Dave Cantrall’s ratings: Scott County boys are back at No. 1
Scott County is Kentucky’s No. 1 boys’ high school basketball team, according to Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State, for the second time this season.
The Cardinals have won 11 straight games and only have one loss to an in-state opponent, 59-55 to Lexington Catholic on Dec. 13.
Covington Catholic dropped from the top spot to a tie for seventh after its 81-62 loss to Paul Laurence Dunbar on Feb. 11.
In seven weeks of ratings, no school has managed to hold on to the No. 1 spot for more than two weeks. Louisville Trinity was there for the first two weeks, followed by Scott County for one, Fern Creek for two and Covington Catholic for one.
Dunbar moved into the top five after being ranked eighth last week. Lexington Catholic, 11th last week, moved into the top 10.
There are five schools in this week’s top 25 that weren’t last week — Madison Central (17th), Waggener (20th), Pleasure Ridge Park (21st), Graves County (22nd) and Franklin-Simpson (23rd).
Lexington Christian, which has dropped three of its last five games, tumbled from 12th to 24th.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | Last week |
1. Scott County (23-5) | 86.8 | 3 |
2. Fern Creek (26-2) | 85.4 | 2 |
2. Louisville Trinity (24-3) | 85.4 | 5 |
4. Bowling Green (26-2) | 84.3 | 4 |
5. Paul Laurence Dunbar (21-6) | 83.8 | 8 |
6. Ballard (22-5) | 82.6 | 9 |
7. Cooper (21-4) | 82.2 | 7 |
7. Covington Catholic (23-5) | 82.2 | 1 |
9. Christian County (22-6) | 80.5 | 19 |
9. Lexington Catholic (19-7) | 80.5 | 11 |
11. Knox Central (22-5) | 80.2 | 18 |
12. North Hardin (21-7) | 80.0 | 10 |
13. Campbell County (24-4) | 79.8 | t13 |
14. Southwestern (22-5) | 79.6 | t23 |
15. Adair County (26-1) | 79.4 | 17 |
16. Oldham County (23-5) | 78.5 | t13 |
17. Madison Central (16-12) | 78.4 | NR |
18. Perry Central (22-7) | 77.8 | 16 |
19. North Laurel (22-5) | 77.4 | 21 |
20. Waggener (16-10) | 77.3 | NR |
21. Pleasure Ridge Park (14-9) | 77.2 | NR |
22. Graves County (22-7) | 76.8 | NR |
23. Franklin-Simpson (21-6) | 76.7 | NR |
24. Lexington Christian (20-7) | 76.6 | 12 |
25. Pulaski County (21-6) | 76.1 | 22 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Graves County | 76.8 |
2. Paducah Tilghman | 73.2 |
3. Marshall County | 69.1 |
4. McCracken County | 65.4 |
5. Mayfield | 62.9 |
6. Calloway County | 58.0 |
7. Murray | 53.6 |
8. St. Mary | 41.4 |
9. Carlisle County | 38.6 |
10. Ballard Memorial | 38.2 |
11. Hickman County | 37.7 |
12. Fulton County | 32.8 |
13. Fulton City | 29.9 |
14. Christian Fellowship | 15.3 |
15. Community Christian | 10.5 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 80.5 |
2. Hopkinsville | 75.6 |
3. Henderson County | 68.8 |
4. University Heights | 66.5 |
5. Hopkins Central | 56.6 |
6. Madisonville | 56.0 |
6. Webster County | 56.0 |
8. Caldwell County | 52.7 |
9. Lyon County | 47.3 |
10. Livingston Central | 44.2 |
11. Dawson Springs | 40.7 |
12. Trigg County | 36.2 |
13. Union County | 34.6 |
14. Crittenden County | 33.8 |
15. Fort Campbell | 25.9 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 73.6 |
2. Apollo | 68.1 |
3. Owensboro | 67.5 |
4. Daviess County | 66.5 |
5. Muhlenberg County | 62.9 |
