Rating the State: A change at No. 1, plus 3 teams move into boys’ top 10
This week’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Jan. 25, has Covington Catholic leading the top-25 teams in the state, followed by John Hardin, Ballard, South Oldham and McCracken County.
New to the top 25 this week is Jeffersontown.
Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Cov. Catholic (18-3) | 85.2 | 2 |
2. John Hardin (22-1) | 82.6 | 1 |
3. Ballard (18-2) | 82.1 | 3 |
4. South Oldham (16-6) | 81.8 | 8 |
5. McCracken Co. (16-4) | 79.7 | 5 |
6. Butler (12-6) | 79.3 | 17 |
7. Oldham Co. (18-2) | 79.2 | 7 |
8. Lex. Catholic (19-2) | 79.1 | 15 |
8. Male (17-4) | 79.1 | 12 |
10. Fern Creek (15-6) | 78.9 | 9 |
11. Ashland Blazer (20-0) | 78.8 | 6 |
11. Collins (17-4) | 78.8 | 4 |
13. Elizabethtown (16-1) | 78.2 | 10 |
13. Conner (13-5) | 78.2 | 18 |
15. Highlands (18-1) | 78.1 | 13 |
16. PRP (13-5) | 77.8 | 11 |
17. Henry Clay (13-5) | 77.6 | 22 |
18. Bowling Green (17-3) | 77.5 | t19 |
19. St. Henry (15-3) | 77.4 | 14 |
20. Bardstown (13-6) | 77.1 | 25 |
21. Pulaski Co. (17-3) | 76.2 | 24 |
22. Warren (13-6) | 75.2 | t19 |
23. Bourbon Co. (18-4) | 74.8 | 16 |
24. Jeffersontown (11-5) | 74.7 | NR |
25. Tates Creek (13-7) | 74.3 | t19 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 79.7 |
2. Marshall County | 70.8 |
3. Murray | 67.6 |
4. Paducah Tilghman | 66.8 |
5. Calloway County | 62.9 |
6. Graves County | 59.6 |
7. Mayfield | 59.0 |
8. Carlisle County | 49.4 |
9. St. Mary | 44.9 |
10. Fulton County | 42.2 |
11. Christian Fellowship | 31.7 |
12. Fulton City | 30.9 |
13. Hickman County | 28.5 |
14. Ballard Memorial | 26.8 |
15. Community Christian | 16.1 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Madisonville | 73.8 |
2. Webster County | 68.5 |
3. University Heights | 66.1 |
4. Christian County | 62.9 |
5. Hopkinsville | 60.1 |
6. Henderson County | 59.7 |
7. Caldwell County | 56.5 |
8. Lyon County | 53.6 |
9. Union County | 49.3 |
10. Crittenden County | 46.4 |
11. Hopkins Central | 44.5 |
12. Trigg County | 42.4 |
13. Dawson Springs | 35.5 |
14. Fort Campbell | 31.9 |
15. Livingston Central | 23.8 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 68.6 |
2. Muhlenberg County | 68.3 |
3. Ohio County | 65.9 |
4. Owensboro Catholic | 64.3 |
5. Breckinridge County | 61.8 |
6. McLean County | 51.9 |
7. Butler County | 51.8 |
8. Apollo | 51.3 |
9. Edmonson County | 49.2 |
10. Daviess County | 49.0 |
11. Grayson County | 47.8 |
12. Hancock County | 46.1 |
13. Meade County | 45.2 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 43.3 |
15. Cloverport | 20.1 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 77.5 |
2. Warren Central | 75.2 |
3. Logan County | 73.9 |
4. Barren County | 68.0 |
5. Greenwood | 66.8 |
6. South Warren | 64.8 |
7. Franklin-Simpson | 62.3 |
8. Glasgow | 62.1 |
9. Clinton County | 61.8 |
10. Allen County | 56.8 |
11. Metcalfe County | 54.3 |
12. Russell County | 50.4 |
13. Monroe County | 47.4 |
14. Cumberland County | 47.1 |
15. Warren East | 46.9 |
16. Todd Central | 41.1 |
17. Russellville | 39.6 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 82.6 |
2. Elizabethtown | 78.2 |
3. Bardstown | 77.1 |
4. LaRue County | 73.5 |
5. Marion County | 68.7 |
6. North Hardin | 65.8 |
7. Central Hardin | 59.6 |
8. Campbellsville | 52.9 |
9. Hart County | 51.3 |
10. Nelson County | 50.8 |
11. Taylor County | 49.7 |
12. Adair County | 47.9 |
13. Bethlehem | 47.1 |
14. Thomas Nelson | 45.0 |
15. Green County | 44.8 |
16. Washington County | 37.8 |
17. Caverna | 34.4 |
18. Fort Knox | 32.8 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Butler | 79.3 |
2. Fern Creek | 78.9 |
3. Pleasure Ridge Park | 77.8 |
4. Jeffersontown | 74.7 |
5. Doss | 70.3 |
6. DeSales | 69.8 |
7. North Bullitt | 68.1 |
8. Bullitt East | 66.3 |
9. Fairdale | 64.1 |
10. Moore | 62.5 |
11. Western | 60.4 |
12. Iroquois | 60.1 |
13. Bullitt Central | 59.7 |
14. Lou. Holy Cross | 57.7 |
15. Southern | 55.5 |
16. Valley | 53.6 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 45.5 |
18. Beth Haven | 30.6 |
19. Evangel | 7.6 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Ballard | 82.1 |
2. Male | 79.1 |
3. Trinity | 73.0 |
4. Seneca | 71.8 |
5. Waggener | 70.3 |
6. Eastern | 70.1 |
7. St. Xavier | 69.0 |
8. Manual | 67.9 |
9. Louisville Christian | 64.4 |
10. Collegiate | 62.0 |
11. Central | 60.7 |
