Zack Klemme

3 weeks ago | dailyindependent.com | Zack Klemme

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3 weeks ago | herald-dispatch.com | Zack Klemme

Ashland, by at least one measure, currently has Kentucky’s most consistent work rate of high school boys basketball state tournament success. Before Ethan Hudson was part of the night that started the Tomcats on that run, he could only dream about it. Ashland hadn’t even been to the Sweet Sixteen in 17 years before it took the Rupp Arena floor against Owensboro on March 6, 2019. The 2018-19 Tomcats limped into tournament time with eight losses in their final 12 games of the regular season.

4 weeks ago | herald-dispatch.com | Zack Klemme

One of Lawrence County’s most exclusive clubs — high school boys basketball state tournament participants — will grow on Thursday. One of the most famous Bulldogs ever figures to hear about it next time he shows up on campus. Tim Dalton led Lawrence County to its first — and, until now, only — state tournament berth in 2016 and the next season was the state’s leading scorer. He still drops in sometimes for summer pickup games with the Bulldogs, coach Chandler Thompson said.

4 weeks ago | herald-dispatch.com | Zack Klemme

Brad Cleaver was asked during the KHSAA’s online press conference before the boys basketball state tournament what he needed to see Wednesday night to indicate Calloway County’s basketball team was comfortable in that setting. “Obviously, you’re gonna have nerves,” the Lakers coach said. “I mean, Ashland may not have nerves; they’re there every year. That might be a second home to them.”Every year for the last seven, at least.

1 month ago | wvgazettemail.com | Zack Klemme

Ask Luke Sancomb to confirm what both Wheeling Central’s roster and your eyes say – he's about 5-foot-7 – and he does so readily. That height, or lack of it by comparison to most high school varsity basketball players, didn’t disqualify him from making perhaps the most notable defensive play of the Class AA boys basketball state championship game. The Maroon Knights entered the fourth quarter on Saturday protecting a four-point lead.