[LWC]

EKUAlum05 inspired me to create this thread.

I wanted to create this thread because posting in this requires some knowledge of high school football and some history or it. It also separates truly great programs from flashes in the pan. We can have GREAT debates here too.

[LWC]

1A
2011
Hazard
Mayfield
2010
Mayfield
Hazard
2009
LCA
Mayfield
2008
Beechwood
Hazard
2007
Beechwood
LCA
2006
Newport Central Catholic
Danville
2005
Newport Central Catholic
Mayfield
2004
Beechwood
Danville
2003
Danville
Beechwood
2002
Mayfield
Beechwood
2001
Danville
Newport Central Catholic
2000
Danville
Newport Central Catholic
1999
Beechwood
Hancock County
1998
Middlesboro
Mayfield
1997
Beechwood
Harrodsburg
1996
Beechwood
Harrodsburg
1995
Mayfield
Beechwood
1994
Beechwood
Murray
1993
Beechwood
Bardstown
1992
Beechwood
Bardstown
1991
Beechwood
Pikeville















2A
2011
Cov Holy Cross
Glasgow
2010
Newport Central Catholic
Owensboro Catholic
2009
Fort Campbell
DeSales
2008
Fort Campbell
Newport Central Catholic
2007
Fort Campbell
Newport Central Catholic
2006
Mercer County
Russell
2005
Russell
Owensboro Catholic
2004
Belfry
Owensboro Catholic
2003
Belfry
Elizabethtown
2002
Breathitt County
Corbin
2001
Bardstown
Prestonsburg
2000
Boyle County
Glasgow
1999
Boyle County
Glasgow
1998
Caldwell County
Danville
1997
Bourbon County
Owensboro Catholic
1996
Breathitt County
Fort Knox
1995
Breathitt County
Franklin-Simpson
1994
Danville
Bullitt East
1993
Mayfield
Prestonsburg
1992
Danville
Mayfield
1991
Danville
Mayfield















3A
2011
Central
Belfry
2010
Central
Belfry
2009
Paducah Tilghman
Somerset
2008
Central
Breathitt County
2007
Central
Belfry
2006
Covington Catholic
Bowling Green
2005
Lexington Catholic
Bowling Green
2004
Highlands
Boyle County
2003
Boyle County
Highlands
2002
Boyle County
Rockcastle County
2001
Boyle County
Rockcastle County
2000
Highlands
Owensboro
1999
Highlands
Owensboro
1998
Highlands
Waggener
1997
Covington Catholic
VACATED
1996
Highlands
Hopkinsville
1995
Bowling Green
Highlands
1994
Covington Catholic
Bowling Green
1993
Covington Catholic
Lincoln County
1992
Highlands
Paducah Tilghman
1991
Bell County
Meade County















4A
2011
Highlands
Franklin-Simpson
2010
Boyle County
Allen Co.-Scottsville
2009
Boyle County
Lone Oak
2008
Bell County
Bullitt East
2007
Lexington Catholic
Lone Oak
2006
Lou. Trinity
Ryle
2005
Lou. Trinity
St. Xavier
2004
St. Xavier
Scott County
2003
Lou. Trinity
St. Xavier
2002
Lou. Trinity
Male
2001
Lou. Trinity
Male
2000
Male
Lou. Trinity
1999
St. Xavier
Bryan Station
1998
Male
Tates Creek
1997
St. Xavier
Lou. Trinity
1996
Nelson County
PL Dunbar
1995
St. Xavier
Henry Clay
1994
Lou. Trinity
Boone County
1993
Male
Shelby County
1992
St. Xavier
Boone County
1991
GRC
St. Xavier















5A
2011
Bowling Green
Anderson County
2010
Highlands
Christian County
2009
Highlands
John Hardin
2008
Highlands
Christian County
2007
Highlands
Bowling Green

6A
2011
Lou. Trinity
Scott County
2010
Lou. Trinity
Male
2009
St. Xavier
Lou. Trinity
2008
Lou. Trinity
Simon Kenton
2007
Lou. Trinity
St. Xavier

[LWC]

^Just wanted to post a state title and runner-up list for reference.

