High school basketball: It’s still Cards and Camels at top of Cantrall’s ratings
The season’s second edition of Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for high school basketball in Kentucky still has Scott County’s boys and Campbell County’s girls at No. 1, but there was still plenty of movement in the top 25.
That includes Louisville Trinity moving up to No. 2 in the boys’ poll and Murray’s girls jumping six spots to No. 4.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | Last week |
1. Scott Co. (15-1) | 86.1 | 1 |
2. Trinity (15-1) | 84.2 | 3 |
3. Cov. Catholic (12-4) | 83.8 | 4 |
4. Ballard (11-4) | 83.1 | 2 |
5. Bryan Station (15-1) | 82.4 | t6 |
5. Fern Creek (14-3) | 82.4 | 5 |
7. Madison Cent. (13-5) | 82.2 | 8 |
8. Lafayette (12-4) | 81.6 | 11 |
9. Cooper (14-3) | 81.5 | t6 |
10. Pulaski Co. (12-3) | 80.7 | 12 |
10. Lex. Catholic (12-6) | 80.7 | t9 |
12. Oldham Co. (15-2) | 80.6 | t9 |
13. Lex. Christian (10-6) | 80.2 | 16 |
14. Butler (16-1) | 79.8 | 15 |
15. Doss (14-4) | 79.6 | 19 |
16. Pad. Tilghman (14-3) | 79.3 | t17 |
17. John Hardin (14-3) | 78.9 | 13 |
18. Walton-Verona (12-4) | 78.6 | 22 |
19. Knox Central (15-1) | 78.2 | 14 |
20. Clark Co. (14-3) | 77.8 | NR |
21. Owensboro (13-4) | 77.7 | 20 |
22. North Laurel (14-2) | 77.2 | t17 |
23. Warren Central (15-2) | 76.4 | NR |
24. Campbell Co. (16-2) | 76.3 | NR |
25. Corbin (12-3) | 76.1 | 21 |
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | Last week |
1. Campbell Co. (18-1) | 90.2 | 1 |
2. Sacred Heart (12-4) | 89.3 | t2 |
3. Mercer Co. (16-1) | 89.0 | t2 |
4. Murray (15-2) | 86.2 | 10 |
5. Elizabethtown (16-1) | 86.1 | 4 |
6. Butler (13-1) | 86.0 | 5 |
6. Scott Co. (16-2) | 86.0 | 7 |
8. South Warren (16-2) | 84.9 | 8 |
9. Lincoln Co. (12-3) | 84.5 | 9 |
10. Male (12-4) | 83.3 | 11 |
11. Manual (8-5) | 82.8 | 6 |
12. Ryle (14-5) | 81.9 | 22 |
13. Mercy (10-6) | 81.8 | t18 |
14. Clark Co. (11-5) | 81.7 | 13 |
15. Southwestern (14-3) | 81.6 | t16 |
16. Eastern (8-4) | 81.4 | t14 |
17. Boyd Co. (12-2) | 81.3 | t16 |
17. Anderson Co. (11-4) | 81.3 | 12 |
19. Simon Kenton (8-4) | 81.1 | t18 |
20. Conner (13-3) | 80.8 | t20 |
21. Graves Co. (13-6) | 80.6 | t14 |
22. Owens. Cath. (13-4) | 80.3 | t20 |
23. Casey Co. (16-2) | 80.1 | 24 |
24. Christian Co. (14-4) | 78.8 | NR |
25. Bullitt East (9-5) | 78.7 | NR |
25. Scott (9-7) | 78.7 | NR |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Paducah Tilghman | 79.3 |
2. Graves County | 75.9 |
3. Mayfield | 74.0 |
4. McCracken County | 67.2 |
5. Marshall County | 66.8 |
6. Calloway County | 54.8 |
7. Murray | 49.7 |
8. Ballard Memorial | 41.8 |
9. Fulton County | 40.5 |
10. Carlisle County | 38.4 |
11. Hickman County | 34.1 |
12. St. Mary | 33.3 |
13. Christian Fellowship | 20.7 |
14. Fulton City | 18.9 |
15. Community Christian | 8.1 |
2ND REGION | |
1. University Heights | 70.2 |
2. Christian County | 69.7 |
3. Hopkinsville | 67.7 |
4. Madisonville | 67.4 |
5. Henderson County | 65.7 |
6. Webster County | 56.9 |
7. Hopkins Central | 54.4 |
8. Caldwell County | 53.8 |
9. Livingston Central | 49.7 |
10. Union County | 43.8 |
11. Lyon County | 41.5 |
12. Trigg County | 39.0 |
13. Crittenden County | 32.8 |
14. Dawson Springs | 31.7 |
15. Fort Campbell | 27.1 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 77.7 |
2. Daviess County | 72.2 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 71.6 |
4. Apollo | 66.6 |
5. Ohio County | 62.1 |
6. Muhlenberg County | 61.8 |
7. Meade County | 61.0 |
8. Breckinridge County | 58.2 |
