Who’s No. 1 in the latest boys high school basketball media rankings of 2024?
Below are the top 15 boys high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the first (Jan. 10) poll of media members from each of Kentucky’s 16 regions as compiled by the Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes. Teams are listed with first-place votes, records, total rankings points and last week’s ranking. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted and the media’s region-by-region top fives.
Boys Top 15
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Great Crossing (10) 14-1 233 1
2. Lyon County (6) 15-1 230 2
3. Lexington Catholic 15-1 197 3
4. Trinity 14-3 179 4
5. Covington Catholic 10-4 147 5
6. Newport 13-3 135 7
7. Manual 13-1 117 8
8. Evangel Christian 11-3 114 6
9. St. Xavier 12-2 97 10
10. Harlan County 15-2 94 9
11. Bowling Green 13-4 84 11
12. George Rogers Clark 14-1 66 T12
13. DeSales 14-5 54 T12
14. Frederick Douglass 9-4 46 14
15. Woodford County 12-2 45 15
Others receiving votes: Henry Clay 36, Male 21, Ashland Blazer 5, Corbin 4, Bryan Station 3, Henderson County 3, North Oldham 3, McCracken County 2, South Laurel 2, Bell County 1, Cooper 1, Hazard 1.
How @HLpreps voted
Region-by-region top fives
1st Region
Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun
1. McCracken County
2. Murray
3. Graves County
4. Marshall County
5. Paducah Tilghman
2nd Region
Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
1. Lyon County
2. Henderson County
3. University Heights
4. Webster County
5. Madisonville-North Hopkins
3rd Region
Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
1. Daviess County
2. Owensboro Catholic
3. Butler County
4. Owensboro
5. Ohio County
4th Region
Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
1. Bowling Green
2. Warren Central
3. Barren County
4. Russell County
5. Warren East
5th Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. North Hardin
2. Elizabethtown
3. LaRue County
4. Adair County
5. Washington County
6th Region
Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV
1. Evangel Christian
2. DeSales
3. Fairdale
4. Butler
5. Louisville Holy Cross
7th Region
Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal
1. Trinity
2. Manual
3. Male
4. St. Xavier
5. Christian Academy-Louisville
8th Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. North Oldham
2. Woodford County
3. Walton-Verona
4. Anderson County
5. Oldham County
9th Region
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Covington Catholic
2. Newport
3. Lloyd Memorial
4. Cooper
5. Boone County
10th Region
Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Campbell County
3. Mason County
4. Bourbon County
5. Augusta
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Great Crossing
2. Lexington Catholic
3. Henry Clay
4. Bryan Station
5. Frederick Douglass
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. Somerset
3. Wayne County
4. Pulaski County
5. Boyle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. Harlan County
2. Bell County
3. South Laurel
4. Corbin
5. Whitley County
14th Region
Nate Johnson, WYMT-TV
1. Perry County Central
2. Hazard
3. Breathitt County
4. Knott County Central
5. Letcher County Central
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Martin County
3. Pike County Central
4. Lawrence County
5. Floyd Central
16th Region
James Collier, WLGC-FM
1. Boyd County
2. Fleming County
3. Rowan County
4. Ashland Blazer
5. Morgan County
This story was originally published January 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM.
