From central to eastern to now western Kentucky.
The All “A” Classic state basketball tournament is on the move again, this time to Owensboro, according to the All “A” website allaclassic.org.
The tournament’s home is usually at Eastern Kentucky University’s McBrayer Arena, but construction at the Arena caused the move to Corbin at the Corbin Arena in 2024 and Corbin was unable to host the tournament in 2025.
The Owensboro Sportscenter will be the host for 2025, a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena. It is the home of Kentucky Wesleyan College and Owensboro Catholic High School. The All “A” Classic will be played January 22-26, 2025.
Newport is the defending champ in boys, Holy Cross the back-to-back champ in girls. Since 2012, the 9th Region has won the All “A” in boys seven times. Holy Cross won it in 2012, Newport Central Catholic won three in a row from 2013-15, St. Henry won back-to-back titles in 2020-21 and Newport in 2024.
The Holy Cross girls have three titles since 2015.
Owensboro will also host the All “A” Classic state baseball tournament in April 2025 that will be played at Daviess County High School.
Volleyball is on the move as well due to the construction at EKU. It will be played in Elizabethtown at the Bluegrass Sportsplex September 20-21. St. Henry is the reigning All “A” champ in volleyball.
State tournament brackets for each sport can also be found on allaclassic.org.