12/6/25 – Owensboro wins the 2025 UK HealthCare Sports Medicine State Finals

December 6, 2025 2025-2026 News Releases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DEC. 6, 2025

Owensboro wins the 2025 UK HealthCare Sports Medicine Class 5A State Final 35-7 over Pulaski County Saturday night at Kroger Field. It was the first time since 1986 that the Red Devils won a football state championship.

In the first quarter, the Red Devils’ Kalil Shemwell set a new KHSAA football state championship game record with an 84-yard punt return for a touchdown. The previous mark was set in 1967.

Pulaski County was in the state finals for the first time since 2016, and the Maroons cap off the campaign at 12-3.

Owensboro’s Evan Hampton, who had three rushing touchdowns, was the recipient of the Class 5A MVP Award presented by Morgan & Morgan.

FINAL STATS: https://khsaa.org/football/2025/5afinal.pdf

– KHSAA –

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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