Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball (Feb. 2)
This week’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Feb. 2, has Covington Catholic at No. 1. John Hardin, Bardstown, Male and Ballard round out the top five.
Ballard surged from 20th to third this week.
New to the top 25 this week was Trinity and Madisonville.
Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Cov. Catholic (20-4) | 86.1 | 1 |
2. John Hardin (23-1) | 83.2 | 2 |
3. Bardstown (16-6) | 81.3 | 20 |
4. Male (19-4) | 81.1 | t8 |
5. Ballard (19-3) | 80.9 | 3 |
6. Fern Creek (17-6) | 80.8 | 10 |
7. Butler (13-6) | 80.6 | 6 |
8. Oldham County (21-2) | 80.2 | 7 |
9. Lex. Catholic (20-2) | 80.0 | t8 |
10. Elizabethtown (18-1) | 79.7 | t13 |
11. South Oldham (16-7) | 79.6 | 4 |
12. Collins (18-5) | 79.3 | t11 |
13. Conner (15-5) | 78.7 | t13 |
14. Bowling Green (19-4) | 77.1 | 18 |
15. McCracken Co. (19-4) | 77.0 | 5 |
16. Ashland Blazer (23-0) | 76.6 | t11 |
17. Jeffersontown (13-5) | 76.5 | 24 |
18. Henry Clay (16-5) | 76.4 | 17 |
19. Trinity (13-10) | 76.2 | NR |
20. PRP (14-7) | 76.1 | 16 |
21. Madisonville (20-3) | 76.0 | NR |
21. St. Henry (17-3) | 76.0 | 19 |
23. Highlands (19-2) | 75.9 | 15 |
24. Warren Central (15-6) | 75.6 | 22 |
25. Bourbon Co. (19-4) | 75.3 | 23 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 77.0 |
2. Marshall County | 72.5 |
3. Murray | 68.1 |
4. Paducah Tilghman | 66.9 |
5. Graves County | 63.0 |
6. Calloway County | 61.3 |
7. Mayfield | 60.6 |
8. Carlisle County | 48.6 |
9. St. Mary | 46.1 |
10. Fulton County | 42.2 |
11. Christian Fellowship | 32.7 |
12. Fulton City | 31.7 |
13. Hickman County | 28.6 |
14. Ballard Memorial | 28.1 |
15. Community Christian | 12.3 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Madisonville | 76.0 |
2. University Heights | 67.4 |
3. Webster County | 66.6 |
4. Christian County | 64.4 |
5. Henderson County | 61.4 |
6. Hopkinsville | 58.8 |
7. Caldwell County | 55.5 |
8. Lyon County | 54.2 |
9. Union County | 47.3 |
10. Hopkins Central | 45.8 |
11. Crittenden County | 42.7 |
12. Trigg County | 42.5 |
13. Dawson Springs | 38.7 |
14. Fort Campbell | 29.7 |
15. Livingston Central | 25.5 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 67.8 |
2. Ohio County | 66.3 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 65.3 |
4. Owensboro Catholic | 63.5 |
5. Breckinridge County | 60.9 |
6. Butler County | 53.8 |
7. McLean County | 53.6 |
8. Apollo | 52.2 |
9. Daviess County | 49.3 |
10. Edmonson County | 48.3 |
11. Hancock County | 47.3 |
11. Meade County | 47.3 |
13. Grayson County | 46.8 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 42.3 |
15. Cloverport | 21.3 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 77.1 |
2. Warren Central | 75.6 |
3. Logan County | 72.8 |
4. Barren County | 70.3 |
5. South Warren | 66.1 |
6. Greenwood | 65.5 |
7. Clinton County | 61.9 |
8. Glasgow | 60.4 |
9. Franklin-Simpson | 59.7 |
10. Allen County | 58.2 |
11. Russell County | 52.3 |
12. Cumberland County | 49.7 |
13. Metcalfe County | 49.6 |
14. Monroe County | 48.6 |
15. Warren East | 46.6 |
16. Todd Central | 41.4 |
17. Russellville | 38.3 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 83.2 |
2. Bardstown | 81.3 |
3. Elizabethtown | 79.7 |
4. LaRue County | 72.5 |
5. Marion County | 70.2 |
6. North Hardin | 62.7 |
7. Central Hardin | 61.5 |
8. Taylor County | 57.6 |
9. Campbellsville | 54.4 |
10. Hart County | 50.3 |
11. Adair County | 48.8 |
12. Nelson County | 48.7 |
13. Bethlehem | 47.8 |
14. Green County | 46.3 |
15. Thomas Nelson | 45.0 |
16. Caverna | 37.9 |
17. Washington County | 36.8 |
18. Fort Knox | 32.9 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 80.8 |
2. Butler | 80.6 |
3. Jeffersontown | 76.5 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 76.1 |
5. DeSales | 71.8 |
6. Doss | 70.8 |
7. Bullitt East | 68.9 |
8. North Bullitt | 66.2 |
9. Western | 62.3 |
10. Fairdale | 62.2 |
11. Moore | 61.4 |
12. Iroquois | 61.1 |
13. Bullitt Central | 58.5 |
14. Lou. Holy Cross | 56.7 |
15. Southern | 56.0 |
16. Valley | 53.9 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 45.1 |
18. Beth Haven | 28.5 |
19. Evangel | 7.5 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Male | 81.1 |
2. Ballard | 80.9 |
3. Trinity | 76.2 |
4. Waggener | 72.7 |
5. Eastern | 72.1 |
6. Seneca | 70.3 |
7. St. Xavier | 67.5 |
8. Manual | 66.3 |
9. Collegiate | 63.8 |
10. Louisville Christian | 60.8 |
