High school basketball: Cards and Camels at No. 1 in Cantrall’s ratings
Scott County’s boys and Campbell County’s girls hold the No. 1 spots in the first edition of Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for high school basketball in Kentucky for the 2017-18 season.
The top 25 listings are followed by region-by-region ratings for every school in the state.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating |
1. Scott County (13-1) | 85.6 |
2. Ballard (10-3) | 84.7 |
3. Trinity (13-1) | 84.6 |
4. Cov. Catholic (12-3) | 83.8 |
5. Fern Creek (12-3) | 83.4 |
6. Bryan Station (14-1) | 82.9 |
6. Cooper (14-2) | 82.9 |
8. Madison Central (13-4) | 82.7 |
9. Oldham County (14-2) | 80.9 |
9. Lexington Catholic (11-5) | 80.9 |
11. Lafayette (11-4) | 80.8 |
12. Pulaski County (9-3) | 80.7 |
13. John Hardin (13-2) | 80.4 |
14. Knox Central (13-1) | 79.8 |
15. Butler (14-1) | 78.6 |
16. Lex. Christian (9-6) | 78.3 |
17. North Laurel (13-2) | 78.2 |
17. Paducah Tilghman (13-3) | 78.2 |
19. Doss (12-4) | 77.8 |
20. Owensboro (13-4) | 77.7 |
21. Corbin (11-3) | 76.9 |
22. Walton-Verona (11-4) | 76.8 |
23. PRP (10-4) | 76.4 |
24. Waggener (11-3) | 76.0 |
25. Graves County (12-5) | 75.9 |
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating |
1. Campbell County (17-1) | 89.9 |
2. Mercer County (15-1) | 89.1 |
2. Sacred Heart (10-4) | 89.1 |
4. Elizabethtown (14-1) | 86.3 |
5. Butler (13-1) | 86.0 |
6. Manual (8-3) | 85.7 |
7. Scott County (14-2) | 85.5 |
8. South Warren (14-2) | 85.4 |
9. Lincoln County (12-3) | 84.5 |
10. Murray (13-2) | 84.4 |
11. Male (11-4) | 83.9 |
12. Anderson County (10-4) | 81.8 |
13. Clark County (11-5) | 81.7 |
14. Graves County (12-5) | 81.4 |
14. Eastern (8-4) | 81.4 |
16. Southwestern (13-3) | 81.2 |
16. Boyd County (11-2) | 81.2 |
18. Simon Kenton (8-4) | 81.1 |
18. Mercy (8-5) | 81.1 |
20. Owensboro Cath. (12-3) | 80.8 |
20. Conner (12-3) | 80.8 |
22. Ryle (13-5) | 80.7 |
23. South Laurel (14-3) | 79.9 |
24. Casey County (15-2) | 79.6 |
25. Highlands (11-5) | 78.9 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Paducah Tilghman | 78.2 |
2. Graves County | 75.9 |
3. Mayfield | 72.0 |
4. Marshall County | 67.9 |
5. McCracken County | 67.2 |
6. Calloway County | 56.0 |
7. Murray | 48.4 |
8. Ballard Memorial | 42.3 |
9. Fulton County | 41.0 |
10. Carlisle County | 38.4 |
11. St. Mary | 35.2 |
12. Hickman County | 33.6 |
13. Christian Fellowship | 18.2 |
13. Fulton City | 18.2 |
15. Community Christian | 9.4 |
2ND REGION | |
1. University Heights | 72.8 |
2. Christian County | 69.7 |
3. Hopkinsville | 68.0 |
4. Madisonville | 65.8 |
5. Henderson County | 64.3 |
6. Webster County | 58.3 |
7. Caldwell County | 55.4 |
8. Hopkins Central | 52.8 |
9. Livingston Central | 51.2 |
10. Union County | 44.4 |
11. Lyon County | 39.4 |
12. Trigg County | 38.4 |
13. Crittenden County | 32.0 |
14. Dawson Springs | 31.9 |
15. Fort Campbell | 25.7 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 77.7 |
2. Daviess County | 72.0 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 70.7 |
4. Apollo | 66.6 |
5. Ohio County | 62.2 |
6. Muhlenberg County | 60.7 |
7. Meade County | 59.3 |
8. Breckinridge County | 59.0 |
9. Butler County | 53.1 |
10. Grayson County | 52.0 |
11. Hancock County | 50.4 |
12. Edmonson County | 49.7 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 45.1 |
14. McLean County | 44.6 |