[EKUAlum05]

Mine:
1. Trinity
2. Highlands
3. Boyle County
4. St. X
5. Lou. Central
6. NewCath
7. Beechwood
8. Belfry
9. Ft. Campbell
10. Bowling Green
11. Mayfield
12. Danville
13. LexCath
14. Bell County
15. Breathitt County
16. Hazard
17. Male
18. O'Cath
19. Russell
20. LCA

**I WILL RE-DO MINE. THIS IS MY TOP 20 OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS**

[Hatz]

Mine:
1. Trinity
2. Highlands
3. Boyle County
4. St. X
5. Lou. Central
6. NewCath
7. Beechwood
8. Belfry
9. Ft. Campbell
10. Bowling Green
11. Mayfield
12. Danville
13. LexCath
14. Bell County
15. Breathitt County
16. Hazard
17. Male
18. O'Cath
19. Russell
20. LCA

Great list. I might place Danville higher. In the last 20 years they are state champs in AA in '91,'92 and '94 and in Class A in '00, '01 and '03. They were runners-up in '98 and '04 and '06. Add to that the '93 team that may have been the best of them all but lost by a point to P'burg in the semi-finals and I think they are above Mayfield (who lost to Danville a lot of these years when they shared a class), Ft Campbell, Bowling Green and even Belfry. (based on titles IMO) I could even submit them as a better program than Central based on the entire 20 years. (Central's reign of terror has been limited to the last 5 or so)

[geauxtigers75]

Here's my 20.

1.Trinity
2.Highlands
3.Boyle County
4.Saint Xavier
5. Beechwood
6. Danville
7. Belfry
8. Bell County
9. Newport Central Catholic
10. Lexington Catholic
11. Bowling Green
12. Covington Catholic
13. Lexington Christian
14. Central
15. Fort Campbell
16. Owensboro Catholic
17. Breathitt County
18. Hopkinsville
19.Rockcastle County
20. Russell

[EKUAlum05]

Great list. I might place Danville higher. In the last 20 years they are state champs in AA in '91,'92 and '94 and in Class A in '00, '01 and '03. They were runners-up in '98 and '04 and '06. Add to that the '93 team that may have been the best of them all but lost by a point to P'burg in the semi-finals and I think they are above Mayfield (who lost to Danville a lot of these years when they shared a class), Ft Campbell, Bowling Green and even Belfry. (based on titles IMO) I could even submit them as a better program than Central based on the entire 20 years. (Central's reign of terror has been limited to the last 5 or so)

Actually I need to re-do mine. I thought it was the Top 20 of the past ten years. Otherwise I totally agree, Danville is definitely on the short list over the past 2 decades, Beechwood will get a bump up too and my beloved Pirates have to take a trip down as they had some dark years in the 90's.

[Stardust]

OK, you guys have inspired me, I want to create a thread for "Top 50 Programs in the Last 50 Years".......

[EKUAlum05]

1. Highlands
2. Trinity
3. Boyle County
4. Beechwood
5. St. X
6. Danville
7. NewCath
8. Mayfield
9. Central
10. Male
11. Breathitt County
12. Covington Catholic
13. Bowling Green
14. Ft. Campbell
15. Belfry
16. Mercer County/Harrodsburg
17. Bell County
18. Owensboro Cath
19. Rockcastle County
20. LexCath

Just Out of Contention: Hazard, Bardstown, Paducah Tilghman, Owensboro, Hopkinsville (would be in there if not for vacated seasons), Pburg,

[Big Five-0-]

OK, you guys have inspired me, I want to create a thread for "Top 50 Programs in the Last 50 Years".......

