Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Butler girls a clear No. 1
Butler’s girls’ basketball team, which only has one loss this season, has nearly a four-point edge on No. 2 Mercer County in this week’s edition of Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State. Elizabethtown moved up from fifth to third while Franklin County is the 11th Region’s highest-ranked team at No. 12.
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Butler (23-1) | 91.5 | 1 |
2. Mercer County (18-6) | 87.6 | 2 |
3. Elizabethtown (19-2) | 87.5 | 5 |
4. Male (20-2) | 87.3 | t3 |
5. Simon Kenton (18-4) | 86.0 | t3 |
6. Sacred Heart (17-5) | 85.5 | 6 |
7. Mason County (16-4) | 84.4 | 8 |
8. Bullitt East (20-5) | 83.6 | 11 |
9. Holmes (17-3) | 83.5 | 10 |
10. Murray (17-4) | 83.2 | 9 |
10. Manual (15-6) | 83.2 | 7 |
12. Franklin Co. (17-5) | 82.8 | 12 |
13. Monroe Co. (22-2) | 81.6 | 14 |
13. Mercy (12-11) | 81.6 | 13 |
15. Henderson Co. (17-3) | 81.3 | 16 |
16. Clark County (18-3) | 81.2 | 17 |
17. Eastern (15-7) | 80.6 | 15 |
18. Harlan Co. (20-2) | 80.3 | t20 |
19. Boyd County (14-7) | 79.7 | NR |
20. Scott County (14-7) | 79.4 | 19 |
21. Conner (17-6) | 78.5 | NR |
22. Ryle (13-12) | 78.3 | NR |
23. Marshall Co. (20-4) | 78.1 | t20 |
24. Nelson Co. (18-2) | 77.8 | 24 |
25. Cooper (15-4) | 77.7 | NR |
Note: Sunday’s games not included
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Murray | 83.2 |
2. Marshall County | 78.1 |
3. Graves County | 76.7 |
4. Calloway County | 67.5 |
5. McCracken County | 52.1 |
6. Carlisle County | 51.5 |
7. Mayfield | 45.5 |
8. Paducah Tilghman | 37.6 |
9. Ballard Memorial | 33.6 |
10. Fulton County | 32.0 |
11. St. Mary | 30.7 |
12. Fulton City | 25.8 |
13. Hickman County | 22.1 |
14. Community Christian | 1.6 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Henderson County | 81.3 |
2. Hopkinsville | 75.2 |
3. Webster County | 71.4 |
4. Christian County | 65.1 |
5. Madisonville | 64.3 |
6. Crittenden County | 53.4 |
7. Lyon County | 51.2 |
8. Caldwell County | 49.1 |
9. Hopkins Central | 48.2 |
10. University Heights | 47.4 |
11. Union County | 44.7 |
12. Livingston Central | 41.6 |
13. Dawson Springs | 31.6 |
14. Trigg County | 24.1 |
15. Fort Campbell | 17.7 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Grayson County | 73.7 |
2. Apollo | 72.7 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 68.6 |
4. Edmonson County | 68.0 |
5. Muhlenberg County | 65.8 |
6. Breckinridge County | 65.4 |
7. Daviess County | 62.2 |
8. Meade County | 59.4 |
9. McLean County | 57.1 |
10. Owensboro | 53.6 |
11. Butler County | 47.9 |
12. Hancock County | 39.5 |
13. Whitesville Trinity | 32.1 |
14. Ohio County | 29.9 |
15. Cloverport | 12.9 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Monroe County | 81.6 |
2. South Warren | 77.3 |
3. Russell County | 74.3 |
4. Bowling Green | 74.0 |
5. Glasgow | 69.4 |
6. Barren County | 67.3 |
7. Greenwood | 63.6 |
8. Allen County | 63.2 |
9. Metcalfe County | 57.6 |
10. Warren Central | 55.4 |
