Cantrall’s ratings: Another new girls’ No. 1; Scott County’s boys still lead the pack
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 | t9 |
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 | t24 |
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 | t21 |
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."