Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Top three spots in boys’ rankings change hands
Scott County’s boys didn’t lose a game this past week, but that didn’t keep them from dropping in this week’s edition of Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for high school basketball in Kentucky.
The Cardinals’ two wins since the last rankings included a close call against Woodford County, 60-56, and a rout of Floyd Central, 77-52.
Covington Catholic, meanwhile, rolled to victories against Roger Bacon (Cincinnati), Dixie Heights and Boyle County.
Madison Central also managed to move past Scott County after blowout wins against Lexington Catholic and Franklin County.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | LW | |
1. Cov. Catholic (24-4) | 87.2 | 2 |
2. Madison Central (21-6) | 86.7 | 3 |
3. Scott Co. (26-1) | 86.3 | 1 |
4. Trinity (24-2) | 84.3 | 4 |
5. Ballard (21-5) | 83.1 | 8 |
6. Cooper (20-5) | 82.0 | 6 |
7. Fern Creek (20-6) | 81.5 | 5 |
8. Walton-Verona (22-5) | 81.1 | 10 |
9. Lafayette (18-7) | 80.6 | 9 |
10. Lex. Christian (20-7) | 80.5 | 7 |
11. Clark Co. (25-3) | 80.2 | t11 |
12. Butler (24-2) | 79.5 | 14 |
13. Owensboro (18-6) | 79.2 | t21 |
14. Doss (19-6) | 79.0 | 13 |
15. John Hardin (21-7) | 78.2 | t16 |
15. Lex. Catholic (16-8) | 78.2 | t11 |
17. Henry Clay (16-11) | 77.5 | 15 |
18. St. Xavier (16-9) | 77.4 | 23 |
19. Bryan Station (21-5) | 77.3 | t16 |
20. Warren Central (24-3) | 77.0 | 20 |
21. Oldham Co. (23-4) | 76.9 | t16 |
22. Campbell Co. (21-5) | 76.8 | 19 |
23. PRP (16-10) | 76.6 | NR |
24. Waggener (16-9) | 75.8 | NR |
25. Collins (19-8) | 75.4 | t25 |
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | LW | |
1. Sacred Heart (22-5) | 91.2 | 1 |
2. Mercer Co. (25-3) | 87.6 | 5 |
3. Campbell Co. (24-3) | 87.5 | 2 |
4. Scott Co. (25-2) | 87.3 | 4 |
5. Murray (26-2) | 85.2 | 6 |
6. Ryle (23-6) | 84.2 | 9 |
6. Male (18-8) | 84.2 | 10 |
8. Clark Co. (20-6) | 83.7 | 11 |
9. South Warren (26-3) | 83.6 | 7 |
10. Butler (19-4) | 83.5 | 8 |
11. Elizabethtown (25-2) | 83.3 | 3 |
12. Mercy (16-8) | 83.0 | 12 |
13. Eastern (16-6) | 82.6 | 14 |
14. Conner (19-7) | 82.3 | 19 |
14. Manual (14-8) | 82.3 | 17 |
16. Graves Co. (22-6) | 81.9 | 13 |
16. Boyd Co. (20-4) | 81.9 | 15 |
18. Lincoln Co. (19-6) | 81.1 | 18 |
19. Ashland Blazer (21-4) | 80.5 | NR |
19. Casey Co. (21-5) | 80.5 | t20 |
21. Harlan Co. (22-2) | 80.3 | 25 |
21. Simon Kenton (15-8) | 80.3 | 24 |
23. Southwestern (21-6) | 80.2 | NR |
24. Holmes (16-7) | 80.1 | NR |
25. Scott (15-11) | 79.9 | 16 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 72.7 |
2. Graves County | 71.8 |
3. Mayfield | 71.6 |
4. Paducah Tilghman | 71.1 |
5. Marshall County | 64.3 |
6. Calloway County | 57.3 |
7. Murray | 50.6 |
8. Fulton County | 44.9 |
9. Ballard Memorial | 39.6 |
10. St. Mary | 36.9 |
11. Carlisle County | 36.4 |
12. Hickman County | 31.9 |
13. Christian Fellowship | 25.9 |
14. Fulton City | 17.6 |