15. Cloverport | 18.5 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 75.2 |
2. Bowling Green | 73.4 |
3. Monroe County | 67.7 |
4. Clinton County | 63.4 |
5. Barren County | 62.4 |
6. Warren East | 61.1 |
7. South Warren | 59.5 |
8. Glasgow | 58.2 |
8. Todd Central | 58.2 |
10. Franklin-Simpson | 58.0 |
11. Logan County | 57.9 |
12. Greenwood | 57.2 |
13. Russellville | 56.7 |
14. Allen County | 54.4 |
15. Russell County | 50.4 |
16. Cumberland County | 37.5 |
17. Metcalfe County | 30.7 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 80.4 |
2. LaRue County | 71.6 |
3. Adair County | 70.8 |
4. Elizabethtown | 68.1 |
5. Central Hardin | 67.2 |
6. North Hardin | 63.0 |
7. Bardstown | 60.7 |
8. Marion County | 59.6 |
9. Washington County | 57.3 |
10. Taylor County | 55.8 |
11. Campbellsville | 55.6 |
12. Green County | 52.1 |
13. Caverna | 50.3 |
14. Nelson County | 49.0 |
15. Bethlehem | 46.1 |
16. Hart County | 44.6 |
17. Fort Knox | 37.7 |
18. Thomas Nelson | 36.0 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 83.4 |
2. Butler | 78.6 |
3. Doss | 77.8 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 76.4 |
5. Valley | 73.9 |
6. Fairdale | 72.0 |
7. DeSales | 70.5 |
8. Bullitt East | 68.0 |
9. Iroquois | 67.9 |
10. Jeffersontown | 66.6 |
11. North Bullitt | 60.1 |
12. Southern | 58.8 |
13. Lou. Holy Cross | 58.7 |
14. Moore | 57.4 |
15. Bullitt Central | 54.8 |
16. Western | 49.3 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 45.2 |
18. Beth Haven | 25.8 |
19. Evangel | 13.2 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Ballard | 84.7 |
2. Trinity | 84.6 |
3. Waggener | 76.0 |
4. Male | 74.9 |
5. St. Xavier | 72.5 |
6. Manual | 67.2 |
7. Eastern | 64.2 |
8. Central | 62.7 |
9. Seneca | 61.5 |
10. Louisville Christian | 59.6 |
11. Atherton | 56.8 |
12. Country Day | 51.7 |
13. Collegiate | 46.1 |
14. St. Francis | 43.5 |
15. Shawnee | 34.5 |
16. Portland Christian | 34.2 |
17. Brown | 28.7 |
18. Walden | 15.9 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 80.9 |
2. Walton-Verona | 76.8 |
3. Collins | 73.6 |
4. Simon Kenton | 73.5 |
5. South Oldham | 72.1 |
6. Spencer County | 68.4 |
7. Gallatin County | 67.6 |
8. North Oldham | 66.0 |
9. Anderson County | 62.7 |
10. Grant County | 60.2 |
11. Shelby County | 51.6 |
12. Carroll County | 48.9 |
13. Henry County | 46.9 |
14. Trimble County | 45.5 |
15. Eminence | 40.3 |
16. Owen County | 40.1 |
17. Williamstown | 28.0 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 83.8 |
2. Cooper | 82.9 |
3. Boone County | 74.3 |
4. Newport | 69.4 |
5. Dixie Heights | 68.1 |
5. Newport Catholic | 68.1 |
7. Cov. Holy Cross | 63.2 |
8. Holmes | 61.4 |
9. Beechwood | 59.5 |
10. Conner | 57.7 |
11. St. Henry | 57.5 |
12. Highlands | 56.3 |
13. Lloyd | 53.5 |
14. Ryle | 52.9 |
15. Bellevue | 41.7 |
16. Villa Madonna | 41.3 |
17. Ludlow | 33.3 |
18. Dayton | 23.7 |
19. Heritage Academy | 2.8 |
20. Latin | 1.8 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 75.1 |
2. Clark County | 74.9 |
3. Scott | 72.3 |
4. Pendleton County | 71.9 |
5. Paris | 66.7 |
6. Mason County | 62.5 |
7. Bishop Brossart | 61.3 |
8. Montgomery County | 57.7 |
9. Harrison County | 54.3 |
10. Bourbon County | 53.6 |
11. Robertson County | 49.9 |
12. Nicholas County | 46.7 |
13. Bracken County | 42.8 |
14. Augusta | 39.0 |
15. Calvary Christian | 37.3 |
16. St. Patrick | 27.9 |
17. Silver Grove | 0.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 85.6 |