11. Central | 57.8 |
12. Atherton | 55.0 |
13. Country Day | 51.3 |
14. Shawnee | 43.2 |
15. Walden | 36.5 |
16. St. Francis | 32.6 |
17. Brown | 24.9 |
18. Portland Christian | 23.1 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 80.2 |
2. South Oldham | 79.6 |
3. Collins | 79.3 |
4. Simon Kenton | 73.7 |
5. North Oldham | 71.8 |
6. Grant County | 70.8 |
7. Spencer County | 70.7 |
8. Woodford County | 65.3 |
9. Anderson County | 62.1 |
10. Walton-Verona | 57.9 |
11. Gallatin County | 57.4 |
12. Henry County | 50.5 |
13. Carroll County | 47.2 |
14. Shelby County | 43.6 |
15. Owen County | 41.3 |
16. Trimble County | 37.9 |
17. Williamstown | 34.6 |
18. Eminence | 22.6 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 86.1 |
2. Conner | 78.7 |
3. St. Henry | 76.0 |
4. Highlands | 75.9 |
5. Beechwood | 70.5 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 68.1 |
7. Cooper | 66.8 |
8. Newport Catholic | 65.9 |
9. Newport | 64.9 |
10. Lloyd | 64.4 |
11. Holmes | 62.9 |
12. Ryle | 58.4 |
13. Dixie Heights | 57.8 |
14. Boone County | 54.5 |
15. Ludlow | 47.8 |
16. Dayton | 32.1 |
17. Villa Madonna | 30.0 |
18. Bellevue | 15.4 |
19. Heritage Academy | 13.1 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Bourbon County | 75.3 |
2. Clark County | 72.8 |
3. Campbell County | 67.8 |
3. Mason County | 67.8 |
5. Bishop Brossart | 67.0 |
6. Montgomery County | 65.0 |
7. Robertson County | 64.9 |
8. Pendleton County | 53.2 |
9. Scott | 51.5 |
10. Augusta | 50.6 |
11. Calvary Christian | 50.5 |
11. Paris | 50.5 |
13. Bracken County | 44.9 |
14. Harrison County | 43.0 |
15. Nicholas County | 41.4 |
16. St. Patrick | 28.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 80.0 |
2. Henry Clay | 76.4 |
3. Tates Creek | 73.8 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 71.0 |
5. Scott County | 70.1 |
6. Paul Dunbar | 69.3 |
7. Lafayette | 67.2 |
8. Madison Central | 66.8 |
9. Lexington Christian | 66.6 |
10. Madison Southern | 66.3 |
11. Bryan Station | 64.9 |
12. Great Crossing | 61.7 |
13. Frankfort | 61.3 |
14. Franklin County | 56.7 |
14. Sayre | 56.7 |
16. Western Hills | 55.0 |
17. Berea | 49.3 |
18. Model | 47.3 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 1.5 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Somerset | 73.8 |
2. Pulaski County | 73.2 |
3. Lincoln County | 71.7 |
4. West Jessamine | 69.8 |
5. East Jessamine | 69.1 |
6. Danville | 67.3 |
7. Wayne County | 66.5 |
8. Southwestern | 65.4 |
9. Mercer County | 60.7 |
10. Boyle County | 58.9 |
11. McCreary Central | 56.8 |
12. Garrard County | 53.1 |
13. Rockcastle County | 48.5 |
14. Casey County | 40.7 |
15. Danville Christian | 27.9 |
16. Burgin | 19.1 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 73.4 |
2. Clay County | 71.9 |
3. North Laurel | 69.7 |
4. Knox Central | 68.1 |
5. Harlan County | 65.1 |
6. Corbin | 63.2 |
7. Bell County | 62.0 |
8. Williamsburg | 59.1 |
9. Middlesboro | 58.8 |
10. Harlan | 55.9 |
11. Barbourville | 51.1 |
12. Lynn Camp | 50.0 |
12. Oneida Baptist | 50.0 |
14. Whitley County | 49.7 |
15. Jackson County | 46.9 |
16. Pineville | 42.8 |
17. Red Bird | 38.9 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 62.6 |
2. Perry Central | 60.6 |
3. Knott Central | 59.0 |
4. Breathitt County | 55.9 |
5. Wolfe County | 55.7 |
6. Estill County | 54.3 |
7. Cordia | 52.6 |
8. Buckhorn | 49.9 |
9. Letcher Central | 46.9 |
10. Leslie County | 43.5 |
11. Jackson City | 33.6 |
12. Owsley County | 33.0 |
12. Powell County | 33.0 |
14. Lee County | 17.1 |
15. June Buchanan | 16.4 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 67.5 |
2. Johnson Central | 64.5 |
3. Martin County | 62.8 |
4. Lawrence County | 61.6 |
5. Paintsville | 61.3 |
6. Pikeville | 59.1 |
7. Magoffin County | 53.8 |
8. Betsy Layne | 53.0 |
9. Phelps | 52.5 |
10. Belfry | 49.5 |
11. Prestonsburg | 47.0 |
12. East Ridge | 46.5 |
13. Pike Central | 45.1 |
14. Floyd Central | 43.6 |
15. Jenkins | 11.7 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 76.6 |
2. Rowan County | 66.8 |
3. Boyd County | 64.2 |
4. West Carter | 60.5 |
5. Greenup County | 56.0 |
6. Lewis County | 55.4 |
7. East Carter | 54.2 |
8. Elliott County | 54.0 |
9. Russell | 53.9 |
10. Raceland | 53.8 |
11. Bath County | 53.5 |
12. Morgan County | 47.6 |
13. Fleming County | 43.6 |
14. Menifee County | 41.6 |
15. Fairview | 39.4 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 31.4 |