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How to follow the 2022 Kentucky Girls’ Sweet 16 basketball state tournament

Marshall County and Sacred Heart faced off during the Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16 championship at Rupp Arena in Lexington last April. This year’s tournament begins Wednesday.
Marshall County and Sacred Heart faced off during the Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16 championship at Rupp Arena in Lexington last April. This year’s tournament begins Wednesday. rhermens@herald-leader.com

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2022 Girls’ Sweet 16 basketball preview

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The 2022 Mingua Beef Jerky Girls’ Sweet 16 basketball state tournament runs Wednesday through Saturday at Rupp Arena in Lexington.

This guide will help you stay on top of the action for the duration of the tournament. Below you’ll find schedules, broadcast links, rosters, stats, details about the Herald-Leader’s coverage plans and a whole lot more.

2022 TOURNAMENT BRACKET

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Game 1: Meade County 53, Boyd County 46 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 2: Bullitt East 67, Bethlehem 50 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 3: Southwestern 67, McCracken County 56 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 4: Franklin County 46, Henderson County 43 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

THURSDAY’S GAMES

Game 5: Bowling Green 58, Letcher County Central 45 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 6: Cooper 57, Pikeville 37 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 7: Clark County 42, Corbin 35 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 8: Sacred Heart 48, Anderson County 38 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Game 9: Southwestern 47, Franklin County 40 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 10: Bullitt East 62, Meade County 47 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 11: Cooper 55, Bowling Green 47 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 12: Sacred Heart 59, Clark County 40 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Game 13: Bullitt East 66, Southwestern 42 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 14: Sacred Heart 50, Cooper 29 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

Game 15: Championship: Sacred Heart 64, Bullitt East 46 | Box score | Recap | Slideshow

TOURNAMENT ROSTERS

Click here for the KHSAA rosters for all 16 teams.

TEAM STATISTICS

Click here for the KHSAA statistics for all 16 teams.

OUR LIVE COVERAGE

Jared Peck (@HLpreps on Twitter), Josh Moore (@JoshMooreHL on Twitter) and Cameron Drummond (@cdrummond97 on Twitter) will be providing updates, highlights, analysis and more from Rupp Arena throughout the tournament. And check out photos from this week by Ryan C. Hermens (@ryanhermens), Silas Walker (@sigh_las) and our freelancers.

PREVIEW: A glance at every team and predictions for who could win it all

PREVIEW: Sixteen things to get you ready for the 2021 Girls’ Sweet 16

FEATURE: Franklin County’s Carter and Laster at heart of a champion.

PODCAST: Columnist John Clay and high school sports writer Jared Peck preview the Girls’ Sweet 16.

VIDEO BROADCASTS

There are two options to watch the video stream of this week’s games:

Subscription service: Video coverage of every Girls’ Sweet 16 game will be available through KHSAA.tv as part of the NFHS Network, which requires a subscription. The NFHS Network currently offers two subscription options — a monthly pass for $10.99 that will renew automatically, but can be canceled anytime and a $69.99 annual subscription that will renew automatically until canceled. A subscription also grants users access to games aired by the NFHS Network from other states. Click here to purchase an NFHS Network subscription.

Pay per view: PrepSpin.com will also be offering HD streaming of individual games at a cost of $14.95 per game on its streaming website go.prepspin.com and its app, available in most app stores, including Roku, FireTV and AppleTV.

AUDIO BROADCASTS

Radio: List of Girls’ Sweet 16 radio affiliates.

Streaming audio: Audio coverage of every Girls’ Sweet 16 game also will be provided freely by the KHSAA through mixlr.com/khsaa/events/. The Mixlr app is available in most app stores.

LIVE STATS

Live statistical updates of every Girls’ Sweet Sixteen game will be provided freely by the KHSAA through Stat Broadcast.

TICKETS

Purchase tickets: Single games

MORE INFO

Here are some helpful links provided by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association:

Rupp Arena fan entry procedures and clear bag policy

Rupp Arena parking diagram

Official tournament program (includes complete rosters and team photos)

Rupp Arena seating chart

List of KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen state champions and tournament scores

List of KHSAA Girls’ Sweet Sixteen state tournament records

This story was originally published March 8, 2022 at 2:23 PM.

Jared Peck
Lexington Herald-Leader
Jared Peck, the Herald-Leader’s Digital Sports Writer, covers high school athletics and has been with the company as a writer and editor for more than 20 years. Support my work with a digital subscription
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2022 Girls’ Sweet 16 basketball preview

Click below to view more content from the Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com previewing the girls’ state high school basketball tournament to be held March 9-12 in Rupp Arena in Lexington.