MADISONVILLE “MAROONS” FOOTBALL -- 1999€¦ · Web viewL 0 - 41 home Paducah Tilghman (Randy...

2017 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 7-5 Coach: Jay Burgett--3 Class 4-A District 1

L 19-41 home Owensboro (Jayson Fallin--3) 5-AW 42-29 away Marshall County (Evan Merrick--4) 5-AW 53 - 7 home Murray (Keith Hodge--4) 2-AL 14-28 away Union County (Derek Johns--2) 3-AW 62 - 0 home Hopkins County Central (Steve Wood--2) district gameW 63 - 0 away Calloway County (Mickey Garrison--3) district gameW 35-20 away Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--1/20) district gameL 21-23 home Logan County (Todd Adler--2) district gameL 12-49 away Christian County (Steve Lovelace--11) 5-AW 37 - 6 home Ft. Campbell (Josh Robins-- 2) 3-A--playoffs--W 28 - 7 home Allen County-Scottsville (Brad Hood--12)L 6 - 62 * away Franklin-Simpson (Doug Preston--6)

* Franklin-Simpson won the state 4-A championship

--------------------------------------------------------------------2016 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-7 Coach: Jay Burgett--2 Class 4-A District 1

L 14-41 home Evansville Harrison (Cory Brunson--4)L 28-48 home Owensboro (Jayson Fallin--2) 5-AL 7 - 72 away McCracken County (Shawn Jackson--2) 6-AW 31-21 home Union County (Derek Johns--1) 3-AL 21-48 away Paducah Tilghman (Kurt Barber--1) 3-AL 14-21 home Calloway County (Mickey Garrison--2) district gameL 0 - 39 home Hopkinsville (Marc Clark--6) district gameW 52-24 away Hopkins County Central (Steve Wood--1) district gameW 34-13 away Logan County (Todd Adler--1) district gameW 33-27 away Ft. Campbell (Charles Poole--1) 3-A--playoffs--L 20-48 away South Warren (Brandon Smith--3)

--------------------------------------------------------------------2015 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-7 Coach: Jay Burgett--1 Class 4-A District 1

L 9 - 54 away Evansville Harrison (Cory Brunson--3)L 0 - 36 away Owensboro (Jayson Fallin--1) Class 5-AL 14-54 home McCracken County (Shawn Jackson--1) Class 6-AW 51-19 away Union County (Josh Boston--2) Class 3-AL 7 - 49 home Paducah Tilghman (Mike Rogers--2) Class 3-AL 12-20 away Calloway County (Mickey Garrison--1) district gameL 14-45 away Hopkinsville (Marc Clark--5) district gameW 49 - 0 home Hopkins County Central (Mike Decker--1) district gameW 41 - 0 home Logan County (Steve Duncan--2) district gameW 28-27 home Ft. Campbell (Josh McKillip--1) Class 3-A--playoff--

L 23-48 away Franklin-Simpson (Doug Preston--4)

-------------------------------------------------------------------2014 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 10-3 Coach: Brock Shoulders--3 Class 4-A District 1

W 13 - 9 away* Greenwood (Chris Seabolt--2) Class 5-AL 7 - 35 home Central Hardin (Tim Mattingly--1) Class 6-AW 60-42 home Hopkinsville (Marc Clark--4) Class 5-AW 49 - 0 away Henderson County (Tony Lewis--2) Class 6-AL 22-29 home Owensboro, Sr. (Joe Prince--12) district gameW 33-27 away Paducah Tilghman (Mike Rogers--1) Class 3-AW 56 - 6 away Hopkins County Central (Marshall Enoch--2) district gameW 49 - 7 away Calloway County (Brad Lawson--3) district gameW 27-15 home Murray (Keith Hodge--1) Class 2-AW 56-28 home Apollo (Dan Crume--3) Class 5-A--playoffs--W 46-14 home Allen County-Scottsville (Brad Hood--9)W 35-21 away Franklin-Simpson (Doug Preston--3)L 28-29 away Owensboro, Sr. (Joe Prince--12)* game at Warren Central


W 27-13 away Warren Central (Mike Rogers--5) Class 5-AL 20-41 home Central Hardin (Mark Perry--3) Class 6-AW 45-17 away Hopkinsville (Marc Clark--3 Class 5-AL 14-45 home Henderson County (Tony Lewis--1) Class 6-AL 13-41 away Owensboro Sr. (Joe Prince--11) district gameL 0 - 41 home Paducah Tilghman (Randy Wyatt--6) Class 3-AW 61 - 0 home Hopkins County Central (Marshall Enoch--1) district gameW 48 - 0 home Calloway County (Brad Lawson--2) district gameL 31-34 away Murray (Steve Duncan--6) Class 2-AW 49 - 0 away Apollo (Dan Crume--2) Class 5-A--playoffs--W 52-28 home Allen County-Scottsville (Brad Hood--8)L 16-21 away Franklin-Simpson (Doug Preston--2)


L 28-42 away Christian County (Steve Lovelace--6) Class 5-AL 21-63 away Mayfield (Joe Morris--14) Class 1-AL 15-21 away North Hardin (Brent Thompson--1) Class 5-AW 36-14 home Hopkinsville (Marc Clark--2) Class 5-AW 53-22 away Union County (Steven Carter--4) Class 2-AW 13 - 9 home Owensboro (Joe Prince--10) district gameW 66 - 0 away Hopkins County Central (Ted Seabrooke--2) district game

W 50-17 away Calloway County (Brad Lawson--1) district gameL 10-27 home Lone Oak (Jack Haskins--9) district gameW 27 - 7 home Crittenden County (Al Starnes--21) Class 2-A--playoffs--W 21 - 6 away Allen County-Scottsville (Brad Hood--7)L 7 - 31 away Owensboro Senior (Joe Prince--10)

-------------------------------------------------------------------2011 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 9-3 Coach: Will Weaver--5 Class 4-A District 1

L 0 - 20 home Christian County (Steve Lovelace--5) Class 5-AW 42-13 away Graves County (Lance Gregory--3) Class 5-AW 34-21 home North Hardin (Crad Jaggers--4) Class 5-AW 62 - 7 away Hopkinsville (Marc Clark--1) Class 5-AW 48 - 0 home Union County (Steven Carter--3) Class 2-AW 49 - 6 away Owensboro (Joe Prince--9) district gameW 61 - 0 home Hopkins County Central (Ted Seabrooke--1) district gameW 69-20 home Calloway County (Josh McKeel--7) district gameL 10-13 away Lone Oak (Jack Haskins--8) district gameW 49 - 0 away Crittenden County (Al Starnes--20) Class 2-A--playoffs--W 24-14 home Allen County-Scottsville (Brad Hood--6)L 17-20 away Franklin-Simpson (Tim Schlosser--14)

-------------------------------------------------------------------2010 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-6 Coach: Will Weaver--4 Class 5-A Region 1, District 1

L 0 - 7 home Murray (Steve Duncan--3) Class 2-AW 46 - 0 home Webster County (Matt Kettler--2) Class 3-AL 19-35 away Union County (Steven Carter--2) Class 3-AL 21-33 away Henderson County (Clay Clevenger--4) Class 6-AL 24-27 away Christian County (Steve Lovelace--4) district gameW 43-22 away Hopkins County Central (Zach Hibbs--2) Class 4-AW 28-24 home Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--6) district gameW 49 - 9 home Ohio County (Todd Houston--2) district gameL 22-24 away Owensboro (Joe Prince--8) district gameW 45-14 home Apollo (Paul Bates--3) Class 6-A--playoffs--L 0 - 25 away Bowling Green (Kevin Wallace--15)


L 6 - 21 away Murray (Steve Duncan--2) Class 2-AW 47 - 6 home Webster County (Matt Kettler--1) Class 3-AW 38-14 home Union County (Steven Carter--1) Class 3-AL 23-31 home Henderson County (Clay Clevenger--3) Class 6-AL 6 - 7 home Christian County (Steve Lovelace--3) district game

W 14 - 6 home Hopkins County Central (Zach Hibbs--1) Class 4-AW 13 - 6 away Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--5) district gameW 46 - 0 away Ohio County (Todd Houston--1) district gameL 6 - 16 home Owensboro (Joe Prince--7) district gameL 6 - 22 away Apollo (Paul Bates--2) Class 6-A--playoffs--L 14-39 away Warren Central (Mike Rogers--1)


W 37-29 home Caldwell County (David Barnes--3) Class 2-AW 13 - 6 (OT) away Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--13) Class 4-AL 3 - 8 home Apollo (Paul Bates--1) district gameW 22-21 away Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--4) Class 5-AL 0 - 19 away Henderson County (Clay Clevenger--2) district gameW 36-12 away Marshall County (Scott Shelton--2) district gameW 35-14 home Graves County (Mike Rogers--5) district gameL 0 - 21 away Daviess County (Marcus Kimbrell--3) district gameW 17-14 (2 OT’s) away Covington Catholic (Dave Brossart--2) Class 5-AW 47 - 0 home Ohio County (Todd Houston--1) Class 5-A--playoffs--L 9 - 19 away Louisville Eastern (Ken Whalen--5) region quarter-final

-------------------------------------------------------------------2007 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-5 Coach: Will Weaver--1 *Class 6-A Region 1, District 1

W 53 - 7 ** neu. Fulton County (James Bridges--2) Class 1-AW 28 - 9 home Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--12) Class 4-AL 24-27 away Apollo (Jeff Carlberg--3) district gameW 29-15 home Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--3) Class 5-AW 38-21 home Henderson County (Clay Clevenger--1) district gameL 14-52 home Marshall County (Scott Shelton--1) district gameL 26-40 away Graves County (Mike Rogers--4) district gameL 21-35 home Daviess County (Marcus Kimbrell--2) district gameW 24-15 away Owensboro Catholic (John Edge--4) 2-AL 21-34 away Ohio County (Dan Crume--6) 5-A

* Kentucky increased the number of classes from four to six in football this year. Madisonville was actually 5-A in size, but elected to “play up” a class for two years.

** “bowl” game…played as part of a double-header at Hopkins County Central

-------------------------------------------------------------------2006 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-6 Coach: Shannon Burcham--1 Class AAA Region 1, District 1

L 6 - 26 away Trigg County (Curtis Higgins--8) Class 2-AL 0 - 13 away Apollo (Jeff Carlberg--2) Class 4-AW 31-14 away Ft. Campbell (Shawn Berner--5) Class 2-A

W 37-13 home Ohio County (Dan Crume--5) Class 4-AL 7 - 37 away Christian County (Mike Whitaker--5) Class 4-AW 33 - 6 away Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--11) district gameL 0 - 42 home Paducah (Perry Thomas--7) district gameL 6 - 28 home Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--2) district gameW 47-24 away Union County (Danny Bean--5) district gameW 21 - 6 home Calloway County (Josh McKeel--2) district game--playoffs--L 13-16 away Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--2) region quarter-final

-------------------------------------------------------------------2005 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-8 Coach: Bernard Brant--1/5 Class AAA Region 1, District 1

L 12-56 away Trigg County (Curtis Higgins--7) Class 2-AL 0 - 20 home Apollo (Jeff Carlberg--1) Class 4-AL 7 - 54 home Ft. Campbell (Shawn Berner--4) Class 2-AL 7 - 19 away Ohio County (Dan Crume--4) Class 4-AL 20-42 home Christian County (Mike Whitaker--4) Class 4-AW 49-28 home Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--10) district gameL 14-20 away Paducah (Perry Thomas--6) district gameL 7 - 55 away Hopkinsville (Dixie Jones--1) district gameW 40-33 home Union County (Danny Bean--4) district gameW 21 - 7 away Calloway County (Josh McKeel--1) district game--playoffs--L 7 - 21 away Franklin-Simpson (Tim Schlosser--8) region quarter-final

-------------------------------------------------------------------2004 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 10-3 Coach: Dixie Jones--1 Class AAA Region 1, District 1

