High school basketball: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 girls’ teams in Kentucky
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| GIRLS’ TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. Sacred Heart (27-3) | 93.2 | 1 |
| 2. McCracken County (27-2) | 87.6 | t2 |
| 3. Manual (25-2) | 86.7 | 4 |
| 4. Cooper (24-3) | 86.5 | 5 |
| 5. Mercy (19-9) | 85.8 | t2 |
| 6. George Rogers Clark (21-7) | 85.3 | 7 |
| 7. Meade County (19-9) | 84.3 | 6 |
| 8. Pikeville (24-5) | 83.0 | t11 |
| 9. Christian Academy-Louisville (19-9) | 82.4 | t11 |
| 9. Central (18-11) | 82.4 | 8 |
| 11. Bethlehem (23-7) | 82.3 | 10 |
| 12. Covington Holy Cross (24-6) | 82.0 | 9 |
| 13. Henderson County (22-4) | 81.5 | 13 |
| 14. Bowling Green (19-10) | 81.3 | 15 |
| 15. Frederick Douglass (19-8) | 80.4 | 14 |
| 16. Conner (18-7) | 80.1 | 16 |
| 17. Russell (19-11) | 79.5 | t18 |
| 18. Danville (26-2) | 79.3 | 17 |
| 19. North Laurel (24-6) | 79.2 | t24 |
| 20. Dixie Heights (23-7) | 78.4 | 20 |
| 21. Franklin County (23-7) | 78.3 | 23 |
| 21. Ryle (21-7) | 78.3 | NR |
| 23. Madison Central (19-6) | 78.0 | 21 |
| 24. Rowan County (22-7) | 77.1 | NR |
| 24. Corbin (19-9) | 77.1 | t18 |
Ratings by district
| 1ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Carlisle County | 41.0 |
| 2. Fulton County | 36.1 |
| 3. Hickman County | 33.9 |
| 4. Fulton City | 19.9 |
| 2ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. McCracken County | 87.6 |
| 2. Paducah Tilghman | 49.3 |
| 3. St. Mary | 21.1 |
| 4. Community Christian | 0.7 |
| 3RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Graves County | 65.9 |
| 2. Mayfield | 51.4 |
| 3. Ballard Memorial | 37.5 |
| 4TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Marshall County | 56.9 |
| 2. Calloway County | 54.6 |
| 3. Christian Fellowship | 50.7 |
| 4. Murray | 47.7 |
| 5TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Crittenden County | 63.3 |
| 2. Lyon County | 48.3 |
| 3. Livingston Central | 41.5 |
| 4. Trigg County | 36.0 |
| 6TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Henderson County | 81.5 |
| 2. Webster County | 52.4 |
| 3. Union County | 63.7 |
| 7TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Hopkins Central | 64.8 |
| 2. Madisonville | 63.5 |
| 3. Caldwell County | 37.1 |
| 4. Dawson Springs | 21.4 |
| 8TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Christian County | 52.4 |
| 2. Hopkinsville | 42.2 |
| 3. University Heights | 26.5 |
| 4. Fort Campbell | 2.4 |
| 9TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Owensboro Catholic | 76.0 |
| 2. Owensboro | 66.5 |
| 3. Daviess County | 58.8 |
| 4. Apollo | 51.8 |
| 10TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Muhlenberg County | 53.2 |
| 2. Ohio County | 45.9 |
| 3. McLean County | 42.1 |
| 11TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Meade County | 84.3 |
| 2. Breckinridge County | 66.8 |
| 3. Hancock County | 59.2 |
| 4. Cloverport | 0.2 |
| 12TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Edmonson County | 55.6 |
| 2. Butler County | 49.3 |
| 3. Grayson County | 42.0 |
| 4. Whitesville Trinity | 31.2 |
| 13TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Franklin-Simpson | 64.6 |
| 2. Logan County | 56.1 |
| 3. Russellville | 54.7 |
| 4. Todd Central | 53.5 |
| 14TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bowling Green | 81.3 |
| 2. South Warren | 65.8 |
| 3. Greenwood | 55.2 |
| 4. Warren Central | 40.3 |
| 15TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Barren County | 75.3 |
| 2. Allen County | 57.8 |
| 3. Glasgow | 49.2 |
| 4. Warren East | 47.3 |
| 16TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Metcalfe County | 61.6 |
| 2. Cumberland County | 57.0 |
| 3. Monroe County | 56.0 |
| 4. Russell County | 48.4 |
| 5. Clinton County | 47.3 |
| 17TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. North Hardin | 65.0 |
