High school basketball: There’s a new No. 1 girls’ team in Cantrall’s ratings
Scott County’s boys held on to the top spot in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for high school basketball in Kentucky while defending state champion Mercer County moved up two spots to No. 1 in the girls’ top 25.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | Last week |
1. Scott County (18-1) | 87.6 | 1 |
2. Covington Catholic (15-4) | 84.8 | 3 |
3. Trinity (17-1) | 84.1 | 2 |
4. Ballard (13-4) | 83.2 | 4 |
5. Madison Central (14-5) | 82.6 | 7 |
6. Bryan Station (16-1) | 82.5 | t5 |
7. Lafayette (13-5) | 82.2 | 8 |
8. Lexington Christian (13-6) | 81.2 | 13 |
9. Fern Creek (15-4) | 80.8 | t5 |
9. Lexington Catholic (14-6) | 80.8 | t10 |
11. Pulaski County (13-4) | 80.2 | t10 |
12. Cooper (14-4) | 80.1 | 9 |
13. Clark County (16-3) | 79.7 | 20 |
14. Butler (17-2) | 79.4 | 14 |
15. Paducah Tilghman (15-4) | 79.3 | 16 |
16. Oldham County (16-3) | 79.2 | 12 |
17. Doss (16-4) | 79.0 | 15 |
18. Owensboro (14-4) | 78.9 | 21 |
19. Walton-Verona (14-4) | 78.0 | 18 |
20. Corbin (14-3) | 77.6 | 25 |
21. Warren Central (17-2) | 77.1 | 23 |
21. Collins (14-4) | 77.1 | NR |
23. Campbell County (17-3) | 77.0 | NR |
24. Knox Central (16-2) | 76.7 | 19 |
24. John Hardin (15-4) | 76.7 | 17 |
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | Last week |
1. Mercer County (19-2) | 89.0 | 3 |
2. Sacred Heart (14-5) | 87.8 | 2 |
3. Campbell County (19-2) | 86.9 | 1 |
4. Elizabethtown (18-1) | 86.2 | 5 |
5. Butler (14-2) | 85.6 | t6 |
6. Murray (16-2) | 85.1 | 4 |
7. Scott County (19-2) | 85.0 | t6 |
8. South Warren (18-2) | 84.8 | 8 |
9. Male (13-5) | 83.4 | 10 |
9. Clark County (13-5) | 83.4 | 14 |
11. Manual (9-5) | 83.2 | 11 |
12. Lincoln County (12-4) | 82.9 | 9 |
13. Ryle (16-6) | 82.5 | 12 |
14. Mercy (11-7) | 81.8 | 13 |
15. Boyd County (13-2) | 81.3 | t17 |
15. Simon Kenton (8-6) | 81.3 | 19 |
17. Eastern (9-5) | 81.2 | 16 |
18. Anderson County (13-4) | 81.1 | t17 |
19. Owensboro Catholic (15-4) | 81.0 | 22 |
20. Graves County (15-6) | 80.9 | 21 |
21. Scott (11-7) | 80.7 | 25 |
22. Harlan County (15-2) | 80.6 | NR |
23. South Laurel (16-4) | 80.2 | NR |
24. Conner (13-5) | 80.0 | 20 |
25. Highlands (13-6) | 79.7 | NR |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Paducah Tilghman | 79.3 |
2. Graves County | 75.9 |
3. Mayfield | 74.5 |
4. McCracken County | 67.5 |
5. Marshall County | 66.5 |
6. Calloway County | 54.8 |
7. Murray | 49.7 |
8. Ballard Memorial | 41.8 |
9. Fulton County | 41.3 |
10. Carlisle County | 37.6 |
11. Hickman County | 34.1 |
12. St. Mary | 33.3 |
13. Christian Fellowship | 22.5 |
14. Fulton City | 16.6 |
15. Community Christian | 8.1 |
2ND REGION | |
1. University Heights | 70.0 |
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. Livingston Central | 52.6 |
9. Caldwell County | 52.2 |
10. Union County | 43.8 |
11. Lyon County | 40.5 |
12. Trigg County | 39.0 |
13. Crittenden County | 32.5 |
14. Dawson Springs | 32.4 |
15. Fort Campbell | 26.6 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 78.9 |
2. Daviess County | 71.0 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 70.9 |
4. Apollo | 66.8 |
5. Muhlenberg County | 62.7 |
6. Ohio County | 61.2 |
7. Meade County | 61.0 |
8. Breckinridge County | 58.2 |
9. Grayson County | 54.0 |
10. Butler County | 51.5 |
11. Hancock County | 49.2 |
12. Edmonson County | 49.1 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 44.2 |
