle	63–48	Southwestern	Rupp Arena, Lexington
2020	Cancelled
2021	Louisville Sacred Heart	49–47	Marshall County	Rupp Arena, Lexington
2022	Louisville Sacred Heart	64–46	Bullitt East	Rupp Arena, Lexington
2023	Louisville Sacred Heart	68–53	McCracken County	Rupp Arena, Lexington
2024	Louisville Sacred Heart	60-49	McCracken County	Rupp Arena, Lexington

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
3	Owensboro	5	1917, 1949, 1972, 1980, 2015
4	Ashland	4	1928, 1933, 1934, 1961
4	Louisville Male	4	1945, 1970, 1971, 1975
4	Louisville Manual	4	1921, 1923, 1925, 1931
4	Louisville Saint Xavier	4	1926, 1935, 1958, 1962
8	Louisville Ballard	3	1977, 1988, 1999
8	Louisville Fairdale	3	1990, 1991, 1994

Schools with at least two girls' state championships

Rank	School	Titles	Years Won
1	Louisville Sacred Heart	8	1976, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2	Louisville Butler	5	1975, 1980, 2008, 2014, 2016
2	Laurel County	5	1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1991
4	Lexington Catholic	4	1999, 2001, 2005, 2006
5	Louisville Mercy	2	1992, 2010
5	Marshall County	2	1982, 1984
5	Mercer County	2	2017, 2018

Notes and references

1. "The tradition of Kentucky's Sweet Sixteen". The Ledger Independent. 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
2. KHSAA cancels 2020 spring sports season, Sweet 16 tournaments
3. Now Henry Clay High School.
4. The predecessor to today's Paul G. Blazer High School.
5. Defunct.
6. 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".
7. The predecessor to today's Highlands High School, also in Fort Thomas.
8. This is the other school that merged to form today's George Rogers Clark High School.
9. Closed in 2003.
10. 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.
11. Consolidated into today's Knott County Central High School.
12. 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.
13. Consolidated into today's Grant County High School.
14. Consolidated into today's Anderson County High School.
15. Consolidated into today's Crittenden County High School.
16. Consolidated into today's Caverna High School.
17. Consolidated into West Hopkins High School, which was in turn consolidated into today's Hopkins County Central High School.
18. Consolidated into today's Woodford County High School.
19. Consolidated into today's Sheldon Clark High School.
20. 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.
21. Absorbed by Mason County High School.
22. Consolidated into today's Bracken County High School.
23. Consolidated into today's Knott County Central High School.
24. Consolidated into Laurel County High School along with London, Bush and Lily High Schools in 1971.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. Consolidated into South Marshall High School, which would itself consolidate in 1974 to form today's Marshall County High School.
28. Later absorbed by Sedalia High School, which would in turn be consolidated into today's Graves County High School.
29. Tilghman did not participate in the 2013 McCracken County consolidation, as it is operated by a separate school district.
30. Consolidated into today's Henderson County High School.
31. Consolidated into today's Marshall County High School in 1974.
32. Closed in 1974.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. Consolidated into South Hopkins High School, another of the high schools which would eventually consolidate into today's Hopkins County Central.
36. Closed in 1989, with its attendance zone moved into that of Madison Central High School.
37. Split in 1992 into today's North Laurel and South Laurel High Schools. The old Laurel County High building houses South Laurel.
38. Consolidated into today's Shelby Valley High School.
39. This school still exists, but with a smaller attendance zone, as it spawned Southwestern High School in 1993.
40. This school still exists, but with a smaller attendance zone, as it spawned Great Crossing High School in 2019.
41. This school still exists, but with a considerably smaller attendance zone, having spawned Western Hills High School in 1981.
42. Later consolidated into Letcher County Central High School.
43. This school still exists, but has a considerably smaller attendance zone, having spawned first South Oldham High School and later North Oldham High School.
44. 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).
45. This was after Pulaski County High had spawned Southwestern.