High School Basketball

Cantrall’s ratings: Another new girls’ No. 1; Scott County’s boys still lead the pack

Scott County’s Michael Moreno took a shot as Bryan Stations Kendrick Curry sailed in to attempt a block on Jan. 22.
Scott County’s Michael Moreno took a shot as Bryan Stations Kendrick Curry sailed in to attempt a block on Jan. 22.

There is a new No. 1 girls’ basketball team in Kentucky for the third straight week with Sacred Heart taking over the top spot in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State. Scott County are still atop the boys’ rankings.

Mercer County’s girls dropped from first to sixth after a loss to Sacred Heart this past week. Campbell County held the top spot three weeks ago.

BOYS’ TOP 25

School

Rating

Last week

1. Scott County (21-1)

86.8

1

2. Covington Catholic (18-4)

85.1

2

3. Trinity (20-2)

84.0

3

3. Madison Central (17-5)

84.0

5

5. Ballard (16-4)

83.5

4

6. Lafayette (15-5)

81.7

7

7. Lexington Christian (17-6)

81.2

8

8. Cooper (16-5)

81.1

12

9. Fern Creek (16-5)

80.9

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10. Lexington Catholic (15-6)

80.5

t9

11. Clark County (19-3)

80.4

13

12. Walton-Verona (17-5)

80.3

19

13. Bryan Station (17-3)

79.9

6

14. John Hardin (17-5)

79.4

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15. Paducah Tilghman (15-5)

79.3

15

16. Butler (19-2)

79.1

14

16. Doss (16-5)

79.1

17

18. Campbell County (18-4)

78.7

23

19. Owensboro (15-5)

78.4

18

20. Collins (17-4)

78.0

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21. Henry Clay (11-9)