14. McLean County | 43.8 |
15. Cloverport | 17.1 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 77.1 |
2. Bowling Green | 74.4 |
3. Monroe County | 71.9 |
4. Clinton County | 63.3 |
5. Glasgow | 61.6 |
6. Warren East | 60.5 |
7. Logan County | 60.4 |
8. Barren County | 59.6 |
9. Greenwood | 58.8 |
10. Todd Central | 56.2 |
11. Russellville | 54.5 |
12. Allen County | 54.4 |
13. Franklin-Simpson | 54.3 |
14. South Warren | 54.1 |
15. Russell County | 52.5 |
16. Cumberland County | 38.2 |
17. Metcalfe County | 32.3 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 76.7 |
2. Elizabethtown | 73.5 |
3. LaRue County | 71.0 |
4. Adair County | 68.5 |
5. Central Hardin | 63.9 |
6. Marion County | 60.2 |
7. Bardstown | 60.0 |
8. North Hardin | 59.8 |
9. Taylor County | 57.7 |
10. Washington County | 56.4 |
11. Campbellsville | 53.2 |
12. Green County | 52.8 |
13. Caverna | 50.5 |
14. Nelson County | 49.6 |
15. Hart County | 49.4 |
16. Bethlehem | 45.3 |
17. Fort Knox | 34.5 |
18. Thomas Nelson | 32.4 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 80.8 |
2. Butler | 79.4 |
3. Doss | 79.0 |
4. Valley | 75.5 |
5. Pleasure Ridge Park | 75.2 |
6. DeSales | 73.0 |
7. Fairdale | 72.4 |
8. Bullitt East | 70.1 |
9. Jeffersontown | 68.8 |
10. Iroquois | 67.8 |
11. Lou. Holy Cross | 61.3 |
11. North Bullitt | 61.3 |
13. Southern | 58.3 |
14. Bullitt Central | 55.5 |
15. Moore | 55.4 |
16. Western | 49.8 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 45.6 |
18. Beth Haven | 26.5 |
19. Evangel | 11.4 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Trinity | 84.1 |
2. Ballard | 83.2 |
3. Waggener | 74.8 |
4. Male | 73.7 |
5. St. Xavier | 72.6 |
6. Manual | 67.6 |
7. Seneca | 64.1 |
8. Eastern | 63.8 |
9. Central | 60.2 |
10. Louisville Christian | 58.8 |
11. Atherton | 55.1 |
12. Country Day | 49.5 |
13. Collegiate | 47.6 |
14. St. Francis | 42.6 |
15. Shawnee | 36.2 |
16. Portland Christian | 35.4 |
17. Brown | 28.5 |
18. Walden | 16.9 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 79.2 |
2. Walton-Verona | 78.0 |
3. Collins | 77.1 |
4. Simon Kenton | 74.8 |
5. South Oldham | 70.8 |
6. Spencer County | 69.4 |
7. Gallatin County | 67.8 |
8. North Oldham | 65.8 |
9. Anderson County | 65.6 |
10. Grant County | 58.0 |
11. Shelby County | 49.9 |
12. Henry County | 49.8 |
13. Carroll County | 45.3 |
14. Trimble County | 44.8 |
15. Eminence | 43.2 |
16. Owen County | 39.1 |
17. Williamstown | 27.4 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 84.8 |
2. Cooper | 80.1 |
3. Boone County | 72.3 |
4. Newport | 70.6 |
5. Dixie Heights | 66.2 |
6. Newport Catholic | 65.7 |
7. Holmes | 63.4 |
8. Cov. Holy Cross | 63.3 |
9. Beechwood | 62.7 |
10. Highlands | 58.4 |
11. St. Henry | 57.9 |
12. Conner | 57.8 |
13. Lloyd | 53.2 |
14. Ryle | 49.8 |
15. Bellevue | 43.5 |
16. Villa Madonna | 39.3 |
17. Ludlow | 29.3 |
18. Dayton | 22.6 |
19. Latin | 4.7 |
20. Heritage Academy | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 79.7 |
2. Campbell County | 77.0 |
3. Scott | 74.4 |
4. Pendleton County | 72.3 |
5. Paris | 65.0 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 60.3 |
7. Montgomery County | 60.0 |
8. Mason County | 59.3 |
9. Bourbon County | 54.1 |
10. Robertson County | 53.0 |
11. Harrison County | 51.4 |
12. Nicholas County | 46.3 |
13. Bracken County | 41.0 |
14. Calvary Christian | 39.6 |
15. Augusta | 39.0 |
16. St. Patrick | 31.5 |
17. Silver Grove | 1.6 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 87.6 |