W 30 - 7 away Russellville (John Myers--1) Class AW 34-13 home Marion, IL (Kerry Martin--3)L 12-41 away Ft. Campbell (Shawn Berner--3) Class 2-AW 39-32 away Ohio County (Dan Crume--3) Class 4-AW 35-14 home North Hardin (Joe Washington--6) Class 4-AW 35-21 away Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--9) district gameW 13 - 7 home Paducah (Perry Thomas--5) district gameL 20-35 home Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--19) district gameW 23 - 0 away Union County (Danny Bean--3) district gameW 53-20 home Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--8) district game---playoffs---W 56-20 home Logan County (Lee Proctor--5) region quarter-finalW 18-13 away Bowling Green (Kevin Wallace--9) region semi-finalL 13-16 away Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--19) region championship

-------------------------------------------------------------------2003 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-7 Coach: Andy Corbin--5 Class AAA Region 1, District 1

(overall record: 22-36)W 40 - 7 home Russellville (Bob Nelson--6) Class A

L 7 - 17 away Murray (Rick Fisher--14) Class AW 17-14 home Ft. Campbell (Shawn Berner--2) Class 2-AL 0 - 22 home Ohio County (Dan Crume--2) Class 4-AL 10-17 away North Hardin (Joe Washington--5) Class 4-AL 7 - 21 home Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--8) district gameL 7 - 42 away Paducah (Perry Thomas--4) district gameL 38-48 away Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--18) district gameW 64 - 0 home Union County (Danny Bean--2) district gameW 21-10 away Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--7) district game---playoffs---L 0 - 23 away Bowling Green (Kevin Wallace--8)

-------------------------------------------------------------------2002 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-8 Coach: Andy Corbin--4 Class AAAA Region 1, District 1

L 12-33 home Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--7) Class AAAL 0 - 46 home Murray (Rick Fisher--13) Class AL 13-17 away Franklin-Simpson (Tim Schlosser--5) Class AAAL 16-39 away Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--17) Class AAAL 18-46 home Henderson County (Tom Duffy--9) district gameL 7 - 35 away Christian County (Dan Goble--22) district gameW 16 - 0 away Marshall County (Tracy Cleaver--1) district gameL 0 - 27 home Graves County (Anthony Hatchell-5) district gameW 24 - 7 away Union County (Danny Bean--1) Class AAAW 31-19 home Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--6) Class AAA---playoffs---L 0 - 36 away Daviess County (David Barnes--10)


L 20-28 away Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--6) Class AAAL 12-35 away Murray (Rick Fisher--12) Class AW 14 - 0 home Franklin-Simpson (Tim Schlosser--4) Class AAAL 7 - 45 home Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--16) Class AAAL 0 - 49 away Henderson County (Tom Duffy--8) district gameL 3 - 33 home Christian County (Dan Goble--21) district gameL 0 - 43 home Marshall County (Jim Shelton--12) district gameL 6 - 34 away Graves County (Anthony Hatchell-4) district gameL 7 - 51 home Union County (Bill Drage--2) Class AAAL 0 - 28 away Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--5) Class AAA


L 7 - 24 home Paducah (Perry Thomas--1) Class AAAW 27-14 home Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--5) Class AAAL 14-23 away Hancock County (Mark Peach--2) Class A

W 32-21 home Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--4) Class AAAW 26-13 home Henderson County (Tom Duffy--7) district gameW 42-19 away Christian County (Dan Goble--20) district gameL 21-42 away Marshall County (Jim Shelton--11) district gameW 14-10 home Graves County (Anthony Hatchell-3) district gameW 21-20 away Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--15) district gameL 49-52 (OT) home Trigg County (Curtis Higgins--2) Class A---playoffs---W 58-28 home Ohio County (Mike Settles--5)W 43-29 home Graves County (Anthony Hatchell--3)L 14-22 home Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--15)


L 21-45 PADUCAH (Bob Blackmon--6)L 0-24 at Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--4)L 14-33 HANCOCK COUNTY (Mark Peach--1)L 14-30 at Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--3)W 25-12 at Henderson County (Tom Duffy--6)W 29-26 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--19)W 35-19 MARSHALL COUNTY (Jim Shelton--10)L 34-41 at Graves County (Anthony Hatchell--2)L 15-31 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--14)W 48-28 at Trigg County (Curtis Higgins--1)---playoffs---W 14-10 at Apollo (Dan Gooch--5)W 63-44 at Daviess County (David Barnes--7)L 14-56 at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--14)

-------------------------------------------------------------------1998 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-7 Coach: Brett Burnett--2 Class AAA Region 1, District 1

(overall: 8-13)W 35 - 8 HOPKINS COUNTY CENTRAL (Rick Snodgrass--3) L 21-41 NORTH HARDIN * (Joe Jaggers--8)W 49-10 at Lone Oak (Courtney Neel--2) L 7 - 48 at Paducah (Bob Blackmon--5) L 7 - 63 HENDERSON COUNTY (Tom Duffy--5)W 24-19 at Christian County (Dan Goble--18) L 41-63 at Daviess County (David Barnes--6) L 21-28 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--13) L 7 - 42 at Union County ** (Joe Prince--4)W 28-27 (2 OT’s) CALLOWAY COUNTY (Joe Stonecipher--2)- - - playoffs - - - L 6-65 at Bowling Green (Kevin Wallace--3)

* Joe Jaggers retired at the end of the season with state records for championships (5: two at Trigg County and three at Ft. Knox) and most career victories (292-105-3) with five schools in 33 years as head coach.

** Joe Prince left Union County at season’s end to take over at Louisville Eastern. He’s a former Mayfield and U.K. lineman; was previously an assistant at Owensboro.

-------------------------------------------------------------------1997 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-6 Coach: Brett Burnett--1 Class AAA Region 1, District 1

L 6 - 12 at Hopkins County Central (Rick Snodgrass--2)W 21-20 (OT) at North Hardin (Joe Jaggers--7)W 34 - 7 LONE OAK (Courtney Neel--1)L 14-35 PADUCAH (Bob Blackmon--4)L 35-42 at Henderson County (Tom Duffy--4)W 26-14 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--17)L 12-35 DAVIESS COUNTY (David Barnes--5)W 1 - 0 * at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--12)L 6 - 42 UNION COUNTY (Joe Prince--3)L 7 - 32 at Calloway County (Joe Stonecipher--1)

* Hopkinsville actually beat the Maroons 46-0 and was 3-A state runnerup, but had to forfeit all 13 wins when it was discovered star running back Artose Pinner was too old.

-------------------------------------------------------------------1996 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-7 Coach: Allan Cox--2 Class AAAA Region 1, District 1

(overall: 5-15)L 14-55 at Brentwood Academy, Nashville (Carlton Flatt--26)L 6 - 56 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--11)L 0 - 6 PADUCAH (Bob Blackmon--3)L 0 - 33 at Clarksville, TN (Bob Ateca--1)W 19-17 HENDERSON COUNTY (Tom Duffy--3)L 6 - 10 at Marshall County (Jim Shelton--7)L 9 - 23 at Daviess County (David Barnes--4)W 13 - 7 GRAVES COUNTY (Jay Buckley--11)W 30-27 APOLLO (Dan Gooch--2)L 21-34 at Christian County (Dan Goble--16)

-------------------------------------------------------------------1995 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 2-8 Coach: Allan Cox--1 Class AAAA Region 1, District 1

L 21-49 BRENTWOOD ACADEMY, NASHVILLE (Carlton Flatt--25)L 19-41 at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--10)L 7 - 30 at Paducah (Bob Blackmon--2)W 30-21 CLARKSVILLE, TN (Marty Euvarard--1)L 28-56 at Henderson County (Tom Duffy--2)L 0 - 27 MARSHALL COUNTY (Jim Shelton--6)W 13 - 7 DAVIESS COUNTY (David Barnes--3)L 7 - 28 at Graves County (Jay Buckley--10)L 24-46 at Apollo (Dan Gooch--1)L 7 - 33 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--15)

-------------------------------------------------------------------1994 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-7 Coach: George Hatcher--2 Class AAAA Region 1, District 1

(overall: 10-11)L 20-26 at Caldwell County (Pat Gates--9)W 14 - 6 CLARKSVILLE NORTHWEST (Jim Snider--3)W 22 - 0 at Union County (Charlie Bob Paris--14)W 42-14 SOUTH HOPKINS (Rick Snodgrass--5)L 12-47 HENDERSON COUNTY (Tom Duffy--1)L 14-34 at Marshall County (Jim Shelton--5)L 15-49 at Daviess County (David Barnes--2)L 17-25 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--9)L 21-41 APOLLO (Jim Tinius--3)L 9 - 28 at Christian County (Dan Goble--14)

-------------------------------------------------------------------MADISONVILLE “MAROONS” FOOTBALL -- 1993

W 53-28 CALDWELL COUNTY (Pat Gates--8)W 20 - 7 at Clarksville NorthWest (Jim Snider--2)W 34-18 UNION COUNTY (Charlie Bob Paris--13)W 44-14 at South Hopkins (Rick Snodgrass--4)W 56-15 at Henderson County (Randy Reese--7)W 28-12 MARSHALL COUNTY (Jim Shelton--4)L 14-17 (OT) DAVIESS COUNTY (David Barnes--1)L 14-30 at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--8)W 37-12 at Apollo (Jim Tinius--2)L 21-35 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--13)---Playoffs---L 14-45 at Shelby County (Tom Becherer--19)

Season record: 7-4 Coach: George Hatcher--1

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MADISONVILLE “MAROONS” FOOTBALL -- 1992

L 7 - 28 at Evansville Memorial (Ralph Weinzapfel--14)L 7 - 25 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--7)L 0 - 13 at Union County (Charlie Bob Paris--12)W 14 - 0 SOUTH HOPKINS (Rick Snodgrass--3)W 21 - 7 * HENDERSON COUNTY (Randy Reese--6)L 0 - 21 at Marshall County (Jim Shelton--3)L 14-42 at Daviess County (Jake Hallum--1)W 23 - 3 CLARKSVILLE NORTHWEST (Jim Snider--1)L 3 - 16 APOLLO (Jim Tinius--1)L 14-15 ** at Christian County (Dan Goble--12)

Season record: 3-7 Coach: Don Hettich--5 (overall: 16-36)

* Might be biggest upset win in Mad. FB history...but with extenuating circumstances. Maroons were a 31-point underdog, but Hend. Coach Randy Reese’s mother had died that Monday in Ohio. Henderson wanted to put the game off until Saturday night, but Don Hettich (who was upset with Reese for a happening the previous year) said “No.” Reese missed all week of practice, arriving at the stadium at game-time. The previous year Reese had put his all-state running back, Daymon Carter, back into the game at the start of the 4th quarter so he could get the school single-game yardage rushing record. Carter promptly ran 60 yards for a touchdown, and Henderson won 47-0. Hettich claimed Henderson was running up the score.

**ALMOST! A 36-point underdog, Mad. led the whole way...until Christian County scored with 2 minutes left and made a 2-point conversion.


L 0 - 41 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (Ralph Weinzapfel--13)L 14-16 at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--6)W 13-12 UNION COUNTY (Charlie Bob Paris--11)W 17 - 7 at South Hopkins (Rick Snodgrass--2)L 0 - 47 at Henderson County (Randy Reese--5)L 0 - 23 MARSHALL COUNTY (Jim Shelton--2)W 28-14 DAVIESS COUNTY (Jim Wilson--2)W 20 - 7 at Clarksville NorthWest (Fred Gipson--3)W 27 - 6 at Apollo (Chip Carpenter--7)L 7 - 55 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--11)---Playoffs---L 19-54 at North Hardin (Joe Jaggers--1)

Season record: 5-6 Coach: Don Hettich--4


L 7 - 27 *vs. Paducah (Allan Cox--8)L 3 - 40 at Bowling Green (Dan Haley--7)L 14-15 at Union County (Charlie Bob Paris--10)L 15-22 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--5)L 0 - 20 OWENSBORO (Gerald Poynter--3/15)W 21 - 8 at Marshall County (Jim Shelton--1)W 35-22 at Daviess County (Jim Wilson--1)L 19-40 HENDERSON COUNTY (Randy Reese--4)L 0 - 33 APOLLO (Chip Carpenter--6)L 29-33 at Christian County (Dan Goble--10)


*1st game of a double-header at Henderson County’s “Hall-Of-Fame Bowl”.