15. Community Christian | 8.8 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 72.1 |
2. Hopkinsville | 71.4 |
3. University Heights | 69.5 |
4. Madisonville | 65.2 |
5. Henderson County | 60.7 |
6. Webster County | 56.6 |
7. Livingston Central | 54.7 |
8. Hopkins Central | 53.6 |
9. Caldwell County | 50.2 |
10. Union County | 48.5 |
11. Lyon County | 40.7 |
12. Trigg County | 40.4 |
13. Crittenden County | 32.8 |
14. Dawson Springs | 31.2 |
15. Fort Campbell | 28.4 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 79.2 |
2. Daviess County | 74.7 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 69.6 |
4. Apollo | 65.2 |
5. Meade County | 61.9 |
6. Breckinridge County | 61.1 |
7. Muhlenberg County | 60.9 |
8. Ohio County | 60.4 |
9. Butler County | 51.0 |
10. Grayson County | 50.7 |
11. Edmonson County | 50.3 |
12. Hancock County | 48.7 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 44.8 |
14. McLean County | 44.1 |
15. Cloverport | 15.8 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 77.0 |
2. Monroe County | 72.3 |
3. Bowling Green | 72.0 |
4. Barren County | 65.9 |
5. Clinton County | 63.6 |
6. Greenwood | 60.4 |
7. Logan County | 58.7 |
8. Warren East | 57.6 |
9. Glasgow | 57.3 |
10. Todd Central | 56.1 |
11. South Warren | 55.3 |
12. Franklin-Simpson | 54.3 |
13. Allen County | 54.1 |
14. Russellville | 54.0 |
15. Russell County | 50.9 |
16. Cumberland County | 38.9 |
17. Metcalfe County | 34.8 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 78.2 |
2. LaRue County | 75.3 |
3. Elizabethtown | 72.1 |
4. Adair County | 64.6 |
5. North Hardin | 63.0 |
6. Central Hardin | 62.6 |
7. Marion County | 60.6 |
8. Taylor County | 58.9 |
9. Bardstown | 57.1 |
10. Washington County | 56.6 |
11. Campbellsville | 53.5 |
12. Green County | 53.2 |
13. Hart County | 50.2 |
14. Caverna | 49.5 |
15. Bethlehem | 49.3 |
16. Nelson County | 49.0 |
17. Fort Knox | 44.0 |
18. Thomas Nelson | 32.4 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 81.5 |
2. Butler | 79.5 |
3. Doss | 79.0 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 76.6 |
5. Valley | 73.2 |
6. Fairdale | 72.6 |
7. Bullitt East | 71.7 |
8. Iroquois | 70.1 |
9. Jeffersontown | 67.4 |
10. DeSales | 65.6 |
11. North Bullitt | 61.9 |
12. Lou. Holy Cross | 59.6 |
13. Southern | 58.6 |
14. Bullitt Central | 54.6 |
15. Western | 53.4 |
16. Moore | 51.7 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 39.2 |
18. Beth Haven | 17.3 |
19. Evangel | 14.6 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Trinity | 84.3 |
2. Ballard | 83.1 |
3. St. Xavier | 77.4 |
4. Waggener | 75.8 |
5. Male | 73.7 |
6. Manual | 69.5 |
7. Central | 63.1 |
8. Seneca | 61.2 |
9. Atherton | 58.7 |
10. Eastern | 58.6 |
11. Louisville Christian | 52.8 |
12. Country Day | 51.1 |
13. Collegiate | 50.1 |
14. St. Francis | 43.9 |
15. Shawnee | 35.8 |
16. Portland Christian | 34.4 |
17. Brown | 34.2 |
18. Walden | 14.4 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Walton-Verona | 81.1 |
