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High School Basketball Tournaments
were not always the eight team cut and dried
weeklong affairs popular today. In the early
years, the standard tournament format in the
regular season was sixteen teams, single
elimination with first and third place
games. Saturday was normally a doubleheader
day for players with semifinal games in the
afternoon and first and third place games
that night. Regional Tournaments, now called
District Tournaments, also featured somewhat
meaningless third place games.
Perhaps the most unusual tournament was the
regional tournament of 1948. Chillicothe sported a 20-2
record heading into the championship showdown with
Maryville. The Hornets lost 39-16, but both teams were
given berths into the State Tournament, with Chillicothe
receiving a #4 ranking. In their first ever State
Tournament game, the Hornets lost in Springfield to
Rocky Comfort 45-34
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