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MADISONVILLE “MAROONS” FOOTBALL -- 1989

a L 0 - 21 BOWLING GREEN (Dan Haley--6)L 13-18 UNION COUNTY (Charlie Bob Paris--9)L 14-15 (OT) at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--4)L 6 - 17 at Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--2/14)W 42-19 MARSHALL COUNTY (Doc Sanders--10)W 29-28 (2 OT’s) DAVIESS COUNTY (Bill Taylor--6/9)L 6 - 10 at Henderson County (Randy Reese--3)

b W 14 - 7 at Apollo (Chip Carpenter--5)L 0 - 13 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--9)W 22-21 at Franklin-Simpson (James Matthews--15)


a first game in Madisonville’s new stadium at the Badgett Athletic Complexb Madisonville’s first game at Apollo’s new stadium…which opened the previous year


L 14-21 (OT) at Louisville Holy Cross (Bob Bronger--1)L 10-20 at Bowling Green (Dan Haley--5)L 17-24 at Calloway County (Jack Haskins--4)L 2 - 13 HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--3)L 0 - 6 (OT) OWENSBORO (Gerald Poynter--1/13)L 3 - 7 at Marshall County (Doc Sanders--9)W 20-14 at Daviess County (Bill Taylor--5/8)L 13-43 HENDERSON COUNTY (Randy Reese--2)L 20-35 APOLLO (Chip Carpenter--4)L 7 - 21 at Christian County (Dan Goble--8)W 39 - 0 *FRANKLIN-SIMPSON (James Matthews--14)


*Last game in old Maroon Stadium...which was constructed by the WPA and opened in 1937...on West Center Street. The game was postponed a day because of a deluge. It was still raining heavily Saturday night and the game was played in a quagmire. Former coaches were invited back; several made it.

This was the last year for the 30-year-old Big Eight Conference. 1988 was the third consecutive year that there were only six member schools.


L 28-35 at Bell County (Dudley Hilton--5)L 0 - 25 LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSS (Nelson Nunn--4)L 0 - 7 BOWLING GREEN (Dan Haley--4)L 7 - 17 CALLOWAY COUNTY (Jack Haskins--3)

L 15-21 (2 OT’s) at Hopkinsville (Craig Clayton--2)W 31 - 8 at Owensboro (Larry Moore--5)W 3 - 0 MARSHALL COUNTY (Doc Sanders--8)W 29-12 DAVIESS COUNTY (Bill Taylor--4/7)L 2 - 7 at Henderson County (Randy Reese--1)W 13 - 7 at Apollo (Chip Carpenter--3)L 7 - 12 CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--7)---Playoffs---W 22 - 6 at Warren Central (Joe Hood--8)L 2 - 10 * SHELBY COUNTY (Tom Becherer--13)

Season record: 5-8 Coach: Bob Louden--4 (overall: 17-27)

* Shelby County went on to win the state 4-A championship


L 0 - 28 FRANKLIN-SIMPSON (James Matthews--12)L 0 - 27 * PADUCAH (Allan Cox--4)W 19-12 ** HOPKINSVILLE (Craig Clayton--1)L 6 - 27 at Owensboro (Larry Moore--4)L 0 - 12 at Marshall County (Doc Sanders--7)W 23 - 7 at Daviess County (Bill Taylor--3/6)L 10-15 HENDERSON COUNTY (Mojo Hollowell--11/21)W 20-19 (OT) at Lexington Henry Clay (Jake Bell--18)L 9 - 21 at Christian County (Dan Goble--6)

Season record: 3-6 Coach: Bob Louden--3

* The night the pressbox upper deck floor boards started smoldering from an assistant coach’s cigarette...and someone called the fire trucks. Clouds of smoke rolled across the field and Pat Ryan (my colorman) ran downstairs to grab as many soft drinks as he could to bring ‘em up and pour on the floor. Most of the fluid went between the boards and landed on sportswriter Jim Pickens from the Messenger. Finally another assistant coach, who also was acting as a spotter, saw what was happening and stomped out the smoldering embers. I went to the pressbox the next week with a couple of members of the school board and they had part of the floor replaced.**Maroons 35-pt underdog; Hop 3-0, Mad 0-2 & hadn’t scored. 1st meeting between former Madisonville assistant coaches Bob Louden & Craig Clayton. Maroons won this one, but didn’t beat Hoptown/Craig again until 2000.


W 22 - 6 APOLLO (Chip Carpenter--1)L 7 - 28 at Franklin-Simpson (James Matthews--11)L 7 - 32 at Paducah (Allan Cox--3)L 14-37 at Hopkinsville (Mike Lewis--5)L 7 - 32 OWENSBORO (Larry Moore--3)L 14-17 MARSHALL COUNTY (Doc Sanders--6)W 34-28 (2 OT’s) DAVIESS COUNTY (Bill Taylor--2/5)

L 0 - 31 at Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--10/20)L 14-21 LEXINGTON HENRY CLAY (Jake Bell--17)W 14-13 (OT) * CHRISTIAN COUNTY (Dan Goble--5)L 0 - 13 **HEATH (Rodney Bushong--1)

Season record: 3-8 Coach: Bob Louden--2

* Mad. was a 26-point underdog to defending 4-A state champs. Played on a horribly muddy field. Both teams scored in overtime, but foreign-exchange student kicker missed C.C.’s EPK to end the game.**The game with Heath wasn’t scheduled until two weeks before it was played. The Pirates not only won this game in an upset, but won the state Class A championship the next year.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1984 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 6-5 Coach: Bob Louden--1 Class 4-A Region 1, District 1W 24-6 away Apollo (Doug Moore--4)L 13-16 home Franklin-Simpson (James Matthews--10)W 28-0 home Wood River, IL (Bill Perry--5)L 16-19 home Paducah (Allan Cox--2)W 13-8 away Lexington Henry Clay (Jake Bell--16)W 20-0 away Owensboro (Larry Moore--2)W 17-7 away Marshall County (Doc Sanders--5)L 9-14 away Daviess County (Bill Taylor--1/4)W 13-7 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--9/19)L 0-23 home Lexington Lafayette (Jim Poynter--14)L 7-10 (OT) away Christian County (Dan Goble--4)

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1983 * Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 10-1 Coach: Steve Tweddell--7 Class 4-A Region 1, District 1 (Steve’s Tweddell’s overall record: 42-32)

W 6 - 0 neutral A Lexington Bryan Station (Steve Parker--4)W 10 - 7 away Franklin-Simpson (James Matthews--9)W 30 - 6 away Paducah (Allan Cox--1)W 41 - 6 home Lexington Henry Clay (Jake Bell--15)W 6 - 3 home B Owensboro (Larry Moore--1)W 32 - 0 home Marshall County (Doc Sanders--4)W 31 - 0 home Daviess County (Reed May/Gary Keller)W 34-13 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--8/18)W 7 - 0 away Lexington Lafayette (Jim Poynter--13)W 13 - 7 home Christian County (Dan Goble--3)---playoffs---L 3-6 home C Owensboro (Larry Moore--1)

* Madisonville was rated #1 in Class 4-A all nine weeks in the UPI poll #1 in Class 4-A seven of the nine weeks of the AP poll

#1 in Class 4-A all eight weeks of the Lit-Ratings #1 in the entire state for three weeks in the Lit-Ratings

A Game two (of three) in the Recreation Bowl at Mt. Sterling

B The Red Devils featured Mark Higgs at running back...who played at Kentucky and with the Miami DolphinsC Madisonville‘s starting quarterback, tailback and flanker all missed the playoff game because of injuries

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1982 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 8-3 Coach: Steve Tweddell--6 Class 4-A Region 1, District 2W 32-21 home Hopkinsville (Mike Lewis--2)L 3-6 away Christian County (Dan Goble--2)W 27-0 away Union County (Charlie Bob Paris--2)W 30-6 home Owensboro Catholic (Jim Wilson--4/5)L 15-20 away Owensboro (Don Netoskie--6)W 50-7 home Warren Central (Joe Hood--3)W 55-0 away Caldwell County (Al Giordano--11)L 13-14 away Daviess County (Billy Mitchell--2)W 27-0 home Apollo (Doug Moore--2)W 34-0 away Webster County (Walt Hawkins--7)W 40-6 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--7/17)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1981 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 8-3 Coach: Steve Tweddell--5 Class 4-A Region 1, District 2

W 19-6 away Hopkinsville (Mike Lewis--1)L 12-14 home Christian County (Dan Goble--1)W 40-12 home Union County (Charlie Bob Paris--1)W 21-16 away Owensboro Catholic (Jim Wilson--3/4)W 20-16 home Owensboro (Don Netoskie--5)W 28-6 away Warren Central (Joe Hood--2)W 42-14 home Caldwell County (Al Giordano--10)W 28-6 home Daviess County (Billy Mitchell--1)L 6-14 away Apollo (Doug Moore--1)W 34-0 home Webster County (Walt Hawkins--6)L 6-19 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--6/16)

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L 7 - 25 home Hopkinsville (Danny Sundburg--4)L 28-29 away Christian County (Fred Clayton--9)L 20-21 away Union County (Dickie McDonald--5)W 24 - 0 home Owensboro Catholic (Jim Wilson--2/3)L 13-41 away Owensboro (Don Netoskie--4)L 14-20 away Caldwell County (Al Giordano--9)L 12-23 away Daviess County (Gary Keller--3)W 34-14 home Apollo (Fred Hamburg--4)W 30 - 0 away Webster County (Walter Hawkins--5)L 14-17 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--5/15)

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---------1979 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 6-4 Coach: Steve Tweddell--3 Class 4-A Region 1, District 2

W (OT) 13-12 A home Christian County (Fred Clayton--8)W 7-6 B home Union County (Dickie McDonald--4)L 6-28 away Owensboro Catholic (Jim Wilson--1/2)L 0-26 home Owensboro (Don Netoskie--3)W 14-13 home Caldwell County (Al Giordano--8)L 12-13 away Hopkinsville (Danny Sundburg--3)W 21-7 home Daviess County (Gary Keller--2)W 28-8 away Apollo (Fred Hamburg--3)W 21-7 home Webster County (Walter Hawkins--4)L 23-27 C away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--4/14)

A Madisonville’s 6th overtime game (out of 22) since it was introduced on the high school level in 1977B Steve Tweddell and Dickie McDonald were assistant coaches together at Union County and were great friends.

The week of this game, Dickie told Steve in jest, “We’ll beat you; we always do.” Steve made a sign of that quip and put it up over the locker room door...and got the desired results.

C Henderson County got the win on a 10-yard pass with just seconds to play

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L 6-27 away Christian County (Fred Clayton--7)L 0-6 (OT) away Union County (Dickie McDonald--3)L 0-6 home Owensboro Catholic (Bill Cox--2)L 13-39 away Owensboro (Don Netoskie--2)L 7-26 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--3/13)W 21-0 home Hopkinsville (Danny Sundburg--2)W 26-22 away Somerset (John Cain--4)W 13-6 (OT) home Apollo (Fred Hamburg--2)L 10-12 away Paducah (Dan Haley--9)L 7-27 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--3/13)L 9-15 away Daviess County (Gary Keller--1)

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L 6-7 home Christian County (Fred Clayton--6)L 6-13 (2 OT’s) home Union County (Dickie McDonald--2)W 20-14 (OT) away Owensboro Catholic (Bill Cox--1)L 7-14 home Owensboro (Don Netoskie--1)L 0-20 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--2/12)W 35-0 away Hopkinsville (Danny Sundburg--1)W 13-0 away Apollo (Fred Hamburg--1)W 15-12 home Paducah (Dan Haley--8)L 6-48 home Evansville Reitz (Bob Padgett--9)

L 0-6 (OT) home Daviess County (Bill Taylor--3)

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1976 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-5 Coach: Jim Meyer--1 Class 4-A Region 1, District 1

W 6-2 away Christian County (Fred Clayton--5)L 13-14 away Union County (Dickie McDonald--1)L 15-27 home Owensboro Catholic (Jim Wilson--1)W 32-20 away Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--12)L 14-25 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--1/11)W 34-7 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--15)W 21-7 home Apollo (Stan Napper--3)L 21-28 away Paducah (Dan Haley--7)L 0-35 away Evansville Reitz (Bob Padgett--8)W 55-14 away Daviess County (Bill Taylor--2)

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(Bernard Brant’s overall record: 23-22)

W 30-8 home Christian County (Fred Clayton--4)L 6-14 home Union County (Mojo Hollowell--4)L 20-43 away Owensboro Catholic (Fred Gibson--5)L 0-7 home Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--11)L 24-42 away Henderson County (Ron Finley--6)L 7-26 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--14)W 26-12 away Henderson City (Steve Doran--2)W 42-25 away Apollo (Stan Napper--2)L 7-18 home Paducah (Dan Haley--6)L 23-28 away Lexington Lafayette (James Poynter--5)W 20-13 home Daviess County (Bill Taylor--1)

The KHSAA re-worked the entire football classification. Starting in 1959, the first year for playoffs, all of the state teams were divided into Classes A and AA, while Jefferson County schools were designated AAA. Starting with this season, the state schools were divided into four classes. The Jefferson County schools were all 4-A and they had a playoff; the state 4-A schools had a playoff; then the two “champions” played for the overall 4-A title.

