1A State Champions
| Year | Champion | Score | Opponent | State Champion Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mayfield | 55–8 | Fairview | Joe Morris |
| 2011 | Hazard | 24–6 | Mayfield | Mark Dixon |
| 2010 | Mayfield | 47–6 | Hazard | Joe Morris |
| 2009 | Lexington Christian | 55–19 | Mayfield | Paul Rains |
| 2008 | Beechwood | 14–7 | Hazard | Noel Rash |
| 2007 | Beechwood | 38–35 | Lexington Christian | Noel Rash |
| 2006 | Newport Central Catholic | 37-34 | Danville | Bob Schneider |
| 2005 | Newport Central Catholic | 42-7 | Mayfield | Bob Schneider |
| 2004 | Beechwood | 23-7 | Danville | Mike Yeagle |
| 2003 | Danville | 42-7 | Beechwood | Sam Harp |
| 2002 | Mayfield | 14-7 | Beechwood | Joe Morris |
| 2001 | Danville | 14-13 | Newport Central Catholic | Sam Harp |
| 2000 | Danville | 23-9 | Newport Central Catholic | Sam Harp |
| 1999 | Beechwood | 45-22 | Hancock County | Mike Yeagle |
| 1998 | Middlesboro | 27-6 | Mayfield | Ken Roark |
| 1997 | Beechwood | 26-0 | Harrodsburg | Mike Yeagle |
| 1996 | Beechwood | 21-14 OT | Harrodsburg | Mike Yeagle |
| 1995 | Mayfield | 28-27 | Beechwood | Paul Leahy |
| 1994 | Beechwood | 18-16 | Murray | Mike Yeagle |
| 1993 | Beechwood | 13-12 | Bardstown | Mike Yeagle |
| 1992 | Beechwood | 21-14 | Bardstown | Mike Yeagle |
| 1991 | Beechwood | 34-6 | Pikeville | Mike Yeagle |
| 1990 | Russellville | 21-7 | Bellevue | Ken Barrett |
| 1989 | Pikeville | 20-7 | Trigg County | Hillard Howard |
| 1988 | Pikeville | 28-10 | Harrodsburg | Hillard Howard |
| 1987 | Pikeville | 28-6 | Russellville | Hillard Howard |
| 1986 | Heath | 27-12 | Cumberland | Rodney Bushong |
| 1985 | Crittenden County | 14-6 | Paintsville | Pat Gates |
| 1984 | Beechwood | 35-26 | Paris | Bernie Barre |
| 1983 | Russellville | 42-13 | Cumberland | Ken Barrett |
| 1982 | Paris | 35-6 | Cumberland | Randy Reese |
| 1981 | Paris | 19-7 | Bellevue | Randy Reese |
| 1980 | Russellville | 16-0 | Bellevue | Ken Barrett |
| 1979 | Bellevue | 7-0 | Madison | Fred Bernier |
| 1978 | Fort Campbell | 15-13 | Paintsville | Marshall Patterson |
| 1977 | Bellevue | 21-0 | Frankfort | Bill Baldridge |
| 1976 | Fort Campbell | 22-0 | Bellevue | Marshall Patterson |
| 1975 | Ludlow | 7-6 | Heath | Randy Reese |
| 1974 | Murray | 14-0 | Beechwood | John Hina |
| 1973 | Paris | 21-12 | Elkhorn City | Homer Goins |
| 1972 | Trigg County | 22-0 | Pikeville | Joe Jaggers |
| 1971 | Trigg County | 30-23 | Lynch East Main | Joe Jaggers |
| 1970 | Bardstown | 13-6 | Lynch East Main | Garnis Martin |
| 1969 | Mt. Sterling | 21-13 | Bardstown | Charles Ishmael |
| 1968 | Lynch East Main | 14-6 | Frankfort | Ed Miracle |
| 1967 | Bardstown | 20-13 | Mt. Sterling | Garnis Martin |
| 1966 | Dayton | 6-2 | Russellville | Ray King |
| 1965 | Lloyd Memorial | 27-0 | Old Kentucky Home | Jack Turner |
| 1964 | Elkhorn City | 33-7 | Russellville | Jack Hall |
| 1963 | Lynch East Main | 13-6 | Shelbyville | Ed Miracle |
| 1962 | Versailles | 21-0 | Lynch East Main | John Snowden |
| 1961 | Murray | 14-13 | Lynch East Main | Ty Holland |
| 1960 | Lynch East Main | 39-0 | Murray | Ed Miracle |
| 1959 | Lynch East Main | 40-0 | Henderson Douglas | Ed Miracle |
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