9. Butler County | 53.1 |
10. Grayson County | 52.1 |
11. Edmonson County | 49.4 |
12. Hancock County | 48.7 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 44.2 |
14. McLean County | 43.8 |
15. Cloverport | 16.8 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 76.4 |
2. Bowling Green | 73.1 |
3. Monroe County | 69.6 |
4. Clinton County | 62.9 |
5. Warren East | 61.8 |
6. Glasgow | 60.7 |
7. Barren County | 59.8 |
8. South Warren | 58.9 |
9. Russellville | 58.4 |
10. Logan County | 58.1 |
11. Todd Central | 57.9 |
12. Greenwood | 57.6 |
13. Franklin-Simpson | 56.3 |
14. Allen County | 54.5 |
15. Russell County | 52.7 |
16. Cumberland County | 36.9 |
17. Metcalfe County | 30.7 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 78.9 |
2. LaRue County | 71.8 |
3. Elizabethtown | 71.0 |
4. Adair County | 70.0 |
5. Central Hardin | 66.1 |
6. North Hardin | 60.1 |
7. Bardstown | 59.7 |
8. Marion County | 58.9 |
9. Washington County | 58.0 |
10. Taylor County | 57.6 |
11. Campbellsville | 54.1 |
12. Caverna | 50.7 |
13. Green County | 50.3 |
14. Nelson County | 48.3 |
15. Bethlehem | 47.1 |
16. Hart County | 46.1 |
17. Fort Knox | 36.6 |
18. Thomas Nelson | 36.0 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 82.4 |
2. Butler | 79.8 |
3. Doss | 79.6 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 75.8 |
5. Valley | 73.8 |
6. DeSales | 71.4 |
7. Fairdale | 71.0 |
8. Bullitt East | 70.5 |
9. Jeffersontown | 68.3 |
10. Iroquois | 67.9 |
11. North Bullitt | 60.7 |
12. Lou. Holy Cross | 60.6 |
13. Southern | 59.0 |
14. Moore | 56.5 |
15. Bullitt Central | 54.8 |
16. Western | 49.1 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 45.8 |
18. Beth Haven | 25.8 |
19. Evangel | 12.6 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Trinity | 84.2 |
2. Ballard | 83.1 |
3. Waggener | 75.2 |
4. Male | 74.9 |
5. St. Xavier | 72.8 |
6. Manual | 67.3 |
7. Central | 62.9 |
8. Seneca | 62.4 |
9. Eastern | 62.2 |
10. Louisville Christian | 58.0 |
11. Atherton | 56.8 |
12. Country Day | 51.7 |
13. Collegiate | 44.6 |
14. St. Francis | 43.5 |
15. Shawnee | 36.0 |
16. Portland Christian | 34.2 |
17. Brown | 28.2 |
18. Walden | 15.5 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 80.6 |
2. Walton-Verona | 78.6 |
3. Collins | 75.1 |
4. Simon Kenton | 74.9 |
5. South Oldham | 70.6 |
6. Spencer County | 69.0 |
7. North Oldham | 66.0 |
8. Anderson County | 65.2 |
8. Gallatin County | 65.2 |
10. Grant County | 59.3 |
11. Shelby County | 51.6 |
12. Henry County | 47.8 |
13. Carroll County | 47.6 |
14. Trimble County | 45.0 |
15. Eminence | 42.2 |
16. Owen County | 39.5 |
17. Williamstown | 29.1 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 83.8 |
2. Cooper | 81.5 |
3. Boone County | 71.3 |
4. Newport | 71.0 |
5. Dixie Heights | 68.1 |
6. Newport Catholic | 65.9 |
7. Cov. Holy Cross | 63.2 |
8. Holmes | 62.7 |
9. Beechwood | 59.1 |
10. St. Henry | 57.5 |
11. Conner | 56.3 |
11. Highlands | 56.3 |
13. Lloyd | 53.5 |
14. Ryle | 51.8 |
15. Bellevue | 42.2 |
16. Villa Madonna | 41.2 |
17. Ludlow | 33.1 |
18. Dayton | 23.2 |
19. Latin | 3.8 |
20. Heritage Academy | 1.0 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 77.8 |
2. Campbell County | 76.3 |
3. Scott | 75.4 |
4. Pendleton County | 71.8 |
5. Paris | 66.9 |
6. Mason County | 61.9 |
7. Bishop Brossart | 61.4 |
8. Montgomery County | 58.6 |
9. Bourbon County | 55.3 |
10. Harrison County | 51.4 |
11. Robertson County | 51.2 |
12. Nicholas County | 45.3 |
13. Bracken County | 42.5 |
14. Augusta | 39.1 |
