High school basketball: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 girls teams in Kentucky (Jan. 7)
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| GIRLS TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. George Rogers Clark (14-1) | 88.5 | 1 |
| 2. Cooper (14-3) | 86.7 | 2 |
| 3. Pikeville (10-1) | 85.0 | 3 |
| 4. Sacred Heart (10-4) | 84.9 | 4 |
| 5. McCracken County (13-2) | 84.0 | 5 |
| 6. Covington Holy Cross (11-4) | 82.2 | 8 |
| 7. Anderson County (13-1) | 81.9 | 6 |
| 8. Franklin County (12-5) | 81.8 | t9 |
| 9. Boyd County (11-4) | 81.7 | 11 |
| 10. Franklin-Simpson (13-0) | 80.9 | 12 |
| 10. North Laurel (9-3) | 80.9 | t9 |
| 12. Pulaski County (12-4) | 80.6 | 7 |
| 13. Rockcastle County (12-3) | 80.3 | 17 |
| 14. Butler (11-4) | 80.2 | 18 |
| 15. Ryle (10-5) | 79.9 | 15 |
| 16. Danville Christian (14-1) | 79.0 | NR |
| 17. Frederick Douglass (8-5) | 78.9 | 20 |
| 18. Russell (10-4) | 78.5 | 19 |
| 19. Christian Academy-Louisville (10-4) | 78.3 | 24 |
| 20. Central (12-3) | 78.2 | 22 |
| 20. Owensboro Catholic (10-2) | 78.2 | t13 |
| 22. Highlands (8-5) | 78.0 | NR |
| 23. Notre Dame (12-2) | 77.9 | t13 |
| 24. Ashland Blazer (7-4) | 77.8 | 23 |
| 25. Manual (10-3) | 77.7 | NR |
Ratings by region
| 1ST REGION | Rating |
| 1. McCracken County | 84.0 |
| 2. Marshall County | 64.6 |
| 3. Calloway County | 63.6 |
| 4. Graves County | 58.8 |
| 5. Mayfield | 50.7 |
| 6. Carlisle County | 49.1 |
| 7. Fulton County | 46.6 |
| 8. Paducah Tilghman | 42.6 |
| 9. Ballard Memorial | 41.1 |
| 10. Christian Fellowship | 39.5 |
| 11. Murray | 33.4 |
| 12. Hickman County | 30.4 |
| 13. St. Mary | 21.3 |
| 14. Fulton City | 15.5 |
| 15. Community Christian | 15.3 |
| 2ND REGION | |
| 1. Henderson County | 70.8 |
| 2. Christian County | 60.5 |
| 3. Lyon County | 60.3 |
| 4. Madisonville | 60.0 |
| 5. Hopkins Central | 57.3 |
| 6. Crittenden County | 54.8 |
| 7. Union County | 52.6 |
| 8. Hopkinsville | 50.9 |
| 9. Livingston Central | 49.2 |
| 10. Caldwell County | 45.3 |
| 11. Webster County | 43.8 |
| 12. Trigg County | 28.4 |
| 13. Dawson Springs | 12.1 |
| 14. Heritage Christian | 4.3 |
| 15. Fort Campbell | 2.3 |
| 3RD REGION | |
| 1. Owensboro Catholic | 78.2 |
| 2. Meade County | 75.6 |
| 3. Owensboro | 74.7 |
| 4. Breckinridge County | 74.4 |
| 5. Daviess County | 74.1 |
| 6. Edmonson County | 56.8 |
| 7. Hancock County | 52.7 |
| 8. Grayson County | 50.9 |
| 9. Butler County | 48.9 |
| 10. Muhlenberg County | 48.2 |
| 11. Apollo | 45.6 |
| 12. Ohio County | 38.8 |
| 13. McLean County | 36.1 |
| 14. Whitesville Trinity | 26.9 |
| 15. Cloverport | 8.6 |
| 4TH REGION | |
| 1. Franklin-Simpson | 80.9 |
| 2. Bowling Green | 76.7 |
| 3. Barren County | 70.9 |
| 4. Warren East | 67.1 |
| 5. Russell County | 60.3 |
| 6. Greenwood | 60.0 |
| 7. Metcalfe County | 59.9 |
| 8. South Warren | 59.4 |
| 9. Allen County | 59.3 |
| 10. Cumberland County | 58.2 |
| 11. Logan County | 56.7 |
| 12. Monroe County | 55.4 |
| 13. Todd Central | 55.3 |