2. Bryan Station | 82.9 |
3. Madison Central | 82.7 |
4. Lexington Catholic | 80.9 |
5. Lafayette | 80.8 |
6. Lexington Christian | 78.3 |
7. Henry Clay | 74.7 |
8. Paul Dunbar | 71.2 |
9. Woodford County | 66.5 |
10. Frederick Douglass | 63.4 |
11. Madison Southern | 60.3 |
12. Franklin County | 60.2 |
13. Frankfort | 59.6 |
14. Model | 53.2 |
15. Tates Creek | 53.1 |
16. Sayre | 52.1 |
17. Berea | 47.7 |
18. Western Hills | 45.6 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Pulaski County | 80.7 |
2. West Jessamine | 74.5 |
3. Southwestern | 72.9 |
4. Mercer County | 72.8 |
5. Somerset | 69.7 |
6. Wayne County | 69.1 |
7. Boyle County | 67.8 |
8. Lincoln County | 62.9 |
9. Danville | 57.6 |
10. McCreary Central | 57.3 |
11. Garrard County | 56.1 |
12. East Jessamine | 53.9 |
13. Rockcastle County | 50.9 |
14. Casey County | 46.7 |
15. Burgin | 16.7 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Knox Central | 79.8 |
2. North Laurel | 78.2 |
3. Corbin | 76.9 |
4. South Laurel | 72.8 |
5. Harlan County | 69.3 |
6. Jackson County | 63.4 |
7. Clay County | 61.5 |
8. Lynn Camp | 59.3 |
9. Whitley County | 57.4 |
10. Bell County | 54.8 |
11. Barbourville | 51.8 |
12. Williamsburg | 47.9 |
13. Harlan | 47.1 |
14. Oneida Baptist | 44.8 |
15. Middlesboro | 39.6 |
16. Pineville | 37.2 |
17. Red Bird | 30.1 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Knott Central | 68.9 |
2. Perry Central | 68.0 |
3. Estill County | 63.3 |
4. Cordia | 63.0 |
5. Powell County | 61.4 |
6. Breathitt County | 57.0 |
7. Leslie County | 56.2 |
8. Hazard | 55.6 |
9. Wolfe County | 52.9 |
10. Letcher Central | 51.2 |
11. Buckhorn | 51.0 |
12. Jackson City | 38.3 |
13. Owsley County | 27.5 |
14. June Buchanan | 22.3 |
15. Lee County | 1.0 |
16. Riverside Christian | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Pikeville | 68.4 |
2. Johnson Central | 65.7 |
3. Floyd Central | 64.8 |
4. Shelby Valley | 62.3 |
5. Paintsville | 60.2 |
6. Belfry | 59.6 |
7. Pike Central | 58.6 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 54.2 |
9. Lawrence County | 45.0 |
10. Magoffin County | 42.5 |
11. East Ridge | 41.4 |
12. Betsy Layne | 37.7 |
13. Prestonsburg | 36.1 |
14. Phelps | 34.2 |
15. Jenkins | 15.5 |
16. Piarist | 0.2 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 71.4 |
2. Boyd County | 65.5 |
3. Rowan County | 58.1 |
4. Raceland | 57.6 |
5. Morgan County | 57.0 |
6. Elliott County | 56.5 |
7. East Carter | 55.8 |
8. West Carter | 55.0 |
9. Bath County | 54.2 |
10. Lewis County | 53.5 |
11. Russell | 53.0 |
12. Greenup County | 52.7 |
13. Fairview | 51.8 |
14. Fleming County | 44.1 |
15. Menifee County | 41.5 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 25.3 |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 84.4 |
2. Graves County | 81.4 |
3. Marshall County | 66.0 |
4. Calloway County | 63.6 |
5. McCracken County | 58.7 |
6. Ballard Memorial | 50.6 |
7. Mayfield | 47.8 |
8. Carlisle County | 46.3 |
9. Paducah Tilghman | 42.1 |
10. Fulton County | 34.1 |
11. Hickman County | 32.5 |
12. Fulton City | 24.5 |
13. St. Mary | 17.8 |
14. Community Christian | 7.4 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 78.6 |
2. Webster County | 75.5 |
3. Hopkinsville | 73.6 |
4. Henderson County | 72.8 |
5. Madisonville | 51.7 |
6. Caldwell County | 48.2 |
7. Union County | 48.0 |
8. Hopkins Central | 47.6 |
9. Livingston Central | 47.2 |
10. Lyon County | 46.4 |
