High school basketball: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 boys’ teams in Kentucky
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| BOYS’ TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. Warren Central (19-1) | 84.8 | 1 |
| 2. George Rogers Clark (14-4) | 83.2 | 5 |
| 3. Ballard (17-2) | 82.8 | t3 |
| 4. Lexington Catholic (20-2) | 82.6 | t3 |
| 4. Great Crossing (18-3) | 82.6 | 2 |
| 6. Male (12-10) | 82.2 | 8 |
| 7. Covington Catholic (16-2) | 82.1 | 7 |
| 8. North Oldham (17-5) | 81.7 | 6 |
| 9. North Laurel (11-9) | 81.3 | 13 |
| 10. Harlan County (16-3) | 80.4 | 16 |
| 11. Mason County (20-2) | 79.6 | NR |
| 11. Collins (17-2) | 79.6 | 14 |
| 11. Ashland Blazer (13-7) | 79.6 | 18 |
| 11. St. Xavier (12-7) | 79.6 | NR |
| 15. Frederick Douglass (17-2) | 79.1 | 23 |
| 16. Madison Central (10-9) | 78.4 | NR |
| 17. South Laurel (14-5) | 78.3 | t24 |
| 18. Harlan (18-2) | 78.1 | t24 |
| 19. Louisville Trinity (14-6) | 77.8 | 9 |
| 20. Pleasure Ridge Park (15-3) | 77.0 | 20 |
| 20. Lyon County (16-5) | 77.0 | 21 |
| 22. Western (15-5) | 76.8 | t11 |
| 23. DeSales (13-6) | 76.3 | 22 |
| 24. Eastern (13-6) | 76.2 | 17 |
| 25. Bowling Green (19-4) | 76.1 | NR |
| 25. Butler (15-6) | 76.1 | t11 |
Ratings by region
| 1ST REGION | |
| 1. McCracken County | 73.1 |
| 2. Calloway County | 70.8 |
| 3. Marshall County | 67.2 |
| 4. Murray | 65.8 |
| 5. Paducah Tilghman | 63.1 |
| 6. Mayfield | 57.0 |
| 7. Graves County | 52.7 |
| 8. Ballard Memorial | 50.0 |
| 9. St. Mary | 47.1 |
| 10. Carlisle County | 42.5 |
| 11. Fulton County | 39.2 |
| 12. Hickman County | 36.8 |
| 13. Community Christian | 34.6 |
| 14. Christian Fellowship | 24.3 |
| 15. Fulton City | 12.3 |
| 2ND REGION | |
| 1. Lyon County | 77.0 |
| 2. University Heights | 72.4 |
| 3. Christian County | 70.1 |
| 4. Henderson County | 69.7 |
| 5. Madisonville | 64.8 |
| 6. Hopkinsville | 64.3 |
| 7. Webster County | 56.3 |
| 8. Hopkins Central | 51.1 |
| 9. Union County | 45.3 |
| 10. Trigg County | 42.1 |
| 11. Crittenden County | 39.7 |
| 12. Caldwell County | 34.3 |
| 13. Heritage Christian | 31.7 |
| 14. Dawson Springs | 28.2 |
| 15. Livingston Central | 26.4 |
| 16. Fort Campbell | 18.5 |
| 3RD REGION | |
| 1. Ohio County | 72.0 |
| 2. Owensboro | 69.6 |
| 3. Owensboro Catholic | 68.8 |
| 4. McLean County | 59.1 |
| 5. Butler County | 57.9 |
| 6. Hancock County | 56.6 |
| 7. Edmonson County | 55.7 |
| 8. Daviess County | 53.4 |
| 9. Breckinridge County | 53.0 |
| 10. Grayson County | 52.7 |
| 11. Whitesville Trinity | 51.8 |
| 12. Muhlenberg County | 51.7 |
| 13. Meade County | 47.4 |
| 14. Apollo | 40.9 |
| 15. Cloverport | 12.9 |
| 4TH REGION | |
| 1. Warren Central | 84.8 |
| 2. Bowling Green | 76.1 |
| 3. South Warren | 64.9 |
| 4. Franklin-Simpson | 63.5 |
| 5. Barren County | 60.0 |
| 6. Todd Central | 58.4 |
| 7. Clinton County | 56.4 |
| 8. Monroe County | 56.0 |
| 9. Warren East | 55.1 |
| 10. Greenwood | 54.5 |
| 11. Metcalfe County | 51.2 |
| 12. Russellville | 49.4 |
| 13. Cumberland County | 49.3 |
| 14. Glasgow | 47.3 |
