03/10/26 – Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls’ Sweet 16® Set to Tip Off Wednesday

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 10, 2026

The 2026 Clark’s Pump-N-Shop Girls’ Basketball Sweet 16® will tip off its 65th installment this week inside Rupp Arena at Central Bank Center in Lexington, beginning with the first of back-to-back days of first-round matchups on Wednesday.

Here are your first round matchups starting Wednesday, March 11:
*11:00 am – Henderson County (24-9) vs. Frederick Douglass (24-7)
*1:30 pm – Calloway County (33-2) vs. Assumption (24-5)
*6:00 pm – Pikeville (22-8) vs. Notre Dame (24-7)
*8:30 pm – West Jessamine (22-12) vs. Taylor County (27-6)

First round matchups on Thursday, March 12
*11:00 am – Franklin-Simpson (24-7) vs. Bullitt East (19-12)
*1:30 pm – Simon Kenton (31-2) vs. Ashland Blazer (26-5)
*6:00 pm – Letcher Co. Central (23-10) vs. Owensboro Catholic (26-9)
*8:30 pm – North Laurel (25-6) vs. George Rogers Clark (29-2)

The quarterfinals will take place on Friday at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The tournament will conclude Saturday, beginning with semifinal action at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and ending with the championship game at 7:30 p.m.

To order or manage tickets for the Sweet 16®, visit khsaa.org/ruppgirls. Each game of the tournament will be broadcast live on khsaa.tv to subscribers of the NFHS Network, with free audio-only streams available on khsaa.net.

 

2026 CLARK’S PUMP-N-SHOP GIRLS’ BASKETBALL SWEET 16®

• khsaa.org/ruppgirls
• khsaa.tv
• khsaa.net
• Live Stats
• KHSAA/Riherds Scoreboard
• Tournament Bracket
• Tournament Program

 

– KHSAA –

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