11. Crittenden County | 46.2 |
12. University Heights | 42.6 |
13. Trigg County | 30.9 |
14. Dawson Springs | 30.4 |
15. Fort Campbell | 3.4 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 80.8 |
2. Edmonson County | 73.6 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 71.7 |
4. Meade County | 67.8 |
5. Apollo | 66.5 |
6. Breckinridge County | 61.7 |
7. McLean County | 60.0 |
8. Grayson County | 56.1 |
9. Daviess County | 53.8 |
10. Owensboro | 47.7 |
11. Butler County | 41.7 |
12. Whitesville Trinity | 41.4 |
13. Hancock County | 40.8 |
14. Ohio County | 36.7 |
15. Cloverport | 20.3 |
4TH REGION | |
1. South Warren | 85.4 |
2. Russell County | 78.4 |
3. Barren County | 71.8 |
4. Bowling Green | 70.5 |
5. Allen County | 69.7 |
6. Glasgow | 69.6 |
7. Monroe County | 62.0 |
8. Logan County | 56.4 |
9. Greenwood | 55.7 |
10. Warren East | 54.0 |
11. Metcalfe County | 53.0 |
12. Clinton County | 42.5 |
13. Todd Central | 42.2 |
14. Warren Central | 38.3 |
15. Franklin-Simpson | 31.6 |
16. Russellville | 30.0 |
17. Cumberland County | 28.9 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 86.3 |
2. John Hardin | 71.5 |
3. Nelson County | 70.0 |
4. Green County | 69.2 |
5. Bardstown | 67.2 |
6. Marion County | 60.5 |
7. Central Hardin | 60.0 |
8. Thomas Nelson | 57.2 |
9. LaRue County | 57.0 |
10. Bethlehem | 54.3 |
11. Campbellsville | 47.8 |
12. Taylor County | 47.4 |
13. Adair County | 46.4 |
14. Hart County | 44.5 |
15. North Hardin | 42.0 |
16. Washington County | 39.2 |
17. Caverna | 38.9 |
18. Fort Knox | 14.6 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 86.0 |
2. Mercy | 81.1 |
3. Bullitt East | 78.7 |
4. North Bullitt | 74.0 |
5. Fern Creek | 63.1 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 57.3 |
7. Jeffersontown | 44.6 |
8. Doss | 43.1 |
8. Pleasure Ridge Park | 43.1 |
10. Moore | 42.2 |
11. Whitefield Academy | 42.0 |
12. Valley | 29.2 |
13. Southern | 28.7 |
14. Bullitt Central | 21.6 |
15. Iroquois | 12.3 |
16. Fairdale | 11.2 |
17. Western | 6.3 |
18. Beth Haven | 5.4 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 89.1 |
2. Manual | 85.7 |
3. Male | 83.9 |
4. Eastern | 81.4 |
5. Assumption | 66.4 |
6. Louisville Christian | 66.2 |
7. Ballard | 65.2 |
8. Central | 60.0 |
9. Brown | 43.9 |
10. Presentation | 43.2 |
11. Waggener | 31.9 |
12. Atherton | 30.2 |
13. Collegiate | 28.4 |
14. Seneca | 26.4 |
15. St. Francis | 26.2 |
16. Portland Christian | 11.4 |
17. Country Day | 8.1 |
18. Shawnee | 0.1 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Anderson County | 81.8 |
2. Simon Kenton | 81.1 |
3. Spencer County | 66.0 |
4. Grant County | 65.9 |
4. Oldham County | 65.9 |
6. Walton-Verona | 65.0 |
7. South Oldham | 64.4 |
8. Collins | 59.1 |
9. Owen County | 54.4 |
10. Gallatin County | 51.9 |
11. Shelby County | 50.8 |
12. Carroll County | 47.8 |
13. North Oldham | 46.0 |
14. Eminence | 41.0 |
15. Williamstown | 36.2 |
16. Trimble County | 34.9 |
17. Henry County | 34.7 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Conner | 80.8 |
2. Ryle | 80.7 |
3. Highlands | 78.9 |
4. Holmes | 78.4 |
5. Cov. Holy Cross | 74.6 |
6. Cooper | 74.1 |
7. Dixie Heights | 71.3 |
8. Boone County | 67.2 |
9. Newport Catholic | 65.4 |
10. St. Henry | 61.7 |
11. Notre Dame | 56.9 |
12. Newport | 55.2 |
13. Lloyd | 52.1 |
14. Dayton | 44.9 |
15. Bellevue | 43.4 |
16. Ludlow | 41.0 |
17. Beechwood | 26.9 |
18. Villa Madonna | 25.5 |