| 2. Elizabethtown | 59.6 |
| 3. Central Hardin | 57.5 |
| 4. John Hardin | 55.0 |
| 5. Fort Knox | 18.0 |
| 18TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Green County | 53.4 |
| 2. Hart County | 52.8 |
| 3. LaRue County | 43.6 |
| 4. Caverna | 24.9 |
| 19TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bethlehem | 82.3 |
| 2. Nelson County | 65.4 |
| 3. Bardstown | 63.5 |
| 4. Thomas Nelson | 39.9 |
| 5. Washington County | 34.2 |
| 20TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Taylor County | 71.5 |
| 2. Campbellsville | 44.6 |
| 3. Adair County | 37.6 |
| 4. Marion County | 35.8 |
| 21ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pleasure Ridge Park | 53.3 |
| 2. Louisville Holy Cross | 37.0 |
| 3. Valley | 28.7 |
| 4. Beth Haven | 20.7 |
| 5. Fairdale | 6.9 |
| 22ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Butler | 71.3 |
| 2. Western | 23.6 |
| 3. Iroquois | 3.3 |
| 4. Doss | 0.6 |
| 23RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. North Bullitt | 62.0 |
| 2. Bullitt Central | 59.1 |
| 3. Moore | 24.7 |
| 4. Southern | 4.6 |
| 24TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Mercy | 85.8 |
| 2. Whitefield Academy | 76.1 |
| 3. Bullitt East | 72.6 |
| 4. Fern Creek | 25.4 |
| 5. Jeffersontown | 3.4 |
| 25TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Manual | 86.7 |
| 2. Central | 82.4 |
| 3. Portland Christian | 44.5 |
| 4. Shawnee | 38.1 |
| 5. Presentation | 29.0 |
| 26TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Assumption | 75.8 |
| 2. Male | 74.3 |
| 3. Collegiate | 25.1 |
| 4. Brown | 25.0 |
| 27TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Sacred Heart | 93.2 |
| 2. Atherton | 21.2 |
| 3. Highlands Latin | 14.2 |
| 4. Seneca | 11.6 |
| 5. Waggener | 1.1 |
| 28TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 82.4 |
| 2. Ballard | 56.9 |
| 3. Eastern | 28.3 |
| 29TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. South Oldham | 60.6 |
| 2. North Oldham | 58.9 |
| 3. Oldham County | 47.6 |
| 30TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Anderson County | 74.8 |
| 2. Spencer County | 71.7 |
| 3. Shelby County | 46.7 |
| 4. Collins | 34.5 |
| 5. Woodford County | 31.3 |
| 31ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Owen County | 59.9 |
| 2. Gallatin County | 43.2 |
| 3. Carroll County | 40.2 |
| 4. Henry County | 38.7 |
| 5. Trimble County | 33.3 |
| 6. Eminence | 14.4 |
| 32ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Simon Kenton | 68.6 |
| 2. Grant County | 64.6 |
| 3. Walton-Verona | 60.9 |
| 33RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Cooper | 86.5 |
| 2. Conner | 80.1 |
| 3. Ryle | 78.3 |
| 4. Boone County | 43.6 |
| 34TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Dixie Heights | 78.4 |
| 2. St. Henry | 61.1 |
| 3. Lloyd | 47.1 |
| 4. Ludlow | 43.6 |
| 5. Villa Madonna | 13.5 |
| 35TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Covington Holy Cross | 82.0 |
| 2. Notre Dame | 76.1 |
| 3. Beechwood | 42.4 |
| 4. Holmes | 22.0 |
| 36TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Highlands | 74.8 |
| 2. Newport Central Catholic | 62.8 |
| 3. Bellevue | 39.1 |
| 4. Newport | 37.9 |
| 5. Dayton | 21.2 |
| 37TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bishop Brossart | 66.6 |
| 2. Campbell County | 61.1 |
| 3. Scott | 59.2 |
| 38TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pendleton County | 62.8 |
| 2. Nicholas County | 59.5 |
| 3. Harrison County | 36.9 |
| 4. Robertson County | 28.6 |
| 39TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Mason County | 59.0 |
| 2. Bracken County | 55.4 |
| 3. St. Patrick | 45.7 |
| 4. Augusta | 42.2 |
| 40TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. George Rogers Clark | 85.3 |
| 2. Montgomery County | 72.3 |
| 3. Paris | 65.6 |
| 4. Bourbon County | 46.7 |
| 41ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Franklin County | 78.3 |