6. Ohio County | 62.7 |
7. Hancock County | 61.0 |
8. Edmonson County | 57.4 |
9. Breckinridge County | 56.3 |
10. Grayson County | 56.2 |
11. Meade County | 53.7 |
12. Butler County | 52.5 |
13. McLean County | 38.6 |
14. Cloverport | 33.4 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 33.4 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 84.3 |
2. Franklin-Simpson | 76.7 |
3. Russellville | 69.0 |
4. Warren Central | 68.0 |
5. Greenwood | 64.5 |
6. Barren County | 63.3 |
7. Clinton County | 61.3 |
8. Monroe County | 60.4 |
9. Warren East | 57.4 |
10. Logan County | 56.0 |
11. Todd Central | 53.4 |
12. Allen County | 51.1 |
13. South Warren | 48.3 |
14. Russell County | 44.6 |
15. Cumberland County | 44.3 |
16. Glasgow | 44.0 |
17. Metcalfe County | 21.9 |
5TH REGION | |
1. North Hardin | 80.0 |
2. Adair County | 79.4 |
3. Bardstown | 72.5 |
4. John Hardin | 71.1 |
5. Central Hardin | 67.2 |
6. LaRue County | 66.4 |
7. Taylor County | 64.9 |
8. Elizabethtown | 63.0 |
9. Marion County | 60.0 |
10. Bethlehem | 58.1 |
11. Washington County | 54.7 |
12. Nelson County | 51.6 |
13. Caverna | 50.1 |
14. Campbellsville | 49.5 |
15. Green County | 46.1 |
16. Hart County | 42.4 |
17. Fort Knox | 40.0 |
18. Thomas Nelson | 35.9 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 85.4 |
2. Pleasure Ridge Park | 77.2 |
3. Valley | 73.0 |
4. Bullitt East | 71.9 |
5. Doss | 70.8 |
6. DeSales | 70.6 |
7. Moore | 70.0 |
8. Butler | 69.8 |
9. Fairdale | 63.1 |
10. Lou. Holy Cross | 61.5 |
11. Jeffersontown | 58.5 |
12. Southern | 58.0 |
13. Iroquois | 55.9 |
14. Western | 53.9 |
15. North Bullitt | 53.4 |
16. Bullitt Central | 41.0 |
17. Beth Haven | 35.4 |
18. Whitefield Academy | 33.9 |
19. Evangel | 18.4 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Trinity | 85.4 |
2. Ballard | 82.6 |
3. Waggener | 77.3 |
4. St. Xavier | 72.8 |
5. Louisville Christian | 72.6 |
6. Eastern | 70.7 |
7. Male | 68.1 |
8. Central | 64.8 |
9. Manual | 62.5 |
10. Country Day | 59.2 |
11. Seneca | 58.5 |
12. Atherton | 56.0 |
13. Collegiate | 48.8 |
14. St. Francis | 31.5 |
15. Portland Christian | 28.9 |
16. Brown | 28.2 |
17. Shawnee | 26.2 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 78.5 |
2. South Oldham | 75.0 |
3. Simon Kenton | 73.5 |
4. Walton-Verona | 68.4 |
5. Spencer County | 67.1 |
6. North Oldham | 67.0 |
7. Collins | 66.4 |
8. Anderson County | 63.8 |
9. Gallatin County | 59.7 |
10. Williamstown | 58.7 |
11. Shelby County | 54.2 |
12. Grant County | 52.7 |
13. Eminence | 51.6 |
14. Henry County | 49.8 |
15. Owen County | 49.3 |
16. Carroll County | 49.0 |
17. Trimble County | 35.0 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Cooper | 82.2 |
1. Covington Catholic | 82.2 |
3. Dixie Heights | 75.9 |
4. Newport Catholic | 69.6 |
5. Conner | 68.9 |
6. Lloyd | 66.5 |
7. Cov. Holy Cross | 64.6 |
8. Beechwood | 61.5 |
9. Ryle | 61.3 |
10. Highlands | 61.0 |
11. Newport | 60.0 |
12. Holmes | 59.7 |
13. Boone County | 56.1 |
14. St. Henry | 48.3 |
15. Ludlow | 45.1 |
16. Dayton | 43.4 |
17. Bellevue | 37.0 |
18. Villa Madonna | 36.8 |
19. Heritage Academy | 1.7 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 79.8 |
2. Paris | 75.3 |
3. Clark County | 71.7 |
4. Scott | 65.9 |
