Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball (Jan. 19)
This week’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Jan. 19, has undefeated John Hardin leading the top-25 teams in the state, followed by Covington Catholic, Ballard, Collins and McCracken County. New to the top 25 this week was Bardstown. Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
Boys’ top 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. John Hardin (19-0) | 85.1 | 1 |
2. Cov. Catholic (15-3) | 84.7 | 2 |
3. Ballard (15-2) | 80.2 | 16 |
4. Collins (15-3) | 79.8 | 5 |
5. McCracken Co. (16-4) | 79.7 | 14 |
6. Ashland Blazer (18-0) | 79.6 | 3 |
7. Oldham Co. (16-2) | 78.9 | t6 |
8. South Oldham (13-6) | 78.5 | t6 |
9. Fern Creek (13-5) | 78.3 | 17 |
10. Elizabethtown (15-0) | 78.2 | 10 |
11. PRP (11-5) | 77.9 | 8 |
12. Male (15-4) | 77.6 | 4 |
13. Highlands (16-1) | 77.3 | t18 |
14. St. Henry (12-3) | 77.1 | 12 |
15. Lex. Catholic (17-2) | 77.0 | 9 |
16. Bourbon Co. (17-2) | 76.9 | 13 |
17. Butler (9-6) | 76.8 | 15 |
18. Conner (11-5) | 76.5 | t24 |
19. Bowling Green (14-3) | 76.4 | 22 |
19. Tates Creek (13-5) | 76.4 | 21 |
19. Warren Central (11-5) | 76.4 | 11 |
22. Henry Clay (11-5) | 75.4 | 20 |
23. Madisonville (15-3) | 75.2 | t18 |
24. Pulaski Co. (14-3) | 74.5 | 23 |
25. Bardstown (11-6) | 74.4 | NR |
Boys’ ratings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 79.7 |
2. Marshall County | 71.7 |
3. Paducah Tilghman | 67.1 |
4. Murray | 66.1 |
5. Calloway County | 63.8 |
6. Mayfield | 60.0 |
7. Graves County | 59.6 |
8. Carlisle County | 49.9 |
9. St. Mary | 44.4 |
10. Fulton County | 40.9 |
11. Fulton City | 30.6 |
12. Christian Fellowship | 29.5 |
13. Hickman County | 29.4 |
14. Ballard Memorial | 27.9 |
15. Community Christian | 14.7 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Madisonville | 75.2 |
2. University Heights | 69.1 |
3. Webster County | 66.0 |
4. Christian County | 61.1 |
5. Hopkinsville | 60.9 |
6. Caldwell County | 59.7 |
6. Henderson County | 59.7 |
8. Union County | 52.7 |
9. Lyon County | 51.8 |
10. Crittenden County | 46.8 |
11. Hopkins Central | 44.3 |
12. Trigg County | 42.6 |
13. Dawson Springs | 34.1 |
14. Fort Campbell | 31.9 |
15. Livingston Central | 24.3 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 68.8 |
2. Muhlenberg County | 67.9 |
3. Ohio County | 65.9 |
4. Owensboro Catholic | 63.6 |
5. Breckinridge County | 63.4 |
6. Butler County | 53.1 |
7. Apollo | 50.3 |
8. Daviess County | 50.0 |
9. McLean County | 49.8 |
10. Edmonson County | 48.6 |
11. Grayson County | 47.2 |
12. Hancock County | 46.5 |
13. Meade County | 45.2 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 43.1 |
15. Cloverport | 21.1 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 76.4 |
1. Warren Central | 76.4 |
3. Logan County | 72.9 |
4. Barren County | 69.9 |
5. Greenwood | 69.3 |
6. South Warren | 63.0 |
7. Franklin-Simpson | 62.2 |
8. Glasgow | 62.1 |
9. Clinton County | 60.4 |
10. Allen County | 56.9 |