2. Oldham County | 76.9 |
3. Collins | 75.4 |
4. Simon Kenton | 74.9 |
5. South Oldham | 69.7 |
6. Spencer County | 68.7 |
7. Gallatin County | 67.9 |
8. Anderson County | 63.2 |
9. North Oldham | 63.0 |
10. Grant County | 55.5 |
11. Shelby County | 53.9 |
12. Carroll County | 51.9 |
13. Henry County | 48.4 |
14. Trimble County | 46.8 |
15. Eminence | 39.2 |
16. Owen County | 38.5 |
17. Williamstown | 24.2 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 87.2 |
2. Cooper | 82.0 |
3. Boone County | 71.9 |
4. Newport | 70.2 |
5. Newport Catholic | 65.8 |
6. Dixie Heights | 63.9 |
7. Beechwood | 63.3 |
8. Holmes | 62.7 |
9. Cov. Holy Cross | 59.9 |
10. Conner | 59.2 |
11. Highlands | 57.6 |
12. St. Henry | 55.2 |
13. Ryle | 53.1 |
14. Lloyd | 48.2 |
15. Bellevue | 47.5 |
16. Villa Madonna | 39.2 |
17. Ludlow | 30.1 |
18. Dayton | 23.6 |
19. Heritage Academy | 3.5 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 80.2 |
2. Campbell County | 76.8 |
3. Pendleton County | 73.7 |
4. Scott | 73.2 |
5. Paris | 67.2 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 60.1 |
6. Mason County | 60.1 |
8. Bourbon County | 56.2 |
9. Montgomery County | 55.2 |
10. Harrison County | 52.8 |
11. Robertson County | 50.0 |
12. Calvary Christian | 45.6 |
13. Nicholas County | 42.4 |
14. Bracken County | 39.0 |
15. St. Patrick | 38.4 |
16. Augusta | 37.2 |
17. Silver Grove | 0.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Madison Central | 86.7 |
2. Scott County | 86.3 |
3. Lafayette | 80.6 |
4. Lexington Christian | 80.5 |
5. Lexington Catholic | 78.2 |
6. Henry Clay | 77.5 |
7. Bryan Station | 77.3 |
8. Paul Dunbar | 74.2 |
9. Frederick Douglass | 67.9 |
10. Woodford County | 64.7 |
11. Frankfort | 60.2 |
12. Franklin County | 59.5 |
13. Madison Southern | 58.1 |
14. Sayre | 55.4 |
15. Tates Creek | 53.0 |
16. Western Hills | 48.3 |
17. Model | 47.0 |
18. Berea | 44.5 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 73.6 |
2. Pulaski County | 72.9 |
3. West Jessamine | 71.0 |
4. Boyle County | 69.5 |
5. Somerset | 69.3 |
6. Southwestern | 67.4 |
7. Danville | 65.9 |
8. Wayne County | 65.0 |
9. Lincoln County | 63.3 |
10. East Jessamine | 59.8 |
10. McCreary Central | 59.8 |
12. Garrard County | 55.0 |
13. Casey County | 43.6 |
14. Rockcastle County | 43.2 |
15. Burgin | 16.4 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 6.8 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 74.8 |
2. Corbin | 74.6 |
3. North Laurel | 73.6 |
4. Knox Central | 73.4 |
5. Harlan County | 65.9 |
6. Clay County | 58.7 |
6. Jackson County | 58.7 |
8. Lynn Camp | 57.3 |
9. Whitley County | 57.2 |
10. Bell County | 54.0 |
11. Williamsburg | 53.4 |
12. Barbourville | 52.5 |
13. Harlan | 48.3 |
14. Middlesboro | 45.2 |
15. Oneida Baptist | 43.0 |
16. Red Bird | 37.7 |
17. Pineville | 36.5 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Knott Central | 71.8 |
2. Perry Central | 66.5 |
