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Rating the State: CovCath boys, Butler girls are new No. 1 teams

Covington Catholic’s Cole VonHandorf celebrated a run in the first half against Campbell County during last year’s Sweet Sixteen tournament in Rupp Arena in Lexington.
Covington Catholic’s Cole VonHandorf celebrated a run in the first half against Campbell County during last year’s Sweet Sixteen tournament in Rupp Arena in Lexington. Herald-Leader

BOYS’ TOP 25

Rating

Last week

1. Covington Catholic (21-6)

83.5

2

2. Henry Clay (23-5)

82.8

t4

3. Doss (21-4)

81.8

t4

3. Paul Dunbar (22-6)

81.8

1

5. Bowling Green (23-2)

81.6

t7

5. Louisville Trinity (22-6)

81.6

15

7. Ballard (18-9)

81.3

12

8. Christian County (22-2)

81.1

3

9. Mercer County (27-1)

80.8

10

10. Scott County (25-3)

80.7

6

11. Newport Catholic (21-4)

80.5

11

12. Southwestern (22-3)

80.3

19

13. Oldham County (19-7)

79.9

13

13. Lexington Catholic (14-10)

79.9

22

15. Bullitt East (22-4)

79.3

9

16. South Laurel (20-5)

78.9

t17

17. Male (23-3)

78.4

14

18. Madison Central (16-10)

78.2

t25

19. Lafayette (17-8)

78.0

21

20. North Hardin (22-6)

77.2

16

21. Owen County (26-3)

76.7

t25

22. Fern Creek (16-10)

76.0

23

22. St. Xavier (17-9)

76.0

20

24. Lexington Christian (16-12)

75.9

NR

25. Waggener (13-10)

75.7

NR

BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION

1ST REGION

1. Murray

73.4

2. Paducah Tilghman

73.2

3. Graves County

69.9

4. McCracken County

65.6

5. Marshall County

58.7

6. Carlisle County

58.6

7. Mayfield

58.2

8. Ballard Memorial

52.3

9. Calloway County

51.3

10. St. Mary

48.4

11. Hickman County

45.3

12. Fulton County

35.1

13. Fulton City

28.5

14. Christian Fellowship

6.2

15. Community Christian

4.3

2ND REGION

1. Christian County

81.1

2. Hopkinsville

71.6

3. Madisonville

69.0

4. Henderson County

66.8

5. Webster County

65.5

6. University Heights

63.2

7. Trigg County

54.1

8. Caldwell County

41.8

9. Lyon County

41.6

10. Union County

41.4

11. Hopkins Central

35.5

12. Crittenden County

32.9

13. Livingston Central

32.2

14. Dawson Springs

30.7

15. Fort Campbell

28.6

3RD REGION

1. Owensboro Catholic

69.8

2. Daviess County

69.0

3. Meade County

67.2

4. Owensboro

65.4

5. Breckinridge County

64.1

6. Apollo

60.8

7. Muhlenberg County

59.8

8. Ohio County

57.8

9. Hancock County

55.5

10. Grayson County

53.9

11. McLean County

53.6

12. Edmonson County

52.8

13. Whitesville Trinity

45.4

14. Butler County

44.4

15. Cloverport

29.9

4TH REGION

1. Bowling Green

81.6

2. Warren Central

71.8

3. Barren County

69.9

4. Russellville

68.3

5. Russell County

64.5

6. Clinton County

64.3

6. Franklin-Simpson

64.3

8. South Warren

62.0

9. Warren East

57.2

10. Logan County

56.6

10. Monroe County

56.6

12. Greenwood

52.3

13. Todd Central

47.7

14. Glasgow

46.7

15. Allen County

45.4

16. Metcalfe County

40.7

17. Cumberland County

38.6

5TH REGION

1. North Hardin

77.2

2. Bardstown

73.9

3. Taylor County