15. Calvary Christian | 37.4 |
16. St. Patrick | 29.2 |
17. Silver Grove | 0.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 86.1 |
2. Bryan Station | 82.4 |
3. Madison Central | 82.2 |
4. Lafayette | 81.6 |
5. Lexington Catholic | 80.7 |
6. Lexington Christian | 80.2 |
7. Henry Clay | 73.9 |
8. Paul Dunbar | 73.2 |
9. Woodford County | 65.7 |
10. Frederick Douglass | 63.4 |
11. Franklin County | 60.8 |
12. Frankfort | 60.4 |
13. Madison Southern | 58.9 |
14. Model | 54.6 |
15. Tates Creek | 51.7 |
16. Sayre | 50.9 |
17. Western Hills | 47.9 |
18. Berea | 44.9 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Pulaski County | 80.7 |
2. Mercer County | 72.8 |
3. West Jessamine | 72.4 |
4. Southwestern | 71.8 |
5. Somerset | 68.4 |
6. Boyle County | 67.7 |
7. Wayne County | 67.6 |
8. Lincoln County | 64.2 |
9. Danville | 59.9 |
10. McCreary Central | 56.7 |
11. Garrard County | 54.2 |
12. East Jessamine | 52.3 |
13. Rockcastle County | 50.4 |
14. Casey County | 43.5 |
15. Burgin | 16.7 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 4.6 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Knox Central | 78.2 |
2. North Laurel | 77.2 |
3. Corbin | 76.1 |
4. South Laurel | 73.7 |
5. Harlan County | 68.5 |
6. Jackson County | 62.8 |
7. Clay County | 62.0 |
8. Lynn Camp | 61.0 |
9. Whitley County | 57.4 |
10. Bell County | 55.0 |
11. Barbourville | 53.1 |
12. Williamsburg | 48.0 |
13. Harlan | 47.1 |
14. Oneida Baptist | 43.0 |
15. Middlesboro | 40.4 |
16. Pineville | 37.3 |
17. Red Bird | 31.4 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Perry Central | 68.8 |
2. Knott Central | 68.0 |
3. Estill County | 65.2 |
4. Cordia | 64.6 |
5. Powell County | 59.7 |
6. Breathitt County | 57.0 |
7. Hazard | 55.9 |
8. Leslie County | 54.9 |
9. Wolfe County | 51.6 |
10. Letcher Central | 50.9 |
11. Buckhorn | 50.7 |
12. Jackson City | 37.2 |
13. Owsley County | 30.3 |
14. June Buchanan | 21.9 |
15. Lee County | 0.2 |
16. Riverside Christian | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Pikeville | 69.0 |
2. Floyd Central | 65.7 |
2. Johnson Central | 65.7 |
4. Shelby Valley | 62.7 |
5. Pike Central | 59.5 |
6. Paintsville | 59.4 |
7. Belfry | 59.0 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 53.9 |
9. Lawrence County | 44.6 |
10. Magoffin County | 43.6 |
11. East Ridge | 41.7 |
12. Betsy Layne | 37.1 |
13. Prestonsburg | 36.1 |
14. Phelps | 35.0 |
15. Jenkins | 16.9 |
16. Piarist | 0.1 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 73.1 |
2. Boyd County | 66.3 |
3. Morgan County | 56.8 |
4. Elliott County | 56.6 |
5. Russell | 56.5 |
6. Raceland | 56.2 |
7. East Carter | 55.7 |
8. West Carter | 55.0 |
9. Rowan County | 54.9 |
10. Bath County | 54.2 |
11. Greenup County | 51.8 |
12. Lewis County | 51.4 |
13. Fairview | 50.1 |
14. Fleming County | 46.7 |
15. Menifee County | 44.8 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 24.5 |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 86.2 |
2. Graves County | 80.6 |
3. Marshall County | 66.4 |
4. Calloway County | 62.0 |
5. McCracken County | 58.8 |
6. Ballard Memorial | 52.3 |
7. Carlisle County | 47.5 |
8. Mayfield | 46.1 |
9. Paducah Tilghman | 41.7 |
10. Hickman County | 33.5 |
11. Fulton County | 33.1 |
12. Fulton City | 24.9 |
13. St. Mary | 14.6 |
14. Community Christian | 10.2 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 78.8 |
2. Webster County | 77.9 |
3. Hopkinsville | 71.5 |
4. Henderson County | 70.4 |
5. Madisonville | 51.0 |
6. Union County | 49.2 |
