Who’s No. 1 in the final girls high school basketball media rankings of 2023-24?
Below are the top 15 girls high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the Feb. 26 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) 22-7 240 1
2. Cooper 24-4 217 2
3. George Rogers Clark 25-4 195 3
4. Covington Holy Cross 25-5 170 4
5. (tie) Owensboro Catholic 25-4 146 6
5. (tie) Pikeville 23-5 146 5
7. Anderson County 27-2 130 8
8. Franklin-Simpson 27-1 123 9
9. McCracken County 24-5 122 7
10. Ashland Blazer 24-6 80 10
11. Franklin County 24-6 69 12
12. North Laurel 24-5 65 15
13. Russell 23-6 44 NR
14. Butler 21-8 41 11
15. Ryle 18-10 23 14
Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 21, Bethlehem 15, Corbin 13, Johnson Central 13, Danville Christian 8, Boyd County 7, Pulaski County 7, Manual 6, Simon Kenton 6, Meade County 5, Frederick Douglass 3, Assumption 2, Montgomery County 2, Henderson County 1.
How @HLpreps voted
Region-by-region top fives
1st Region
Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun
1. McCracken County
2. Calloway County
3. Marshall County
4. Graves County
5. Mayfield
2nd Region
Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
1. Christian County
2. Henderson County
3. Crittenden County
4. Lyon County
5. Madisonville
3rd Region
Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Daviess County
3. Breckinridge County
4. Owensboro
5. Meade County
4th Region
Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
1. Franklin-Simpson
2. Bowling Green
3. Barren County
4. Warren East
5. Russell County
5th Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. Bethlehem
2. Taylor County
3. North Hardin
4. Bardstown
5. Elizabethtown
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. Simon Kenton
3. Grant County
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. Campbell County
4. Bishop Brossart
5. Scott
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Franklin County
2. Frederick Douglass
3. Henry Clay
4. Madison Central
5. Tates Creek
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. Pulaski County
3. West Jessamine
4. Southwestern
5. Rockcastle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. North Laurel
2. Corbin
3. South Laurel
4. Knox Central
5. Pineville
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Letcher County Central
2. Leslie County
3. Owsley County
4. Perry County Central
5. Knott County Central
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Martin County
3. Johnson Central
4. Paintsville
5. Shelby Valley
16th Region
James Collier, WLGC-FM
1. Ashland Blazer
2. Russell
3. Boyd County
4. Fleming County
5. Bath County
This story was originally published February 26, 2024 at 5:00 AM.
