Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for girls’ high school basketball (Jan. 19)
This week’s Rating the State for girls’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Jan. 19, has Sacred Heart leading the top 25 teams in the state, followed by Elizabethtown, Simon Kenton and Christian Academy of Louisville in a tie, and Anderson County. New to the top 25 this week was Henderson County and Ashland Blazer. Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
Girls’ top 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Sacred Heart (14-1) | 88.2 | 1 |
2. Elizabethtown (16-2) | 85.6 | 2 |
3. Simon Kenton (18-2) | 84.7 | 3 |
3. Lou. Christian (16-2) | 84.7 | 6 |
5. Anderson Co. (16-3) | 84.1 | 8 |
5. Mercy (12-5) | 84.1 | 4 |
7. Bullitt East (13-3) | 83.8 | 7 |
8. Ryle (8-8) | 83.4 | 5 |
9. Bethlehem (17-2) | 82.6 | 11 |
10. Butler (15-3) | 82.5 | 9 |
11. Notre Dame (14-3) | 81.7 | 19 |
11. Casey Co. (13-5) | 81.7 | 10 |
13. Manual (11-4) | 81.5 | t14 |
14. Bowling Green (14-5) | 81.3 | 13 |
14. Scott County (11-5) | 81.3 | 25 |
16. Highlands (8-6) | 81.2 | 12 |
17. Russell (12-5) | 81.0 | 16 |
17. Assumption (12-6) | 81.0 | t23 |
19. South Laurel (13-4) | 80.7 | t20 |
20. Mercer Co. (13-4) | 80.6 | 18 |
21. Boyd County (12-6) | 80.4 | t20 |
22. Franklin Co. (15-3) | 80.3 | t20 |
22. Henderson Co. (8-6) | 80.3 | NR |
24. Conner (14-5) | 79.7 | 17 |
25. Ashland Blazer (11-5) | 79.4 | NR |
Girls’ ratings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. Graves County | 78.5 |
2. Marshall County | 76.1 |
3. Calloway County | 71.1 |
4. McCracken County | 69.0 |
5. Murray | 63.1 |
6. Mayfield | 58.4 |
7. Hickman County | 48.1 |
8. Carlisle County | 45.0 |
9. Paducah Tilghman | 44.2 |
10. Ballard Memorial | 34.1 |
11. Fulton City | 29.0 |
12. Christian Fellowship | 19.3 |
13. Community Christian | 14.7 |
14. Fulton County | 10.9 |
15. St. Mary | 5.7 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Henderson County | 80.3 |
2. Madisonville | 76.8 |
3. Webster County | 69.1 |
4. Christian County | 56.3 |
5. Hopkinsville | 53.0 |
6. Trigg County | 50.4 |
7. Union County | 50.1 |
8. Caldwell County | 48.1 |
9. Hopkins Central | 46.1 |
10. Crittenden County | 44.4 |
11. Lyon County | 42.1 |
12. University Heights | 41.4 |
13. Dawson Springs | 35.8 |
14. Livingston Central | 24.4 |
15. Fort Campbell | 1.3 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Muhlenberg County | 73.0 |
2. Owensboro Catholic | 70.8 |
3. Meade County | 69.2 |
4. Apollo | 68.2 |
5. Breckinridge County | 67.1 |
6. Edmonson County | 59.2 |
7. Grayson County | 57.9 |
8. McLean County | 57.8 |
9. Ohio County | 55.0 |
10. Owensboro | 50.0 |
11. Daviess County | 47.9 |
12. Hancock County | 46.1 |
13. Butler County | 44.3 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 40.4 |
15. Cloverport | 25.7 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 81.3 |
2. Barren County | 74.9 |
3. Glasgow | 72.3 |
4. Warren East | 63.1 |
5. South Warren | 62.5 |
6. Greenwood | 58.0 |