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1974 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-8 Coach: Bernard Brant--3 Class 2-A Region 1, District 2

L 15-22 away Christian County (Fred Clayton--3)W 14-8 away Union County (Mojo Hollowell--3)L 9-14 home Owensboro Catholic (Fred Gibson--4)L 21-32 away Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--10)L 13-26 home Henderson County (Ron Finley--5)L 0-14 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--13)

W 46-6 home Henderson City (Steve Doran--1)W 13-7 home Apollo (Stan Napper--1)L 14-41 away Paducah (Dan Haley--5)L 14-16 away Caldwell County (Al Giordano--3)L 10-13 away *Daviess County (Waymond Morris--10)

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W 41-14 A neu Harrison County (Francis “Buck” Vest--2)W 32 - 8 home Union County (Mojo Hollowell--2)W 20 - 8 away Owensboro Catholic (Fred Gibson--3)W 20 - 0 home Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--9)W 41 - 7 away Henderson County (Ron Finley--4)W 7 - 0 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--12)W 42 - 6 away Henderson City (Bull Dawson--14)W 34 - 6 away Apollo (Bob Butler--2)L 14-33 home Paducah (Dan Haley--4)W 35-18 home Caldwell County (Al Giordano--2)W 7 - 6 home Daviess County (Waymond Morris--9) ---playoffs---L 0 - 2 B away Paducah (Dan Haley--4)

A Recreation Bowl game at Mt. SterlingB Madisonville tried a sweep from its own 2-yard-line, fumbled the ball and Paducah recovered it in the endzone

for a safety with 4:55 to play in the game. After having to punt, Madisonville got the ball back and marched down the field...only to lose a fumble at the Tilghman 7 yard-line with 24 seconds to play. Before that play the Maroons had another time-out and a down to spare...and armchair quarterbacks wanted to know why Madisonville had eschewed a field goal attempt. Bernard Brant said later, “We were going for the blankety-blank touchdown!” It was very windy with an incredibly cold wind chill.Paducah was ranked #1; Madisonville #5 by AP

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1972 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 6-5 Coach: Bernard Brant--1 Class 2-A

W 33-18 away Bowling Green (Jim Jordan--1)L 0 - 27 away Union County (Mojo Hollowell--1)L 28-34 home Owensboro Catholic (Fred Gibson--2)L 19-21 away Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--8)W 25 - 0 home Henderson County (Ron Finley--3)L 7 - 14 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--11)W 35-20 home Henderson City (Bull Dawson--13)W 53 - 0 away Mt. Vernon, IN (Bill Huff--4)L 14-33 away Paducah (Dan Haley--3)W 28 - 0 away Caldwell County (Al Giordano--1)W 13 - 0 away Daviess County (Waymond Morris--8)

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---------1971 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 12-2 Coach: Dennis Sexton--5 Class 2-A

(Dennis Sexton’s overall record: 45-15)

W 27 - 7 A neu. Boyd County (Tom Scott--10)W 34 - 8 home Union County (Tommy Glover--1)W 40 - 0 away Owensboro Catholic (Fred Gibson--1)W 20 - 6 home Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--7)W 21-14 away Henderson County (Ron Finley--2)W 13 - 0 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--10)W 34 - 0 away Henderson City (Bull Dawson--12)W 35 - 0 away Christian County (Charlie McGuire--2)L 7 - 20 home Paducah (Dan Haley--2)W 24-17 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--18)W 27-12 home Daviess County (Waymond Morris--7)---playoffs---W 10 - 0 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--10)W 35 - 0 home Elizabethtown (Vince Hancock--5)L 3 - 14 B neu. Lexington Bryan Station (Terry Clark--1)

A Recreation Bowl game at Mt. Sterling (Montgomery County H. S.)B State championship game at the University of Kentucky--Stoll Field, Lexington

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1970 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 12-2 Coach: Dennis Sexton--4 Class 2-A

L 14-27 A neu. Ft. Thomas Highlands (Mike Murphy--4)W 37 - 7 away Union County (Jock Stewart--2)W 25 - 6 home Owensboro Catholic (Perky Bryant--1)W 21 - 0 away Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--6)W 76-13 home Henderson County (Ron Finley--1)W 32-14 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--9)W 28 - 0 home Henderson City (Bull Dawson--11)W 63 - 6 home Christian County (Charlie McGuire--1)W 28-27 away Paducah (Dan Haley--1)W 57 - 6 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--17)W 28-22 away Daviess County (Waymond Morris--6)---playoffs---W 41-14 home Mayfield (Jack Morris--2)W 34-17 away Elizabethtown (Vince Hancock--4)L 13-30 B neu. Ft. Thomas Highlands (Mike Murphy--4)

A Recreation Bowl game at Mt. Sterling (Montgomery County H. S.)B State championship game at the University of Kentucky--Stoll Field, Lexington

(Ruth Williams, longtime choral director at Madisonville, told me that when Moose Zachem came to coach Maroons football in 1950, he bought new red and black uniforms. He had come from Mayfield and their colors were red. Bill

Brinkley was the sports editor of the Messenger when the 1970 season was played...and his final line before the state championship game was, “Go Big Red!”)

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W 36 - 0 home Union County (Jock Stewart--1)W 20-14 away Owensboro Catholic (Terry Clark--2)W 16 - 0 home Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--5)W 36 - 6 away Henderson County (Pascal Benson--3)W 25-22 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--8)W 39-24 away Henderson City (Bull Dawson--10)W 61 - 8 away Christian County (Vic Waggoner--4)W 26-12 home Paducah (Ralph Colby--5)L 0 - 3 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--16)

* W 19-14 home Daviess County (Waymond Morris--5)---playoffs---

** L 3 - 13 away Mayfield (Jack Morris--1)

* Star running back Alfred “Sonny” Collins got poked in the eye by a Daviess County player in the 3rd quarter, required surgery, and missed the following week’s playoff game. The Maroons cried “foul!” and, indeed, a Panther player was penalized 15 yards for the incident. A sophomore, Collins had scored 146 points and rushed for 2,003 yards...his second straight 1,000-plus yard season.

** The “Ice Bowl” game. They chipped ice off the seats so fans could sit down in War Memorial Stadium.I got to broadcast a high school game from that 1930’s WPA-built stadium when the Maroons visited Graves County in 1995, and I could practically feel the vibes from that venerable old place. Having said that, I found it odd that both Mayfield and Graves County...despite having fine new gyms...both still used it for football. Graves finally got a new stadium of its own in 2007.

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(Madisonville-North Hopkins High School...on Hanson Road north of town...opened this fall -- though the football team continued to use the stadium on West Center Street through the 1988 season.)

* W 7 - 6 away Daviess County (Waymond Morris--4)W 38 - 0 away Union County (Roy Hina--3)W 13 - 7 home Owensboro Catholic (Terry Clark--1)L 7 - 20 away Owensboro (Gerald Poynter--4)W 28 - 0 home Henderson County (Pascal Benson--2)W 20-14 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--7)W 12 - 2 home Henderson City (Bull Dawson--9)W 20-14 home Mayfield (Virgil Rains--11)W 14 - 6 away Paducah (Ralph Colby--4)L 26-33 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--15)W 73 - 0 home Bourbon County (Chester Greynolds--1)

* Madisonville scored its touchdown with 13 seconds to play, but missed the extra point. A penalty on Daviess County gave the Maroons a second chance and they got it. Daviess County had never beaten the Maroons.

Madisonville re-joined the Big 8 Conference this year.

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W 32 - 0 home Union County (Roy Hina--2)* W 58 - 0 away Butler County (John Smith--1)** W 62 - 0 away Ohio County (Tommy Glover--1)

L 0 - 14 away Christian County (Vic Waggoner--2)L 7 - 20 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--6)L 7 - 27 home Franklin-Simpson (Clarkie Mayfield--1)L 0 - 68 away Mayfield (Virgil Rains--10)L 12-57 home Paducah (Ralph Colby--3)L 25-51 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--14)L 12-14 away Bourbon County (Bill Hogg--1)

* Butler County’s first year of football** Ohio County’s first year of football

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1966 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 1-8 Coach: Bill Welborn--13 Class 2-A (Bill Welborn’s overall record: 80-47-3)

L 14-20 away Union County (Roy Hina--1)L 0 - 40 home Louisville St. Xavier (Johnny Meihaus--15)L 0 - 32 home Louisville Male (Dave Kuhn--1)L 6 - 34 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--5)L 0 - 13 away Franklin-Simpson (Bob Brown--8)L 0 - 14 home Mayfield (Virgil Rains--9)L 6 - 25 away Paducah (Ralph Colby--2)L 13-33 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--13)W 48-14 home Louisville Iroquois (Ray Fryrear--1)

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1965 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-5 Coach: Bill Welborn--12 Class 2-A

W 12 - 0 home Union County (Ralph Horning--2)L 0 - 28 away Louisville St. Xavier (John Meihaus--14)L 0 - 27 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--4)W 18 - 0 home Franklin-Simpson (Bob Brown--7)L 13-33 away Mayfield (Virgil Rains--8)

L 0 - 6 home Paducah (Ralph Colby--1)W 7 - 0 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--12)L 6 - 28 home A Louisville Manual (Billy Mitchell--1)

A Billy Mitchell was later head coach at Daviess County (1981 & 82)

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1964 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 6-5 Coach: Bill Welborn--11 Class 2-A

W 20 - 0 away A Union County (Ralph Horning--1)L 12-14 home Louisville Central (Jay White--8)W 20 - 0 home Henderson City (Bull Dawson--5)W 28 - 6 away B Daviess County (George Claiborne--11)L 0 - 34 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--3)W 28 - 7 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--8)W 19-14 home Mayfield (Virgil Rains--7)L 7 - 25 away Paducah (Ed Rutledge--3)L 19-21 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--11)L 13-27 home Louisville Trinity (Paulie Miller--1)W 12 - 6 home Hopkinsville Attucks (Pete Rembert--4)

A Union County’s first year of existence. Ralph Horning had been the long time head coach at Sturgis...which joined Morganfield and Morganfield Dunbar to make up the new school

B George was brother to Jerry Claiborne (Hopkinsville natives). Jerry was head coach at the University of Kentucky starting in 1982.

When Madisonville almost made the playoffs this year as an “independent,” the other Big Eight Conference schools refused to schedule the Maroons. After four years of that, Madisonville re-joined the conference.

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W 14 - 7 away A Louisville Bishop David (Wally English--2)W 7 - 0 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--18/21)L 0 - 9 home Castle Heights, TN (Stroud Gwynn--16)L 7 - 14 away Henderson City (Bull Dawson--4)W 15-14 home Daviess County (George Claiborne--10)L 6 - 21 home Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--2)W 13 - 7 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--7)L 13-33 away Mayfield (Virgil Rains--6)W 41 - 0 away Owensboro Catholic (Don Netoskie--1)L 7 - 24 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--10)W 14 - 0 away Louisville Trinity (Jeep Quire--9)

A Wally English got an interview for...but not the job...when the Madisonville position opened up in 1993.