| 15. Russell County | 47.0 |
| 16. Allen County | 37.6 |
| 17. Logan County | 34.2 |
| 18. Foundation Christian | 7.9 |
| 5TH REGION | |
| 1. LaRue County | 73.4 |
| 2. Elizabethtown | 71.7 |
| 3. Central Hardin | 67.8 |
| 4. Taylor County | 66.0 |
| 5. Washington County | 61.9 |
| 6. North Hardin | 61.2 |
| 7. Caverna | 60.3 |
| 8. Adair County | 57.3 |
| 9. Bardstown | 57.1 |
| 10. Bethlehem | 54.0 |
| 11. Green County | 52.6 |
| 12. Campbellsville | 48.6 |
| 13. Hart County | 48.1 |
| 14. Nelson County | 42.2 |
| 15. Marion County | 38.8 |
| 16. John Hardin | 38.2 |
| 17. Fort Knox | 30.5 |
| 18. Thomas Nelson | 25.5 |
| 6TH REGION | |
| 1. Pleasure Ridge Park | 77.0 |
| 2. Western | 76.8 |
| 3. DeSales | 76.3 |
| 4. Butler | 76.1 |
| 5. Evangel | 75.9 |
| 6. Jeffersontown | 69.8 |
| 7. Fern Creek | 68.9 |
| 8. Fairdale | 68.5 |
| 9. Iroquois | 68.4 |
| 10. Doss | 63.6 |
| 11. Bullitt East | 62.4 |
| 12. Moore | 59.6 |
| 13. Southern | 59.1 |
| 14. Louisville Holy Cross | 57.9 |
| 15. Beth Haven | 51.5 |
| 16. North Bullitt | 48.0 |
| 17. Bullitt Central | 42.1 |
| 18. W.E.B. DuBois | 34.6 |
| 19. Whitefield Academy | 22.4 |
| 20. Valley | 13.0 |
| 7TH REGION | |
| 1. Ballard | 82.8 |
| 2. Male | 82.2 |
| 3. St. Xavier | 79.6 |
| 4. Louisville Trinity | 77.8 |
| 5. Eastern | 76.2 |
| 6. Manual | 75.1 |
| 7. Christian Academy-Louisville | 71.8 |
| 8. Seneca | 67.6 |
| 9. Central | 65.2 |
| 10. Kentucky Country Day | 58.8 |
| 11. Atherton | 55.4 |
| 12. Waggener | 48.6 |
| 13. Collegiate | 48.0 |
| 14. Highlands Latin | 37.9 |
| 15. Shawnee | 34.4 |
| 16. Brown | 33.7 |
| 17. Portland Christian | 27.8 |
| 18. Francis Parker | 22.5 |
| 8TH REGION | |
| 1. North Oldham | 81.7 |
| 2. Collins | 79.6 |
| 3. Woodford County | 75.1 |
| 4. Grant County | 74.2 |
| 5. Simon Kenton | 74.1 |
| 6. Spencer County | 72.0 |
| 7. Oldham County | 70.7 |
| 8. South Oldham | 68.5 |
| 9. Owen County | 66.6 |
| 10. Walton-Verona | 65.1 |
| 11. Anderson County | 58.4 |
| 12. Gallatin County | 53.9 |
| 13. Shelby County | 53.7 |
| 14. Williamstown | 47.5 |
| 15. Eminence | 42.8 |
| 16. Trimble County | 38.2 |
| 17. Henry County | 37.4 |
| 18. Carroll County | 34.2 |
| 9TH REGION | |
| 1. Covington Catholic | 82.1 |
| 2. Covington Holy Cross | 75.3 |
| 3. Highlands | 74.6 |
| 3. Newport | 74.6 |
| 5. Conner | 74.5 |
| 6. Cooper | 71.3 |
| 7. St. Henry | 70.7 |
| 8. Lloyd | 66.6 |
| 9. Beechwood | 60.6 |
| 10. Ryle | 60.5 |
| 11. Newport Central Catholic | 58.3 |
| 12. Dixie Heights | 57.3 |
| 13. Boone County | 52.9 |
| 14. Ludlow | 47.0 |
| 15. Holmes | 41.8 |
| 16. Heritage Academy | 37.9 |
| 17. Villa Madonna | 27.3 |
| 18. Bellevue | 26.4 |
| 19. Dayton | 24.9 |
| 20. Covington Latin | 0.1 |
| 10TH REGION | |
| 1. George Rogers Clark | 83.2 |
| 2. Mason County | 79.6 |
| 3. Campbell County | 75.4 |
| 4. Harrison County | 67.6 |
| 5. Bracken County | 63.5 |
| 6. Scott | 62.3 |
| 7. Augusta | 58.7 |
| 8. Montgomery County | 57.8 |
| 9. Bishop Brossart | 57.2 |
| 10. Paris | 52.5 |
| 11. Bourbon County | 48.3 |
| 12. Nicholas County | 46.5 |