Yeah, like this idea Stardust. I can think of a few, starting with one school that was the 1st statewide to win three consecutive championships.:thanks:

[LWC]

OK, you guys have inspired me, I want to create a thread for "Top 50 Programs in the Last 50 Years".......

I love lists, so I am down with it.

[Westside]

Yeah, like this idea Stardust. I can think of a few, starting with one school that was the 1st statewide to win three consecutive championships.:thanks:

Pikeville

[LWC]

I would venture to say that the best team not in the Top 20 would be Rockcastle County. They were 191-59 over the 90's and 2000's for a 76% win percentage. In the 90's Rock was 93-26 for a 78% win percentage and in the 2000's they were 98-33 for a 75% win percentage. Two State Runner-ups, and at least 4-5 State Semi-Finals appearances, maybe 5-6 Regional Titles. Winning an average seasonal record of 9-3 or 10-3 (9.5/2.97, you choose to round however you please, lol)

However, there are two major knocks on Rock being in my Top 20. The #1 glaring weakness is no titles. The games is played to be the best, if you cannot say that even one time you were the best, it is hard to defend your case.

However, to defend that I will say this: Who has been a better NFL team over the last 10 years, Tampa Bay or San Diego? Without a doubt we would probably say San Diego because they have consistently been a 10-12 win playoff team, but no ring, Tampa Bay has been very up-and-down and mostly down recently BUT 10 years ago, they won the Super Bowl.

That point all comes down to how important the ring is. Would you trade consistently great performance for that shining moment or vice-versa? I tend to fall somewhere in the middle, maybe you do too, fans are often split when it comes to decisions like these.

The other knock on Rock is that they had a 2 season rough patch where they had a tie record at 6-6 and then had the first losing season in what I would guess was 20 years or more.

If we were making a Mountains list, they would EASILY be in the Top 5-10, but State-wide, it is tough to make the case for me, and I am an alumnus.

[Cats02]

nice job

[FBALL]

1 Highlands
2 Trinity
3 St X
4 Beechwood
5 Bowling Green
6 NCC
7 Bell County
8 Danville
9 Boyle County
10 Covington Catholic
11 Male
12 Breathitt County
13 Belfry
14 Paducah Tighlman
15 Russell
16 Mayfield
17 Ft Campbell
18 Owensboro
19 Lex Cath
20 Ashland Blazer

[rocket01]

I would venture to say that the best team not in the Top 20 would be Rockcastle County. They were 191-59 over the 90's and 2000's for a 76% win percentage. In the 90's Rock was 93-26 for a 78% win percentage and in the 2000's they were 98-33 for a 75% win percentage. Two State Runner-ups, and at least 4-5 State Semi-Finals appearances, maybe 5-6 Regional Titles. Winning an average seasonal record of 9-3 or 10-3 (9.5/2.97, you choose to round however you please, lol)

However, there are two major knocks on Rock being in my Top 20. The #1 glaring weakness is no titles. The games is played to be the best, if you cannot say that even one time you were the best, it is hard to defend your case.

However, to defend that I will say this: Who has been a better NFL team over the last 10 years, Tampa Bay or San Diego? Without a doubt we would probably say San Diego because they have consistently been a 10-12 win playoff team, but no ring, Tampa Bay has been very up-and-down and mostly down recently BUT 10 years ago, they won the Super Bowl.

That point all comes down to how important the ring is. Would you trade consistently great performance for that shining moment or vice-versa? I tend to fall somewhere in the middle, maybe you do too, fans are often split when it comes to decisions like these.

The other knock on Rock is that they had a 2 season rough patch where they had a tie record at 6-6 and then had the first losing season in what I would guess was 20 years or more.

If we were making a Mountains list, they would EASILY be in the Top 5-10, but State-wide, it is tough to make the case for me, and I am an alumnus.