| 2. Great Crossing | 64.6 |
| 3. Western Hills | 45.7 |
| 4. Frankfort | 39.6 |
| 42ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Frederick Douglass | 80.4 |
| 2. Henry Clay | 65.8 |
| 3. Bryan Station | 55.9 |
| 4. Sayre | 47.9 |
| 5. Scott County | 46.4 |
| 43RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Lafayette | 66.4 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 62.5 |
| 3. Tates Creek | 58.1 |
| 4. Lexington Christian | 41.0 |
| 5. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 33.4 |
| 44TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Madison Central | 78.0 |
| 2. Madison Southern | 61.7 |
| 2. Berea | 47.8 |
| 4. Model | 19.8 |
| 45TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Danville | 79.3 |
| 2. Danville Christian | 73.2 |
| 3. Lincoln County | 54.7 |
| 4. Boyle County | 54.6 |
| 5. Garrard County | 31.5 |
| 46TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Mercer County | 75.2 |
| 2. West Jessamine | 51.4 |
| 3. East Jessamine | 37.6 |
| 4. Burgin | 28.1 |
| 47TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pulaski County | 74.9 |
| 2. Rockcastle County | 70.6 |
| 3. Somerset | 68.2 |
| 4. Casey County | 60.6 |
| 48TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Southwestern | 75.0 |
| 2. Wayne County | 57.0 |
| 3. McCreary Central | 49.2 |
| 49TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. North Laurel | 79.2 |
| 2. Jackson County | 67.3 |
| 3. Clay County | 40.0 |
| 4. Oneida | 5.3 |
| 50TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Corbin | 77.1 |
| 2. South Laurel | 75.2 |
| 3. Whitley County | 45.9 |
| 4. Williamsburg | 31.4 |
| 51ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Knox Central | 73.6 |
| 2. Pineville | 63.8 |
| 3. Lynn Camp | 31.2 |
| 4. Barbourville | 30.4 |
| 52ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bell County | 66.3 |
| 2. Harlan County | 59.1 |
| 3. Harlan | 46.1 |
| 4. Middlesboro | 23.1 |
| 53RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Letcher Central | 58.7 |
| 2. Knott Central | 56.2 |
| 3. June Buchanan | 19.6 |
| 4. Cordia | 13.4 |
| 54TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Perry Central | 61.3 |
| 2. Leslie County | 60.9 |
| 3. Hazard | 47.3 |
| 4. Buckhorn | 37.4 |
| 55TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Wolfe County | 46.3 |
| 2. Breathitt County | 39.7 |
| 3. Jackson City | 3.8 |
| 56TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Owsley County | 62.8 |
| 2. Estill County | 49.8 |
| 3. Powell County | 43.9 |
| 4. Lee County | 24.4 |
| 57TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Johnson Central | 65.2 |
| 2. Martin County | 60.3 |
| 3. Paintsville | 57.3 |
| 4. Magoffin County | 31.7 |
| 58TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Lawrence County | 73.8 |
| 2. Floyd Central | 65.3 |
| 3. Prestonsburg | 45.9 |
| 4. Betsy Layne | 40.3 |
| 59TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pikeville | 83.0 |
| 2. Shelby Valley | 40.5 |
| 3. Jenkins | 26.6 |
| 4. East Ridge | 18.6 |
| 60TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pike Central | 50.4 |
| 2. Belfry | 46.6 |
| 3. Phelps | 34.2 |
| 61ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Rowan County | 77.1 |
| 2. Menifee County | 59.4 |
| 3. Fleming County | 58.4 |
| 4. Bath County | 58.2 |
| 62ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Morgan County | 58.2 |
| 2. Elliott County | 45.7 |
| 3. East Carter | 45.2 |
| 4. West Carter | 44.4 |
| 63RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Russell | 79.5 |
| 2. Lewis County | 67.5 |
| 3. Greenup County | 61.2 |
| 4. Raceland | 41.2 |
| 64TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Ashland Blazer | 73.8 |
| 2. Boyd County | 70.5 |
| 3. Fairview | 6.6 |
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This story was originally published February 19, 2023 at 4:06 PM.