High school basketball: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 boys teams in Kentucky (Jan. 21)
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| BOYS TOP 25 | Rating | Last week |
| 1. Great Crossing (19-1) | 84.5 | 2 |
| 1. Lyon County (18-1) | 84.5 | 1 |
| 3. Lexington Catholic (18-1) | 84.0 | 3 |
| 4. Bowling Green (16-4) | 83.0 | 5 |
| 5. Covington Catholic (15-4) | 82.8 | 4 |
| 6. North Oldham (16-2) | 82.4 | 9 |
| 7. Trinity (15-4) | 82.3 | 7 |
| 8. St. Xavier (16-2) | 82.2 | 6 |
| 8. Male (12-6) | 82.2 | 8 |
| 10. Newport (17-3) | 81.7 | 13 |
| 11. Bryan Station (15-1) | 81.6 | 10 |
| 12. Manual (14-2) | 81.1 | 11 |
| 13. Harlan County (18-2) | 81.0 | 12 |
| 14. Corbin (10-4) | 79.4 | 14 |
| 15. Evangel Christian (13-4) | 78.4 | t15 |
| 16. Ashland Blazer (11-5) | 78.3 | 17 |
| 17. Oldham County (14-5) | 78.2 | t15 |
| 17. DeSales (15-7) | 78.2 | 18 |
| 19. South Oldham (10-6) | 76.7 | 23 |
| 20. Frederick Douglass (12-5) | 76.0 | 20 |
| 21. Woodford County (13-3) | 75.6 | 21 |
| 22. George Rogers Clark (17-1) | 75.4 | 22 |
| 22. Campbell County (13-4) | 75.4 | 25 |
| 24. Christian Academy-Louisville (10-7) | 75.3 | 19 |
| 25. Mason County (11-6) | 74.9 | NR |
Ratings by region
| 1ST REGION | Rating |
| 1. McCracken County | 71.9 |
| 2. Marshall County | 69.3 |
| 3. Calloway County | 64.5 |
| 4. Graves County | 63.6 |
| 5. Murray | 63.4 |
| 6. Paducah Tilghman | 60.7 |
| 7. Mayfield | 59.7 |
| 8. St. Mary | 56.8 |
| 9. Carlisle County | 56.3 |
| 10. Ballard Memorial | 47.7 |
| 11. Fulton County | 26.4 |
| 12. Christian Fellowship | 24.8 |
| 13. Community Christian | 20.4 |
| 14. Hickman County | 18.5 |
| 15. Fulton City | 15.1 |
| 2ND REGION | |
| 1. Lyon County | 84.5 |
| 2. Henderson County | 72.6 |
| 3. University Heights | 67.6 |
| 4. Hopkinsville | 66.8 |
| 5. Christian County | 66.2 |
| 6. Madisonville | 58.8 |
| 7. Webster County | 58.4 |
| 8. Union County | 51.1 |
| 9. Caldwell County | 41.5 |
| 10. Dawson Springs | 41.0 |
| 11. Trigg County | 40.7 |
| 12. Hopkins Central | 40.0 |
| 13. Livingston Central | 35.9 |
| 14. Crittenden County | 33.1 |
| 15. Heritage Christian | 28.2 |
| 16. Fort Campbell | 25.5 |
| 3RD REGION | |
| 1. Butler County | 71.6 |
| 2. Daviess County | 70.6 |
| 3. Owensboro Catholic | 67.5 |
| 4. Owensboro | 67.3 |
| 5. Ohio County | 62.6 |
| 6. Grayson County | 54.1 |
| 7. McLean County | 51.7 |
| 8. Breckinridge County | 51.3 |
| 9. Apollo | 51.0 |
| 10. Meade County | 50.5 |
| 11. Edmonson County | 48.2 |
| 12. Muhlenberg County | 47.1 |
| 13. Hancock County | 44.6 |
| 14. Whitesville Trinity | 28.7 |
| 15. Cloverport | 5.5 |
| 4TH REGION | |
| 1. Bowling Green | 83.0 |
| 2. Warren Central | 69.7 |
| 3. Barren County | 66.3 |
| 4. Warren East | 63.5 |
| 5. Russell County | 60.2 |
| 6. Franklin-Simpson | 58.9 |
| 7. South Warren | 58.3 |
| 8. Clinton County | 57.9 |
| 9. Monroe County | 57.3 |
| 10. Greenwood | 56.8 |
| 11. Cumberland County | 52.5 |
| 12. Glasgow | 52.3 |
| 13. Logan County | 51.1 |
| 14. Todd Central | 48.5 |
| 15. Metcalfe County | 45.9 |
