North Oldham

CRESTWOOD —South Oldham senior Isaac Fields remembers the surreal feeling when the Dragons first stepped into Rupp Arena when he was a freshman.

That was three years ago, and Fields said that feeling will probably come up again this year even if it is South Oldham’s third time since 2013 to play in the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys’ Sweet 16.

 About this time a year ago, I moved to Oldham County and didn’t know a soul. My first assignment was the boys’ Eighth Region basketball tournament at Henry County.

I introduced myself to longtime Henry County athletic director Todd Gilley and told him I was the new sports editor at The Oldham Era. The first words Gilley said were, “Oh, don’t turn out to be like Mickey Patterson.”

SHELBYVILLE — The night before Oldham County played Owen County in the girls Eighth Region tournament, Lady Colonels coach Brian Hood sat in the stands and watched an Anderson County team go through 32 minutes of cold shooting.

“The whole time I’m thinking, ‘man I hope that doesn’t happen to us tomorrow night,’” Hood said. “And it sure did.”

NEW CASTLE – South Oldham crossed the top item off its preseason checklist.

Led by Grant Williams’ 17 points, South Oldham had five players reach double digits and the Dragons claimed their third Eighth Region championship in four years by rolling over Anderson County 81-44 Tuesday night at Henry County.

Winning the Eighth Region championship game and advancing to the boys Sweet 16 was the top goal for South Oldham when the team met before the season started.