71.5

4. Central Hardin

70.8

5. John Hardin

65.9

6. Green County

61.3

7. Caverna

58.9

8. Nelson County

57.9

9. Adair County

57.2

10. Elizabethtown

53.8

10. LaRue County

53.8

12. Marion County

52.6

13. Campbellsville

49.9

14. Washington County

48.4

15. Hart County

48.0

16. Bethlehem

45.9

17. Fort Knox

41.7

18. Thomas Nelson

30.9

6TH REGION

1. Doss

81.8

2. Bullitt East

79.3

3. Fern Creek

76.0

4. Valley

71.0

5. Pleasure Ridge Park

68.8

6. North Bullitt

68.5

7. Butler

68.4

8. Fairdale

63.7

8. Southern

63.7

10. Western

63.6

11. Moore

61.2

12. Jeffersontown

58.4

13. Lou. Holy Cross

52.8

14. Bullitt Central

52.0

15. DeSales

51.9

16. Iroquois

47.2

17. Beth Haven

45.1

18. Evangel

34.3

19. Whitefield Academy

18.4

7TH REGION

1. Trinity

81.6

2. Ballard

81.3

3. Male

78.4

4. St. Xavier

76.0

5. Waggener

75.7

6. Central

75.1

7. Eastern

74.2

8. Manual

72.6

9. Louisville Christian

68.0

10. Country Day

64.6

11. Seneca

53.3

12. Atherton

47.7

13. Shawnee

46.5

14. Collegiate

36.5

15. Portland Christian

23.0

16. Brown

18.1

17. St. Francis

15.9

18. Walden

9.4

8TH REGION

1. Oldham County

79.9

2. Owen County

76.7

3. South Oldham

72.9

4. Anderson County

65.8

5. North Oldham

62.8

6. Shelby County

62.6

7. Simon Kenton

61.7

8. Collins

61.2

9. Walton-Verona

59.6

10. Spencer County

56.8

11. Grant County

55.8

12. Henry County

53.4

13. Williamstown

50.2

14. Gallatin County

49.6

15. Carroll County

46.9

16. Eminence

44.9

17. Trimble County

24.6

9TH REGION

1. Covington Catholic

83.5

2. Newport Catholic

80.5

3. Cooper

72.9

4. Cov. Holy Cross

70.7

5. Conner

70.0

6. Holmes

69.2

7. Dixie Heights

67.3

8. Newport

62.0

9. St. Henry

61.9

10. Beechwood

60.9

11. Lloyd

60.6

12. Ryle

60.5

13. Highlands

54.8

14. Boone County

54.6

15. Ludlow

47.9

16. Bellevue

44.5

17. Dayton

40.2

18. Villa Madonna

33.9

19. Latin

4.0

20. Heritage Academy

3.9

10TH REGION

1. Campbell County

71.4

2. Montgomery County

70.6

3. Mason County

70.3

4. Paris

69.4

5. Bishop Brossart

66.9

6. Clark County

66.7

7. Augusta

65.6

8. Scott

63.1

9. Bracken County

60.6

10. Bourbon County

60.1

11. Pendleton County

58.1

12. Harrison County

55.8

13. St. Patrick

42.6

14. Nicholas County

41.1

15. Calvary Christian

27.7

16. Robertson County

22.8

17. Silver Grove

12.6

11TH REGION

1. Henry Clay

82.8

2. Paul Dunbar

81.8

3. Scott County

80.7

4. Lexington Catholic

79.9

5. Madison Central

78.2

6. Lafayette

78.0

7. Lexington Christian

75.9

8. Madison Southern

66.1

9. Bryan Station

65.8

10. Woodford County

62.9

11. Franklin County

62.4

12. Tates Creek

57.4

13. Frankfort

57.2

14. Model

53.4

15. Sayre

48.6

16. Western Hills

48.5

17. Berea

33.5

12TH REGION

1. Mercer County

80.8

2. Southwestern

80.3

3. Wayne County

73.5

4. West Jessamine

72.9

5. Pulaski County

69.7

6. Lincoln County

67.8

7. Boyle County

66.8

8. Rockcastle County

65.4

9. Danville

62.2

10. Casey County

