High School Sports

Who’s ranked in the final girls high school basketball media poll of the season?

Below are the top 15 girls high school basketball teams of the 2024-25 season, according to the latest (Feb. 24) 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)RecordPtsLW

1. Sacred Heart (16)…26-3…240…1

2. George Rogers Clark…20-7…214…2

3. Cooper…20-5…186…3

4. Franklin-Simpson…23-2…175…T4

5. Franklin County…23-5…162…T4

6. Simon Kenton…22-4…157…7

7. North Laurel…26-2…153…6

8. Assumption…20-5…141…8

9. Henderson County…23-5…88…9

10. Danville Christian…20-7…81…12

11. Madison Central…24-2…78…11

12. Frederick Douglass…20-7…69…10

13. (tie) Covington Holy Cross…24-6…43…14

13. (tie) Notre Dame…19-7…43…13

15. Graves County…27-2…38…15

Others receiving votes: South Laurel 17, Dixie Heights 11, Owensboro Catholic 9, Ashland Blazer 4, Johnson Central 4, Breckinridge County 3, Bethlehem 2, Lafayette 1, Taylor County 1.

Sacred Heart's ZaKiyah Johnson (11) dribbles around the defense of Assumption's Kyleigh Hall (10) during the second half of their game, Sunday, Jan. 19 2025 in Louisville Ky. Sacred Heart won 73-42.
Sacred Heart’s ZaKiyah Johnson (11) dribbles around the defense of Assumption’s Kyleigh Hall (10) during the second half of their game on Jan. 19 in Louisville. Timothy D. Easley USA TODAY NETWORK

How @HLpreps voted

1Sacred Heart
2George Rogers Clark
3North Laurel
4Simon Kenton
5Franklin County
6Assumption
7Cooper
8Franklin-Simpson
9Madison Central
10Danville Christian
11Henderson County
12

Covington Holy Cross

13Graves County
14Notre Dame
15Frederick Douglass

Region-by-region top fives

1st Region

Steve Springer, Murray Ledger & Times

1. Graves County

2. Marshall County

3. Calloway County

4. Mayfield

5. Fulton County

2nd Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Henderson County

2. Christian County

3. Crittenden County

4. Lyon County

5. Hopkins County Central

3rd Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Owensboro Catholic

2. Breckinridge County

3. Meade County

4. Owensboro

5. Daviess County

4th Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Franklin-Simpson

2. Metcalfe County

3. Barren County

4. Warren East

5. Bowling Green

5th Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. Taylor County

2. Bethlehem

3. Elizabethtown

4. Green County

5. Central Hardin

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. Central

4. Manual

5. Ballard

8th Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Simon Kenton

2. Anderson County

3. Walton-Verona

4. Woodford County

5. South Oldham

9th Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Dixie Heights

3. Notre Dame

4. Covington Holy Cross

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. Frederick Douglass

3. Madison Central

4. Lafayette

5. Lexington Christian

12th Region

Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer

1. Danville Christian

2. West Jessamine

3. Rockcastle County

4. Southwestern

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. Breathitt County

4. Perry County Central

5. Estill County

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Johnson Central

2. Pikeville

3. Martin County

4. Paintsville

5. Floyd Central

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Ashland Blazer

2. Rowan County

3. Russell

4. Boyd County

5. Raceland

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