76.3

NR

22. Waggener (14-6)

76.1

NR

23. Oldham County (19-4)

75.5

16

23. Corbin (15-4)

75.5

20

23. Pleasure Ridge Park (13-7)

75.5

NR

GIRLS’ TOP 25

School

Rating

Last week

1. Sacred Heart (18-5)

91.0

2

2. Campbell County (21-2)

87.2

3

3. Elizabethtown (21-1)

87.1

4

4. Scott County (21-2)

86.1

7

5. Butler (16-3)

85.5

5

6. Mercer County (22-3)

85.4

1

7. Murray (21-2)

85.2

6

8. South Warren (21-3)

84.3

8

9. Lincoln County (15-4)

83.9

12

9. Male (15-6)

83.9

t9

11. Clark County (14-6)

83.4

t9

12. Ryle (18-6)

82.9

13

13. Mercy (12-8)

81.9

14

14. Graves County (16-6)

81.7

20

14. Boyd County (14-3)

81.7

t15

16. Simon Kenton (10-7)

81.3

t15

17. Scott (13-7)

81.2

21

17. Manual (11-7)

81.2

11

19. Anderson County (15-4)

80.9

18

20. Eastern (10-6)

80.8

17

21. Highlands (16-6)

80.7

25

22. Conner (14-6)

80.3

24

23. Harlan County (18-2)

80.1

22

24. Christian County (16-4)

79.4

NR

25. Bullitt East (11-7)

79.1

NR

BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION

1ST REGION

1. Paducah Tilghman

79.3

2. Graves County

73.1

3. Mayfield

72.8

4. McCracken County

70.1

5. Marshall County

66.5

6. Calloway County

55.1

7. Murray

47.9

8. Fulton County

42.2

9. Ballard Memorial

40.5

10. Carlisle County

38.3

11. St. Mary

32.6

12. Hickman County

31.9

13. Christian Fellowship

22.5

14. Fulton City

16.8

15. Community Christian

9.1

2ND REGION

1. Christian County

71.3

2. Hopkinsville

70.8

3. University Heights

69.0

4. Madisonville

67.5

5. Henderson County

61.4

6. Webster County

55.4

7. Livingston Central

54.0

8. Hopkins Central

53.5

9. Caldwell County

50.5

10. Union County

44.5

11. Lyon County

42.7

12. Trigg County

41.7

13. Crittenden County

32.6

14. Dawson Springs

31.4

15. Fort Campbell

26.3

3RD REGION

1. Owensboro

78.4

2. Daviess County

72.7

3. Owensboro Catholic

68.8

4. Apollo

67.7

5. Muhlenberg County

63.6

6. Meade County

60.5

7. Breckinridge County

59.7

8. Ohio County

58.1

9. Butler County

53.9

10. Grayson County

52.0

11. Edmonson County

49.7

12. Hancock County

48.3

13. Whitesville Trinity

45.1

14. McLean County

42.6

15. Cloverport

14.6

4TH REGION

1. Warren Central

74.9

2. Bowling Green

74.6

3. Monroe County

70.7

4. Clinton County

64.1

5. Barren County

62.1

6. Greenwood

60.4

7. Glasgow

60.3

8. Logan County

59.5

9. Warren East

58.5

10. Todd Central

58.3

11. Allen County

55.3

12. South Warren

54.8

13. Franklin-Simpson

54.3

14. Russell County

53.8

14. Russellville

53.8

16. Cumberland County

40.2

17. Metcalfe County

33.0

5TH REGION

1. John Hardin

79.4

2. Elizabethtown

72.4

3. LaRue County

71.9

4. Adair County

69.4

5. Central Hardin

66.2

6. North Hardin

63.1

7. Marion County

61.3

8. Taylor County

59.3

9. Bardstown

59.1

10. Washington County

56.4

11. Campbellsville

53.5

12. Hart County

52.8

13. Green County

52.0

14. Caverna

48.4

15. Bethlehem

47.6

16. Nelson County

46.7

17. Thomas Nelson

35.7

18. Fort Knox

34.1

6TH REGION

1. Fern Creek

80.9

2. Butler

79.1

2. Doss

79.1

4. Pleasure Ridge Park

75.5

5. Valley

74.9

6. Fairdale

73.3

7. DeSales

69.6

8. Bullitt East

69.4

9. Jeffersontown

69.1

10. Iroquois

68.5

11. Southern

61.3

12. North Bullitt

59.5

13. Lou. Holy Cross

59.4

14. Moore

53.9

15. Bullitt Central

53.2

16. Western

50.5

17. Whitefield Academy

44.5

18. Beth Haven

21.8

19. Evangel

11.5

7TH REGION

1. Trinity

84.0

2. Ballard