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---------1962 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-4-1 Coach: Bill Welborn--9 Class 2-A

L 6 - 18 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--17/20)L 0 - 28 home Owensboro (Ralph Genito--7)W 61 - 0 home Morganfield (Henry Hina--1)W 13 - 0 home Henderson City (Bull Dawson--3)W 18-12 away Daviess County (George Claiborne--9)

(T) 7 - 7 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--6)L 13-39 away Hopkinsville (Fleming Thornton--1)W 34 - 7 home Mayfield (Virgil Rains--5)W 41 - 6 home Owensboro Catholic (Leslie Van Meter--2/5)L 0 - 19 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--9)

Madisonville dropped out of the Big Eight at the end of this season because of a quibble over football scheduling.

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L 14-18 away Owensboro (Ralph Genito--6)W 51 - 7 away A Morganfield (Bob Martin--2)W 33-14 away Henderson City (Bull Dawson--2)W 33 - 6 home Daviess County (George Claiborne--8)W 33 - 7 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--5)W 15 - 6 home Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--7)W 38 - 0 home B Ft. Knox (Johnny Hackett--8)L 20-28 away Mayfield (Virgil Rains--4)W 34 - 6 away Owensboro Catholic (Leslie Van Meter--1/4)L 13-25 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--8)W 40 - 7 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--16/19)

A David Wells set a school record with 6 touchdownsB This game was designated “The Shrine Bowl”

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1960 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 8-1-1 Coach: Bill Welborn--7 Class 2-A

W 20 - 0 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--15/18) (T) 13-13 home Owensboro (Ralph Genito--5)

W 47 - 6 home Morganfield (Bob Martin--1)W 20-12 home A Henderson City (Bill “Bull” Dawson--1)W 19-13 away Daviess County (George Claiborne--7)W 25 - 7 away Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--6)W 33 - 7 home Murray (Ty Holland--31)L 0 - 14 home Mayfield (Virgil Rains--3)W 14 - 0 home Owensboro Catholic (Bill Settles--2)W 19 - 6 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--7)

A The Henderson players (including Tom Rhoads) said lime had been put on the field instead of chalk for yard lines. Madisonville wore long sleeve uniforms--Henderson short sleeves--and the Purple Flash players were pretty burned up...so to speak...by halftime.

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1959 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 7-3-1 Coach: Bill Welborn--6 Class 2-A

L 0 - 26 away Owensboro (Ralph Genito--4)W 31 - 6 away Morganfield (Bull Dawson--9)W 41 - 0 away Owensboro Catholic (Bill Settles--1)W 26-14 home Daviess County (George Claiborne--6)

(T) 7 - 7 home Mayfield (Virgil Rains--2)W 20 - 0 home Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--5)W 14-12 away Murray (Ty Holland--30)W 26 - 0 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--14/17)L 13-33 away Henderson City (Don Shelton--7)W 7 - 6 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--6)L 13-19 home A Owensboro A (Ralph Genito--4)

A Designed as “The Shrine Bowl” game

This was the first year of football playoffs in Kentucky. The KHSAA divided the state’s teams into two classes by size: A and AA; and decided that all of the teams in Jefferson County would be called AAA.

At the end of this season Madisonville and 6 other schools withdrew from the 19-team Western Kentucky Conference. Those seven formed “The Big 8.” The other schools were Owensboro, Daviess County, Henderson City, Henderson County, Sturgis and Morganfield. The actual number of schools in the Big Eight fluctuated between 7 and 9 for years…then was down to 6 for the 1986 through ’88 seasons…before disbanding.

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W 14 - 0 away Franklin-Simpson (Jim Ownby--9)W 22 - 0 home Owensboro Catholic (Bill Medley--6)W 25-12 away Daviess County (George Claiborne--5)W 6 - 0 away Mayfield (Virgil Rains--1)L 12-18 away A Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--4)W 20 - 0 home Murray (Ty Holland--29)W 13 - 6 home B Henderson City (Don Shelton--6)W 34 - 6 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--13/16)W 40 - 0 home Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--2)L 7 - 12 away C Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--5)

A The first time Madisonville had not played Hopkinsville on Thanksgiving Day in almost 50 years. It was Hoptown’s idea to change. Madisonville complained that finally the Maroons could play with the Tigers (having won 7 of the previous 8 games) in a series that was seriously lopsided in Hopkinsville’s favor before that. Hopkinsville considered Paducah to be its main rival and made Tilghman the season finale. As it turned

out, the playoffs began the next year and nobody had a regular-season game on Thanksgiving.

B The “muddy field” game. It had rained incessantly earlier in the week; then the fire department trucks were brought out to “water the field” before the game...and “inadvertently” left the water on all day Friday. The four men who made up Henderson City’s backfield...was the same four who won the state 400-yard relay the previous spring. (That’s the story the best I remember it...in 2004. I also remember that Tom Rhoads, Henderson’s quarterback during that time, had some strong feelings about that and the 1960 “lime” game...both played at Madisonville...some 25 years later)

C game played on Thanksgiving Day. The Maroons and Caldwell County always played their football game for a trophy...”The Old Hawg Rifle”

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1957 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 9-1 Coach: Bill Welborn--4

W 12 - 0 home Franklin-Simpson (Jim Ownby--8)W 19 - 6 away Owensboro Catholic (Bill Medley--5)W 20 - 7 home Daviess County (George Claiborne--4)W 43 - 6 home Mayfield (Bill Tucker--1)L 6 - 7 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--4)W 33-20 away Murray (Ty Holland--28)W 63 - 7 away Henderson City (Don Shelton--5)W 24 - 6 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--12/15)W 44 - 0 away Henderson County (Mojo Hollowell--1)W 20-13 home A Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--3)

A From 1921 through 1957, Madisonville played Hopkinsville on Thanksgiving Day to wrap up the season. Hopkinsville discontinued the “season-ender” after this year.

Western Kentucky Conference champions for the 3rd time (1942 & 1956 were the others.)

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W 19 - 0 away Franklin-Simpson (Jim Ownby--7)W 26-12 home Owensboro Catholic (Bill Medley--4)W 22 - 0 away Daviess County (George Claiborne--3)W 7 - 2 away Mayfield (Jess Crawford--1)W 32 - 6 away Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--3)W 40-14 home Murray (Ty Holland--27)W 75 - 0 home Henderson City (Don Shelton--4)W 21-20 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--11/14)W 46 - 0 home Henderson County (Obbie Todd--2)W 45 - 0 away Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--2)

Madisonville’s only unbeaten season. (In 1983, the Maroons finished the regular season 10-0, then lost their opening playoff game.)

The Maroons “claimed” to be state champions, even though there was no playoff at the time. There was no AP nor UPI state-wide poll at the time either...only the Litkenhous Ratings that were published weekly in the Louisville Courier-Journal. Madisonville was listed 3rd in the final Litkenhous tabulations...behind Louisville schools St. Xavier and Flaget Western Kentucky Conference champions for the 2nd time (1942 was the other.)

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L 6 - 18 home Franklin-Simpson (Jim Ownby--6)W 25 - 6 away Owensboro Catholic (Bill Medley--3)W 39 - 0 home Daviess County (George Claiborne--2)L 26-27 home Mayfield (Ray Mills--5)L 28-32 home Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--2)W 25-13 away Murray (Ty Holland--26)L 7 - 26 away Henderson City (Don Shelton--3)L 13-26 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--10/13)W 33 - 6 away A Henderson County (Obbie Todd--1)L 0 - 6 home Hopkinsville (Jim Bravard--1)

A Henderson County’s second year of existence, first year of football

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W 20 - 0 away Franklin-Simpson (Jim Ownby--5)L 7 - 19 home Owensboro Catholic (Bill Medley--2)L 0 - 25 away Mayfield (Ray Mills--4)W 32 - 7 away A Caldwell County (Fred Clayton--1)W 14 - 0 home Murray (Ty Holland--25)W 25 - 6 home Henderson (Don Shelton--2)L 7 - 21 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--9/12)L 13-14 home Newport (Bob Miller)W 13 - 6 away Hopkinsville (Pat McNeil--3)

A First year for football (3rd year for high school) at Caldwell County

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1953 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 7-3 Coach: Vincent “Moose” Zachem--4Ass’t coach: Bill Welborn--1

(Moose Zachem’s overall record: 27-11-4)

W 25 - 7 away Owensboro Catholic (Bill Medley--1)W 12 - 6 home Bowling Green (Elvis Donaldson--9)L 18-34 away Owensboro (Joe Brown--4)

W 20-13 home Mayfield (Ray Mills--3)W 14-12 home Princeton Butler A (Johnny Hackett--6)L 13-16 away Murray (Ty Holland--24)W 33 - 0 away Russellville (Ralph Hunter--1)W 25 - 7 away Henderson (Don Shelton--1)L 14-20 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--8/11)W 43-20 home Hopkinsville (Pat McNeil--2)

A Princeton “Butler” became part of Caldwell County High the next year...two years after C.C. opened

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1952 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 8-1-2 Coach: Vincent “Moose” Zachem--3assistants Gene Tate & Charley Parrish

(T) 0 - 0 home Owensboro Catholic (Father Robert Conner--1)W 15 - 0 away Bowling Green (Elvis Donaldson--8)L 7 - 20 home Owensboro (Joe Brown--3)

(T) 13-13 away Mayfield (Ray Mills--2)W 20 - 0 away Princeton (Johnny Hackett--5)W 40-19 home Murray (Ty Holland--23)W 40 - 0 home Russellville (Joe Russell--2)W 33-19 home Henderson (Si Prewitt--6)W 20-13 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--7/10)W 21 - 7 home Trigg County (Raymond “Red” Heffington--1)W 24-13 away Hopkinsville (Pat McNeil--1)

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1951 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 9-1-1 Coach: Vincent “Moose” Zachem--2assistants: Gene Tate & Oral Caywood

* W 27-26 home Princeton (Johnny Hackett--4)** W 13-12 away Owensboro Catholic (Leslie Van Meter--3) (T) 7 - 7 home Bowling Green (Elvis Donaldson--7)

W 33 - 7 away Trigg County (Tom Johnson--4)*** W 33-13 home Morganfield (Bill “Bull” Dawson--1)

W 26 - 0 away Marion (Fred Clayton--2)L 7 - 13 away Murray (Ty Holland--22)W 33 - 7 away Henderson (Si Prewitt--5)W 25-12 away Russellville (Joe Russell--1)W 34-13 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--6/9)

**** W 40-13 home Hopkinsville (Howard Moss--3)

* Don Edwards hit Calvin Walls with a 17-yd touchdown pass with 1:05 to go. Walls added the extra point kick when the ball hit the crossbar and bounced over.

** Calvin Walls, one of two seniors (other was Dick Strong) on the roster, scored all 13 Madisonville points. Some upperclassmen had been lost to the Korean War. Walls finished the season with 123 points.

*** Bull Dawson’s first year of coaching...after being a star guard for Bear Bryant on U.K’s Sugar Bowl champs.**** Hoptown coach Moss missed the last 2 games of the season...in the hospital with ulcers.

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1950 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-6-1 Coach: Vincent “Moose” Zachem--1

(T) 6-6 home A Owensboro St. Francis (Leslie Van Meter--2)L 13-21 away Bowling Green (Elvis Donaldson--6)W 14-6 away Princeton (Johnny Hackett--3)L 6-24 away Morganfield (Casey Organ)W 7-0 home Marion (Fred Clayton--1)L 0-7 home Murray (Ty Holland--21)L 6-20 home Henderson (Si Prewitt--4)L 0-27 home Russellville (Jimmy Haynes--2 or 3)L 7-27 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--5/8)W 6-0 away Hopkinsville (Howard Moss--2)

A 2nd year of football at St. Francis...which was re-named Owensboro Catholic the next year

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1949 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-7 Coach: Joe Taylor--2(Joe Taylor’s overall record: 5-14)

* L 13-14 away Mayfield (Red Herndon--3)L 7 - 18 home Bowling Green (Elvis Donaldson--5)

** W 20-13 home Princeton (Johnny Hackett-2)L 6 - 12 home Morganfield (Casey Organ)W 35 - 0 away Marion (Johnny Carlisle--2)L 12-27 away Murray (Preston “Ty” Holland--20)

*** W 13 - 6 away Henderson (Si Prewitt--3)L 0 - 34 away Clarksville, TN (Frank Ditmore--5)L 8 - 13 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--4/7)L 12-23 home Hopkinsville (Howard Moss--1)

* First game in Mayfield’s brand new War Memorial Stadium. Still in use as of 2013.** On the last play of the game, Dick Pollock hit Tom Allinder with a 56-yard touchdown pass to win it. Dick

recalled in 2012 that they called it “The Sally Rand Play”…because “everything came off.” For those of you who don’t care to Google it, Sally Rand was a “pin-up girl” (stripper) from that era.According to the Caldwell County Times, “The game-winning play was a triple pass used for the first time by Madisonville this year and was good for 60 yards.”

