09/17/25 – Board of Control conducts second meeting of 2025-26
September 17, 2025
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The KHSAA Board of Control conducted its second regularly scheduled meeting of the 2025-26 academic year on Wednesday, which will continue on Thursday in Lexington, with the Board of Control voting 13-5 to adopt a shot clock for boys and girls varsity basketball beginning in the 2027-28 high school season.
Thirty-two state associations throughout the country currently use a shot clock, and Kentucky will implement the use of a 35-second shot clock in two years.
KHSAA member schools can begin getting accustomed to a shot clock for the 2025-2026, but not during district or regional contests.
The Louisville Invitational Tournament experimented with a 35-second timer last season and the reps from Louisville said it went off without any problems.
It has been a huge area of discussion throughout the Commonwealth for years, with the belief that using a shot clock will advance the game. It was proposed to begin the shot clock era in Kentucky for the 2026-27 season, but that vote did not pass.
Other items discussed on Wednesday were expanding opportunities for regional tournaments and bracketing in several sports. The 15th region basketball tournament uses a ‘super regional’ format due to a variety of logistical reasons.
Several topics were brought to the table for discussion concerning the growing transfer situation, the possibility of returning the KHSAA baseball state tournament to Legends Field, and certain sports moving to classes.
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About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.
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