83.5

3. Waggener

76.1

4. St. Xavier

73.1

5. Male

72.9

6. Manual

68.7

7. Seneca

63.2

8. Central

61.6

9. Eastern

60.2

10. Louisville Christian

56.6

11. Atherton

55.1

12. Collegiate

51.1

13. Country Day

50.4

14. St. Francis

43.3

15. Shawnee

36.2

16. Portland Christian

34.3

17. Brown

33.6

18. Walden

16.5

8TH REGION

1. Walton-Verona

80.3

2. Collins

78.0

3. Oldham County

75.5

4. Simon Kenton

74.6

5. South Oldham

71.4

6. Spencer County

68.7

7. Gallatin County

68.6

8. Anderson County

64.9

8. North Oldham

64.9

10. Grant County

57.8

11. Carroll County

48.7

12. Henry County

48.3

13. Shelby County

48.0

14. Trimble County

44.3

15. Eminence

41.2

16. Owen County

39.5

17. Williamstown

27.9

9TH REGION

1. Covington Catholic

85.1

2. Cooper

81.1

3. Newport

71.6

4. Boone County

70.6

5. Dixie Heights

67.9

6. Newport Catholic

66.4

7. Beechwood

64.1

8. Cov. Holy Cross

62.4

9. Holmes

61.8

10. Conner

58.1

11. Highlands

56.7

12. St. Henry

55.6

13. Lloyd

50.6

14. Ryle

47.6

15. Bellevue

44.2

16. Villa Madonna

38.5

17. Ludlow

29.5

18. Dayton

24.3

19. Latin

2.4

20. Heritage Academy

1.6

10TH REGION

1. Clark County

80.4

2. Campbell County

78.7

3. Scott

74.9

4. Pendleton County

73.7

5. Paris

67.9

6. Mason County

59.7

7. Bishop Brossart

58.7

8. Bourbon County

57.2

9. Montgomery County

56.7

10. Harrison County

54.1

11. Robertson County

53.7

12. Nicholas County

44.7

13. Calvary Christian

42.3

14. Bracken County

39.2

15. Augusta

38.7

16. St. Patrick

35.6

17. Silver Grove

1.7

11TH REGION

1. Scott County

86.8

2. Madison Central

84.0

3. Lafayette

81.7

4. Lexington Christian

81.2

5. Lexington Catholic

80.5

6. Bryan Station

79.9

7. Henry Clay

76.3

8. Paul Dunbar

75.4

9. Woodford County

63.4

10. Frederick Douglass

63.1

11. Frankfort

60.5

12. Franklin County

59.2

12. Madison Southern

59.2

14. Sayre

55.7

15. Tates Creek

52.0

16. Western Hills

49.3

17. Model

48.3

18. Berea

44.1

12TH REGION

1. Pulaski County

75.2

2. Mercer County

72.5

3. West Jessamine

71.2

4. Somerset

69.7

5. Southwestern

69.1

6. Boyle County

67.8

7. Wayne County

66.6

8. Danville

62.3

9. Lincoln County

61.3

10. McCreary Central

59.6

11. East Jessamine

58.6

12. Garrard County

55.2

13. Rockcastle County

50.1

14. Casey County

39.9

15. Burgin

15.9

16. Ky. School for Deaf

4.6

13TH REGION

1. Corbin

75.5

2. North Laurel

75.4

3. South Laurel

73.9

4. Knox Central

73.3

5. Harlan County

68.5

6. Clay County

59.8

7. Jackson County

58.1

8. Lynn Camp

57.1

9. Whitley County

56.6

10. Bell County

55.3

11. Barbourville

54.0

12. Williamsburg

49.0

13. Harlan

46.2

14. Oneida Baptist

43.9

15. Middlesboro

43.8

16. Pineville

36.9

16. Red Bird

36.9

14TH REGION

1. Knott Central

70.8

2. Perry Central

70.3

3. Estill County

67.3

4. Cordia

60.7

5. Hazard

59.1

6. Powell County

58.3

7. Wolfe County

53.9

8. Leslie County

53.8

9. Breathitt County

52.8

10. Letcher Central

52.4

11. Buckhorn

49.9

12. Jackson City

36.9

13. Owsley County

33.2

14. June Buchanan

32.1

15. Lee County

6.7

16. Riverside Christian

0.1

15TH REGION

1. Pikeville

69.9

2. Shelby Valley

65.2

3. Johnson Central

64.5

4. Floyd Central

64.3

5. Pike Central

61.4

6. Paintsville

60.4

7. Belfry

59.6

8. Sheldon Clark

52.6

9. Magoffin County

43.9

10. Lawrence County

41.9

11. East Ridge

40.3

12. Prestonsburg

38.3

13. Betsy Layne

35.4

14. Phelps