| 14. Glasgow | 52.3 |
| 15. Clinton County | 48.3 |
| 16. Warren Central | 41.3 |
| 17. Russellville | 17.3 |
| 5TH REGION | |
| 1. Bethlehem | 74.3 |
| 2. Bardstown | 73.4 |
| 3. North Hardin | 71.5 |
| 4. Taylor County | 70.6 |
| 5. Elizabethtown | 68.9 |
| 6. Hart County | 64.2 |
| 7. Green County | 63.0 |
| 8. John Hardin | 62.1 |
| 9. Central Hardin | 54.3 |
| 10. Nelson County | 53.0 |
| 11. Thomas Nelson | 51.7 |
| 12. Adair County | 48.0 |
| 13. Marion County | 43.4 |
| 14. Campbellsville | 38.9 |
| 15. LaRue County | 35.1 |
| 16. Washington County | 30.4 |
| 17. North Hardin Classical | 13.7 |
| 18. Caverna | 5.5 |
| 19. Fort Knox | 1.3 |
| 6TH REGION | |
| 1. Butler | 80.2 |
| 2. Bullitt East | 75.7 |
| 3. Mercy | 73.0 |
| 4. Whitefield Academy | 72.5 |
| 5. North Bullitt | 59.8 |
| 6. Pleasure Ridge Park | 59.6 |
| 7. Bullitt Central | 56.2 |
| 8. Louisville Holy Cross | 49.5 |
| 9. Grace James | 48.6 |
| 10. Valley | 35.8 |
| 11. Fern Creek | 27.5 |
| 12. Southern | 24.4 |
| 13. Moore | 21.2 |
| 14. Fairdale | 13.0 |
| 15. Western | 10.5 |
| 16. Jeffersontown | 8.3 |
| 17. Iroquois | 7.4 |
| 18. Doss | 5.6 |
| 19. Beth Haven | 0.1 |
| 7TH REGION | |
| 1. Sacred Heart | 84.9 |
| 2. Christian Academy-Louisville | 78.3 |
| 3. Central | 78.2 |
| 4. Manual | 77.7 |
| 5. Assumption | 76.2 |
| 6. Ballard | 62.9 |
| 7. Male | 62.5 |
| 8. Shawnee | 50.4 |
| 9. Collegiate | 30.3 |
| 10. Portland Christian | 27.8 |
| 11. Brown | 24.5 |
| 12. Eastern | 23.6 |
| 12. Seneca | 23.6 |
| 14. Presentation | 20.2 |
| 15. Highlands Latin | 19.1 |
| 16. Waggener | 13.5 |
| 17. Atherton | 8.0 |
| 18. Francis Parker | 1.2 |
| 19. Kentucky Country Day | 0.1 |
| 8TH REGION | |
| 1. Anderson County | 81.9 |
| 2. Simon Kenton | 76.3 |
| 3. Grant County | 72.8 |
| 4. Spencer County | 68.8 |
| 5. South Oldham | 66.8 |
| 6. Walton-Verona | 57.1 |
| 7. North Oldham | 49.5 |
| 8. Oldham County | 47.3 |
| 9. Owen County | 46.3 |
| 10. Woodford County | 42.3 |
| 11. Gallatin County | 42.1 |
| 11. Trimble County | 42.1 |
| 13. Collins | 35.8 |
| 14. Henry County | 33.6 |
| 15. Carroll County | 31.6 |
| 16. Eminence | 26.4 |
| 17. Shelby County | 22.8 |
| 18. Williamstown | 13.5 |
| 9TH REGION | |
| 1. Cooper | 86.7 |
| 2. Covington Holy Cross | 82.2 |
| 3. Ryle | 79.9 |
| 4. Highlands | 78.0 |
| 5. Notre Dame | 77.9 |
| 6. Dixie Heights | 72.6 |
| 7. Conner | 71.6 |
| 8. Newport Central Catholic | 67.2 |
| 9. St. Henry | 58.8 |
| 10. Bellevue | 50.1 |
| 11. Lloyd | 47.3 |
| 12. Beechwood | 42.4 |
| 13. Ludlow | 41.8 |
| 14. Boone County | 41.4 |
| 15. Villa Madonna | 25.4 |
| 16. Dayton | 25.0 |
| 17. Holmes | 22.2 |
| 18. Newport | 19.5 |
| 19. Covington Latin | 6.5 |
| 10TH REGION | |
| 1. George Rogers Clark | 88.5 |
| 2. Montgomery County | 72.9 |
| 3. Bishop Brossart | 69.9 |
| 4. Scott | 65.6 |
| 5. Campbell County | 64.5 |
| 6. Mason County | 60.2 |
| 7. Nicholas County | 59.8 |
| 8. Augusta | 55.5 |
| 9. Bracken County | 53.4 |
| 10. Bourbon County | 44.8 |