6. Russell County | 58.0 |
8. Logan County | 52.7 |
9. Metcalfe County | 50.0 |
10. Allen County | 48.9 |
11. Warren Central | 47.3 |
12. Monroe County | 47.2 |
13. Franklin-Simpson | 42.6 |
14. Russellville | 41.5 |
15. Clinton County | 37.8 |
16. Cumberland County | 35.3 |
17. Todd Central | 25.0 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 85.6 |
2. Bethlehem | 82.6 |
3. Marion County | 76.0 |
4. Bardstown | 74.6 |
5. Central Hardin | 69.1 |
6. Green County | 61.8 |
7. North Hardin | 59.9 |
8. Thomas Nelson | 59.7 |
9. Campbellsville | 56.8 |
10. Hart County | 50.1 |
11. Caverna | 49.6 |
11. John Hardin | 49.6 |
13. Nelson County | 48.3 |
14. LaRue County | 47.7 |
15. Taylor County | 42.8 |
16. Adair County | 39.0 |
17. Fort Knox | 30.6 |
18. Washington County | 30.3 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Mercy | 84.1 |
2. Bullitt East | 83.8 |
3. Butler | 82.5 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 71.9 |
5. Lou. Holy Cross | 48.4 |
6. Bullitt Central | 46.1 |
7. Moore | 43.3 |
8. North Bullitt | 33.8 |
9. Iroquois | 31.9 |
10. Fern Creek | 23.5 |
11. Whitefield Academy | 16.8 |
12. Fairdale | 16.1 |
13. Doss | 12.0 |
14. Western | 11.3 |
15. Southern | 6.5 |
16. Beth Haven | 0.2 |
17. Valley | 0.1 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 88.2 |
2. Louisville Christian | 84.7 |
3. Manual | 81.5 |
4. Assumption | 81.0 |
5. Central | 77.8 |
6. Male | 66.3 |
7. Eastern | 55.7 |
8. Ballard | 55.1 |
9. Collegiate | 47.7 |
10. Presentation | 41.0 |
11. Brown | 31.5 |
12. St. Francis | 25.0 |
13. Portland Christian | 22.6 |
14. Atherton | 19.7 |
15. Country Day | 17.9 |
16. Waggener | 15.2 |
17. Shawnee | 12.8 |
18. Seneca | 7.7 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 84.7 |
2. Anderson County | 84.1 |
3. Walton-Verona | 73.2 |
4. North Oldham | 69.5 |
5. Owen County | 68.5 |
6. Oldham County | 66.1 |
7. South Oldham | 65.8 |
7. Spencer County | 65.8 |
9. Grant County | 64.8 |
10. Collins | 60.6 |
11. Woodford County | 57.0 |
12. Shelby County | 52.3 |
13. Williamstown | 51.3 |
14. Gallatin County | 43.7 |
15. Trimble County | 41.0 |
16. Carroll County | 39.6 |
17. Eminence | 35.8 |
18. Henry County | 29.5 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 83.4 |
2. Notre Dame | 81.7 |
3. Highlands | 81.2 |
4. Conner | 79.7 |
5. Dixie Heights | 74.4 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 68.9 |
7. Newport Catholic | 67.8 |
8. Boone County | 66.0 |
9. Cooper | 63.1 |
10. St. Henry | 62.7 |
11. Ludlow | 55.6 |
12. Lloyd | 50.6 |
13. Holmes | 39.8 |
14. Dayton | 38.2 |
15. Beechwood | 36.3 |
16. Bellevue | 35.8 |
17. Villa Madonna | 32.6 |
18. Newport | 10.3 |
19. Latin | 8.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Campbell County | 77.2 |
2. Clark County | 75.3 |
3. Bishop Brossart | 74.5 |
4. Paris | 63.8 |
5. Scott | 60.5 |
6. Mason County | 59.3 |
7. Bourbon County | 58.5 |
8. Harrison County | 50.6 |
9. Montgomery County | 49.8 |
10. Nicholas County | 48.6 |
