The Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame (KHSBHF) is proud to announce its 2025-26 “GLORY ROAD/HERITAGE GAMES” project that will recognize and honor the many gymnasiums and games across Kentucky that have historical significance in the development of the cultural phenomenon of Kentucky high school basketball.
Travel Kentucky’s highways and byways visiting gymnasiums where high school basketball history was made, iconic teams played, great players performed, and communities gathered in support of their athletes in action! These sites across the Commonwealth are places where Kentucky basketball began its epic journey, laying out the foundation for today’s game. For more than 100 years, Kentucky high school basketball has been embraced by Kentuckians who came together in gymnasiums of various shapes and sizes to support their teams.
In the coming months, the KHSBHF will recognize many GLORY ROAD iconic gymnasiums along with the schools and communities that built them. The HERITAGE GAMES are longstanding rivalries across Kentucky and were the genesis of the popularity of high school basketball. The GLORY ROAD sites will host the HERITAGE GAMES.
2025-26 Glory Road Gymnasiums and Heritage Games
Owsley County Gymnasium / aka “The Palace” – GLORY ROAD Site
Owsley County HS vs. McCreary Central (playing as Pine Knott HS)
DATE: December 13, 2025
TIME: 1:00 pm, Lady Owls vs. McCreary Central
2:30 pm, Owls JV vs. McCreary Central
3:30 pm, 1975-76 Owls Team Recognition
4:00 pm, Owls vs. McCreary Central
Roy T. Reasor Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Fleming Neon HS vs. Jenkins HS (Boy/Girl Doubleheader)
DATE: December 15, 2025 TIME: 6:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M.
Jenkins High School Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Jenkins HS vs. Buckhorn HS (playing as Witherspoon HS)
DATE: December 17, 2025 TIME: 7:30 P.M.
Liberty High School Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Casey County HS vs. Somerset HS (Girl/Boy Doubleheader)
DATE: January 13, 2026 TIME: 6:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M.
Virgie High School Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Shelby HS (playing as Virgie HS) vs. Floyd Central HS (playing as Weyland HS)
DATE: January 13, 2026 TIME: 7:30 P.M.
Roy Winchester Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Henry County HS vs. Carroll County HS (Girl/Boy Doubleheader)
DATE: January 16, 2026 TIME: 6:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M.
Harry K. Hardin Center- GLORDY ROAD Site Fairdale HS vs. Bullitt Central HS (Girl/Boy Doubleheader)
Date: January 24, 2026 Time: 5:30 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.
Eastern High School Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Eastern HS vs. St. X HS
DATE: January 27, 2026 TIME: 7:30 P.M.
Caverna High School Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Caverna HS vs. Jeffersontown High School
DATE: January 31, 2026 TIME: 3:30 P.M.
Edmonson County High School Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Edmonson County HS vs. Louisville Butler HS
DATE: February 6, 2026 TIME: 7:30 P.M.
Orville Engle Gymnasium – GLORY ROAD Site
Pineville HS vs. Harlan HS
DATE: February 10, 2026 TIME: 7:30 P.M.
Download: KHSBHF Owsley County High School Glory Road Heritage Game