2. Madison Central | 82.6 |
3. Bryan Station | 82.5 |
4. Lafayette | 82.2 |
5. Lexington Christian | 81.2 |
6. Lexington Catholic | 80.8 |
7. Henry Clay | 74.7 |
8. Paul Dunbar | 72.9 |
9. Woodford County | 65.0 |
10. Frederick Douglass | 63.4 |
11. Franklin County | 60.9 |
11. Madison Southern | 60.9 |
13. Frankfort | 58.4 |
14. Sayre | 52.9 |
15. Tates Creek | 52.3 |
16. Model | 51.9 |
17. Western Hills | 47.9 |
18. Berea | 43.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Pulaski County | 80.2 |
2. Mercer County | 74.4 |
3. West Jessamine | 71.7 |
4. Somerset | 69.2 |
5. Southwestern | 68.6 |
6. Boyle County | 68.0 |
7. Wayne County | 66.6 |
8. Lincoln County | 63.4 |
9. Danville | 59.6 |
10. East Jessamine | 56.1 |
11. McCreary Central | 56.0 |
12. Garrard County | 53.9 |
13. Rockcastle County | 50.4 |
14. Casey County | 38.9 |
15. Burgin | 18.9 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 4.6 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Corbin | 77.6 |
2. Knox Central | 76.7 |
3. North Laurel | 75.0 |
4. South Laurel | 72.4 |
5. Harlan County | 68.4 |
6. Jackson County | 62.5 |
7. Clay County | 62.0 |
8. Lynn Camp | 60.8 |
9. Whitley County | 57.7 |
10. Bell County | 55.0 |
11. Barbourville | 52.8 |
12. Williamsburg | 47.0 |
13. Harlan | 46.9 |
14. Oneida Baptist | 44.9 |
15. Middlesboro | 42.2 |
16. Pineville | 37.9 |
17. Red Bird | 31.3 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Perry Central | 70.6 |
2. Knott Central | 68.0 |
3. Cordia | 64.3 |
4. Estill County | 64.0 |
5. Powell County | 60.1 |
6. Breathitt County | 57.5 |
7. Hazard | 56.0 |
8. Leslie County | 55.4 |
9. Letcher Central | 52.5 |
10. Wolfe County | 51.4 |
11. Buckhorn | 50.0 |
12. Jackson City | 37.9 |
13. Owsley County | 31.5 |
14. June Buchanan | 21.1 |
15. Lee County | 4.2 |
16. Riverside Christian | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Pikeville | 69.0 |
2. Johnson Central | 66.3 |
3. Floyd Central | 65.4 |
4. Shelby Valley | 65.0 |
5. Pike Central | 59.4 |
6. Paintsville | 58.8 |
7. Belfry | 58.6 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 54.8 |
9. Lawrence County | 44.6 |
10. Magoffin County | 43.4 |
11. East Ridge | 41.8 |
12. Prestonsburg | 36.5 |
13. Betsy Layne | 36.2 |
14. Phelps | 34.6 |
15. Jenkins | 16.4 |
16. Piarist | 0.1 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 72.0 |
2. Boyd County | 66.5 |
3. Morgan County | 57.5 |
4. Russell | 57.4 |
5. Bath County | 56.6 |
6. East Carter | 56.2 |
6. Rowan County | 56.2 |
8. Raceland | 55.9 |
9. Elliott County | 55.4 |
10. Lewis County | 54.0 |
11. West Carter | 53.9 |
12. Greenup County | 51.3 |
13. Fairview | 50.6 |
14. Menifee County | 45.6 |
15. Fleming County | 43.6 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 22.7 |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 85.1 |
2. Graves County | 80.9 |
3. Marshall County | 64.6 |
4. Calloway County | 62.1 |
5. McCracken County | 60.6 |
6. Ballard Memorial | 52.3 |
7. Carlisle County | 49.9 |
8. Mayfield | 45.0 |
9. Paducah Tilghman | 41.7 |
10. Hickman County | 34.6 |
11. Fulton County | 30.7 |
12. Fulton City | 24.9 |
13. St. Mary | 16.9 |
14. Community Christian | 10.2 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 78.8 |
2. Webster County | 76.2 |
3. Hopkinsville | 71.5 |
4. Henderson County | 70.4 |
5. Madisonville | 51.0 |
6. Union County | 49.7 |
7. Lyon County | 48.7 |
8. Caldwell County | 48.2 |