34.7

15. Jenkins

16.7

16. Piarist

0.1

16TH REGION

1. Ashland Blazer

69.3

2. Boyd County

65.8

3. Morgan County

58.3

4. East Carter

58.1

5. Russell

57.2

6. Elliott County

55.9

7. Rowan County

54.9

8. Lewis County

54.7

9. Raceland

54.5

10. Bath County

54.2

11. Greenup County

52.3

12. West Carter

51.0

13. Fleming County

48.5

14. Fairview

48.1

15. Menifee County

45.6

16. Rose Hill Christian

24.5

GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION

1ST REGION

1. Murray

85.2

2. Graves County

81.7

3. Marshall County

64.6

4. Calloway County

61.8

5. McCracken County

59.0

6. Ballard Memorial

50.8

7. Carlisle County

49.1

8. Mayfield

45.4

9. Paducah Tilghman

41.4

10. Hickman County

36.5

11. Fulton County

31.6

12. Fulton City

23.7

13. St. Mary

17.8

14. Community Christian

11.6

2ND REGION

1. Christian County

79.4

2. Henderson County

75.4

3. Webster County

74.8

4. Hopkinsville

69.2

5. Union County

51.1

6. Madisonville

49.2

7. Hopkins Central

47.9

8. Lyon County

47.5

9. Caldwell County

47.3

10. University Heights

43.9

11. Livingston Central

43.6

12. Crittenden County

41.7

13. Trigg County

32.1

14. Dawson Springs

28.8

15. Fort Campbell

2.0

3RD REGION

1. Owensboro Catholic

77.8

2. Edmonson County

72.2

3. Muhlenberg County

67.9

4. Meade County

67.1

5. Breckinridge County

63.1

6. Apollo

62.3

7. McLean County

59.3

8. Daviess County

57.6

9. Grayson County

56.7

10. Owensboro

48.7

11. Hancock County

41.2

12. Butler County

40.1

13. Whitesville Trinity

39.2

14. Ohio County

38.6

15. Cloverport

21.4

4TH REGION

1. South Warren

84.3

2. Russell County

76.8

3. Bowling Green

73.0

4. Allen County

72.8

5. Barren County

70.8

6. Glasgow

64.7

7. Monroe County

60.1

8. Warren East

57.6

9. Logan County

56.3

10. Greenwood

54.2

11. Metcalfe County

51.6

12. Todd Central

48.7

13. Clinton County

44.4

14. Warren Central

40.1

15. Franklin-Simpson

34.6

16. Russellville

30.7

17. Cumberland County

26.0

5TH REGION

1. Elizabethtown

87.1

2. John Hardin

76.3

3. Nelson County

74.1

4. Bardstown

68.6

5. Green County

67.4

6. Marion County

59.0

7. Central Hardin

58.8

8. LaRue County

55.4

9. Bethlehem

53.9

10. Thomas Nelson

53.7

11. Campbellsville

48.9

12. Taylor County

47.6

13. Hart County

45.9

14. Adair County

45.3

15. North Hardin

43.1

16. Caverna

41.7

17. Washington County

34.4

18. Fort Knox

13.9

6TH REGION

1. Butler

85.5

2. Mercy

81.9

3. Bullitt East

79.1

4. North Bullitt

69.2

5. Fern Creek

65.4

6. Lou. Holy Cross

55.4

7. Jeffersontown

50.9

8. Doss

48.3

9. Moore

48.0

10. Pleasure Ridge Park

47.3

11. Whitefield Academy

37.1

12. Southern

31.5

13. Valley

30.5

14. Bullitt Central

18.9

15. Iroquois

18.0

16. Fairdale

10.1

17. Beth Haven

6.0

18. Western

1.3

7TH REGION

1. Sacred Heart

91.0

2. Male

83.9

3. Manual

81.2

4. Eastern

80.8

5. Louisville Christian

67.4

6. Ballard

65.4

7. Assumption

65.2

8. Central

60.0

9. Brown

45.4

10. Presentation

44.0

11. Waggener

38.1

12. Collegiate

34.1

13. St. Francis

28.1

14. Atherton

26.5

15. Seneca

20.7

16. Portland Christian

6.8

17. Country Day

6.4

18. Shawnee

0.1

8TH REGION

1. Simon Kenton

81.3

2. Anderson County

80.9

3. Oldham County

70.5

4. Spencer County

67.1

5. Grant County

67.0

6. Walton-Verona

66.0

7. South Oldham

64.7

8. Collins

60.4

9. Owen County

54.4

10. Gallatin County

50.8

11. North Oldham

50.4

12. Shelby County