11. Franklin-Simpson | 55.3 |
12. Logan County | 46.9 |
13. Cumberland County | 43.5 |
14. Clinton County | 42.3 |
15. Todd Central | 40.5 |
16. Warren East | 38.6 |
17. Russellville | 37.8 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 87.5 |
2. Nelson County | 77.8 |
3. John Hardin | 76.7 |
4. Green County | 72.6 |
5. Marion County | 64.7 |
6. Bardstown | 64.5 |
7. LaRue County | 56.1 |
8. Central Hardin | 54.5 |
9. North Hardin | 51.4 |
10. Taylor County | 51.0 |
11. Campbellsville | 50.3 |
12. Adair County | 44.3 |
13. Thomas Nelson | 42.9 |
14. Hart County | 42.0 |
15. Bethlehem | 41.3 |
16. Caverna | 35.6 |
17. Washington County | 24.4 |
18. Fort Knox | 8.4 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 91.5 |
2. Bullitt East | 83.6 |
3. Mercy | 81.6 |
4. North Bullitt | 71.2 |
5. Fern Creek | 60.0 |
6. Pleasure Ridge Park | 55.3 |
7. Fairdale | 51.2 |
8. Lou. Holy Cross | 51.0 |
9. Moore | 49.6 |
10. Bullitt Central | 39.0 |
11. Doss | 36.3 |
12. Valley | 32.2 |
13. Southern | 30.0 |
14. Jeffersontown | 26.6 |
15. Western | 24.3 |
16. Whitefield Academy | 23.0 |
17. Beth Haven | 8.7 |
18. Iroquois | 0.8 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Male | 87.3 |
2. Sacred Heart | 85.5 |
3. Manual | 83.2 |
4. Eastern | 80.6 |
5. Louisville Christian | 73.1 |
6. Assumption | 66.1 |
7. Central | 58.8 |
8. Presentation | 58.3 |
9. Ballard | 49.1 |
10. Shawnee | 44.2 |
11. Atherton | 34.4 |
12. Brown | 28.7 |
13. Waggener | 25.3 |
14. Country Day | 22.2 |
14. Seneca | 22.2 |
16. St. Francis | 17.5 |
17. Collegiate | 17.2 |
18. Portland Christian | 0.1 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 86.0 |
2. Anderson County | 76.5 |
3. Trimble County | 69.3 |
4. Collins | 62.7 |
5. Spencer County | 59.4 |
6. Walton-Verona | 59.0 |
7. Grant County | 57.3 |
8. South Oldham | 56.6 |
9. Owen County | 56.0 |
10. Shelby County | 55.9 |
11. Oldham County | 55.5 |
12. Williamstown | 53.4 |
13. Gallatin County | 50.4 |
14. Carroll County | 44.4 |
15. North Oldham | 39.7 |
16. Eminence | 29.6 |
17. Henry County | 27.8 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Holmes | 83.5 |
2. Conner | 78.5 |
3. Ryle | 78.3 |
4. Cooper | 77.7 |
5. Highlands | 77.2 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 70.6 |
7. Dixie Heights | 63.8 |
8. St. Henry | 63.3 |
9. Notre Dame | 63.2 |
10. Boone County | 60.4 |
11. Newport Catholic | 59.0 |
12. Beechwood | 50.4 |
13. Lloyd | 50.2 |
13. Ludlow | 50.2 |
15. Dayton | 46.9 |
16. Bellevue | 43.1 |
17. Newport | 41.3 |
18. Villa Madonna | 27.2 |
19. Latin | 10.3 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Mason County | 84.4 |
2. Clark County | 81.2 |
3. Campbell County | 76.1 |
4. Scott | 75.7 |
5. Nicholas County | 63.7 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 54.2 |
6. Bourbon County | 54.2 |
8. Bracken County | 49.0 |
9. Harrison County | 43.2 |
10. Montgomery County | 38.7 |
11. Paris | 38.5 |
12. Pendleton County | 32.6 |
13. Augusta | 23.0 |
