Who cracked the latest girls high school basketball media rankings?
Below are the top 15 girls high school basketball teams of the 2024-25 season, according to the latest (Feb. 4) 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 and 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 Sunday’s games:
Rank-school (FPV)…Record…Pts…LW
1. Sacred Heart (16) 18-2 240 1
2. George Rogers Clark 14-6 202 2
3. Cooper 14-4 187 4
4. Franklin County 20-3 186 3
5. Franklin-Simpson 18-2 165 6
6. Assumption 16-3 149 7
7. North Laurel 17-1 136 5
8. Madison Central 21-0 134 8
9. Frederick Douglass 16-4 92 12
10. Henderson County 18-4 88 11
11. Danville Christian 17-6 64 14
12. Covington Holy Cross 20-3 61 10
13. Simon Kenton 15-4 56 13
14. Bethlehem 16-4 47 9
15. Notre Dame 15-4 44 15
Others receiving votes: Dixie Heights 22, Graves County 22, Ashland Blazer 8, Johnson Central 5, Calloway County 4, Taylor County 3, Highlands 2, Owensboro Catholic 2, Valley 1.
How @HLpreps voted
| 1 | Sacred Heart |
| 2 | George Rogers Clark |
| 3 | Franklin County |
| 4 | Cooper |
| 5 | Assumption |
| 6 | North Laurel |
| 7 | Madison Central |
| 8 | Danville Christian |
| 9 | Frederick Douglass |
| 10 | Franklin-Simpson |
| 11 | Henderson County |
| 12 | Holy Cross (Covington) |
| 13 | Graves County |
| 14 | Simon Kenton |
| 15 | Notre Dame |
Region-by-region top fives
1st Region
Steve Springer, Murray Ledger & Times
1. Graves County
2. Calloway County
3. Marshall County
4. Mayfield
5. Fulton County
2nd Region
Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
1. Henderson County
2. Crittenden County
3. Christian County
4. Lyon County
5. Union County
3rd Region
Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
1. Meade County
2. Breckinridge County
3. Owensboro Catholic
4. Owensboro
5. Edmonson County
4th Region
Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
1. Franklin-Simpson
2. Barren County
3. Metcalfe County
4. Warren East
5. Bowling Green
5th Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. Bethlehem
2. Taylor County
3. Elizabethtown
4. Green County
5. Campbellsville
6th Region
Alyx White, Rise Up Sports Media
1. Butler
2. Whitefield Academy
3. Bullitt East
4. Mercy
5. Valley
7th Region
Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal
1. Sacred Heart
2. Assumption
3. Manual
4. Central
5. Ballard
8th Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Simon Kenton
2. Anderson County
3. Walton-Verona
4. Spencer County
5. Woodford County
8th Region
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Cooper
2. Covington Holy Cross
3. Dixie Heights
4. Notre Dame
5. Highlands
10th Region
Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Campbell County
3. Bishop Brossart
4. Scott
5. Montgomery County
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Franklin County
2. Madison Central
3. Frederick Douglass
4. Lafayette
5. Lexington Christian
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. West Jessamine
3. Southwestern
4. Rockcastle County
5. Pulaski County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. North Laurel
2. South Laurel
3. Knox Central
4. Corbin
5. Bell County
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Knott County Central
2. Hazard
3. Owsley County
4. Perry County Central
5. Breathitt County
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Johnson Central
2. Floyd Central
3. Martin County
4. Paintsville
5. Pikeville
16th Region
James Collier, WLGC-FM
1. Ashland Blazer
2. Rowan County
3. Russell
4. Boyd County
5. Menifee County
