I'll never forget that time and those games." "To say that my teammates and I won the national championship is awesome. It was just a great time to play in the tournament like that - and not only play, but go to the very end," Marston said. Marston, 36, counts NKU's title run among the best experiences in her life. She scored 23 points and grabbed 19 points in the Norse's 71-62 overtime defeat of North Dakota State in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and was named tournament MVP. A couple of weeks ago, Michelle Marston stopped by her parents' house and watched a replay of the Northern Kentucky University women's basketball team's Division II national championship game from 2000.īack then, she was Michelle Cottrell. ![]() This story was originally published March 13, 2017, 6:34 PM.HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. 27, 2016: From chaos, the Kentucky boys’ Sweet Sixteen was born 15, 2016: Brewers’ unbeaten run to championship still stands test of time Carr Creek: The game that made the Sweet Sixteen greatĭec. 15, 2017: An oral history of one of Kentucky’s most revered state tournamentsĭec. 15, 2017: The team that saved Kentucky’s Sweet Sixteen 15: 2017: Mason County’s Chris Lofton was ‘one of a kind’ Ballard: The rivalry that showed Sweet Sixteen’s bestįeb. March 13, 2017: 30 years later, Clay County’s ‘Boxhead’ Rawlings relishes his Sweet Sixteen heroicsįeb. Here are installments in the Sweetest Century series published to date: We’re wrapping up the series this week as part of our annual Sweet Sixteen preview special section in Wednesday’s Herald-Leader and in posts you’ll be able to find all week on and /high-school.Īnd be sure to stay with our coverage throughout the week as new memories are made during the 100th state tournament. We’re exploring the joy, the heartbreak and the social impact of the event and recalling the teams and players every Kentuckian should know about. Our coverage examines the significance of the tournament to our state’s history, revisits memorable games, champions and moments and looks at where the event goes from here. Over the course of the 2016-17 high school basketball season, the Herald-Leader has published regularly appearing stories on and in the newspaper highlighting memorable moments from the state tournament’s history. Kentucky will celebrate the 100th year of the boys’ state high school basketball tournament when the Sweet Sixteen plays out in Rupp Arena from Wednesday through Sunday this week. ![]() ![]() 1946Ĭhampion: Breckinridge Training (Coach Bob Laughlin) Bo Davenport (Bowling Green) was head coach of one of Kentucky’s ultimate Cinderella state champions, Edmonson County in 1976. Xavier to the 1959 Sweet Sixteen championship and went 128-110 coaching the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA (1967-71). Ralph Beard (Male) and Wah Wah Jones (Harlan) would go on to play for three University of Kentucky national tournament championship teams (19 and ’49 NCAA) and win Olympic gold medals playing hoops for the U.S. Tournament tidbit: The 1945 Sweet Sixteen All-Tournament Team was filled with future Kentucky basketball luminaries. Mobberly, Central City Jim Hughes, Danville. ![]() All-Tournament Team: Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones, Billy Rice, Harlan Gene Rhodes, Ralph Beard, Ed Mudd, Male Bobo Davenport, Bowling Green Zeb Blankenship, Elkhorn City Gil Teague, Bobby Watkins, W.C.
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