*** 36th game of the series between the two schools

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1948 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 2-7 Coach: Joe Taylor--1(assistant coach--Oral Caywood)

L 6 - 25 home Mayfield (Red Herndon--2)L 6 - 14 away Bowling Green (Elvis Donaldson--4)L 7 - 12 away Princeton (Johnny Hackett--1)W 25 - 7 away MorganfieldW 18 - 0 home Marion (Johnny Carlisle--1)L 0 - 21 home Murray (Ty Holland--19)L 20-21 home Henderson (Si Prewitt--2)L 0 - 39 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--3/6)L 19-41 away Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--4/9)

After one year of having co-coaches, the Madisonville school board decided in February, 1948, that Tunstill should be head coach and Welborn his assistant. Welborn quit the next day; Tunstill left before the start of the season. Welborn came back as an assistant in 1953 and became head coach in 1954. This was Frank Ramsey’s Senior year. An end, he caught a touchdown pass in each of the first three games...to account for all of the Maroons’ scoring in those contests. In the first game, he was also credited with tackling four Mayfield runners in the backfield. A home game with Clarksville High...the week after the Henderson game...was called off...I believe because of heavy rains.

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1947 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-4 Coaches: Jess Tunstill--1/Bill Welborn--1

W 43-12 away Providence (Frank White)W 18-13 home Princeton Tip Downing--2)L 0 - 19 home Kentucky Military Institute (Cpt. John Pace)W 6 - 0 away Henderson (Si Prewitt--1)L 6 - 13 away Murray (Ty Holland--18)L 6 - 28 away Mayfield (Red Herndon--1)W 32-13 away Marion (Tom Johnson--1)W 6 - 0 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--2/5)L 6 - 19 home Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--3/8)

News story in the Messenger 10-26-44: “Lt. William Francis Welborn, 23, army air forces has been missing in action since October 5 while on a mission over Germany, the war department advised relatives here Wednesday. He was aB-29 pilot. Lt. Welborn, former Madisonville High School and University of Kentucky football star, had been in service a year and overseas since August. His wife, Mrs. Libby Welborn and two-month-old son William Francis Welborn, Jr. are in Lexington. Clayton Welborn, the father, Madisonville, is employed in a Henderson barbershop. Mrs. Walter E. Beymer is his mother. He has a brother, PFC Morton Welborn, who is a paratrooper in Holland.”

Welborn was shot down over Germany, losing an eye. He was a prisoner-of-war for nearly a year...until being liberated by Allied Forces. He was the co-head coach this year...and became head coach in 1954.

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1946 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-4 Coach: Gene Tate--2(Gene Tate’s overall record: 7-8)

W 44 - 0 home Providence (Frank White)W 32 - 6 away Princeton (Tip Downing--1)L 13-18 home Henderson (Turner Elrod--1)L 19-38 away Danville (Ernest Woford--6)L 0 - 3 home Mayfield (Henry Cochran--1/4)W 12 - 0 home Marion (Carl Ferrara--1)W 32-13 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--1/4)L 25-33 away Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--2/7)

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1945 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-4 *Coach: Gene Tate--1 Assistants: Sam Pollock and D. O. (Oral)

Caywood

W 32 - 6 home Princeton (Leo “Chick” Walker--2)W 32 - 6 home Morganfield (Clarence Piercey--1)L 0 - 26 away Henderson (Frank Camp--3)L 8 - 39 away Owensboro (James H. “Peanuts” Johnson--3)L 0 - 6 away Marion (Carney Hollowell--2)W 26 - 6 home Sturgis (Ira Jones--1)L 14-33 home Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--1/6)**

* Gene Tate, after two years as assistant coach in basketball and football, became head coach in both.** Jerry Claiborne, a senior, was Hopkinsville team captain (was head football coach in the 1980’s at U.K.)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1944 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-4-1 *Coach: Ray Ellis--15 Assistant: Gene Tate (2)

(T) 13-13 home Princeton (Leo “Chick” Walker--1)W 31 - 0 home AnchorageW 20 - 6 home Henderson (Frank Camp--2)L 14-19 home Owensboro (James H. “Peanuts” Johnson--2)L 6 - 19 away Princeton (Lee “Chick” Walker--1)L 7 - 27 home Marion (Carney Hollowell--1)W 20 - 0 away Sturgis **(William Inman--1/Robert Barnaby)L 13-14 away Hopkinsville (Chris Cox--1)

* Ellis had been offered an assistant’s job at the University of Kentucky before the season, but declined. The following February, he accepted the offensive coordinator job at Georgia Tech and became a nationally renowned assistant coach there.

** Inman quit in mid-October and was replaced by Barnaby, who had been assistant coach at Russell H.S.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1943 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-4 Coach: Ray Ellis--14 Assistant: Gene Tate (1)

W 51-0 home Princeton (Cliff Cox--2)W 18-6 home Marion (Paul Woodall--2)L 13-28 away Henderson (Frank Camp--1)L 6-54 away Paducah (Rice Mountjoy--2)

W 26-0 away Princeton (Cliff Cox--2)W 13-7 away Marion (Paul Woodall--2)L 6-12 home Sturgis A (Ralph Horning--3/Alton Reynolds--1)L 0-40 home Hopkinsville (Oakley Brown--2/4)

A Ralph Horning was called into the service with three games to go in the season. He had been a football assistant at Sturgis for six years and this was his third year as head coach.

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W 52 - 0 home Clay (J. D. Rayburn--5)W 38 - 6 home Nashville Howard (Archie Grant--1)W 32-14 home Princeton (Cliff Cox--1)W 13 - 6 away Newport (*Richard Bathiany--1)W 26-14 home Henderson (Jim Shannon--1)L 7 - 31 home Paducah (Rice Mountjoy--1)W 34 - 0 home Fulton (Joe Gill--1)W 32-12 away Sturgis (Ralph Horning--2)(T) 7 - 7 away Hopkinsville (Oakley Brown--1/3)

* Richard Bathiany actually left for the service a week before Newport played Madisonville. The Messenger story came from Newport sources...which didn’t mention the new coach’s name.** Maroons won the 19-team Western Kentucky Conference championship...officially...for the 1st time ever.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1941 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 9-1 Coach: Ray Ellis--12 Assistants: Sam Pollock

Oral CaywoodW 19-0 home Clay (J. D. Rayburn--4)W 25-0 home Nashville Howard (Charlie Jenkins)W 38-7 home Hardinsburg (Garland “Red” Garrison--1)W 25-6 home Newport (W. J. “Blue” Foster--12)W 18-0 away Henderson (Cooksey Crafton--5)W 14-0 home Owensboro (Houston Elder--1)W 24-0 away Marion (Casey Organ--5)W 26-0 away Central City (Delmas Gish--1)W 7-0 home Sturgis (Ralph Horning--1)L 0-14 home *Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--5)

* For the 1st time ever Madisonville and Hopkinsville were both 9-0 going into the finale...a battle for the WKC championship. The Tigers finished the year #1 in the Litkenhous Ratings and Mills was named the Courier-Journal Coach-of-the-Year. Hopkinsville’s 23-game winning streak was broken two weeks later at Atlanta Boys High 47-0.

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1940 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 7-2-1 Coach: Ray Ellis--11 Assistants: Sam Pollock Oral Caywood

W 51 - 0 home Clay (J. D. Rayburn--3)W 37 - 0 home Russellville (El Donaldson)W 36 - 0 home Hardinsburg (Leroy Elrod)

W 25 - 0 home Morganfield (Charles Yarbrough--1)W 13 - 0 home Henderson (Cooksey Crafton--4)

* (T) 0 - 0 away Owensboro (E. A. Al Hetzner--1)** W 77 - 2 home Marion (Casey Organ--4)

W 28-13 home Central City (Jimmy Long--4)L 0 - 7 away Sturgis (Morgan Christian--6)L 6 - 25 away Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--4)

* The “cowbell” game in Owensboro. Dean Dowdy’s Maroon Marching Band played “The Bells Of St. Mary’s” that included the use of bells on the field. As the band was getting ready to take the field at halftime, an Owensboro fan threw a cowbell that hit one of the gal Maroon bandsmen. Then, as they were playing that particular selection, Owensboro fans began shaking their cowbells so as to drown out the performance. So Dowdy ordered his band off the field in mid-performance.** How ironic that a season that was 6-0-1 at that point had its first points “given up” on a bad snap on a kick

attempt...in a 75-point win.

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Oral CaywoodW 34 - 7 home Clay (J. D. Rayburn--2)L 0 - 12 home Russellville (Elvis Donaldson)L 0 - 7 home Hardinsburg (Leroy Elrod--2)W 6 - 0 away Morganfield (Joe Cook--1)L 0 - 7 away Henderson (Cooksey Crafton--3)L 0 - 14 home Owensboro (A. J. Jack “Skeets” Horner--2)L 6 - 12 home Marion (Casey Organ--3)L 0 - 12 away Bowling Green (Doug Smith--14)W 12 - 0 home Central City (Jimmy Long--3)L 0 - 31 home Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--3)

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Oral Caywood(Madisonville High School...at the Browning Springs location...opened this fall.)

W 40 - 0 home Clay (J. D. Rayburn--1)W 14 - 0 home Hardinsburg (Leroy Elrod--1)W 2 - 0 home Mayfield (Ray Ross--14)W 31 - 0 home Morganfield (Paul Walker--1)W 24 - 0 home Henderson (Cooksey Crafton--2)L 0 - 6 away Owensboro (A. J. “Skeets” Horner--1)W 45 - 0 home Marion (Casey Organ--2)

A W 13 - 7 home Bowling Green (Doug Smith--13)W 33 - 0 home Central City (Jimmy Long--2)L 0 - 21 away Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--2)

A The Maroons scored both of their touchdowns in the game’s final four minutes.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1937 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 7-2 Coach: Ray Ellis--8 Assistants: Sam Pollock

Oral Caywood--1(1st year of the new stadium on West Center Street... one of many such stadia built in that eraby the federal government program WPA: the Works Progress Administration. The gymnasiumhad opened the previous spring, but the high school at Browning Springs didn’t open the fall of 1938.)

W 70 - 0 home Clay (Wendell Johnson--4)W 25 - 0 away Providence (Lorell Traylor--1)W 39 - 6 home Russellville (Elvis Donaldson)L 6 - 7 away Morganfield (P. D. Fancher--4)W 14 - 7 away Henderson (Cooksey Crafton--1)L 0 - 6 home Owensboro (Jack Curtice--6)W 18 - 0 away Marion (Casey Organ--1)W 13 - 6 home Central City (Jimmy Long--1)W 20-19 home Hopkinsville (Ralph Mills--1)

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A L 0 - 6 home Clay (Wendell Johnson--3)W 35 - 6 home Providence (W.W. White--3)W 26 - 0 home Princeton (John Earl Sims--3)W 7 - 0 home Morganfield (P.D. Fancher--3)W 28 - 7 home Henderson (James Edwards--2)

B W 14 - 7 away Owensboro (Jack Curtice--5)W 34 - 6 home Marion (

C L 0 - 26 home Louisville Manual (Ab Kirwin--5)W 20-12 home Central City (Leslie “Curly” Ellis--6)L 0 - 18 away Hopkinsville (Ralph McRight--6)

A Madisonville actually won the game 42-0, but was informed the next day that two transfer students who played were ineligible. Principal C.I. Henry immediately announced Madisonville would forfeit by an 0-6 score.)