3. Cordia | 65.0 |
4. Estill County | 64.5 |
5. Hazard | 58.7 |
6. Powell County | 58.2 |
7. Breathitt County | 57.6 |
8. Leslie County | 55.3 |
9. Wolfe County | 54.5 |
10. Buckhorn | 52.7 |
11. Letcher Central | 50.4 |
12. Jackson City | 34.8 |
13. Owsley County | 33.0 |
14. June Buchanan | 30.2 |
15. Lee County | 6.7 |
16. Riverside Christian | 1.5 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Johnson Central | 67.1 |
2. Pikeville | 65.3 |
3. Shelby Valley | 64.6 |
4. Floyd Central | 63.5 |
5. Paintsville | 63.4 |
6. Pike Central | 60.7 |
7. Belfry | 59.2 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 48.9 |
9. Magoffin County | 44.9 |
10. Lawrence County | 44.3 |
11. Betsy Layne | 42.0 |
12. East Ridge | 39.6 |
13. Prestonsburg | 38.8 |
14. Phelps | 37.6 |
15. Jenkins | 20.5 |
16. Piarist | 2.5 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 68.5 |
2. Boyd County | 67.0 |
3. Russell | 60.5 |
4. Morgan County | 58.3 |
5. East Carter | 57.2 |
6. Rowan County | 55.1 |
7. Raceland | 54.4 |
8. Lewis County | 53.4 |
9. West Carter | 53.1 |
10. Elliott County | 52.5 |
11. Bath County | 52.3 |
12. Fleming County | 49.7 |
13. Fairview | 46.5 |
14. Greenup County | 46.3 |
14. Menifee County | 46.3 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 23.9 |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 85.2 |
2. Graves County | 81.9 |
3. Calloway County | 65.1 |
4. Marshall County | 62.8 |
5. McCracken County | 61.8 |
6. Ballard Memorial | 53.4 |
7. Mayfield | 45.3 |
8. Carlisle County | 45.1 |
9. Paducah Tilghman | 39.1 |
10. Hickman County | 35.9 |
11. Fulton County | 31.6 |
12. Fulton City | 26.2 |
13. St. Mary | 15.6 |
14. Community Christian | 15.3 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Christian County | 78.0 |
2. Webster County | 76.9 |
3. Henderson County | 75.0 |
4. Hopkinsville | 69.5 |
5. Union County | 52.4 |
6. Madisonville | 50.9 |
7. Lyon County | 48.1 |
8. Caldwell County | 45.2 |
9. Livingston Central | 44.2 |
10. Hopkins Central | 43.3 |
11. Crittenden County | 40.4 |
12. University Heights | 38.9 |
13. Dawson Springs | 31.4 |
14. Trigg County | 29.8 |
15. Fort Campbell | 2.4 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 75.5 |
2. Edmonson County | 71.1 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 69.2 |
4. Meade County | 68.7 |
5. Apollo | 62.6 |
6. Breckinridge County | 62.5 |
7. Grayson County | 57.6 |
8. McLean County | 57.5 |
9. Daviess County | 55.8 |
10. Owensboro | 48.3 |
11. Whitesville Trinity | 42.4 |
12. Hancock County | 38.8 |
13. Butler County | 38.3 |
14. Ohio County | 38.0 |
15. Cloverport | 22.0 |
4TH REGION | |
1. South Warren | 83.6 |
2. Russell County | 75.7 |
3. Barren County | 72.6 |
4. Bowling Green | 69.8 |
5. Allen County | 67.6 |
6. Glasgow | 63.5 |
7. Monroe County | 61.2 |
8. Logan County | 59.8 |
9. Warren East | 59.2 |
10. Greenwood | 55.9 |
11. Metcalfe County | 52.1 |
12. Todd Central | 48.9 |