| 11. Paris | 43.0 |
| 12. Pendleton County | 42.0 |
| 13. Robertson County | 34.6 |
| 14. Harrison County | 31.4 |
| 15. St. Patrick | 14.2 |
| 11TH REGION | |
| 1. Franklin County | 81.8 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass | 78.9 |
| 3. Henry Clay | 73.0 |
| 4. Madison Central | 72.6 |
| 5. Madison Southern | 67.1 |
| 6. Lafayette | 65.3 |
| 7. Bryan Station | 62.8 |
| 8. Great Crossing | 58.4 |
| 9. Scott County | 57.4 |
| 10. Tates Creek | 55.4 |
| 11. Lexington Christian | 51.8 |
| 12. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 51.1 |
| 13. Berea | 50.8 |
| 14. Lexington Catholic | 49.9 |
| 15. Western Hills | 46.7 |
| 16. Frankfort | 37.2 |
| 17. Model | 21.7 |
| 18. Sayre | 21.5 |
| 12TH REGION | |
| 1. Pulaski County | 80.6 |
| 2. Rockcastle County | 80.3 |
| 3. Danville Christian | 79.0 |
| 4. Southwestern | 71.2 |
| 5. West Jessamine | 65.5 |
| 6. Boyle County | 65.4 |
| 6. Mercer County | 65.4 |
| 8. Wayne County | 62.6 |
| 9. Danville | 61.3 |
| 10. Lincoln County | 52.2 |
| 11. McCreary Central | 50.0 |
| 12. Casey County | 45.1 |
| 13. Somerset | 44.7 |
| 14. Garrard County | 38.3 |
| 15. East Jessamine | 33.6 |
| 16. Burgin | 31.8 |
| 13TH REGION | |
| 1. North Laurel | 80.9 |
| 2. South Laurel | 77.3 |
| 3. Corbin | 74.7 |
| 4. Knox Central | 71.4 |
| 5. Jackson County | 71.2 |
| 6. Pineville | 66.0 |
| 7. Bell County | 64.0 |
| 8. Harlan County | 58.9 |
| 9. Harlan | 56.8 |
| 10. Whitley County | 50.1 |
| 11. Clay County | 38.0 |
| 12. Barbourville | 36.7 |
| 13. Williamsburg | 29.0 |
| 14. Middlesboro | 27.0 |
| 15. Lynn Camp | 20.5 |
| 16. Oneida | 7.2 |
| 14TH REGION | |
| 1. Owsley County | 67.5 |
| 2. Knott Central | 64.8 |
| 2. Leslie County | 64.8 |
| 4. Perry Central | 63.2 |
| 5. Letcher Central | 62.0 |
| 6. Hazard | 54.5 |
| 7. Estill County | 51.6 |
| 8. Breathitt County | 47.5 |
| 9. Powell County | 44.1 |
| 10. Wolfe County | 42.3 |
| 11. Buckhorn | 23.6 |
| 12. Lee County | 19.6 |
| 13. June Buchanan | 12.1 |
| 14. Jackson City | 7.2 |
| 15. Cordia | 2.6 |
| 15TH REGION | |
| 1. Pikeville | 85.0 |
| 2. Johnson Central | 69.3 |
| 3. Lawrence County | 67.2 |
| 4. Martin County | 64.4 |
| 5. Paintsville | 63.3 |
| 6. Pike Central | 53.5 |
| 7. Betsy Layne | 52.0 |
| 8. Prestonsburg | 49.1 |
| 9. Floyd Central | 47.0 |
| 10. Shelby Valley | 44.8 |
| 11. Belfry | 42.4 |
| 12. Phelps | 34.0 |
| 13. Magoffin County | 29.8 |
| 14. Jenkins | 23.3 |
| 15. East Ridge | 18.9 |
| 16TH REGION | |
| 1. Boyd County | 81.7 |
| 2. Russell | 78.5 |
| 3. Ashland Blazer | 77.8 |
| 4. Rowan County | 66.7 |
| 5. Bath County | 64.1 |
| 6. Fleming County | 61.7 |
| 7. Morgan County | 56.7 |
| 8. Menifee County | 55.2 |
| 9. East Carter | 54.8 |
| 10. Raceland | 51.1 |
| 11. Elliott County | 45.6 |
| 12. Greenup County | 45.1 |
| 13. Lewis County | 43.1 |
| 14. West Carter | 36.9 |
| 15. Fairview | 2.7 |
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This story was originally published January 7, 2024 at 11:36 AM.