14. Robertson County | 22.7 |
15. Calvary Christian | 22.2 |
16. St. Patrick | 17.4 |
17. Silver Grove | 0.5 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Franklin County | 82.8 |
2. Scott County | 79.4 |
3. Lafayette | 75.3 |
4. Madison Central | 72.9 |
5. Paul Dunbar | 72.2 |
6. Henry Clay | 70.1 |
7. Bryan Station | 64.4 |
8. Lexington Catholic | 54.6 |
9. Sayre | 53.9 |
10. Madison Southern | 52.4 |
11. Woodford County | 51.8 |
12. Western Hills | 48.8 |
13. Lexington Christian | 43.1 |
14. Berea | 42.5 |
15. Model | 39.8 |
16. Tates Creek | 37.7 |
17. Frankfort | 37.6 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Mercer County | 87.6 |
2. Lincoln County | 77.3 |
3. Southwestern | 71.8 |
4. Pulaski County | 70.9 |
5. Danville | 68.7 |
6. Boyle County | 68.0 |
7. Casey County | 66.7 |
8. Garrard County | 62.8 |
9. Wayne County | 62.7 |
10. West Jessamine | 62.1 |
11. Rockcastle County | 61.7 |
12. Somerset | 58.6 |
13. McCreary Central | 36.7 |
14. East Jessamine | 32.1 |
15. Burgin | 0.1 |
15. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. Harlan County | 80.3 |
2. Harlan | 70.2 |
3. Clay County | 69.4 |
4. South Laurel | 69.3 |
5. North Laurel | 63.5 |
6. Whitley County | 61.6 |
7. Corbin | 52.8 |
8. Pineville | 47.9 |
9. Williamsburg | 46.4 |
10. Bell County | 45.2 |
11. Knox Central | 42.3 |
12. Lynn Camp | 42.2 |
13. Jackson County | 41.4 |
14. Barbourville | 39.9 |
15. Middlesboro | 38.2 |
16. Oneida Baptist | 19.2 |
17. Red Bird | 7.0 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Perry Central | 69.6 |
2. Leslie County | 69.5 |
3. Knott Central | 68.3 |
4. Hazard | 57.3 |
5. Lee County | 56.1 |
6. Letcher Central | 55.4 |
7. Estill County | 51.5 |
8. Owsley County | 47.8 |
9. Powell County | 47.2 |
10. Breathitt County | 46.8 |
11. Wolfe County | 40.0 |
12. Buckhorn | 27.7 |
13. Jackson City | 24.5 |
14. Jenkins | 23.3 |
15. June Buchanan | 21.9 |
16. Riverside Christian | 14.6 |
17. Cordia | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 74.7 |
2. Johnson Central | 71.8 |
3. Paintsville | 68.2 |
4. Pikeville | 65.8 |
5. Pike Central | 58.2 |
6. Belfry | 55.0 |
7. South Floyd | 54.8 |
8. Sheldon Clark | 46.1 |
9. East Ridge | 45.9 |
10. Betsy Layne | 45.3 |
11. Magoffin County | 42.2 |
12. Prestonsburg | 39.8 |
13. Lawrence County | 38.7 |
14. Phelps | 30.7 |
15. Allen Central | 18.1 |
16. Piarist | 3.7 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 79.7 |
2. East Carter | 77.1 |
3. Russell | 73.4 |
4. Ashland Blazer | 59.5 |
5. Fleming County | 58.4 |
6. West Carter | 58.3 |
7. Menifee County | 57.2 |
8. Lewis County | 56.9 |
9. Rowan County | 55.7 |
10. Greenup County | 52.8 |
11. Morgan County | 44.4 |
12. Bath County | 40.0 |
13. Raceland | 38.7 |
14. Fairview | 26.2 |
15. Elliott County | 25.7 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 6.9 |
This story was originally published January 29, 2017 at 8:03 PM with the headline "Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State: Butler girls a clear No. 1."