B 1st year for Rash StadiumC Manual was named the mythical “state champion” by the Litkenhous Ratings…published for the first time this

year by the Louisville Courier-Journal------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1935 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-3-1 Coach: Ray Ellis--6 Assistant: Sam Pollock--2

W 20 - 0 home Clay (Wendell Johnson--2)W 26 - 0 away Providence (W. W. White--2)L 0 - 6 away Princeton (John Earl Sims--2)L 7 - 21 home Morganfield (P.D. Fancher--2)W 20 - 0 away Henderson (James Edwards--1)L 0 - 20 home Owensboro (Jack Curtice--4)W 21 - 0 home Sturgis (Morgan Christian--1; ass’t coach Ralph Horning)

* W 37 - 7 home Dawson Springs (O. B. Springer--6)* (T) 0 - 0 home Hopkinsville (Ralph McRight & John Henry Suther--5)

* Though Madisonville had a lighted field, these were scheduled as afternoon games because of expected cold

weather. The Dawson game was at 2:30 on a Friday afternoon, and Hopkinsville (of course) Thanksgiving Day.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1934 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 6-2 Coach: Ray Ellis--5 Assistant: Sam Pollock--1

* W 34 - 0 home Providence (W. W. White--1)W 6 - 0 home Princeton (John Earl Sims--1)W 20 - 6 home Morganfield (P. D. Fancher--1)W 13 - 0 home Henderson (Archie Riehl--8)L 6 - 13 away Owensboro (Jack Curtice--3)W 18 - 6 away Sturgis (W. D. DeHaven--6)

** W 34 - 0 home Dawson Springs (O. B. Springer--5)*** L 13-19 away Hopkinsville (Ralph McRight & John Henry Suther--4)

* Madisonville’s first home night game ever. All eight games this season were scheduled as night games. Game one was played September 28th.** Originally scheduled as a road game, this one ended up being played at home; and because of expected cold weather, started at 2:30 on Friday afternoon.*** Game time 2:00 PM Thanksgiving Day------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1933 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-6-1 Coach: Ray Ellis--4

Sep. 22 * L 6 - 27 away Owensboro (Jack Curtice--2)Sep. 29 L 0 - 19 away Mayfield (Ray Ross--9)Oct. 6** L 0 - 19 away Princeton (Arnold Winkenhofer--5)Oct. 14 W 12 - 7 away MorganfieldOct. 20 (T) 0 - 0 away Henderson (Archie Riehl--7)Oct. 27 L 0 - 7 away Bowling Green (Doug Smith--8)Nov. 3 W 7 - 3 home Sturgis (W. D. DeHaven--5)Nov. 10 W 32 - 0 home Providence (Fred Taylor--3)Nov. 17*** L 12-19 home Dawson Springs (O. B. Springer--4)Nov. 24**** L 0 - 26 home Hopkinsville (Ralph McRight & John Henry Suther--3)

* first time Madisonville had played a night game** first night game ever at Princeton--game time was 8 PM…and first game in Princeton Butler’s new stadium** Dawson’s first win in 11 tries vs. Madisonville in the annual affair. There had been one tie.*** game was played on Friday afternoon preceding Thanksgiving weekend------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1932 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 5-4-1 Coach: Ray Ellis--3

Sep. 24 L 0 - 9 away Owensboro (Jack Curtice--1)Sep. 30 (T) 6 - 6 home Mayfield (Ray Ross--8)Oct. 7 W 13 - 0 home Providence (Fred Taylor--2)Oct. 14 L 0 - 12 home Henderson (Archie Riehl--6)Oct. 21 L 0 - 6 home Bowling Green (Doug Smith--7)Oct. 28 L 0 - 13 away Sturgis (W.D. DeHaven--4)Nov. 4 W 26 - 0 home Franklin (L.L. Valentine--7)Nov. 11 W 12 - 0 away Dawson Springs (O.B. Springer--3)Nov. 24* W 13 - 6 away Hopkinsville (John Henry Suther & Ralph McRight--2)

Nov. 29** W 21 - 0 home Earlington (Buford Webb--4)

home games started at 2:30 PM* Thanksgiving Day** this game wasn’t scheduled until the preceding week------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1931 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-4 Coach: Ray Ellis--2; assistant Karr Ramsey

The Maroon & Black -- played at Utley Field

Sep. 25 W 61 - 0 home Beaver Dam 3rd year for B.D. to play footballOct. 2 (open date)Oct. 9 L 6 - 14 away Franklin Coach: L.L. Valentine--6Oct. 16 W 6 - 0 away Henderson Coach: Archie Riehl--5Oct. 23 L 0 - 38 home Bowling Green Coach: Doug Smith--6Oct. 30 L 0 - 19 home Sturgis Coach: W.D. DeHaven--3Nov. 6 W 20-13 away Providence Coach: (C.F.) Fred Taylor--1Nov. 13 W 26 - 7 home Dawson Springs Coach: O.B. Springer--2Nov. 26 L 0 - 25 home Hopkinsville Coach: John Henry Suther/Ralph McRight-1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1930 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 4-4-1 Coach: Ray Ellis--1; assistant Karr Ramsey

* W 68-0 (home ?) Leitchfield Coach: ___ McMullen (T) 0-0 home Central City Coach: Leslie Ellis--1

L 0-19 home Western Teachers College Frosh Coach: Gander TerryW 21-0 home Henderson Coach: Archie Riehl--4L 6-7 away Bowling Green Coach: Doug Smith--5L 0-38 away Glasgow Coach: R.D. RidleyW 27-6 home Providence Coach: J.R. (Delmar) Reynolds--2W 18-13 away Dawson Springs Coach: O.B. Springer--1L 0-6 away Hopkinsville Coach: Oakley Brown--2

* opener was played September 25th------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1929 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 8-2 Coach: Karr Ramsey--4 Assistant: Ray Ellis

all games started at 3:00 PM

* Sep. 28 L 0 - 2 home Owensboro Coach: Phillip Beverly--2 Oct. 4 W 21 - 0 away Central City Oct. 12 W 14 - 7 away Evansville Reitz Coach: Elmer Weber Oct. 18 W 47 - 6 home Fulton Oct. 25 W 38 - 0 home Dawson Springs Coach: John Miller--1 Nov. 1 W 21-20 home Sturgis Coach: W.D. DeHaven--1; ass’t Ralph Horning) Nov. 8 W 13 - 6 away Providence Coach: J.R. (Delmar) Reynolds--1 Nov. 15 L 12-13 away Princeton Coach: Arnold Winkenhofer--1 Nov. 22 W 33 - 0 away Henderson Coach: Archie Riehl--3** Nov. 28 W 50 - 0 home Hopkinsville Coach: Oakley Brown--1

* Madisonville would have won the Little Sixteen Conference for the first time this year, but was required to forfeit a 19-0 season-opening win against Owensboro because Maroons’ quarterback Leon “Chickenbone” Roberts was allegedly too old. That left the Red Devils with an undefeated record and the conference championship.

Roberts had attended Central City (another conference school) at an earlier time and there was a question before the season started if he were 20 (which was legal) or 21 (which was not.) The Hustler twice-a-week newspaper listed him as a Senior during the 1928 season. Conference commissioner W. O. Wright (the principal at Owensboro) cleared him to play before the 1929 season started. But when Madisonville beat the Red Devils in the season opener, Wright started claiming that Roberts was too old. A six week investigation that eventually included the state association finally declared him to be 21 years old and ineligible. He hadn’t played in all of the games because of scholastic ineligibility.

A December, 1931 Messenger story by Brice Salmon reviewed the event and said a secret ballot of the Little 16 schools after the season required the Maroons to forfeit two conference games. Madisonville principal C.I. Henry, a man of principal who ordered his school to forfeit a game just a few years later, was adamant that the Maroons had been treated unfairly because of “a conspiracy between certain school officials” because of personal matters between them and Madisonville High School…and the school dropped out of the conference. When the Owensboro guy left to go to Fulton four years later, Madisonville rejoined the conference. The principal at Marion High School was the other big culprit. In 1925, Madisonville & Owensboro both said Marion was using “paid players”…and the principal there vowed vengeance…something he would not deny in the 1929 squabble.

** One report said game was played in a blinding snowstorm; another said terribly muddy conditions. Someone tore the pages out of the Messenger, so I never got to see the game story.

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games started at either 2:00 or 3:00 PM -- first time for an 11-game schedule

Sep. 29 L 0 - 6 away Owensboro Coach: Philip Bevarly--1Oct. 6 W 42 - 0 home ElktonOct. 13 W 30 - 6 away Princeton Coach: Carney Hollowell--4Oct. 20 W 33 - 0 away FultonOct. 27 W 6 - 0 away Dawson Springs Coach: Arnold Winkenhofer--1Nov. 3 @ W 2 - 0 home Paducah Tilghman Coach: Curtice Sanders--4Nov. 10 + W 30 - 7 home Providence Coach: W.W. WhiteNov. 16 # W 14-12 home HartfordNov. 18 & W away Sturgis Coach: C.H. DeHavenNov. 24 L 12-25 home Henderson Coach: Archie Riehl--2Nov. 30 * W 6 - 0 away Hopkinsville Coach: Hank Lyon--3

@ a blocked punt through the end zone…midway through the 4th quarter…provided the only scoring+ Maroon kickers (two--each 2 for 2) were 4 for 4 in extra points…unheard of in the drop-kick era# Madisonville played all reserves…some of whom had not seen action all year…until six minutes left

and a 6-12 deficit. In came several starters, and the Maroons prevailed.& I never found a story nor a score for the Sturgis game…in either the Messenger or the Hustler…but the

conference won-loss totals included the win& Hartford & Sturgis games almost back-to-back--an unusual situation, but I saw it a few times in this era* game played in incredibly muddy conditions; Maroons scored with 2:00 left

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1927 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 3-5 Coach: J.K. (Karr) Ramsey--2games started at 2:00 or 3:00 PM

Sep. 23 * W 13 - 0 home Princeton Coach: Carney Hollowell--3Sep. 30 W 6 - 0 home Owensboro Coach: Thomas Perry--3Oct. 7 L 6 - 12 home Central City Coach: George Taylor--3Oct. 14 (game at Greenville, coach Turner Gregg, cancelled)Oct. 21 W 15 - 0 home Dawson Springs Coach: Chester Ausenbaugh--3Oct. 28 (pre-season schedule included a game at Paducah, but there was never another word about it)Nov. 4 # L 6 - 7 away HartfordNov. 11 @ L 12-30 away Providence Coach: W.W. WhiteNov. 18 L 6 - 20 away Henderson Coach: Archie Riehl--1Nov. 24 L 7 - 13 home Hopkinsville Coach: H.B. “Hank” Lyon--2

* Earliest football game of the season ever for the Maroons# This one was a shocker. It was only the second season for FB at Hartford; the Maroons were lopsided

winners of the stats; and Hartford’s “Swamp Angels” score came on a 99-yard interception return.

@ first time Providence had beaten Madisonville in FB in ten years----------------------------------------1926 Madisonville “Maroons” Record: 1-6-1 Coach: J.K. (Karr) Ramsey--1

W 13-0 away Dawson Springs Coach: Chester Ausenbaugh--2L 6-23 home Greenville Coach: Turner Gregg

Oct. 16 L 0-13 away Owensboro Coach: Thomas Perry--2L 0-21 home Paducah Coach: Curtice Sanders--2L 6-33 away Central City Coach: George Taylor--2

(T) 0 - 0 home ProvidenceL 0-15 home Henderson Coach: J.R. Newcom--2L 0-72 away Hopkinsville Coach: Hank Lyon--1

2nd year at 90-yards-long Utley Field. Used the 10-yards “borrow and pay back” method to get down the field.Tickets were 50 cents; 4-home-game season ticket $2.00Madisonville “opened its season” with a 14-0 loss to a group of alumni.At mid-season, the JV’s beat Hartford’s initial football varsity team 36-6.School colors: maroon and black

------------------------------------------------------------------The above information comes from my personal records. I have been working

my way backward through Messenger newspapers, then micro-film, day-by-day from 1973; I was the Madisonville play-by-play man from 1974 through 1996; and have gathered scores since then from local, wire service, newspaper & KHSAA sources.