| 16. Russellville | 43.6 |
| 17. Allen County | 34.4 |
| 18. Foundation Christian | 13.0 |
| 5TH REGION | |
| 1. North Hardin | 73.9 |
| 2. Adair County | 72.6 |
| 3. LaRue County | 71.8 |
| 4. Central Hardin | 69.8 |
| 5. Elizabethtown | 68.5 |
| 6. Caverna | 65.8 |
| 7. Washington County | 65.6 |
| 8. Green County | 64.5 |
| 9. Taylor County | 63.3 |
| 10. Bardstown | 57.7 |
| 11. Hart County | 52.3 |
| 12. Bethlehem | 51.7 |
| 13. Campbellsville | 48.8 |
| 14. Nelson County | 39.1 |
| 15. John Hardin | 35.1 |
| 16. Marion County | 34.0 |
| 17. Fort Knox | 32.8 |
| 18. Thomas Nelson | 31.0 |
| 6TH REGION | |
| 1. Evangel Christian | 78.4 |
| 2. DeSales | 78.2 |
| 3. Butler | 74.8 |
| 4. Fairdale | 72.1 |
| 5. Louisville Holy Cross | 68.5 |
| 6. Bullitt East | 66.5 |
| 7. W.E.B. DuBois | 66.2 |
| 8. Pleasure Ridge Park | 65.6 |
| 9. Jeffersontown | 65.4 |
| 10. Beth Haven | 65.1 |
| 11. Moore | 64.8 |
| 12. Fern Creek | 64.2 |
| 13. Western | 53.5 |
| 14. North Bullitt | 46.9 |
| 15. Doss | 46.8 |
| 16. Bullitt Central | 46.2 |
| 17. Iroquois | 44.0 |
| 18. Southern | 41.9 |
| 19. Valley | 33.8 |
| 20. Whitefield Academy | 15.3 |
| 7TH REGION | |
| 1. Trinity | 82.3 |
| 2. Male | 82.2 |
| 2. St. Xavier | 82.2 |
| 4. Manual | 81.1 |
| 5. Christian Academy-Louisville | 75.3 |
| 6. Eastern | 73.2 |
| 7. Ballard | 70.0 |
| 8. Seneca | 63.3 |
| 9. Central | 56.6 |
| 10. Atherton | 55.3 |
| 11. Kentucky Country Day | 53.3 |
| 12. Waggener | 51.2 |
| 13. Highlands Latin | 46.6 |
| 14. Shawnee | 46.5 |
| 15. Collegiate | 39.0 |
| 16. Brown | 30.6 |
| 17. Portland Christian | 29.6 |
| 18. Francis Parker | 27.6 |
| 8TH REGION | |
| 1. North Oldham | 82.4 |
| 2. Oldham County | 78.2 |
| 3. South Oldham | 76.7 |
| 4. Woodford County | 75.6 |
| 5. Spencer County | 74.1 |
| 6. Walton-Verona | 72.9 |
| 7. Simon Kenton | 65.7 |
| 8. Grant County | 64.9 |
| 9. Gallatin County | 62.7 |
| 10. Owen County | 62.2 |
| 11. Shelby County | 58.1 |
| 12. Collins | 56.6 |
| 13. Anderson County | 56.5 |
| 14. Williamstown | 54.3 |
| 15. Henry County | 43.5 |
| 16. Carroll County | 36.4 |
| 17. Trimble County | 31.6 |
| 18. Eminence | 25.3 |
| 9TH REGION | |
| 1. Covington Catholic | 82.8 |
| 2. Newport | 81.7 |
| 3. Cooper | 74.3 |
| 4. Lloyd | 73.7 |
| 5. Boone County | 67.2 |
| 6. Ryle | 66.9 |
| 7. Covington Holy Cross | 64.3 |
| 8. Conner | 64.0 |
| 9. Highlands | 63.5 |
| 10. Dixie Heights | 62.9 |
| 11. Beechwood | 56.4 |
| 12. Newport Central Catholic | 54.6 |
| 13. St. Henry | 53.4 |
| 14. Bellevue | 41.8 |
| 15. Ludlow | 41.5 |
| 16. Holmes | 39.9 |
| 17. Villa Madonna | 32.2 |
| 18. Heritage Academy | 31.8 |
| 19. Dayton | 26.8 |
| 20. Covington Latin | 9.6 |
| 10TH REGION | |
| 1. Campbell County | 75.4 |
| 1. George Rogers Clark | 75.4 |
| 3. Mason County | 74.9 |
| 4. Scott | 65.9 |
| 5. Harrison County | 63.0 |
| 6. Augusta | 62.9 |
| 7. Montgomery County | 53.1 |
| 8. Bourbon County | 51.7 |
| 9. Pendleton County | 51.5 |
| 10. Nicholas County | 50.1 |
| 11. Paris | 47.0 |
| 12. Bishop Brossart | 43.4 |
| 13. Bracken County | 32.3 |