9. Hopkins Central | 46.6 |
10. University Heights | 45.6 |
11. Livingston Central | 44.8 |
12. Crittenden County | 43.0 |
13. Trigg County | 32.0 |
14. Dawson Springs | 29.6 |
15. Fort Campbell | 2.0 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 81.0 |
2. Edmonson County | 72.6 |
3. Meade County | 68.8 |
4. Muhlenberg County | 68.5 |
5. Apollo | 65.2 |
6. Breckinridge County | 61.6 |
7. McLean County | 61.4 |
8. Grayson County | 57.9 |
9. Daviess County | 55.8 |
10. Owensboro | 48.2 |
11. Hancock County | 40.6 |
12. Butler County | 40.1 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 38.7 |
14. Ohio County | 37.5 |
15. Cloverport | 21.1 |
4TH REGION | |
1. South Warren | 84.8 |
2. Russell County | 75.0 |
3. Barren County | 74.1 |
4. Bowling Green | 72.6 |
5. Allen County | 70.1 |
6. Glasgow | 69.0 |
7. Monroe County | 58.7 |
8. Greenwood | 56.0 |
9. Warren East | 54.8 |
10. Logan County | 53.1 |
11. Metcalfe County | 51.8 |
12. Todd Central | 46.9 |
13. Clinton County | 44.4 |
14. Warren Central | 39.8 |
15. Franklin-Simpson | 32.2 |
16. Russellville | 30.8 |
17. Cumberland County | 26.8 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 86.2 |
2. John Hardin | 71.3 |
3. Nelson County | 70.9 |
4. Green County | 68.8 |
5. Bardstown | 65.8 |
6. Central Hardin | 60.5 |
7. Marion County | 59.8 |
8. LaRue County | 55.8 |
9. Bethlehem | 54.6 |
10. Thomas Nelson | 53.1 |
11. Campbellsville | 49.0 |
12. Taylor County | 48.8 |
13. Adair County | 46.3 |
14. North Hardin | 44.3 |
15. Hart County | 42.8 |
16. Caverna | 41.2 |
17. Washington County | 37.3 |
18. Fort Knox | 14.7 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 85.6 |
2. Mercy | 81.8 |
3. Bullitt East | 78.4 |
4. North Bullitt | 70.6 |
5. Fern Creek | 63.4 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 56.9 |
7. Jeffersontown | 50.5 |
8. Doss | 47.6 |
9. Pleasure Ridge Park | 47.3 |
10. Moore | 46.1 |
11. Whitefield Academy | 40.0 |
12. Valley | 31.3 |
13. Southern | 28.5 |
14. Bullitt Central | 18.6 |
15. Iroquois | 15.3 |
16. Fairdale | 8.0 |
17. Beth Haven | 4.9 |
18. Western | 3.0 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 87.8 |
2. Male | 83.4 |
3. Manual | 83.2 |
4. Eastern | 81.2 |
5. Louisville Christian | 66.4 |
6. Ballard | 65.5 |
7. Assumption | 65.0 |
8. Central | 60.0 |
9. Presentation | 45.7 |
10. Brown | 44.5 |
11. Waggener | 37.9 |
12. Collegiate | 32.1 |
13. Atherton | 27.3 |
14. St. Francis | 26.7 |
15. Seneca | 24.7 |
16. Portland Christian | 9.1 |
17. Country Day | 6.2 |
18. Shawnee | 0.1 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 81.3 |
2. Anderson County | 81.1 |
3. Oldham County | 69.7 |
4. Walton-Verona | 68.3 |
5. Spencer County | 67.5 |
6. Grant County | 65.1 |
7. South Oldham | 63.9 |
8. Collins | 59.4 |
9. Owen County | 54.3 |
10. Gallatin County | 51.3 |
11. Shelby County | 50.3 |
12. North Oldham | 49.5 |
13. Carroll County | 44.9 |
14. Eminence | 40.4 |
15. Williamstown | 36.2 |
16. Trimble County | 32.8 |
17. Henry County | 32.7 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 82.5 |
2. Conner | 80.0 |
3. Highlands | 79.7 |
4. Holmes | 77.6 |
5. Cooper | 77.2 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 74.9 |
7. Dixie Heights | 70.8 |
8. Newport Catholic | 65.7 |
9. St. Henry | 64.2 |
10. Boone County | 61.3 |
11. Newport | 59.1 |
12. Notre Dame | 57.2 |
13. Lloyd | 54.7 |
14. Dayton | 44.4 |
15. Ludlow | 40.3 |
16. Bellevue | 39.5 |
17. Beechwood | 25.2 |