| 13. Pendleton County | 34.7 |
| 14. Robertson County | 8.3 |
| 15. St. Patrick | 3.8 |
| 16. Calvary Christian | 3.4 |
| 11TH REGION | |
| 1. Great Crossing | 82.6 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 82.6 |
| 3. Frederick Douglass | 79.1 |
| 4. Madison Central | 78.4 |
| 5. Madison Southern | 74.3 |
| 6. Lexington Christian | 70.6 |
| 7. Henry Clay | 69.0 |
| 8. Sayre | 64.8 |
| 9. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 64.3 |
| 10. Bryan Station | 62.3 |
| 11. Tates Creek | 61.9 |
| 12. Western Hills | 61.0 |
| 13. Lafayette | 59.6 |
| 14. Scott County | 58.8 |
| 15. Franklin County | 56.4 |
| 16. Frankfort | 51.2 |
| 17. Model | 39.3 |
| 18. Berea | 37.1 |
| 19. Trinity Christian | 29.3 |
| 20. Frankfort Christian | 23.3 |
| 12TH REGION | |
| 1. West Jessamine | 73.5 |
| 2. Lincoln County | 72.2 |
| 3. Pulaski County | 70.0 |
| 4. Wayne County | 64.1 |
| 5. Boyle County | 63.5 |
| 6. Danville | 62.9 |
| 7. McCreary Central | 62.8 |
| 8. Danville Christian | 61.0 |
| 9. Garrard County | 56.9 |
| 10. Rockcastle County | 56.7 |
| 11. Mercer County | 55.4 |
| 12. Somerset | 54.8 |
| 13. Southwestern | 53.5 |
| 14. Casey County | 49.2 |
| 15. East Jessamine | 46.7 |
| 16. Somerset Christian | 37.3 |
| 17. Burgin | 26.6 |
| 13TH REGION | |
| 1. North Laurel | 81.3 |
| 2. Harlan County | 80.4 |
| 3. South Laurel | 78.3 |
| 4. Harlan | 78.1 |
| 5. Corbin | 75.4 |
| 6. Whitley County | 64.5 |
| 7. Barbourville | 59.1 |
| 8. Clay County | 57.0 |
| 9. Bell County | 56.9 |
| 10. Williamsburg | 51.8 |
| 11. Jackson County | 51.3 |
| 12. Pineville | 49.7 |
| 13. Lynn Camp | 42.9 |
| 14. Middlesboro | 38.6 |
| 15. Knox Central | 36.4 |
| 16. Oneida | 30.9 |
| 17. Red Bird | 0.1 |
| 14TH REGION | |
| 1. Hazard | 67.9 |
| 2. Breathitt County | 62.5 |
| 2. Perry Central | 62.5 |
| 4. Letcher Central | 57.0 |
| 5. Estill County | 48.7 |
| 6. Wolfe County | 48.6 |
| 7. Knott Central | 48.4 |
| 8. Powell County | 41.9 |
| 9. Leslie County | 40.9 |
| 10. Buckhorn | 38.9 |
| 11. Lee County | 38.5 |
| 12. Owsley County | 26.0 |
| 13. Jackson City | 25.4 |
| 14. Cordia | 2.3 |
| 15TH REGION | |
| 1. Martin County | 74.3 |
| 2. Pikeville | 73.1 |
| 3. Betsy Layne | 66.5 |
| 4. Shelby Valley | 64.1 |
| 5. Floyd Central | 62.3 |
| 6. Pike Central | 62.2 |
| 7. Johnson Central | 59.3 |
| 8. Magoffin County | 56.4 |
| 9. Lawrence County | 54.4 |
| 10. Paintsville | 51.9 |
| 11. Belfry | 47.4 |
| 12. Prestonsburg | 47.1 |
| 13. East Ridge | 46.1 |
| 14. Jenkins | 27.6 |
| 15. Phelps | 26.5 |
| 16TH REGION | |
| 1. Ashland Blazer | 79.6 |
| 2. Boyd County | 74.5 |
| 3. Fleming County | 63.4 |
| 4. Rowan County | 59.2 |
| 5. Russell | 58.0 |
| 6. Morgan County | 57.4 |
| 7. East Carter | 55.3 |
| 8. Bath County | 50.6 |
| 9. Greenup County | 48.7 |
| 10. Raceland | 48.2 |
| 11. Lewis County | 45.4 |
| 12. Menifee County | 44.0 |
| 13. Fairview | 43.6 |
| 14. West Carter | 34.6 |
| 15. Elliott County | 27.9 |
| 16. Rose Hill Christian | 11.9 |
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