Trigg County “Wildcats”
school opened in the fall of 1937 by drawing a few
students from each of the three existing high schools in the county
Cadiz became part of the new school starting in the fall of 1938
Linton jointed in the fall of 1940
Golden Pond became the final piece of the consolidation puzzle by joining in the fall of 1941
Record Coach vs. Madisonville
1938 8 - 16 Paul Perdue
1939 13-10 Paul Perdue
1940 18 - 6 Paul Perdue
1941 15 - 7 Paul Perdue T.C. 24-40 T.C.
1942 3 - 13 Wayne Reynolds
1943 2 - 4 Carl Ferrara
1944 8 - 11 Lee Redden
1945 9 - 15 Paul Perdue
1946 14-11 Paul Perdue/Bob Fiser
1947 13-11 Bob Fiser
1948 7 - 13 Bob Fiser Mad. 65-29 Mad.
1949 14-13 Bob Fiser T.C. 65-42 Mad.
Mad. 55-29 Mad. (region tournament)
1950 12-13 Bob Fiser Mad. 42-45 T.C.
1951 10-13 Jack Turner T.C. 64-43 Mad.
1952 14 - 9 Jack Turner Mad. 56-34 Mad.
1953 6 - 18 Jack Turner T.C. 77-38 Mad.
1954 16 - 5 Jim Soloman
1955 7 - 15 Jim Soloman
1956 3 - 19 Jim Soloman
1957 14 - 9 Charles Quisenberry
1958 6 - 16 Charles Quisenberry
1959 9 - 17 Charles Quisenberry
1960 18 - 9 Duke Burnett
1961 12-13 Duke Burnett
1962 13-12 Duke Burnett
* 1963 23 - 3 Duke Burnett T.C. 53-67 T.C. (1st year in new gym)
1964 11-14 Duke Burnett Mad. 52-50 (2 OT’s) Mad.
1965 23 - 6 Duke Burnett T.C. 68-69 T.C.
1966 15-11 Duke Burnett Mad. 70-55 Mad.
1967 18 - 9 Duke Burnett
1968 14-12 Jim Wallace
1969 21 - 9 Jim Wallace
1970 20-11 Jim Wallace Mad. 90-84 Mad.
1971 10-14 Jim Wallace T.C. 77-53 Mad.
1972 6 - 20 Jim Wallace Mad. 86-53 Mad.
1973 4 - 21 Jim Wallace T.C. 72-57 Mad.
1974 17-10 Jim Wallace Mad. 76-61 Mad.
1975 20-11 Jim Wallace T.C. 77-66 Mad.
1976 17-12 Jim Wallace Mad. 76-73 Mad.
1977 14-12 Jim Wallace T.C. 92-102 T.C.
1978 13-13 Jim Wallace
1979 6 - 21 Ray Maggard Mad. 102-61 Mad.
neu. 75-66 Mad. (region tournament)
1980 13-17 Ray Maggard T.C. 68-81 T.C.
1981 17-11 Ray Maggard Mad. 90-71 Mad.
neu. 61-69 T.C. (region tournament)
1982 16 - 8 Ray Maggard T.C. 63-64 T.C.
1983 10-15 Ray Maggard Mad. 58-52 Mad.
1984 7 - 20 Ray Maggard T.C. 83-57 Mad.
1985 8 - 16 Ray Maggard
1986 4 - 18 George Radford Mad. 65-63 Mad.
1987 13-13 George Radford T.C. 66-68 T.C.
1988 13-16 George Radford Mad. 101-64 Mad.
neu. 86-45 Mad. (region tournament)
1989 18 - 7 George Radford T.C. 104-70 Mad.
1990 6 - 20 George Radford Mad. 99-69 Mad.
1991 5 - 22 George Radford T.C. 122-64 Mad.
1992 3 - 22 George Radford
1993 3 - 25 Mike Wright
1994 6 - 19 Mike Wright
1995 16-11 Mike Wright
1996 9 - 15 Mike Wright
1997 26 - 6 Mike Wright
1998 19-10 Mike Wright
1999 10-17 Mike Wright
2000 8 - 19 Mike Wright
2001 15-10 Mike Wright
2002 11-16 Mike Wright
2003 18-10 Bill Chumbler
2004 20-11 Bill Chumbler neu. 64-69 T.C. (Marshall County tourney)
2005 20-10 Bill Chumbler
2006 21 - 8 Bill Chumbler
2007 10-19 Jeff Embrey neu. 70-58 Mad. (region tourney at Hop.)
2008 10-17 Mike Wright
2009 18-14 Mike Wright neu. 73-85 T.C. (region tourney at Hop.)
2010 12-14 Mike Wright
2011 17 - 8 Mike Wright
2012 21 - 9 Mike Wright
2013 20 - 9 Mike Wright T.C. 63-56 Mad.
2014 18 - 8 Payton Croft Mad. 62-48 Mad.
2015 16-14 Payton Croft T.C. 66-51 Mad.
2016 21 - 8 Payton Croft Mad. 63-55 (OT) Mad.
2017 8 - 19 Payton Croft T.C. 73-37 Mad.
2018 11-14 Payton Croft Mad. 71-44 Mad.
* new gym this year
JIM WALLACE: graduated from T.C.H.S. in 1961 and from Murray State in 1965.
RAY MAGGARD: played at Lexington Henry Clay (graduated 1966); played at Eastern Washington Univ. for 3 years; head coach four years at Pineville, four years at Morgan County, 7 years at Trigg County (77-108), then Daviess County for 7 years (65-112 record.) When his son graduated (& signed with Eastern Ky.), Ray resigned. He was an assistant for two years...then head coach for one year (1996) at Muhlenberg North. Head coach at Logan County three years (1997-99.)
BILL CHUMBLER: graduated from Lowes H.S. in Graves County 1963; played at Mississippi State for 2 years and for Cal Luther at Murray for 2 years. Head coach 4 years at old Century H.S. and then 21 years at Cairo...both in Illinois. When Cairo temporarily dropped athletics, he went to Paducah. Won his 500th game midway through the ‘94-95 season at Paducah. Told me he set the record for most points in a game at the L.I.T. as a junior. After 8 years at Paducah, moved to Trigg County for four years...then retired.
April 23, 2006 (in the Lexington Herold-Leader) After 36 years as a head coach, Bill Chumbler is retiring from high school hoops. "I'm 60 years old and just thought it was time," he said. Chumbler got his first taste of basketball when he was 6 and a ball boy for his dad, who coached at Farmington High and whose players included future UK star Adrian Smith. Chumbler said he was an All-State player at Lowes High and went on to play at Mississippi State and Murray State. He coached high school basketball at Century, Ill., Cairo, Ill., Paducah Tilghman and Trigg County. He led Tilghman to a state runner-up finish in 2002 and to the state semifinals in 1999. His overall record was 780-290.