{"id":6612,"date":"2025-11-18T19:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T00:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=6612"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:13:17","slug":"bagdad-high-schools-kentucky-high-school-state-basketball-tournament-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/bagdad-high-schools-kentucky-high-school-state-basketball-tournament-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagdad High School\u2019s Kentucky High School State Basketball Tournament team (1952)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group gallery-photo lightbox\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-srgifcuG\" data-magnific_type=\"image\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C-500x363.jpg 500w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C-200x145.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0638C-600x435.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bagdad High School\u2019s Kentucky High School State Basketball Tournament team (1952)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the consolidation of the Shelby County schools, the only county high school which sent a team to the Kentucky High School State Basketball Tournament was Bagdad High School. The 1952 Bagdad Tigers won the 8th Regional Tournament by defeating LaGrange, 60-46, in the finals. Prior to that the Tigers slipped by Carrollton, 42-40, and Milton, 89-62. In the 30th District tournament, Bagdad defeated Waddy, 72-38, and edged Simpsonville, 59-56, in overtime. <br><br>In the front row, left to right, are Manager Jimmy Hardin, Jimmy Wiley, Bronson Hardin, Marvin Brooks, Ed Thompson, Jimmy Moore, and Manager Roe Early. <br><br>Back row, Assistant Coach Arthur Moss, Principal William Detherage, Donald Wade, Clay Benton Young, Kenneth Slucher, Freddie Ruble, Robert Gray Early, and Coach Gayle Taft. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1952<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/people\/\" rel=\"tag\">People<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/schools-education\/\" rel=\"tag\">Schools &amp; Education<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/tag\/sports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sports<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Given to Jim Cleveland from Lewis Mathis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID 0638C<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group photo of Bagdad High School&#8217;s Kentucky High School State Basketball Tournament team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":4598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[93,96,97],"post_folder":[77],"class_list":["post-6612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-people","tag-schools-education","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6615,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6612\/revisions\/6615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6612"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}