60.4

11. Somerset

58.4

12. Garrard County

56.4

13. East Jessamine

50.2

14. McCreary Central

46.8

15. Burgin

32.9

16. Ky. School for Deaf

3.6

13TH REGION

1. South Laurel

78.9

2. North Laurel

73.5

3. Clay County

71.7

4. Corbin

69.3

5. Harlan County

68.4

6. Knox Central

67.4

7. Whitley County

64.0

8. Bell County

60.6

9. Barbourville

59.3

10. Harlan

48.9

11. Pineville

48.1

12. Jackson County

44.9

12. Lynn Camp

44.9

14. Oneida Baptist

42.5

15. Williamsburg

38.8

16. Middlesboro

20.8

17. Red Bird

10.2

14TH REGION

1. Perry Central

72.8

2. Hazard

67.0

3. Buckhorn

66.7

4. Letcher Central

64.1

5. Knott Central

61.6

6. June Buchanan

60.8

7. Breathitt County

56.4

8. Leslie County

55.1

9. Powell County

52.0

10. Wolfe County

47.8

11. Jackson City

46.8

12. Estill County

42.7

13. Lee County

28.8

14. Owsley County

24.8

15. Jenkins

11.0

16. Riverside Christian

2.9

15TH REGION

1. Lawrence County

72.9

2. Magoffin County

64.0

3. Johnson Central

62.4

4. Pike Central

55.8

5. Belfry

54.7

6. Sheldon Clark

53.4

7. South Floyd

52.9

8. Shelby Valley

52.8

9. Pikeville

52.2

10. East Ridge

52.1

11. Allen Central

47.0

12. Paintsville

46.6

13. Betsy Layne

44.0

14. Prestonsburg

43.7

15. Phelps

34.1

16. Piarist

0.1

16TH REGION

1. Morgan County

66.4

2. Elliott County

63.8

2. Rowan County

63.8

4. Boyd County

63.5

5. Greenup County

61.6

6. West Carter

61.2

7. Ashland Blazer

57.8

8. Lewis County

54.6

9. Fleming County

49.1

10. East Carter

47.6

11. Raceland

46.3

12. Fairview

44.7

13. Russell

42.1

14. Bath County

37.0

15. Menifee County

16.1

16. Rose Hill Christian

15.1

GIRLS’ TOP 25

Rating

Last week

1. Butler (20-5)

86.4

2

2. Elizabethtown (22-4)

86.0

1

3. Murray (27-1)

85.5

5

4. Mercer County (23-4)

85.4

4

5. Male (23-2)

85.1

3

6. Franklin County (22-3)

84.9

6

7. Mercy (17-10)

82.7

7

8. Bowling Green (24-3)

82.4

8

9. Southwestern (23-3)

82.0

t16

10. Holmes (21-4)

81.9

t11

10. Mason County (22-3)

81.9

15

12. Manual (16-6)

81.5

9

12. Sacred Heart (18-6)

81.5

10

14. Simon Kenton (18-5)

81.4

t13

15. Campbell County (18-7)

81.1

t13

16. Eastern (16-6)

80.7

t11

17. Owensboro Catholic (23-5)

80.5

18

17. South Warren (18-7)

80.5

22

19. Ryle (18-6)

80.3

t16

20. Monroe County (18-5)

79.9

20

21. Bullitt East (17-4)

79.6

21

22. Highlands (18-9)

78.9

25

23. Boyd County (19-5)

78.3

NR

24. East Carter (20-7)

77.7

24

25. Henry Clay (17-8)

76.3

19

GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION

1ST REGION

1. Murray

85.5

2. Graves County

74.7

3. McCracken County

72.9

4. Marshall County

72.4

5. Carlisle County

50.6

6. Calloway County

49.0

7. Paducah Tilghman

48.8

8. Mayfield

42.7

9. Ballard Memorial

36.1

9. Fulton County

36.1

11. Fulton City

25.9

12. St. Mary

24.5

13. Hickman County

20.1

14. Community Christian

1.4

15. Christian Fellowship

0.5

2ND REGION

1. Henderson County

75.0

2. Madisonville

72.2

3. Hopkinsville

70.9