12. Atherton | 54.5 |
13. Country Day | 51.0 |
14. Shawnee | 43.7 |
15. Walden | 36.3 |
16. St. Francis | 32.2 |
17. Portland Christian | 24.2 |
18. Brown | 23.5 |
8TH REGION | |
1. South Oldham | 81.8 |
2. Oldham County | 79.2 |
3. Collins | 78.8 |
4. Simon Kenton | 74.2 |
5. North Oldham | 71.1 |
6. Spencer County | 69.8 |
7. Grant County | 69.1 |
8. Woodford County | 67.8 |
9. Gallatin County | 61.6 |
10. Anderson County | 61.4 |
11. Walton-Verona | 58.1 |
12. Henry County | 49.2 |
13. Carroll County | 48.5 |
14. Owen County | 44.2 |
15. Shelby County | 42.8 |
16. Williamstown | 38.8 |
17. Trimble County | 35.9 |
18. Eminence | 19.8 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 85.2 |
2. Conner | 78.2 |
3. Highlands | 78.1 |
4. St. Henry | 77.4 |
5. Beechwood | 71.7 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 69.3 |
7. Cooper | 66.6 |
8. Newport | 65.0 |
9. Newport Catholic | 64.9 |
10. Lloyd | 63.8 |
11. Dixie Heights | 60.8 |
12. Holmes | 59.6 |
13. Ryle | 59.1 |
14. Boone County | 54.0 |
15. Ludlow | 43.7 |
16. Dayton | 31.5 |
17. Villa Madonna | 28.2 |
18. Bellevue | 18.2 |
19. Heritage Academy | 9.9 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Bourbon County | 74.8 |
2. Clark County | 73.1 |
3. Campbell County | 71.6 |
4. Bishop Brossart | 66.7 |
5. Mason County | 66.3 |
6. Montgomery County | 66.2 |
7. Robertson County | 63.5 |
8. Scott | 51.5 |
9. Paris | 50.8 |
10. Pendleton County | 50.7 |
11. Augusta | 50.6 |
12. Calvary Christian | 50.1 |
13. Harrison County | 44.9 |
14. Bracken County | 42.1 |
15. Nicholas County | 41.5 |
16. St. Patrick | 31.0 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 79.1 |
2. Henry Clay | 77.6 |
3. Tates Creek | 74.3 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 72.5 |
5. Scott County | 70.1 |
6. Paul Dunbar | 68.4 |
7. Madison Central | 67.5 |
8. Bryan Station | 67.2 |
9. Lexington Christian | 66.4 |
10. Lafayette | 65.5 |
11. Madison Southern | 64.9 |
12. Great Crossing | 61.9 |
13. Frankfort | 60.7 |
14. Franklin County | 56.4 |
14. Sayre | 56.4 |
16. Western Hills | 53.5 |
17. Berea | 47.3 |
18. Model | 46.6 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 0.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Pulaski County | 76.2 |
2. Lincoln County | 74.0 |
3. Somerset | 72.1 |
4. Danville | 71.8 |
5. West Jessamine | 70.7 |
6. East Jessamine | 67.8 |
7. Southwestern | 66.0 |
8. Wayne County | 64.5 |
9. Mercer County | 63.1 |
10. Boyle County | 60.5 |
11. McCreary Central | 52.8 |
12. Rockcastle County | 51.8 |
13. Garrard County | 47.3 |
14. Casey County | 44.5 |
15. Danville Christian | 28.8 |
16. Burgin | 23.0 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 71.8 |
2. Clay County | 71.7 |
3. North Laurel | 69.9 |
4. Knox Central | 68.8 |
5. Harlan County | 65.1 |
6. Corbin | 63.6 |
7. Bell County | 63.1 |
8. Middlesboro | 59.2 |
9. Williamsburg | 57.9 |
10. Harlan | 53.9 |
11. Lynn Camp | 52.4 |
12. Whitley County | 52.1 |
13. Barbourville | 50.9 |
14. Oneida Baptist | 49.8 |
15. Jackson County | 45.2 |
16. Pineville | 43.1 |
17. Red Bird | 37.9 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 65.9 |
2. Perry Central | 59.2 |
3. Knott Central | 59.0 |
4. Estill County | 57.1 |
5. Wolfe County | 54.1 |
6. Breathitt County | 53.9 |
7. Cordia | 52.6 |
8. Letcher Central | 47.8 |
9. Buckhorn | 47.3 |
10. Leslie County | 42.4 |
11. Jackson City | 36.3 |
12. Owsley County | 35.2 |
13. Powell County | 32.3 |
14. June Buchanan | 17.2 |
15. Lee County | 15.9 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 69.2 |
2. Johnson Central | 65.1 |
3. Paintsville | 62.0 |
4. Martin County | 60.7 |
5. Lawrence County | 59.8 |
6. Pikeville | 57.1 |
7. Magoffin County | 54.6 |
8. Betsy Layne | 52.7 |
9. Phelps | 51.5 |
10. Prestonsburg | 50.2 |
11. East Ridge | 47.3 |
12. Belfry | 47.2 |
13. Pike Central | 44.1 |
14. Floyd Central | 43.3 |
15. Jenkins | 11.4 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 78.8 |
2. Rowan County | 67.7 |
3. Boyd County | 66.0 |
4. Bath County | 57.6 |
5. Lewis County | 57.4 |
6. West Carter | 56.0 |
7. East Carter | 55.8 |
8. Raceland | 55.0 |
9. Russell | 54.4 |
10. Elliott County | 54.0 |
11. Greenup County | 52.9 |
12. Morgan County | 49.0 |
13. Menifee County | 43.6 |
14. Fleming County | 41.7 |
15. Fairview | 37.9 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 28.9 |