11. Russell County | 55.4 |
12. Metcalfe County | 53.3 |
13. Cumberland County | 48.3 |
13. Monroe County | 48.3 |
15. Warren East | 46.1 |
16. Todd Central | 40.9 |
17. Russellville | 39.6 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 85.1 |
2. Elizabethtown | 78.2 |
3. Bardstown | 74.4 |
4. LaRue County | 72.0 |
5. Marion County | 70.4 |
6. North Hardin | 64.5 |
7. Central Hardin | 62.1 |
8. Taylor County | 56.5 |
9. Campbellsville | 53.4 |
10. Nelson County | 51.6 |
11. Hart County | 49.7 |
12. Adair County | 47.2 |
13. Thomas Nelson | 46.8 |
14. Bethlehem | 46.5 |
15. Green County | 42.4 |
16. Washington County | 38.6 |
17. Caverna | 34.9 |
18. Fort Knox | 30.7 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 78.3 |
2. Pleasure Ridge Park | 77.9 |
3. Butler | 76.8 |
4. Jeffersontown | 72.7 |
5. North Bullitt | 70.4 |
6. DeSales | 70.3 |
7. Doss | 70.1 |
8. Fairdale | 65.4 |
9. Western | 63.8 |
10. Bullitt East | 63.7 |
11. Moore | 61.3 |
12. Iroquois | 60.3 |
13. Bullitt Central | 58.9 |
14. Lou. Holy Cross | 58.3 |
15. Southern | 56.2 |
16. Valley | 52.9 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 44.4 |
18. Beth Haven | 27.4 |
19. Evangel | 5.5 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Ballard | 80.2 |
2. Male | 77.6 |
3. Trinity | 72.6 |
4. St. Xavier | 71.5 |
5. Eastern | 71.3 |
6. Seneca | 70.7 |
7. Manual | 70.6 |
8. Waggener | 69.0 |
9. Louisville Christian | 63.7 |
10. Collegiate | 62.0 |
11. Central | 60.6 |
12. Atherton | 54.6 |
13. Country Day | 50.7 |
14. Shawnee | 44.3 |
15. Walden | 37.1 |
16. St. Francis | 34.0 |
17. Portland Christian | 23.8 |
18. Brown | 22.6 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Collins | 79.8 |
2. Oldham County | 78.9 |
3. South Oldham | 78.5 |
4. Simon Kenton | 73.4 |
5. Spencer County | 72.0 |
6. Woodford County | 69.8 |
7. Grant County | 65.8 |
7. North Oldham | 65.8 |
9. Anderson County | 63.5 |
9. Gallatin County | 63.5 |
11. Walton-Verona | 61.1 |
12. Henry County | 49.4 |
13. Carroll County | 48.8 |
14. Shelby County | 45.5 |
15. Owen County | 44.2 |
16. Williamstown | 39.6 |
17. Trimble County | 33.4 |
18. Eminence | 19.1 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 84.7 |
2. Highlands | 77.3 |
3. St. Henry | 77.1 |
4. Conner | 76.5 |
5. Beechwood | 71.4 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 69.3 |
7. Cooper | 68.7 |
8. Newport Catholic | 66.3 |
9. Newport | 66.0 |
10. Lloyd | 65.3 |
11. Dixie Heights | 60.5 |
12. Holmes | 60.0 |
13. Ryle | 56.7 |
14. Boone County | 54.2 |
15. Ludlow | 43.6 |
16. Dayton | 28.5 |
17. Villa Madonna | 28.0 |
18. Bellevue | 19.6 |
19. Heritage Academy | 9.0 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Bourbon County | 76.9 |
2. Clark County | 72.3 |
3. Mason County | 69.7 |
4. Bishop Brossart | 68.4 |
5. Campbell County | 67.7 |
6. Montgomery County | 66.3 |
7. Robertson County | 62.6 |
8. Scott | 53.0 |
9. Calvary Christian | 51.8 |
10. Augusta | 51.4 |
11. Paris | 51.2 |
