Who’s No. 1 in the latest girls high school basketball media rankings?
Below are the top 15 girls high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the Feb. 7 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.
Girls Top 15
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games:
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Sacred Heart (16) 17-7 240 1
2. Cooper 19-4 214 T2
3. George Rogers Clark 23-2 212 T2
4. Pikeville 19-3 172 4
5. Covington Holy Cross 20-5 159 6
6. McCracken County 19-3 142 7
7. Owensboro Catholic 17-4 135 8
8. Anderson County 20-2 133 5
9. Franklin-Simpson 22-1 107 9
10. Ashland Blazer 17-4 91 10
11. Butler 18-6 71 11
12. Ryle 15-7 44 13
13. (tie) North Laurel 17-4 39 14
13. (tie) Notre Dame 17-5 39 12
15. Franklin County 19-6 24 NR
Others receiving votes: Pulaski County 20, Johnson Central 19, Boyd County 15, Russell 9, Simon Kenton 7, Danville Christian 5, Meade County 5, Pineville 5, Bethlehem 4, Frederick Douglass 4, Assumption 2, Corbin 2, Central 1.
How @HLpreps voted
Region-by-region top fives
1st Region
Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun
1. McCracken County
2. Marshall County
3. Calloway County
4. Graves County
5. Mayfield
2nd Region
Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
1. Henderson County
2. Madisonville
3. Christian County
4. Lyon County
5. Crittenden County
3rd Region
Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Daviess County
3. Owensboro
4. Breckinridge County
5. Meade County
4th Region
Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
1. Franklin-Simpson
2. Bowling Green
3. Warren East
4. Barren County
5. Metcalfe County
5th Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. North Hardin
2. Bethlehem
3. Taylor County
4. Bardstown
5. Green County
6th Region
Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV
1. Butler
2. Whitefield Academy
3. Mercy
4. Bullitt East
5. Pleasure Ridge Park
7th Region
Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal
1. Sacred Heart
2. Assumption
3. Central
4. Manual
5. Christian Academy-Louisville
8th Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Anderson County
2. Grant County
3. Simon Kenton
4. Spencer County
5. South Oldham
9th Region
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Cooper
2. Covington Holy Cross
3. Ryle
4. Notre Dame
5. Highlands
10th Region
Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Montgomery County
3. Scott
4. Campbell County
5. Bishop Brossart
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Franklin County
2. Frederick Douglass
3. Henry Clay
4. Madison Central
5. Madison Southern
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Pulaski County
2. Danville Christian
3. West Jessamine
4. Southwestern
5. Rockcastle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. North Laurel
2. South Laurel
3. Corbin
4. Knox Central
5. Pineville
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Owsley County
2. Letcher County Central
3. Knott County Central
4. Perry County Central
5. Leslie County
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Johnson Central
3. Martin County
4. Paintsville
5. Shelby Valley
16th Region
James Collier, WLGC-FM
1. Ashland Blazer
2. Russell
3. Boyd County
4. Bath County
5. Fleming County
