Followers of the Trigg County boys’ basketball program watched a gangly kid sporting big feet and Rec Specs transform into one of the best players to suit up for the Wildcats.
Scott Sivills was brought up to the varsity team as an eighth grader in 1984-85 and was a part of the district championship team under Coach Ray Maggard. His playing time continue to increase in the years that followed under Coach George Radford.
After averaging 7.6 points as a sophomore, Scott’s breakout game was one that very few Wildcat fans got to see. As a junior, he scored 33 points and had 14 rebounds against Memphis White Station in a game in Brownsville, Tennessee. He followed that performance with 37 points against Union County, which included a school record 17-of-21 at the free throw line.
He went on to average 20.1 points a game, helping the Wildcats to a district runner-up finish and berth in the region tournament.
In the summer following his junior season, Scott was selected to travel with a group of Kentucky juniors who toured Europe.
In his senior season, Scott was named Second-Team All-State by both the Associated Press and Louisville Courier-Journal. He averaged a then school record 23.9 points and grabbed 15 rebounds a contest.
He finished his Wildcat basketball career with 1,381 points, which was third-most at the time of his graduation. He held school records in scoring average (23.9), points in game (43), Free Throws in a Season (161), Field Goals in a Game (20), and Rebounds in a Game (28).
In addition to basketball, Sivills was a pitcher on the 1988 TCHS baseball team that won the school’s first-ever game in the region tournament.
After high school, Scott played basketball at Murray State University and was part of three Ohio Valley Conference championships and played in three NCAA Tournament games.
After college, Scott was an assistant basketball coach for the Trigg County girls’ program and was head softball coach for a season.
He moved on to Calloway County where he won 302 games over 17 years and led the Lady Lakers to three region titles. He is currently the head girls’ coach at McCracken County.