LWC, ROCK football has accomplished the following from 1990-2011:
*204-69 overall record
*108-24 home record
*9 District Championships (91,92,95,97,00-02,06,11)
*8 District Runner-Ups (93,94,96,98,99,03,04,07)
*4 Region Championships (00-02,05)
*4 Region Runner-Ups (91,92,99,06)
*4 State Semi-Finals (00-02,05)
*over 30 Bowl victories (20-1 in their RV Jamboree Bowl since 1991)

Im just suprised only a few recognized ROCK on the list!

[Jack Lambert]

1 Highlands
2 Trinity
3 St X
4 Beechwood
5 Bowling Green
6 NCC
7 Bell County
8 Danville
9 Boyle County
10 Covington Catholic
11 Male
12 Breathitt County
13 Belfry
14 Paducah Tighlman
15 Russell
16 Mayfield
17 Ft Campbell
18 Owensboro
19 Lex Cath
20 Ashland Blazer

How could you put Danville ahead of Boyle county?Boyle county has owned Danville the last 17 years.

[tomcatfan722000]

1.highlands
2.trinity
3.boyle
4.belfry
5.bell co
6.beechwood
7.Newcath
8.lexington catholic
9. Covington catholic
10. Lexington Christian
11.Rockcastle county
12.Male
13. St Xavier
14.Mayfield
15.danville
16.Owensboro
17.Breathitt County
18.Russell
19.Ashland
20.Johnson Central

[adopted purple]

1.highlands
2.trinity
3.boyle
4.belfry
5.bell co
6.beechwood
7.Newcath
8.lexington catholic
9. Covington catholic
10. Lexington Christian
11.Rockcastle county
12.Male
13. St Xavier
14.Mayfield
15.danville
16.Owensboro
17.Breathitt County
18.Russell
19.Ashland
20.Johnson Central

How could you leave out Bowling Green?

[barnabus_c2001]

Mayfield at 14, 15. or 16 is ridiculous somewhere in the top ten but no lower than that.

[FBALL]

How could you put Danville ahead of Boyle county?Boyle county has owned Danville the last 17 years.

Boyle started their run around 98. Before that they were nothing. If it was last 10 I would have them ahead of Danville. And honestly Danvilles long history of excellence puts them ahead in my opinion. But Boyle is definitely on top now. Like any list these are very subjective and will vary from opinion to opinion.

[Hatz]

Boyle started their run around 98. Before that they were nothing. If it was last 10 I would have them ahead of Danville. And honestly Danvilles long history of excellence puts them ahead in my opinion. But Boyle is definitely on top now. Like any list these are very subjective and will vary from opinion to opinion.

Boyle's run really started in '96.

That was the first year they defeated Danville since '79. They advanced to the AA semi-finals and lost to eventual champ Breathitt 12-7. The Rebels went unbeaten in the regular season but were upset in the 2nd round of the playoffs the next year.

Since '92 (the 20 years this encompasses), Boyle has a 12-10 record vs. Danville (10-3 in last 13), 7 State Titles, 1 Runner-up. 6 unbeaten seasons.

Danville has 4 state titles and 2 runners-up spots in the same time frame. 1 unbeaten season ('94). Boyle defeated the Ads in the other 2 state title seasons.

do the math and your opinion becomes flawed.

[tomcatfan722000]

How could you leave out Bowling Green?

I knew I forgot somebody. So many good programs over 20 years. Bowling green should've been on the list though

[BellCoBobcats09]

Boyle's run really started in '96.

That was the first year they defeated Danville since '79. They advanced to the AA semi-finals and lost to eventual champ Breathitt 12-7. The Rebels went unbeaten in the regular season but were upset in the 2nd round of the playoffs the next year.

Since '92 (the 20 years this encompasses), Boyle has a 12-10 record vs. Danville (10-3 in last 13), 7 State Titles, 1 Runner-up. 6 unbeaten seasons.

Danville has 4 state titles and 2 runners-up spots in the same time frame. 1 unbeaten season ('94). Boyle defeated the Ads in the other 2 state title seasons.

do the math and your opinion becomes flawed.

Boyle Co beat a very good Middlesboro team in 1999 too.