7. Caldwell County | 48.9 |
8. Hopkins Central | 46.6 |
9. Livingston Central | 46.0 |
10. Lyon County | 45.2 |
11. Crittenden County | 44.6 |
12. University Heights | 43.1 |
13. Trigg County | 33.1 |
14. Dawson Springs | 31.4 |
15. Fort Campbell | 2.7 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 80.3 |
2. Edmonson County | 73.4 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 70.6 |
4. Meade County | 68.4 |
5. Apollo | 67.5 |
6. McLean County | 61.4 |
7. Breckinridge County | 61.0 |
8. Daviess County | 56.5 |
9. Grayson County | 56.3 |
10. Owensboro | 47.5 |
11. Butler County | 41.7 |
12. Hancock County | 40.2 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 38.7 |
14. Ohio County | 35.8 |
15. Cloverport | 20.3 |
4TH REGION | |
1. South Warren | 84.9 |
2. Russell County | 76.1 |
3. Barren County | 75.5 |
4. Bowling Green | 72.0 |
5. Allen County | 70.7 |
6. Glasgow | 69.6 |
7. Monroe County | 58.8 |
8. Greenwood | 55.7 |
9. Warren East | 53.7 |
10. Logan County | 52.7 |
11. Metcalfe County | 51.5 |
12. Todd Central | 45.1 |
13. Clinton County | 44.9 |
14. Warren Central | 38.3 |
15. Russellville | 31.0 |
16. Franklin-Simpson | 30.6 |
17. Cumberland County | 28.8 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 86.1 |
2. John Hardin | 71.5 |
3. Nelson County | 71.2 |
4. Green County | 68.6 |
5. Bardstown | 67.6 |
6. Marion County | 60.5 |
7. Central Hardin | 60.4 |
8. Thomas Nelson | 56.7 |
9. LaRue County | 55.9 |
10. Bethlehem | 53.9 |
11. Taylor County | 48.8 |
12. Campbellsville | 47.8 |
13. Adair County | 46.3 |
14. North Hardin | 44.3 |
15. Hart County | 42.8 |
16. Caverna | 40.5 |
17. Washington County | 38.0 |
18. Fort Knox | 14.6 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 86.0 |
2. Mercy | 81.8 |
3. Bullitt East | 78.7 |
4. North Bullitt | 72.6 |
5. Fern Creek | 63.4 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 57.0 |
7. Jeffersontown | 48.0 |
8. Doss | 46.4 |
9. Pleasure Ridge Park | 45.7 |
10. Moore | 44.1 |
11. Whitefield Academy | 42.5 |
12. Valley | 29.2 |
13. Southern | 26.9 |
14. Bullitt Central | 20.6 |
15. Iroquois | 13.8 |
16. Fairdale | 11.6 |
17. Western | 6.3 |
18. Beth Haven | 4.9 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 89.3 |
2. Male | 83.3 |
3. Manual | 82.8 |
4. Eastern | 81.4 |
5. Louisville Christian | 66.5 |
6. Assumption | 65.3 |
7. Ballard | 65.0 |
8. Central | 60.0 |
9. Brown | 43.5 |
10. Presentation | 43.0 |
11. Waggener | 34.7 |
12. Atherton | 29.8 |
13. Collegiate | 29.6 |
14. St. Francis | 26.2 |
15. Seneca | 24.7 |
16. Portland Christian | 10.1 |
17. Country Day | 5.4 |
18. Shawnee | 0.1 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Anderson County | 81.3 |
2. Simon Kenton | 81.1 |
3. Spencer County | 67.0 |
4. Oldham County | 66.9 |
5. Grant County | 65.9 |
6. Walton-Verona | 64.7 |
7. South Oldham | 62.3 |
8. Collins | 59.1 |
9. Owen County | 54.4 |
10. Gallatin County | 52.2 |
11. Shelby County | 50.8 |
12. North Oldham | 48.2 |
13. Carroll County | 47.7 |
14. Eminence | 40.4 |
15. Williamstown | 36.8 |
16. Trimble County | 35.0 |
17. Henry County | 32.5 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 81.9 |
2. Conner | 80.8 |
3. Holmes | 77.7 |
4. Highlands | 77.4 |
5. Cooper | 76.0 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 74.2 |
7. Dixie Heights | 70.8 |
8. Newport Catholic | 64.9 |
9. Boone County | 64.8 |
10. St. Henry | 63.0 |
11. Newport | 58.4 |
12. Notre Dame | 58.3 |
13. Lloyd | 52.7 |
14. Dayton | 45.7 |
15. Bellevue | 41.0 |
