Who cracked the latest boys high school basketball media rankings?

Below are the top 15 boys high school basketball teams of the 2024-25 season, according to the latest (Feb. 18) 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.

Boys Top 15

First-place votes in parentheses; records through Sunday’s games:

Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW

1. St. Xavier (16) 25-2 240 1

2. Great Crossing 24-4 221 2

3. Frederick Douglass 21-3 200 3

4. Bryan Station 21-5 170 4

5. Marshall County 26-1 161 5

6. Hazard 23-2 134 6

7. Calloway County 25-3 128 8

8. George Rogers Clark 22-4 121 7

9. Danville Christian 23-2 105 10

10. Warren Central 22-4 82 13

11. Manual 21-5 79 T11

12. Green County 19-3 58 9

13. Covington Catholic 19-7 56 T11

14. Butler 21-3 43 14

15. Ballard 17-9 21 NR

Others receiving votes: Clinton County 20, Adair County 16, Bowling Green 15, Cooper 14, North Oldham 12, Male 11, Woodford County 5, Ashland Blazer 4, Bell County 1, Henry Clay 1, Lloyd Memorial 1, South Oldham 1.

How @HLpreps voted

Region-by-region top fives

1st Region

Steve Springer, Murray Ledger & Times

1. Calloway County

2. Marshall County

3. St. Mary

4. Graves County

5. Paducah Tilghman

2nd Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Henderson County

2. Lyon County

3. Madisonville-North Hopkins

4. Caldwell County

5. University Heights

3rd Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Daviess County

2. Owensboro Catholic

3. Butler County

4. Grayson County

5. Breckinridge County

4th Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Warren Central

2. Bowling Green

3. Clinton County

4. Barren County

5. Cumberland County

5th Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. Green County

2. Adair County

3. Taylor County

4. LaRue County

5. North Hardin

6th Region

Demetrius Stanton, DeadStock Visuals

1. Butler

2. Jeffersontown

3. Pleasure Ridge Park

4. Bullitt East

5. Moore

7th Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal

1. St. Xavier

2. Male

3. Ballard

4. Trinity

5. Manual

8th Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. North Oldham

2. Simon Kenton

3. South Oldham

4. Walton-Verona

5. Spencer County

9th Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Covington Catholic

2. Cooper

3. Lloyd Memorial

4. Conner

5. Highlands

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

3. Campbell County

4. Mason County

5. Harrison County

11th Region

Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader

1. Great Crossing

2. Frederick Douglass

3. Bryan Station

4. Henry Clay

5. Lexington Catholic

12th Region

Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer

1. Danville Christian

2. Mercer County

3. West Jessamine

4. Lincoln County

5. Boyle County

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. Bell County

2. South Laurel

3. Harlan County

4. Corbin

5. North Laurel

14th Region

Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation

1. Hazard

2. Breathitt County

3. Jenkins

4. Perry County Central

5. Powell County

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Pikeville

2. Martin County

3. Johnson Central

4. Pike County Central

5. Paintsville

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Boyd County

2. Ashland Blazer

3. Raceland

4. Fleming County

5. Elliott County

Jared Peck

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Jared Peck, the Herald-Leader’s Digital Sports Writer, covers high school athletics and has been with the company as a writer and editor for more than 20 years. Support my work with a digital subscription