13. Clinton County | 45.1 |
14. Warren Central | 39.9 |
15. Franklin-Simpson | 34.7 |
16. Russellville | 34.4 |
17. Cumberland County | 26.1 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 83.3 |
2. Nelson County | 75.9 |
3. John Hardin | 75.2 |
4. Bardstown | 72.6 |
5. Green County | 65.2 |
6. Central Hardin | 58.7 |
7. LaRue County | 58.2 |
8. Marion County | 57.5 |
9. Bethlehem | 57.1 |
10. Thomas Nelson | 51.6 |
11. Campbellsville | 46.8 |
12. Taylor County | 46.7 |
13. Hart County | 46.1 |
14. Caverna | 44.7 |
15. North Hardin | 43.8 |
16. Adair County | 41.5 |
17. Washington County | 37.3 |
18. Fort Knox | 15.1 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 83.5 |
2. Mercy | 83.0 |
3. Bullitt East | 76.8 |
4. North Bullitt | 71.6 |
5. Fern Creek | 69.4 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 55.9 |
7. Jeffersontown | 52.0 |
8. Moore | 48.6 |
9. Doss | 48.3 |
10. Pleasure Ridge Park | 46.2 |
11. Whitefield Academy | 38.9 |
12. Valley | 33.0 |
13. Southern | 27.7 |
14. Bullitt Central | 18.6 |
15. Iroquois | 17.3 |
16. Fairdale | 10.5 |
17. Beth Haven | 5.5 |
18. Western | 1.5 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 91.2 |
2. Male | 84.2 |
3. Eastern | 82.6 |
4. Manual | 82.3 |
5. Louisville Christian | 67.2 |
6. Assumption | 65.6 |
7. Ballard | 62.6 |
8. Central | 59.6 |
9. Brown | 48.3 |
10. Presentation | 47.7 |
11. Waggener | 39.9 |
12. Collegiate | 28.6 |
13. Atherton | 26.7 |
14. St. Francis | 25.6 |
15. Seneca | 18.9 |
16. Country Day | 9.2 |
17. Portland Christian | 8.8 |
18. Shawnee | 0.2 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 80.3 |
2. Anderson County | 79.2 |
3. Grant County | 69.9 |
4. Oldham County | 67.8 |
5. Spencer County | 66.6 |
6. Walton-Verona | 66.4 |
7. South Oldham | 62.3 |
8. Collins | 59.6 |
9. Owen County | 55.4 |
10. North Oldham | 51.1 |
11. Gallatin County | 49.8 |
12. Shelby County | 47.6 |
13. Carroll County | 43.1 |
14. Eminence | 39.4 |
15. Henry County | 35.9 |
15. Williamstown | 35.9 |
17. Trimble County | 27.8 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 84.2 |
2. Conner | 82.3 |
3. Holmes | 80.1 |
4. Highlands | 79.8 |
5. Cov. Holy Cross | 79.1 |
6. Cooper | 76.1 |
7. Dixie Heights | 69.4 |
8. Newport Catholic | 63.1 |
9. St. Henry | 62.0 |
10. Newport | 60.2 |
11. Notre Dame | 58.0 |
12. Boone County | 56.6 |
13. Lloyd | 53.3 |
14. Dayton | 45.0 |
15. Bellevue | 43.7 |
16. Ludlow | 39.3 |
17. Beechwood | 26.7 |
18. Villa Madonna | 26.1 |
19. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 87.5 |
2. Clark County | 83.7 |
3. Scott | 79.9 |
4. Mason County | 70.5 |
5. Harrison County | 68.9 |
6. Nicholas County | 59.5 |
7. Bishop Brossart | 58.3 |
8. Paris | 51.1 |
9. Bourbon County | 42.6 |
10. Bracken County | 37.1 |
11. Montgomery County | 35.9 |
12. Pendleton County | 30.2 |
13. Calvary Christian | 28.6 |
14. Augusta | 25.9 |
15. Robertson County | 24.9 |
16. St. Patrick | 18.0 |