47.4

13. Carroll County

45.0

14. Eminence

38.2

15. Henry County

33.5

16. Williamstown

33.3

17. Trimble County

31.6

9TH REGION

1. Ryle

82.9

2. Highlands

80.7

3. Conner

80.3

4. Holmes

77.6

5. Cov. Holy Cross

75.9

6. Cooper

75.4

7. Dixie Heights

71.9

8. Newport Catholic

64.2

9. St. Henry

62.4

10. Boone County

59.9

11. Newport

58.2

12. Notre Dame

56.7

13. Lloyd

56.6

14. Dayton

44.5

15. Bellevue

42.8

16. Ludlow

40.0

17. Villa Madonna

25.8

18. Beechwood

25.2

19. Latin

3.4

10TH REGION

1. Campbell County

87.2

2. Clark County

83.4

3. Scott

81.2

4. Mason County

70.2

5. Harrison County

65.3

6. Nicholas County

60.3

7. Bishop Brossart

56.7

8. Paris

48.0

9. Bourbon County

47.3

10. Bracken County

40.3

11. Montgomery County

32.9

12. Calvary Christian

31.2

13. Pendleton County

27.4

14. Augusta

26.6

14. Robertson County

26.6

16. St. Patrick

15.3

17. Silver Grove

0.1

11TH REGION

1. Scott County

86.1

2. Franklin County

76.9

3. Lafayette

74.3

4. Paul Dunbar

72.7

5. Henry Clay

66.4

6. Lexington Catholic

65.1

7. Madison Central

60.3

8. Bryan Station

57.2

9. Woodford County

56.5

10. Madison Southern

54.2

11. Western Hills

52.7

12. Frederick Douglass

49.1

13. Lexington Christian

46.4

14. Sayre

46.3

15. Tates Creek

45.9

16. Frankfort

44.7

17. Berea

33.7

18. Model

26.5

12TH REGION

1. Mercer County

85.4

2. Lincoln County

83.9

3. Casey County

77.8

3. Southwestern

77.8

5. Rockcastle County

66.2

6. Boyle County

64.1

7. Danville

61.8

8. Somerset

56.6

9. East Jessamine

52.8

10. Wayne County

52.2

11. Pulaski County

50.1

11. West Jessamine

50.1

13. Garrard County

49.1

14. McCreary Central

39.6

15. Burgin

5.4

16. Ky. School for Deaf

0.1

13TH REGION

1. Harlan County

80.1

2. South Laurel

79.0

3. North Laurel

70.6

4. Whitley County

67.8

5. Clay County

63.3

6. Williamsburg

57.5

7. Harlan

53.1

8. Bell County

52.1

9. Knox Central

50.2

10. Corbin

48.7

11. Pineville

48.0

12. Middlesboro

44.3

13. Jackson County

43.5

14. Lynn Camp

40.1

15. Barbourville

37.5

16. Red Bird

8.7

17. Oneida Baptist

2.6

14TH REGION

1. Hazard

70.9

2. Perry Central

70.5

3. Knott Central

64.1

4. Leslie County

63.1

5. Owsley County

56.4

6. Lee County

54.5

7. Powell County

52.7

8. Letcher Central

51.1

9. Estill County

49.3

10. Wolfe County

43.7

11. Buckhorn

39.5

12. Jackson City

30.8

13. Breathitt County

26.0

14. June Buchanan

14.7

15. Riverside Christian

7.6

16. Cordia

0.1

15TH REGION

1. Shelby Valley

73.8

2. Pikeville

68.8

3. Johnson Central

65.0

4. Pike Central

64.5

5. Paintsville

59.7

6. Belfry

53.4

7. Floyd Central

52.0

8. Sheldon Clark

50.6

9. East Ridge

49.3

10. Lawrence County

44.6

11. Betsy Layne

43.4

12. Magoffin County

40.7

13. Prestonsburg

40.1

14. Phelps

37.4

15. Jenkins

35.7

16. Piarist

3.4

16TH REGION

1. Boyd County

81.7

2. Ashland Blazer

77.2

3. Russell

73.3

4. West Carter

67.4

5. Rowan County

60.2

6. East Carter

59.8

7. Menifee County

54.2

8. Lewis County

51.7

9. Fleming County

44.4

10. Greenup County

43.0

11. Bath County

42.1

12. Raceland

39.4

13. Morgan County

36.4

14. Elliott County

34.7

15. Fairview

29.2

16. Rose Hill Christian

12.8

This story was originally published January 28, 2018 at 8:32 PM with the headline "Cantrall’s ratings: Another new girls’ No. 1; Scott County’s boys still lead the pack."

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