18. Villa Madonna | 24.9 |
19. Latin | 5.0 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 86.9 |
2. Clark County | 83.4 |
3. Scott | 80.7 |
4. Mason County | 71.8 |
5. Harrison County | 65.0 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 60.1 |
7. Nicholas County | 57.0 |
8. Bourbon County | 48.9 |
9. Paris | 47.8 |
10. Bracken County | 39.4 |
11. Montgomery County | 34.5 |
12. Robertson County | 28.6 |
13. Calvary Christian | 28.2 |
14. Pendleton County | 26.1 |
15. Augusta | 23.0 |
16. St. Patrick | 18.9 |
17. Silver Grove | 1.4 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 85.0 |
2. Franklin County | 76.8 |
3. Lafayette | 75.9 |
4. Paul Dunbar | 74.5 |
5. Lexington Catholic | 66.6 |
6. Henry Clay | 65.9 |
7. Woodford County | 58.7 |
8. Madison Central | 57.3 |
9. Bryan Station | 54.7 |
10. Madison Southern | 54.2 |
11. Western Hills | 52.1 |
12. Lexington Christian | 48.2 |
13. Frederick Douglass | 47.7 |
14. Sayre | 46.8 |
15. Tates Creek | 43.6 |
16. Frankfort | 39.7 |
17. Berea | 34.9 |
18. Model | 29.2 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 89.0 |
2. Lincoln County | 82.9 |
3. Casey County | 78.2 |
4. Southwestern | 77.0 |
5. Boyle County | 66.3 |
6. Rockcastle County | 62.9 |
7. Danville | 61.6 |
8. Somerset | 56.7 |
9. Wayne County | 53.2 |
10. East Jessamine | 52.8 |
11. Pulaski County | 52.3 |
12. West Jessamine | 51.2 |
13. Garrard County | 50.4 |
14. McCreary Central | 39.6 |
15. Burgin | 7.6 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Harlan County | 80.6 |
2. South Laurel | 80.2 |
3. North Laurel | 70.0 |
4. Whitley County | 67.7 |
5. Clay County | 63.1 |
6. Williamsburg | 55.3 |
7. Harlan | 51.8 |
8. Bell County | 50.8 |
9. Pineville | 50.3 |
10. Corbin | 49.5 |
11. Knox Central | 48.8 |
12. Jackson County | 43.7 |
13. Middlesboro | 41.3 |
14. Lynn Camp | 40.5 |
15. Barbourville | 38.2 |
16. Red Bird | 9.2 |
17. Oneida Baptist | 2.8 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 69.3 |
2. Perry Central | 68.9 |
3. Leslie County | 66.1 |
4. Knott Central | 63.7 |
5. Owsley County | 56.1 |
6. Lee County | 55.5 |
7. Letcher Central | 53.7 |
8. Powell County | 51.8 |
9. Estill County | 50.0 |
10. Wolfe County | 44.5 |
11. Buckhorn | 35.5 |
12. Breathitt County | 29.6 |
13. Jackson City | 28.6 |
14. June Buchanan | 15.8 |
15. Riverside Christian | 6.2 |
16. Cordia | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 72.8 |
2. Pikeville | 67.7 |
3. Pike Central | 62.8 |
4. Johnson Central | 62.7 |
5. Paintsville | 62.1 |
6. Belfry | 53.8 |
7. Floyd Central | 52.4 |
8. East Ridge | 51.1 |
9. Sheldon Clark | 50.4 |
10. Lawrence County | 45.1 |
11. Betsy Layne | 42.9 |
12. Prestonsburg | 40.6 |
13. Magoffin County | 40.5 |
14. Phelps | 36.7 |
15. Jenkins | 36.0 |
16. Piarist | 6.0 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 81.3 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 77.6 |
3. Russell | 73.1 |
4. West Carter | 66.8 |
5. East Carter | 60.4 |
6. Rowan County | 58.0 |
7. Lewis County | 53.7 |
8. Menifee County | 53.6 |
9. Fleming County | 45.7 |
10. Greenup County | 43.1 |
11. Bath County | 40.9 |
12. Raceland | 40.5 |
13. Morgan County | 37.8 |
14. Elliott County | 34.3 |
15. Fairview | 28.6 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 10.2 |
This story was originally published January 21, 2018 at 6:06 PM with the headline "High school basketball: There’s a new No. 1 girls’ team in Cantrall’s ratings."