High School Basketball

Several teams on the move in this week’s high school basketball polls

Mercer County’s Lexy Lake (12) and Emma Souder ran into each other chasing a rebound as host Mercer County defeated Butler 68-45.
Mercer County’s Lexy Lake (12) and Emma Souder ran into each other chasing a rebound as host Mercer County defeated Butler 68-45.

The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings:

BOYS

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Scott County

15

26-1

167

1

2. Trinity

1

24-2

150

2

3. Covington Catholic

1

24-4

134

3

4. Butler

24-2

106

4

5. Madison Central

21-6

90

6

6. Cooper

20-5

69

7

7. Ballard

21-5

60

8

8. Fern Creek

20-6

46

5

t9. North Laurel

24-4

9

NR

t9. Bryan Station

21-5

9

9

Others receiving votes: Knott County Central 9, Knox Central 7, John Hardin 7, Larue County 6, Lexington Christian 5, Lafayette 5, Elizabethtown 5, Oldham County 5, Walton-Verona 5, St. Xavier 5, Pulaski County 5, Mercer County 4, Doss 4, Clark County 3, McCracken County 3, Mayfield 2, Christian County 2, Campbell County 1, Pike County Central 1, Warren Central 1

GIRLS

School

FPV

Record

Points

Previous

1. Sacred Heart

13

22-5

164

1

2. Mercer County

2

25-3

151

2

3. Campbell County

24-3

130

4

4. Murray

1

26-2

104

5

5. Elizabethtown

25-2

88

3

6. Scott County

25-2

85

7

7. Butler

19-4

54

6

8. South Warren

26-3

52

8

9. Harlan County

1

22-2

32

9

10. Male

18-8

14

10

Others receiving votes: Ryle 9, Leslie County 9, North Laurel 8, Shelby Valley 7, South Laurel 6, Southwestern 5, Boyd County 5, Clark County 4, John Hardin 3, Graves County 2, Doss 1, Mercy 1, Whitley County 1.

Media organizations that voted this week: The Daily Independent, Ashland; Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; Times-Tribune, Corbin; East Kentucky Broadcasting, Pikeville; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; Daily Enterprise, Harlan; Kentucky New Era, Hopkinsville; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; The Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; The Mayfield Messenger, Mayfield; The Paducah Sun, Paducah; Times Leader Princeton, Princeton; The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset; WDKY, Lexington; WKYX, Paducah.

Josh Moore: 859-231-1307, @HLpreps

This story was originally published February 12, 2018 at 4:14 PM with the headline "Several teams on the move in this week’s high school basketball polls."

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