4. Webster County

70.6

5. Hopkins Central

61.9

6. Christian County

56.1

7. Lyon County

55.8

8. Union County

49.9

9. Livingston Central

46.4

10. Crittenden County

46.2

11. University Heights

44.6

12. Caldwell County

40.1

13. Dawson Springs

30.9

14. Trigg County

30.1

15. Fort Campbell

23.1

3RD REGION

1. Owensboro Catholic

80.5

2. Daviess County

73.7

3. Grayson County

67.6

4. Breckinridge County

64.4

5. McLean County

61.3

6. Muhlenberg County

58.3

7. Edmonson County

57.8

8. Apollo

57.7

9. Hancock County

55.2

10. Meade County

53.5

11. Ohio County

53.1

12. Owensboro

52.4

13. Butler County

42.4

14. Whitesville Trinity

21.5

15. Cloverport

7.1

4TH REGION

1. Bowling Green

82.4

2. South Warren

80.5

3. Monroe County

79.9

4. Allen County

75.1

5. Glasgow

74.5

6. Russell County

71.6

7. Warren Central

64.1

8. Logan County

61.7

9. Greenwood

57.6

10. Barren County

56.1

11. Metcalfe County

52.7

12. Russellville

49.9

13. Franklin-Simpson

49.0

14. Todd Central

45.6

15. Cumberland County

44.7

16. Clinton County

40.0

17. Warren East

35.7

5TH REGION

1. Elizabethtown

86.0

2. Nelson County

72.0

3. John Hardin

69.3

4. Green County

65.2

5. North Hardin

64.9

6. Adair County

62.1

7. Bardstown

61.2

8. Thomas Nelson

60.1

9. Marion County

57.4

10. Central Hardin

49.8

11. Caverna

49.3

12. LaRue County

46.1

13. Taylor County

45.3

14. Hart County

38.1

15. Campbellsville

37.7

16. Bethlehem

36.7

17. Washington County

31.8

18. Fort Knox

11.1

6TH REGION

1. Butler

86.4

2. Mercy

82.7

3. Bullitt East

79.6

4. North Bullitt

72.2

5. Pleasure Ridge Park

69.0

6. Lou. Holy Cross

52.4

7. Bullitt Central

51.4

7. Fern Creek

51.4

9. Fairdale

47.6

10. Doss

43.4

11. Jeffersontown

39.5

12. Valley

35.9

13. Moore

28.2

14. Southern

28.1

15. Western

23.0

16. Whitefield Academy

10.6

17. Iroquois

9.7

18. Beth Haven

6.1

7TH REGION

1. Male

85.1

2. Manual

81.5

2. Sacred Heart

81.5

4. Eastern

80.7

5. Louisville Christian

74.9

6. Assumption

65.5

7. Central

65.2

8. Presentation

56.0

9. Ballard

43.0

10. Shawnee

42.6

11. Waggener

40.8

12. Atherton

37.7

13. Country Day

33.2

14. Collegiate

27.8

15. Seneca

21.7

16. Brown

21.0

17. St. Francis

4.0

18. Portland Christian

0.1

8TH REGION

1. Simon Kenton

81.4

2. Anderson County

71.8

3. Shelby County

67.1

4. Trimble County

66.4

5. Walton-Verona

65.3

6. Williamstown

59.9

7. Collins

57.2

8. Oldham County

57.1

9. Gallatin County

54.8

10. Grant County

52.3

11. Owen County

51.7

12. South Oldham

48.3

13. Spencer County

48.1

14. Carroll County

42.7

14. North Oldham

42.7

16. Henry County

40.1

17. Eminence

21.7

9TH REGION

1. Holmes

81.9

2. Ryle

80.3

3. Highlands

78.9

4. Newport Catholic

72.8

5. Notre Dame

72.5

6. Cov. Holy Cross

70.0

7. Conner

69.8

8. Cooper

66.1

9. Dixie Heights

61.7

10. Beechwood

60.7

11. Boone County

59.1

12. Newport

56.3

13. St. Henry

54.4

14. Lloyd

50.7

15. Dayton

42.2

16. Villa Madonna

41.7