5. Pendleton County | 62.6 |
6. Bracken County | 58.4 |
7. Bourbon County | 57.3 |
7. Mason County | 57.3 |
9. Bishop Brossart | 51.9 |
10. Harrison County | 51.3 |
11. Nicholas County | 47.4 |
12. Montgomery County | 45.1 |
13. Augusta | 45.0 |
14. Robertson County | 39.7 |
15. Calvary Christian | 33.1 |
16. St. Patrick | 30.1 |
17. Silver Grove | 16.0 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 86.8 |
2. Paul Dunbar | 83.8 |
3. Lexington Catholic | 80.5 |
4. Madison Central | 78.4 |
5. Lexington Christian | 76.6 |
6. Madison Southern | 74.3 |
7. Lafayette | 72.1 |
8. Bryan Station | 69.3 |
9. Henry Clay | 69.2 |
10. Sayre | 66.2 |
11. Woodford County | 60.9 |
12. Tates Creek | 58.8 |
13. Franklin County | 58.5 |
14. Frankfort | 54.0 |
15. Western Hills | 47.2 |
16. Model | 40.5 |
17. Berea | 39.6 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Southwestern | 79.6 |
2. Pulaski County | 76.1 |
3. Mercer County | 73.3 |
4. Lincoln County | 72.8 |
5. Wayne County | 69.1 |
6. West Jessamine | 67.9 |
7. Boyle County | 65.8 |
8. Rockcastle County | 64.4 |
9. Casey County | 62.1 |
10. Danville | 58.3 |
11. Somerset | 56.3 |
12. Garrard County | 56.2 |
13. East Jessamine | 55.5 |
14. McCreary Central | 52.1 |
15. Burgin | 32.7 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Knox Central | 80.2 |
2. North Laurel | 77.4 |
3. Corbin | 75.4 |
4. South Laurel | 73.3 |
5. Harlan County | 69.2 |
6. Clay County | 62.4 |
7. Jackson County | 57.7 |
8. Whitley County | 57.3 |
9. Bell County | 52.1 |
10. Barbourville | 50.6 |
11. Lynn Camp | 50.3 |
12. Pineville | 47.1 |
13. Harlan | 46.4 |
14. Oneida Baptist | 44.9 |
15. Williamsburg | 40.3 |
16. Middlesboro | 31.0 |
17. Red Bird | 27.0 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Perry Central | 77.8 |
2. Knott Central | 71.1 |
3. Letcher Central | 63.5 |
4. Breathitt County | 63.1 |
5. Powell County | 61.6 |
6. Cordia | 60.9 |
7. Hazard | 56.1 |
8. Buckhorn | 55.7 |
9. Wolfe County | 54.1 |
10. Estill County | 53.5 |
11. Leslie County | 47.9 |
12. Jackson City | 35.1 |
13. June Buchanan | 27.5 |
14. Jenkins | 23.5 |
15. Owsley County | 21.2 |
16. Lee County | 15.0 |
17. Riverside Christian | 5.7 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Pikeville | 69.7 |
2. Johnson Central | 67.1 |
3. Sheldon Clark | 65.8 |
4. Magoffin County | 58.9 |
5. Lawrence County | 56.9 |
6. Belfry | 55.4 |
7. Shelby Valley | 54.5 |
8. South Floyd | 53.1 |
9. East Ridge | 51.8 |
10. Pike Central | 49.8 |
11. Paintsville | 47.7 |
12. Allen Central | 44.8 |
13. Phelps | 40.3 |
14. Prestonsburg | 37.4 |
15. Betsy Layne | 29.3 |
16. Piarist | 0.1 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 71.9 |
2. Elliott County | 68.6 |
3. Rowan County | 65.7 |
4. Greenup County | 63.9 |
5. West Carter | 63.5 |
6. East Carter | 58.2 |
7. Ashland Blazer | 56.6 |
8. Russell | 51.0 |
9. Lewis County | 50.1 |
10. Fairview | 47.3 |
11. Morgan County | 44.9 |
12. Bath County | 44.8 |
13. Fleming County | 42.3 |
14. Raceland | 40.7 |
15. Menifee County | 39.4 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 23.4 |
This story was originally published February 12, 2017 at 6:55 PM with the headline "Dave Cantrall’s ratings: Scott County boys are back at No. 1."