11. Pendleton County | 36.7 |
12. St. Patrick | 33.1 |
13. Robertson County | 29.5 |
14. Augusta | 26.5 |
15. Bracken County | 18.4 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 81.3 |
2. Franklin County | 80.3 |
3. Paul Dunbar | 75.6 |
4. Great Crossing | 65.8 |
5. Madison Southern | 61.6 |
6. Tates Creek | 55.8 |
7. Lexington Catholic | 55.3 |
8. Henry Clay | 55.2 |
9. Lafayette | 52.6 |
10. Madison Central | 52.0 |
11. Bryan Station | 48.5 |
12. Berea | 48.3 |
13. Frankfort | 46.1 |
14. Western Hills | 41.6 |
15. Lexington Christian | 39.5 |
16. Model | 38.4 |
17. Frederick Douglass | 37.9 |
18. Sayre | 36.1 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 1.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Casey County | 81.7 |
2. Mercer County | 80.6 |
3. Southwestern | 77.6 |
4. Rockcastle County | 77.3 |
5. Wayne County | 70.6 |
6. Danville | 69.1 |
7. Pulaski County | 68.6 |
8. Lincoln County | 62.9 |
9. Somerset | 57.7 |
10. Boyle County | 54.7 |
11. Garrard County | 54.4 |
12. East Jessamine | 48.9 |
13. McCreary Central | 48.4 |
14. West Jessamine | 37.1 |
15. Danville Christian | 28.8 |
16. Burgin | 11.0 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 80.7 |
2. North Laurel | 77.2 |
3. Clay County | 66.0 |
4. Bell County | 61.8 |
5. Harlan County | 60.0 |
6. Williamsburg | 57.8 |
7. Jackson County | 54.6 |
8. Corbin | 54.1 |
9. Knox Central | 53.4 |
10. Whitley County | 52.6 |
11. Pineville | 48.3 |
12. Harlan | 37.9 |
13. Barbourville | 36.3 |
14. Middlesboro | 34.5 |
15. Red Bird | 28.4 |
16. Lynn Camp | 22.2 |
17. Oneida Baptist | 13.6 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Letcher Central | 67.3 |
2. Knott Central | 62.2 |
3. Hazard | 60.1 |
4. Wolfe County | 58.7 |
5. Leslie County | 56.8 |
5. Perry Central | 56.8 |
7. Owsley County | 55.7 |
8. Powell County | 44.0 |
9. Estill County | 40.0 |
10. Buckhorn | 33.3 |
11. Jackson City | 30.1 |
12. Breathitt County | 29.9 |
13. Riverside Christian | 22.6 |
14. June Buchanan | 19.4 |
15. Lee County | 16.5 |
16. Cordia | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Pikeville | 71.8 |
2. Shelby Valley | 68.5 |
3. Belfry | 63.6 |
4. Floyd Central | 63.4 |
5. Johnson Central | 60.0 |
6. Martin County | 57.8 |
7. Pike Central | 56.5 |
8. Lawrence County | 55.7 |
9. Phelps | 49.6 |
10. Paintsville | 43.5 |
11. East Ridge | 43.1 |
12. Prestonsburg | 42.4 |
13. Betsy Layne | 38.2 |
14. Jenkins | 36.1 |
15. Magoffin County | 32.5 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Russell | 81.0 |
2. Boyd County | 80.4 |
3. Ashland Blazer | 79.4 |
4. West Carter | 72.3 |
5. Rowan County | 66.0 |
6. East Carter | 62.4 |
7. Lewis County | 53.8 |
8. Fleming County | 51.3 |
9. Menifee County | 50.9 |
10. Morgan County | 49.3 |
11. Fairview | 49.0 |
12. Elliott County | 45.9 |
13. Raceland | 44.6 |
14. Bath County | 43.6 |
15. Greenup County | 41.5 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 20.4 |
This story was originally published January 19, 2020 at 7:10 PM.