[FBALL]

E

Boyle's run really started in '96.

That was the first year they defeated Danville since '79. They advanced to the AA semi-finals and lost to eventual champ Breathitt 12-7. The Rebels went unbeaten in the regular season but were upset in the 2nd round of the playoffs the next year.

Since '92 (the 20 years this encompasses), Boyle has a 12-10 record vs. Danville (10-3 in last 13), 7 State Titles, 1 Runner-up. 6 unbeaten seasons.

Danville has 4 state titles and 2 runners-up spots in the same time frame. 1 unbeaten season ('94). Boyle defeated the Ads in the other 2 state title seasons.

do the math and your opinion becomes flawed.

Like I said. Danvilles longer history of excellence probably swayed me. I know it says 20 years but I can't help but give Danville credit for the bigger picture.

Is that flawed? Probably. But it's my opinion.

[LWC]

Boyle should be a clear winner over Danville for the mere size alone, 1A vs 3A-4A. If you have that many more people to put on a team, you would figure......
Now I will sit back with my popcorn and watch the chaos ensue

[Wise one]

With a mindset of a statistical/mathematical approach was taken to the task of listing;
20 Best KY HS Football Programs over the last 20 years (1992-2011).

First, a list of teams that played in the state championships was used as a starting point. There are 60 high schools that have had a team in the state finals in those 20 years. The following teams have been in the finals at least six times during that time, when teams are tied, they are listed them in alphabetical order (the number championship that they won during the last 20 years are in parenthesis): Highlands 13 (11), Trinity 13 (10), Beechwood 12 (9), Mayfield 9 (4), St. Xavier 9 (6), Boyle County 8 (7), Danville 8 (5) , Newport Central Catholic 7 (3), Bowling Green 6 (2) and Male 5 (3).

Second, the KHSAA.org website was used to obtain the team records for each of the last 20 years. This was used to calculate their total number of wins, their winning percentage and the number of winning seasons during that timeframe. While doing this, several other schools were added to the list. These were teams, such as Henderson County and Ashland Blazer, with high winning percentages that had not been in a state championship game during those 20 years.

Once this was done, several lists were calculated:

Most Wins
1. Highlands
2. Beechwood
3. Trinity
4. St. Xavier
5. Mayfield
6. Bowling Green
7. Danville
8. Boyle County
9. Bell County
10. Male
11. Breathitt County
12. Belfry
13. Newport Central Catholic
14. Hazard
15. Rockcastle County
16. Russell
17. Owensboro Catholic
18. Bardstown
19. Murray
20. Lexington Catholic

Most Winning Seasons
1t. Beechwood @ 20
1t. Highlands
1t. Mayfield
4t. Bell County @ 19
4t. Bowling Green
4t. Danville
4t. Male
4t. Russell
4t. St. Xavier
4t. Trinity
11t. Belfry @ 18
11t. Breathitt County
13t. Boyle County @ 17
13t. Franklin-Simpson
13t. Hazard
13t. Lexington Catholic
13t. Newport Central Catholic
13t. Rockcastle County
19. 4 tied at 16 seasons



Highest Winning Percentage
1. Highlands
2. St. Xavier
3. Beechwood
4. Bowling Green
5. Bell County
6. Trinity
7. Mayfield
8. Boyle County
9. Danville
10. Male
11. Breathitt County
12. John Hardin
13. Belfry
14. Rockcastle County
15. Hazard
16. Russell
17. Newport Central Catholic
18. Bardstown
19. Murray
20. Owensboro Catholic



Then putting these together using the following formula: Sum = # of winning Seasons + # of finals appearances + # of championships + winning percentage (rounded to 3 decimal places) * 100

This gave the following list, my TOP 20 Programs in KY High School Football for 1992-2011:
1. Highlands
2. Beechwood
3. Trinity
4. St. Xavier
5. Mayfield
6. Boyle County
7. Danville
8. Bowling Green
9. Male
10. Bell County
11. Breathitt County
12. Belfry
13. Newport Central Catholic
14. Russell
15. Hazard
16. Rockcastle County
17. Lexington Catholic
18. Bardstown
19. Owensboro Catholic
20. Murray

[Frozenbird]

What a very logical and non-subjective post.