17. Bellevue

40.0

18. Ludlow

38.8

19. Latin

12.9

20. Heritage

0.1

10TH REGION

1. Mason County

81.9

2. Campbell County

81.1

3. Scott

72.3

4. Clark County

71.9

5. Bracken County

60.5

6. Bourbon County

60.2

7. Bishop Brossart

57.0

8. Montgomery County

55.2

9. Nicholas County

53.1

10. Harrison County

40.2

11. Pendleton County

38.8

12. Paris

33.5

13. Robertson County

27.7

14. Calvary Christian

23.5

15. Augusta

22.7

16. St. Patrick

22.0

17. Silver Grove

1.6

11TH REGION

1. Franklin County

84.9

2. Henry Clay

76.3

3. Scott County

74.9

4. Lafayette

74.0

5. Madison Southern

67.4

6. Bryan Station

64.1

7. Madison Central

60.1

8. Lexington Catholic

58.7

9. Frankfort

57.0

10. Paul Dunbar

56.7

11. Western Hills

54.3

12. Woodford County

53.2

13. Sayre

49.1

14. Tates Creek

45.9

15. Berea

36.9

16. Lexington Christian

36.7

17. Model

32.0

12TH REGION

1. Mercer County

85.4

2. Southwestern

82.0

3. Lincoln County

72.7

4. Boyle County

71.3

5. Pulaski County

67.8

6. Danville

65.2

7. East Jessamine

60.5

8. Wayne County

60.4

9. Rockcastle County

59.5

10. Garrard County

58.8

11. Casey County

54.9

12. Somerset

49.1

13. West Jessamine

47.2

14. McCreary Central

41.3

15. Burgin

14.0

16. Ky. School for Deaf

0.1

13TH REGION

1. Harlan

73.3

2. North Laurel

70.3

3. Harlan County

68.9

4. Corbin

61.5

5. Clay County

60.9

6. Bell County

59.6

7. Knox Central

56.1

8. South Laurel

54.9

9. Whitley County

48.0

10. Lynn Camp

45.6

11. Middlesboro

45.4

12. Jackson County

43.3

13. Pineville

42.3

14. Williamsburg

36.6

15. Oneida Baptist

34.7

16. Barbourville

34.6

17. Red Bird

7.2

14TH REGION

1. Knott Central

65.5

2. Leslie County

61.2

3. Breathitt County

59.0

4. Perry Central

58.2

5. Jenkins

53.7

6. Powell County

50.9

7. Hazard

47.3

8. June Buchanan

47.0

9. Letcher Central

46.5

10. Estill County

45.6

11. Jackson City

45.5

12. Owsley County

45.4

13. Lee County

42.7

14. Wolfe County

41.1

15. Buckhorn

35.9

16. Riverside Christian

4.0

17. Cordia

1.6

15TH REGION

1. Shelby Valley

69.2

2. Johnson Central

65.7

3. Magoffin County

62.6

4. Pikeville

59.8

5. Paintsville

52.2

6. Belfry

49.2

7. East Ridge

49.0

8. Betsy Layne

46.6

9. South Floyd

42.1

10. Pike Central

41.6

11. Prestonsburg

38.7

12. Sheldon Clark

38.3

13. Lawrence County

34.6

14. Phelps

22.3

15. Allen Central

10.1

16. Piarist

2.7

16TH REGION

1. Boyd County

78.3

2. East Carter

77.7

3. Rowan County

72.3

4. Ashland Blazer

65.8

5. Russell

64.7

6. Menifee County

62.8

7. Fleming County

53.8

8. Lewis County

50.5

9. Greenup County

49.5

10. West Carter

46.6

11. Raceland

46.0

12. Bath County

45.3

13. Fairview

44.0

14. Morgan County

43.9

15. Rose Hill Christian

16.7

16. Elliott County

16.6

This story was originally published February 14, 2016 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Rating the State: CovCath boys, Butler girls are new No. 1 teams."

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