Another great Kentucky High basketball season is in the books! Congrats to a very deserving champ Lyon Co.

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Final box score from the Boys Basketball State Championship game.

Lyon Co is the KHSAA Boys Basketball State Champions!

They have defeated Harlan Co 67-58 tonight at Rupp Arena in from of a crowd of 13,568.

Travis Perry leads the Lyons with 27 points, Reddick with 16, and Shoulders with 15. Harlan Co led by Huff with 22 and Noah with 17.

Lyon Co led by as many as 14 in the 1st half, but Harlan Co has chipped away at that lead and now it’s just a 6 point game at half.

It all comes down to this! The KHSAA Boys Basketball State Championship is coming up!

From the 13th Region, Harlan Co with a record of 34-4 will face Lyon Co, from the 2nd Region, coming in with a record of 35-3.

Best of luck to both teams!

Tonight will be just the 4th ever matchup of “County” schools in the KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16 state championship game:

- 2024: Harlan County vs. Lyon County
- 2011: Christian County vs. Rowan County
- 1984: Bourbon County vs. Logan County
- 1976: Christian County vs. Edmonson County

Evangel Christian hung in there with Harlan Co for most of the game, but Harlan pulls away late.

The 13th Region vs the 2nd Region, just like everyone predicted! KY high school basketball is the best!

Perry leads the Lyons with 24 points.

Quick turnaround with the championship tonight, 3 of Lyon CO’s starters played all 32 minutes

Final in the semifinals! Lyon Co takes down Great Crossing to advance to the finals tonight!

Great Crossing had a great season, and played a great 1st half, but was not able to hit enough shots down the stretch to come back against the Lyons!

Semifinal #1 in the KHSAA Boys Sweet 16

Great Crossing vs Lyon Co

Should be a great game between two of the top two teams in the state!

Championship Saturday is set.

Semifinals
Great Crossing vs. Lyon County, 11 a.m.
Harlan County vs. Evangel Christian, 1:30 p.m.

Championship, 7:30 p.m.

Evangel Christian takes down Trinity in the last quarterfinal of the Sweet 16. Trinity never led in the game, and Evangel Christian was able to hold Vasser to just 8 points (left game with a leg injury)

Harlan Co rallies from a huge 2nd half deficit to win in overtime! Trent Noah went nuclear in this game, finishing with 48(!!!) points on 16/23 shooting (7/10 from 3)

The last two quarterfinals are about to tip off at Rupp Arena in the Boys Sweet 16

6:00
Harlan Co vs Campbell Co

8:30
Trinity vs Evangel Christian

FINAL: Lyon County Athletics def. Adair County 80-65 in the Sweet 16 quarterfinals.

Lions --
Perry (21pts/2reb/5ast/3stl)
Shoulders (18pts/13reb/3ast/2stl)
Kirk (18pts/9reb/2ast/1stl)

Indians --
Gilbert (14pts/3reb)
Loy (14pts/6reb/8ast/1stl)
Grant (11pts/3reb/2ast)

📍Rupp Arena

FINAL. Great Crossing Great Crossing Boys Basketball 83, Magoffin Co. 48. No. 1 Warhawks punch ticket to Saturday’s 11 am semis and got to rest its starters for more than a quarter in this one. They’ll face the winner of Friday’s next game between Lyon and Adair. 2024 Boys’ #KHSAASweet16

Upset in Rupp! Campbell Co knocks off Newport in a NKY matchup!

Trinity defeats Pulaski County, 50-43 in the third first round matchup of the day. Kind of felt like the Shamrocks were going through the motions.

They'll face Evangel Christian on Friday at 8:30 p.m. in a must watch game.

Evangel Christian 71, Butler County 60, final. No. 9 Eagles (30-6) win their first-ever Sweet 16 game and will face the Trinity-Pulaski County winner in Friday's 8:30 p.m. quarterfinal.

Harlan Co defeats the defending State champions! Trent Noah led the team in scoring with 35!