[Panther Thunder]

This. Is. Awesome.

With a mindset of a statistical/mathematical approach was taken to the task of listing;
20 Best KY HS Football Programs over the last 20 years (1992-2011).

First, a list of teams that played in the state championships was used as a starting point. There are 60 high schools that have had a team in the state finals in those 20 years. The following teams have been in the finals at least six times during that time, when teams are tied, they are listed them in alphabetical order (the number championship that they won during the last 20 years are in parenthesis): Highlands 13 (11), Trinity 13 (10), Beechwood 12 (9), Mayfield 9 (4), St. Xavier 9 (6), Boyle County 8 (7), Danville 8 (5) , Newport Central Catholic 7 (3), Bowling Green 6 (2) and Male 5 (3).

Second, the KHSAA.org website was used to obtain the team records for each of the last 20 years. This was used to calculate their total number of wins, their winning percentage and the number of winning seasons during that timeframe. While doing this, several other schools were added to the list. These were teams, such as Henderson County and Ashland Blazer, with high winning percentages that had not been in a state championship game during those 20 years.

Once this was done, several lists were calculated:

Most Wins
1. Highlands
2. Beechwood
3. Trinity
4. St. Xavier
5. Mayfield
6. Bowling Green
7. Danville
8. Boyle County
9. Bell County
10. Male
11. Breathitt County
12. Belfry
13. Newport Central Catholic
14. Hazard
15. Rockcastle County
16. Russell
17. Owensboro Catholic
18. Bardstown
19. Murray
20. Lexington Catholic

Most Winning Seasons
1t. Beechwood @ 20
1t. Highlands
1t. Mayfield
4t. Bell County @ 19
4t. Bowling Green
4t. Danville
4t. Male
4t. Russell
4t. St. Xavier
4t. Trinity
11t. Belfry @ 18
11t. Breathitt County
13t. Boyle County @ 17
13t. Franklin-Simpson
13t. Hazard
13t. Lexington Catholic
13t. Newport Central Catholic
13t. Rockcastle County
19. 4 tied at 16 seasons



Highest Winning Percentage
1. Highlands
2. St. Xavier
3. Beechwood
4. Bowling Green
5. Bell County
6. Trinity
7. Mayfield
8. Boyle County
9. Danville
10. Male
11. Breathitt County
12. John Hardin
13. Belfry
14. Rockcastle County
15. Hazard
16. Russell
17. Newport Central Catholic
18. Bardstown
19. Murray
20. Owensboro Catholic



Then putting these together using the following formula: Sum = # of winning Seasons + # of finals appearances + # of championships + winning percentage (rounded to 3 decimal places) * 100

This gave the following list, my TOP 20 Programs in KY High School Football for 1992-2011:
1. Highlands
2. Beechwood
3. Trinity
4. St. Xavier
5. Mayfield
6. Boyle County
7. Danville
8. Bowling Green
9. Male
10. Bell County
11. Breathitt County
12. Belfry
13. Newport Central Catholic
14. Russell
15. Hazard
16. Rockcastle County
17. Lexington Catholic
18. Bardstown
19. Owensboro Catholic
20. Murray

:Thumbs::Thumbs::Thumbs::Thumbs:ingleparingleparingleparinglepar

[64black&gold]

Boyle started their run around 98. Before that they were nothing. If it was last 10 I would have them ahead of Danville. And honestly Danvilles long history of excellence puts them ahead in my opinion. But Boyle is definitely on top now. Like any list these are very subjective and will vary from opinion to opinion.

Obviously just don't like Boyle. Even has Bell on top of Boyle. Which is fine, it's your opinion, but you make no secret you don't like them.