19. Latin | 6.3 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 89.9 |
2. Clark County | 81.7 |
3. Scott | 78.0 |
4. Mason County | 71.3 |
5. Harrison County | 63.5 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 60.9 |
7. Nicholas County | 56.9 |
8. Paris | 49.0 |
9. Bourbon County | 47.1 |
10. Bracken County | 39.0 |
11. Montgomery County | 34.0 |
12. Calvary Christian | 29.5 |
13. Robertson County | 26.4 |
14. Pendleton County | 26.0 |
15. Augusta | 24.7 |
16. St. Patrick | 18.7 |
17. Silver Grove | 0.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 85.5 |
2. Franklin County | 77.7 |
2. Lafayette | 77.7 |
4. Henry Clay | 70.4 |
5. Paul Dunbar | 69.7 |
6. Lexington Catholic | 67.0 |
7. Woodford County | 58.5 |
8. Bryan Station | 57.7 |
9. Madison Central | 57.6 |
9. Madison Southern | 57.6 |
11. Western Hills | 50.5 |
12. Sayre | 47.8 |
13. Frederick Douglass | 47.7 |
14. Lexington Christian | 44.5 |
15. Tates Creek | 41.4 |
16. Frankfort | 38.1 |
17. Berea | 35.6 |
18. Model | 31.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 89.1 |
2. Lincoln County | 84.5 |
3. Southwestern | 81.2 |
4. Casey County | 79.6 |
5. Boyle County | 66.7 |
6. Rockcastle County | 64.0 |
7. Danville | 59.6 |
8. Somerset | 57.6 |
9. Wayne County | 53.4 |
10. West Jessamine | 51.6 |
11. Pulaski County | 49.2 |
12. East Jessamine | 48.7 |
13. Garrard County | 48.5 |
14. McCreary Central | 42.9 |
15. Burgin | 6.3 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 79.9 |
2. Harlan County | 78.7 |
3. Whitley County | 68.9 |
4. North Laurel | 68.5 |
5. Clay County | 66.1 |
6. Harlan | 54.8 |
7. Corbin | 53.7 |
8. Williamsburg | 51.2 |
9. Pineville | 51.1 |
10. Bell County | 49.3 |
11. Knox Central | 48.1 |
12. Jackson County | 42.6 |
13. Lynn Camp | 40.9 |
14. Middlesboro | 39.4 |
15. Barbourville | 39.0 |
16. Red Bird | 9.9 |
17. Oneida Baptist | 2.4 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 71.0 |
2. Perry Central | 68.1 |
3. Leslie County | 64.8 |
4. Knott Central | 64.1 |
5. Owsley County | 56.0 |
6. Powell County | 54.0 |
7. Letcher Central | 52.6 |
8. Estill County | 51.2 |
9. Lee County | 49.8 |
10. Wolfe County | 44.7 |
11. Buckhorn | 33.4 |
12. Breathitt County | 33.3 |
13. Jackson City | 25.8 |
14. June Buchanan | 17.0 |
15. Riverside Christian | 6.3 |
16. Cordia | 1.0 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 73.9 |
2. Pikeville | 70.1 |
3. Pike Central | 64.1 |
4. Johnson Central | 60.9 |
5. Paintsville | 58.0 |
6. Belfry | 52.4 |
6. Floyd Central | 52.4 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 50.2 |
9. East Ridge | 49.4 |
10. Lawrence County | 44.8 |
11. Magoffin County | 43.6 |
12. Betsy Layne | 42.5 |
13. Prestonsburg | 42.1 |
14. Phelps | 37.3 |
15. Jenkins | 35.3 |
16. Piarist | 7.5 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 81.2 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 76.1 |
3. Russell | 75.4 |
4. West Carter | 65.0 |
5. East Carter | 58.6 |
6. Rowan County | 56.0 |
7. Menifee County | 53.6 |
8. Lewis County | 53.1 |
9. Fleming County | 45.0 |
10. Greenup County | 43.9 |
11. Raceland | 43.2 |
12. Bath County | 40.3 |
13. Morgan County | 40.1 |
14. Elliott County | 31.8 |
15. Fairview | 29.6 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 11.4 |
This story was originally published January 7, 2018 at 5:45 PM with the headline "High school basketball: Cards and Camels at No. 1 in Cantrall’s ratings."