17. Silver Grove | 1.5 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 87.3 |
2. Lafayette | 72.3 |
2. Paul Dunbar | 72.3 |
4. Franklin County | 72.1 |
5. Henry Clay | 68.5 |
6. Lexington Catholic | 63.2 |
7. Madison Central | 61.2 |
8. Woodford County | 57.9 |
9. Western Hills | 56.3 |
10. Bryan Station | 53.0 |
11. Madison Southern | 51.1 |
12. Frederick Douglass | 48.1 |
13. Lexington Christian | 46.5 |
14. Tates Creek | 45.7 |
15. Frankfort | 44.1 |
16. Sayre | 43.6 |
17. Berea | 34.6 |
18. Model | 20.4 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 87.6 |
2. Lincoln County | 81.1 |
3. Casey County | 80.5 |
4. Southwestern | 80.2 |
5. Boyle County | 65.9 |
6. Danville | 61.6 |
7. Rockcastle County | 60.9 |
8. Somerset | 57.1 |
9. West Jessamine | 51.6 |
10. Pulaski County | 51.1 |
11. East Jessamine | 50.8 |
12. Wayne County | 49.9 |
13. Garrard County | 49.6 |
14. McCreary Central | 40.7 |
15. Burgin | 0.9 |
16. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Harlan County | 80.3 |
2. South Laurel | 76.9 |
3. North Laurel | 72.2 |
4. Whitley County | 69.7 |
5. Clay County | 65.3 |
6. Bell County | 57.0 |
7. Williamsburg | 56.3 |
8. Harlan | 56.1 |
9. Knox Central | 49.9 |
10. Corbin | 49.1 |
11. Pineville | 48.9 |
12. Jackson County | 46.5 |
13. Middlesboro | 46.2 |
14. Barbourville | 37.6 |
15. Lynn Camp | 32.0 |
16. Red Bird | 11.0 |
17. Oneida Baptist | 6.4 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Perry Central | 69.9 |
2. Hazard | 68.0 |
3. Leslie County | 62.0 |
4. Knott Central | 61.3 |
5. Owsley County | 55.9 |
6. Powell County | 55.0 |
7. Lee County | 53.4 |
8. Letcher Central | 50.4 |
9. Estill County | 49.3 |
10. Wolfe County | 46.0 |
11. Buckhorn | 39.2 |
12. Jackson City | 30.9 |
13. Breathitt County | 21.0 |
14. June Buchanan | 13.6 |
15. Riverside Christian | 8.0 |
16. Cordia | 2.0 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 73.7 |
2. Pikeville | 67.4 |
3. Johnson Central | 65.0 |
4. Pike Central | 64.3 |
5. Paintsville | 58.0 |
6. Sheldon Clark | 51.5 |
7. East Ridge | 51.1 |
8. Floyd Central | 50.4 |
9. Belfry | 49.9 |
10. Lawrence County | 48.5 |
11. Betsy Layne | 44.8 |
12. Prestonsburg | 44.2 |
13. Phelps | 38.0 |
14. Jenkins | 37.9 |
15. Magoffin County | 37.6 |
16. Piarist | 4.7 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 81.9 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 80.5 |
3. Russell | 74.5 |
4. Rowan County | 64.8 |
5. East Carter | 61.0 |
6. West Carter | 60.9 |
7. Menifee County | 58.3 |
8. Lewis County | 51.2 |
9. Greenup County | 43.0 |
10. Raceland | 42.5 |
11. Bath County | 41.0 |
12. Fleming County | 37.7 |
13. Morgan County | 35.4 |
14. Elliott County | 34.5 |
15. Fairview | 27.7 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 11.4 |
This story was originally published February 11, 2018 at 7:54 PM with the headline "Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Top three spots in boys’ rankings change hands."