12. Pendleton County | 50.3 |
13. Harrison County | 44.9 |
14. Nicholas County | 43.7 |
15. Bracken County | 40.8 |
16. St. Patrick | 30.3 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 77.0 |
2. Tates Creek | 76.4 |
3. Henry Clay | 75.4 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 71.7 |
5. Paul Dunbar | 69.5 |
6. Bryan Station | 69.4 |
7. Scott County | 69.2 |
8. Madison Central | 66.6 |
9. Lexington Christian | 66.2 |
10. Madison Southern | 65.5 |
11. Lafayette | 65.4 |
12. Great Crossing | 60.1 |
13. Franklin County | 57.7 |
14. Frankfort | 56.2 |
15. Sayre | 54.0 |
16. Western Hills | 53.9 |
17. Model | 48.7 |
18. Berea | 46.9 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 0.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Pulaski County | 74.5 |
2. Lincoln County | 73.8 |
3. Danville | 71.8 |
4. Somerset | 71.7 |
5. West Jessamine | 71.4 |
6. East Jessamine | 69.5 |
7. Southwestern | 66.9 |
8. Wayne County | 65.5 |
9. Mercer County | 64.7 |
10. Boyle County | 62.8 |
11. McCreary Central | 52.1 |
12. Rockcastle County | 50.1 |
13. Garrard County | 47.5 |
14. Casey County | 44.6 |
15. Danville Christian | 28.8 |
16. Burgin | 20.1 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 73.1 |
2. Clay County | 72.0 |
3. North Laurel | 71.8 |
4. Knox Central | 69.9 |
5. Corbin | 64.3 |
6. Harlan County | 64.2 |
7. Bell County | 61.5 |
8. Williamsburg | 57.7 |
9. Middlesboro | 56.1 |
10. Barbourville | 53.2 |
11. Harlan | 53.1 |
12. Whitley County | 51.5 |
13. Lynn Camp | 51.3 |
14. Oneida Baptist | 50.9 |
15. Pineville | 43.9 |
16. Jackson County | 42.1 |
17. Red Bird | 39.4 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 65.6 |
2. Knott Central | 59.9 |
3. Perry Central | 59.7 |
4. Estill County | 57.7 |
5. Breathitt County | 56.2 |
6. Wolfe County | 53.6 |
7. Cordia | 52.6 |
8. Letcher Central | 47.2 |
9. Buckhorn | 45.3 |
10. Leslie County | 43.5 |
11. Owsley County | 36.8 |
12. Jackson City | 36.0 |
13. Powell County | 30.6 |
14. June Buchanan | 19.2 |
15. Lee County | 16.8 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 68.5 |
2. Johnson Central | 64.3 |
3. Paintsville | 61.9 |
4. Martin County | 59.8 |
5. Lawrence County | 58.7 |
5. Pikeville | 58.7 |
7. Magoffin County | 54.4 |
8. Phelps | 52.2 |
9. Prestonsburg | 50.6 |
10. Betsy Layne | 50.2 |
11. East Ridge | 48.2 |
12. Belfry | 47.5 |
13. Floyd Central | 45.3 |
14. Pike Central | 42.5 |
15. Jenkins | 12.6 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 79.6 |
2. Boyd County | 67.6 |
3. Rowan County | 65.6 |
4. West Carter | 59.8 |
5. Bath County | 56.1 |
6. East Carter | 56.0 |
7. Russell | 55.8 |
8. Greenup County | 54.9 |
9. Raceland | 54.4 |
10. Elliott County | 53.1 |
11. Lewis County | 53.0 |
12. Morgan County | 50.4 |
13. Menifee County | 41.9 |
14. Fleming County | 41.0 |
15. Fairview | 35.5 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 31.7 |
This story was originally published January 19, 2020 at 7:04 PM.