16. Ludlow | 40.1 |
17. Villa Madonna | 25.5 |
18. Beechwood | 25.2 |
19. Latin | 6.3 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 90.2 |
2. Clark County | 81.7 |
3. Scott | 78.7 |
4. Mason County | 71.8 |
5. Harrison County | 64.3 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 62.1 |
7. Nicholas County | 57.5 |
8. Paris | 47.8 |
9. Bourbon County | 47.1 |
10. Bracken County | 39.0 |
11. Montgomery County | 35.1 |
12. Calvary Christian | 29.5 |
13. Robertson County | 26.8 |
14. Pendleton County | 26.0 |
15. Augusta | 23.7 |
16. St. Patrick | 18.9 |
17. Silver Grove | 0.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 86.0 |
2. Franklin County | 77.9 |
3. Lafayette | 77.2 |
4. Paul Dunbar | 72.1 |
5. Henry Clay | 67.7 |
6. Lexington Catholic | 66.8 |
7. Bryan Station | 58.4 |
8. Madison Southern | 57.5 |
9. Madison Central | 56.9 |
10. Woodford County | 56.3 |
11. Western Hills | 49.8 |
12. Sayre | 48.0 |
13. Frederick Douglass | 47.7 |
14. Lexington Christian | 46.8 |
15. Tates Creek | 42.7 |
16. Frankfort | 39.3 |
17. Berea | 34.5 |
18. Model | 30.2 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 89.0 |
2. Lincoln County | 84.5 |
3. Southwestern | 81.6 |
4. Casey County | 80.1 |
5. Boyle County | 66.6 |
6. Rockcastle County | 64.7 |
7. Danville | 59.7 |
8. Somerset | 57.8 |
9. Wayne County | 52.5 |
10. West Jessamine | 51.2 |
11. Pulaski County | 50.1 |
12. Garrard County | 49.8 |
13. East Jessamine | 48.0 |
14. McCreary Central | 39.9 |
15. Burgin | 6.9 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Harlan County | 78.3 |
2. South Laurel | 78.1 |
3. Whitley County | 70.0 |
4. North Laurel | 69.0 |
5. Clay County | 65.2 |
6. Harlan | 54.4 |
7. Williamsburg | 54.3 |
8. Bell County | 51.0 |
9. Corbin | 50.8 |
10. Pineville | 49.8 |
11. Knox Central | 48.3 |
12. Jackson County | 43.5 |
13. Middlesboro | 41.3 |
14. Lynn Camp | 38.7 |
15. Barbourville | 38.2 |
16. Red Bird | 9.2 |
17. Oneida Baptist | 2.8 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 69.7 |
2. Perry Central | 68.4 |
3. Knott Central | 65.3 |
4. Leslie County | 63.3 |
5. Owsley County | 56.0 |
6. Powell County | 53.2 |
7. Lee County | 52.6 |
8. Letcher Central | 51.8 |
9. Estill County | 51.3 |
10. Wolfe County | 43.5 |
11. Buckhorn | 35.5 |
12. Breathitt County | 33.3 |
13. Jackson City | 27.4 |
14. June Buchanan | 16.6 |
15. Riverside Christian | 6.3 |
16. Cordia | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 74.7 |
2. Pikeville | 68.2 |
3. Pike Central | 63.8 |
4. Johnson Central | 62.7 |
5. Paintsville | 57.5 |
6. Belfry | 53.2 |
7. Floyd Central | 52.4 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 50.2 |
9. East Ridge | 49.9 |
10. Lawrence County | 45.2 |
11. Betsy Layne | 43.2 |
12. Prestonsburg | 42.4 |
13. Magoffin County | 42.0 |
14. Phelps | 36.6 |
15. Jenkins | 35.4 |
16. Piarist | 7.6 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 81.3 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 76.5 |
3. Russell | 75.4 |
4. West Carter | 65.9 |
5. East Carter | 59.1 |
6. Rowan County | 57.3 |
7. Lewis County | 53.4 |
8. Menifee County | 51.8 |
9. Raceland | 43.7 |
10. Fleming County | 43.6 |
11. Greenup County | 43.5 |
12. Bath County | 40.3 |
13. Morgan County | 38.9 |
14. Elliott County | 31.8 |
15. Fairview | 28.9 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 11.4 |
This story was originally published January 14, 2018 at 6:52 PM with the headline "High school basketball: It’s still Cards and Camels at top of Cantrall’s ratings."