[birdman44]

Only 2 (Belfry/Fairview) teams had long drives. 6 of the 12 teams in the finals had around a 100 mile trip or less to the finals in Bowling Green. BG is far from a "far corner of the state". It is certainly more centrally located to 1/2 the population of the entire state than Lexington is.

If every team drives in to the state championships from the same hwy going the same direction, it's not centrally located. the avg travel time is more for BG for the population of KY than Lex or Lou, period. its a difference of an hour and a half i would guess, which is a 3-4 hr swing driving wise both ways. back in the 90s when the games were in Lou not many teams stayed in hotels, they just drove home. Is this whole thing a BG pledge drive? check out a map, compare the cities to the south west of BG to the cites to north east. you'll get it.