Scores shown below...in the column on the left-hand side....are records gathered by Jim Griesch, sports editor of the Messenger in the early 1980’s. I’ll presume he used some newspaper archive information, but much he gathered from Madisonville High School yearbooks. I have corroboration of some of the scores, but different results from other sources on some of them. When there are differences, I will present source material. First Brice Salmon, then Hall

Allen wrote for the Messenger from 1925 to 1942. When the note mentions an Evansville newspaper (Courier, Press, or Journal,) it came from Bob Hall’s research. Bob is a Madisonville alumnus and fellow statistical nut. The “Henderson source” was a book written by longtime Gleaner sports editor Jack Hudgions covering the beginning of Flash football until 1950. The “Owensboro book” was a similar effort whose author I didn’t note. Not all of the scores in the earliest seasons have been obtainable. One other note: Madisonville and Hopkinsville played each other on Thanksgiving Day from 1921 through 1957...the season finale each time…except for 1925, 1932 & 1933.

----------------------------------------1925 Madisonville “Maroons” Coach: Sam Pollock--2 Record: 1-4-1W (h) 6-0 Dawson Springs Chester Ausenbaugh--1

(game with Marion cancelled)L (a) 0-6 Paducah Coach: Curtis Sanders--1L (h) 0-20 Owensboro Oct. 23 Coach: Thomas Perry--1L (h) 0-36 Henderson Coach: J.R. Newcomb--1 (E’ville Courier agrees; Henderson source says 0-26)W 14-7 ProvidenceL (h) 0-31 Hopkinsville Coach: Guy Rice--2(T) (a) 6-6 Mayfield Coach Ray Ross--1

This was the first year to play at Utley Field...on the South Seminary Street high school campus. It was 90 yards long...which required “borrow and pay back” rules. When you crossed mid-field, the ball was set back 10 yards so that to score, you had to drive the same distance as you would on a 100-yard field.

(Both Madisonville and Owensboro claimed Marion was using paid players. According to the Evansville Courier, the KHSAA suspended the Blue Terrors pending an investigation. Interestingly, it was the Marion principal who helped skewer Madisonville’s 1929 championship team…ironically with the help of the Owensboro superintendent.)

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(T) 7-7 Marion(T) 0-0 Central City W 6-0 Alumni L (a) 0-18 Owensboro Oct. 18 (Owensboro book and Bob Hall both say 0-21; Red Devils’ coach Ray Ross--3)(T) 0-0 Dawson Springs Coach: Paul Ramsey--1(T) (h) 6-6 Morganfield Coach Earle Clements--4

(In 1933, the Messenger’s Brice Salmon “remembered it” being a 7-7 game.) L 6-41 Mayfield Coach: Carlisle Cutchin L 7-31 Henderson Coach: Ira Laws--1 (Elmer Kelley says 0-26; Henderson says 7-26) W 56-0 Providence(T) 7-7 Hopkinsville Coach: Guy Rice--1----------------------------------------1923 Madisonville “Maroons”Coach:

Record: (Jim Griesch says students went back to West Broadway for the first six weeks of school while the new Madisonville High School, on Seminary Street, was being finished. TheSeminary Street building...as of 2012...housed the Hopkins County School Board offices.)

L 0-27 Henderson Coach: Robert Lavin--2W 43-0 Dawson Springs Coach: Ernest Howton--1W 26-0 Hopkinsville Coach: John Keck--1

Bob Hall’s sequence of games for this year looks like this:W (h) 52-0 Central CityL (a) 7-59 Louisville Manual Coach: Neil Arntson--3W 24-2 EarlingtonL (a) 0-1 at Providence Coach: William Dedmon

(forfeit; the Maroons left thefield to protest an official’s call)

L 6-13 Mayfield Coach: Carlisle CutchinL 0-27 Henderson Coach: Robert Lavin--1W 43-0 Dawson Springs - Coach: Ernest Howton--1W 12-0 Princeton - away - Coach Everett Howton Sat. Nov. 3

(Bob Hall says eggs were thrown at thereferee. Todd Griffin of the Princeton TimesLeader says the school yearbook lists the score as

12-3, but no mention of the eggs. Maybe the “Princetons” were the bad guys. )

W 26-0 Hopkinsville Coach: John Keck--1----------------------------------------1922 Madisonville “Maroons”Coach: Record: 3-6

W 12-0 Central CityL (h) 6-12 SturgisL (a) 7-41 Louisville Manual Manual coach Neal Arntson--2W 13-0 ProvidenceL 6-13 MayfieldL (a) 0-25 Owensboro Nov. 4; Red Devils’ coach Ray Ross--1L 2-6 FultonL 6-16 Henderson (Elmer Kelley and Henderson say score was 7-16)W 12-6 Hopkinsville Coach: Clarence Clark--1----------------------------------------1921 Madisonville “Maroons” played their games at Grove ParkCoach: Record: 5-0-3 (The Gleaner called Madisonville “champion of Western Kentucky.”

The M.H.S. yearbook the following year said the 1921 team went 4-0-3 and the Maroons were “West Kentucky champs.”)

(T) (a) 0-0 Sturgis W (h) 12-7 Providence(T) (h) 7-7 Louisville Manual Manual coach Neal Arntson--1(T) 0-0 Morganfield Coach Earle Clements--1

W (h) 14-6 Owensboro Coach: E.S. Brown--2(the Gleaner agrees; Evansville Courier says 16-6;O’boro book says 7-7 tie with game played on November 5th

W 55-0 Princeton Coach: George Lehnard, Jr. away Fri, Nov. 11(the Gleaner says a 70-6 win over Central City goes here)W (h) 13-0 Henderson Coach: D.H. Briggs--1W (h) 3-0 Hopkinsville Coach: Marvin Eagle--2

(first time Mad and Hop finished the season together on Thanksgiving Day)----------------------------------------1920 Madisonville “Maroons”

L 0-3 Owensboro Nov. 3 Coach: E.S. Brown--1L 0-51 Hopkinsville Coach: Marvin Eagle--1L 0-20 Henderson Coach: K.R. Patterson--2

Bob Hall’s sequence of games for this year looks like this:L (a) 0-20 Henderson Coach: K.R. Patterson--2L? ? ? (possibly an 0-2 loss)W (h) 44-0 GreenvilleL (a) 0-51 Hopkinsville Coach: Marvin Eagle--1W (h) 23-0 PaducahL 0-3 Owensboro Coach: E.S. Brown--1

(protested because of a place-kick)W (h) 62-0 Dawson Springs Coach: Dewey Lindsay--1W (h) ? - ? Princeton

----------------------------------------1919 Madisonville “Maroons”Coach: Record: 1-5-1

L 0-6 Morganfield(T) 0-0 ProvidenceL 3-18 ClayL (h) 0-34 Owensboro Oct. 25 Coach: Doc Hayes--1L 0-60 SturgisW (h) 13-7 Henderson Coach: K.R. Patterson--1

(Bob Hall agrees; Elmer Kelley says Maroons lost 6-7; Henderson didn’t mention a game)

L (h) 3-25 Hopkinsville Coach: Osborne Radford--1(Hall Allen & Elmer Kelley say score was 3-27; Bob Hall 3-26)

(game with “Evansville” cancelled)----------------------------------------1918 -- no games played(one note said: many schools in Western KY were closed because of a flu epidemic another said: Madisonville didn’t have a team because the coach was in the military)----------------------------------------1917 Madisonville “Maroons”Coach: Kenneth Patterson

W home NeboL 0-116 Owensboro Oct. 7 Coach: Arthur Acker--2nd of 3 yearsL away 6-81 Hopkinsville Coach: O.V. Petty--1----------------------------------------1916 Madisonville “Maroons”

W 14-6 Hopkinsville Coach: Ernest Mallary--2L 0-82 Henderson Coach: W.R. Lekker? (a) ?-? Nebo (Elmer Kelley...years later...mentioned the game, but no winner or score.

In Jim Griesch’s marvelous history, old-timer W.C. Morton said Nebo won.)----------------------------------------1915 Madisonville “Maroons”

L 6-19 Princeton Fri, Oct. 8 - at Mad Coach Chet Genung--1 L 0-26 Owensboro Oct. 3rd Coach: B. C. Evans--3L 0-37 Hopkinsville Coach: Ernest Mallary--1L 0-19 Morganfield (this score was listed in the Princeton paper)W 2-0 Henderson (forfeit) Coach: H.A. Babb--3

(Henderson had beaten Morganfield 64-0)L 6-38 Princeton Thu, Nov. 25 - at Princeton

Coach Chet Genung--1 (first year Princeton had a head coach)----------------------------------------1914 Madisonville “Maroons”

L 6-20 Owensboro Coach B. C. Evans--2L 0-21 Henderson Coach: H.A. Babb--2L 0-31 Paducah----------------------------------------1913 Madisonville “Maroons”

L 6-51 Owensboro Coach B. C. Evans--1L 0-28 Hopkinsville Coach: Andrew Powell--1L 3-38 Henderson Coach: H.A. Babb--1----------------------------------------1912 Madisonville “Maroons”

L 6-12 Hopkinsville Coach: Dan Blake--1 (Hall Allen & Elmer Kelley say score was 6-13)L 0-6 Princeton - no coach listed (got this score from Todd Griffin & Princeton’s “Twice-A-Week Leader”)L 6-31 Henderson Coach: F.M. Montgomery

(Owensboro’s coach this year was _____ Karns--1)----------------------------------------1911 Madisonville “Maroons” (Jim Griesch’s findings say the new Madisonville High School building at

Waddill Avenue opened this year. Bob Hall’s research says it opened in 1909.

That building still housed an elementary school into the 1990’s before closing.)

W 11-0 Henderson Coach: F.M. Montgomery(neither Elmer Kelley nor a Henderson source mention this game)

(game with “Evansville” cancelled)L 0-11 Nashville Winthrop(Hopkinsville game snowed out)? ?-? PaducahL 0-16 Owensboro Coach: Robert Altman--2.W 6-0 home Princeton - no coach listed (3:15 PM Tuesday, Nov. 14th)? ?-? Comebacks (alumni game)? ?-? McLean College Reserves----------------------------------------1910 Madisonville “Maroons” (listed somewhere as “Western Kentucky champion.”)

W 12-6 Hopkinsville Coach: Charles Meacham--2(Hall Allen, in the 1936 all-time list, said it was 12-5)

Oct. 8 W 21-0 Owensboro Coach Robert Altman--1L 11-20 PaducahW 23-6 Paducah

Nov. 13 W 2-0 Owensboro Coach Robert Altman--1.)(O’boro record book says this was an 0-0 tie)

----------------------------------------1909 Madisonville “Maroons”

? ?-? PembrokeL 0-5 Hopkinsville Coach: Charles Meacham--1W 27-0 Henderson (neither Elmer Kelley nor a Henderson source mention this game)(T) 0-0 Paducah(T) 6-6 Hopkinsville Coach: Charles Meacham--1W 6-0 McLean CollegeW 10-6 Paducah----------------------------------------1908 Madisonville “Maroons”

W 15-0 McLean CollegeW (h) 11-0 Hopkinsville Coach: Rev. C.H.H. Branch--1L 0-12 PaducahW 5-4 OwensboroW 15-0 Hopkinsville Coach: Rev. C.H.H. Branch--1

(Jim Griesh recorded that this 2nd Hopkinsville game was cancelled; Elmer Kelley wrote in the late 1940’s that a perusal of the Madisonville Hustler newspaper in 1908

had a story on both games...but a week later he didn’t list this second game when he gave an “all-time” list between the two schools. It was the only time I ever saw it mentioned.)? ?-? Henderson (neither Elmer Kelley nor a Henderson source mention this game)(2nd Owensboro game cancelled)(T) 0-0 Paducah----------------------------------------1907 Madisonville “Maroons” (Jim Griesch’s findings say Madisonville High School was located at what is now

West Broadway Elementary School from the late 1800’s until 1911...and that Karr Ramsey, who later coached the Maroons, was a member of this first recorded team.)

(The alltime Owensboro record book only mentions the 0-5 game...November 5th.)Coach: Bob Hille

L 0-27 Hopkinsville Coach: William Evans--1W ?-? South Kentucky CollegeL 0-12 OwensboroL 0-5 Owensboro(T) 0-0 Hopkinsville Coach: William Evans--1

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