| 14. Calvary Christian | 27.6 |
| 15. Robertson County | 0.1 |
| 16. St. Patrick | 0.1 |
| 11TH REGION | |
| 1. Great Crossing | 84.5 |
| 2. Lexington Catholic | 84.0 |
| 3. Bryan Station | 81.6 |
| 4. Frederick Douglass | 76.0 |
| 5. Henry Clay | 73.9 |
| 6. Madison Southern | 72.5 |
| 7. Lexington Christian | 72.2 |
| 8. Madison Central | 70.1 |
| 9. Sayre | 69.4 |
| 10. Franklin County | 60.9 |
| 11. Tates Creek | 58.8 |
| 12. Scott County | 56.4 |
| 13. Lafayette | 55.8 |
| 14. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 55.5 |
| 15. Western Hills | 51.2 |
| 16. Berea | 44.9 |
| 17. Model | 41.1 |
| 18. Frankfort | 38.5 |
| 12TH REGION | |
| 1. Pulaski County | 70.7 |
| 2. Danville Christian | 69.3 |
| 3. Mercer County | 65.4 |
| 4. Somerset | 64.8 |
| 5. Lincoln County | 64.4 |
| 6. Rockcastle County | 63.9 |
| 7. Wayne County | 63.4 |
| 8. Boyle County | 61.4 |
| 9. East Jessamine | 55.0 |
| 10. Southwestern | 53.5 |
| 11. McCreary Central | 53.2 |
| 12. West Jessamine | 49.4 |
| 13. Danville | 46.3 |
| 14. Trinity Christian | 44.1 |
| 15. Garrard County | 41.9 |
| 16. Somerset Christian | 38.1 |
| 17. Casey County | 31.0 |
| 18. Burgin | 27.7 |
| 13TH REGION | |
| 1. Harlan County | 81.0 |
| 2. Corbin | 79.4 |
| 3. South Laurel | 71.7 |
| 4. North Laurel | 71.2 |
| 5. Clay County | 65.8 |
| 6. Bell County | 64.8 |
| 7. Whitley County | 61.2 |
| 8. Harlan | 57.2 |
| 9. Knox Central | 56.3 |
| 10. Pineville | 51.4 |
| 11. Williamsburg | 48.4 |
| 12. Middlesboro | 48.3 |
| 13. Jackson County | 46.6 |
| 14. Oneida | 39.5 |
| 15. Barbourville | 33.8 |
| 16. Lynn Camp | 30.6 |
| 17. Cornerstone Christian | 15.6 |
| 18. Red Bird | 5.2 |
| 14TH REGION | |
| 1. Hazard | 69.9 |
| 2. Breathitt County | 65.5 |
| 3. Perry Central | 65.3 |
| 4. Knott Central | 60.2 |
| 5. Estill County | 54.3 |
| 6. Letcher Central | 51.5 |
| 7. Wolfe County | 48.1 |
| 8. Powell County | 47.6 |
| 9. Leslie County | 41.1 |
| 10. Lee County | 35.1 |
| 11. Buckhorn | 33.9 |
| 12. Jackson City | 33.0 |
| 13. Owsley County | 29.5 |
| 14. Cordia | 2.2 |
| 15TH REGION | |
| 1. Pikeville | 69.6 |
| 2. Pike Central | 65.4 |
| 3. Martin County | 65.2 |
| 4. Magoffin County | 62.6 |
| 5. Floyd Central | 58.5 |
| 6. Paintsville | 57.4 |
| 7. Lawrence County | 57.0 |
| 8. Betsy Layne | 55.8 |
| 8. Shelby Valley | 55.8 |
| 10. Johnson Central | 54.9 |
| 11. Prestonsburg | 54.5 |
| 12. Belfry | 41.6 |
| 13. East Ridge | 40.0 |
| 14. Phelps | 32.1 |
| 15. Jenkins | 31.7 |
| 16TH REGION | |
| 1. Ashland Blazer | 78.3 |
| 2. Boyd County | 73.9 |
| 3. Morgan County | 68.4 |
| 4. Fleming County | 68.1 |
| 5. Rowan County | 66.7 |
| 6. Greenup County | 54.2 |
| 7. Russell | 52.8 |
| 8. East Carter | 51.7 |
| 9. Lewis County | 48.2 |
| 9. Raceland | 48.2 |
| 11. Menifee County | 43.4 |
| 12. Bath County | 39.2 |
| 13. Fairview | 36.9 |
| 14. West Carter | 35.8 |
| 15. Elliott County | 32.0 |
| 16. Rose Hill Christian | 11.2 |
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This story was originally published January 21, 2024 at 2:02 PM.