Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for girls’ high school basketball (Feb. 2)
This week’s Rating the State for girls’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Feb. 2, has Sacred Heart at No. 1 with Ryle, Simon Kenton, Bullitt East and Mercy rounding out the top five.
New to the top 25 this week was Dixie Heights and Madisonville.
Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Sacred Heart (20-1) | 87.8 | 1 |
2. Ryle (12-10) | 85.3 | 3 |
3. Simon Kenton (22-3) | 84.9 | t4 |
4. Bullitt East (16-4) | 84.3 | 2 |
5. Mercy (15-8) | 84.2 | t4 |
6. Casey Co. (17-5) | 83.8 | 9 |
7. Manual (18-4) | 83.7 | 14 |
8. Elizabethtown (18-4) | 83.4 | 6 |
9. Bowling Green (18-5) | 83.3 | 11 |
10. Notre Dame (17-4) | 82.8 | 15 |
11. Butler (18-4) | 82.7 | 12 |
12. Bethlehem (21-3) | 82.5 | t7 |
12. Scott Co. (17-5) | 82.5 | 10 |
14. South Laurel (18-4) | 82.1 | 21 |
15. Lou. Christian (17-5) | 81.7 | t7 |
16. Highlands (15-7) | 81.6 | 13 |
17. Henderson Co. (13-6) | 81.3 | 17 |
18. Southwestern (17-4) | 80.9 | 23 |
19. Mercer Co. (17-5) | 80.6 | t15 |
20. Franklin Co. (17-6) | 80.3 | 19 |
21. Assumption (13-10) | 80.2 | 22 |
22. Graves Co. (18-3) | 79.6 | 24 |
23. Anderson Co. (19-4) | 79.4 | 18 |
24. Dixie Heights (16-8) | 79.2 | NR |
25. Madisonville (21-1) | 78.6 | NR |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Graves County | 79.6 |
2. Marshall County | 75.6 |
3. Calloway County | 71.6 |
4. McCracken County | 70.5 |
5. Murray | 63.6 |
6. Mayfield | 55.9 |
7. Hickman County | 48.9 |
8. Paducah Tilghman | 44.6 |
9. Carlisle County | 44.1 |
10. Ballard Memorial | 30.9 |
11. Fulton City | 28.7 |
12. Christian Fellowship | 21.0 |
13. Community Christian | 12.6 |
14. Fulton County | 10.8 |
15. St. Mary | 9.1 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Henderson County | 81.3 |
2. Madisonville | 78.6 |
3. Webster County | 71.0 |
4. Hopkinsville | 54.1 |
5. Christian County | 53.4 |
6. Trigg County | 51.6 |
7. Union County | 51.0 |
8. Hopkins Central | 47.9 |
9. Caldwell County | 47.1 |
10. Crittenden County | 44.7 |
11. Lyon County | 39.7 |
12. University Heights | 38.3 |
13. Dawson Springs | 32.2 |
14. Livingston Central | 27.0 |
15. Fort Campbell | 0.1 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Meade County | 72.2 |
2. Muhlenberg County | 71.8 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 71.6 |
4. Apollo | 69.9 |
5. Breckinridge County | 62.4 |
6. McLean County | 59.6 |
7. Grayson County | 58.4 |
8. Edmonson County | 57.6 |
9. Hancock County | 52.8 |
9. Ohio County | 52.8 |
11. Daviess County | 48.5 |
12. Butler County | 45.5 |
13. Owensboro | 45.3 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 40.5 |
15. Cloverport | 23.9 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 83.3 |
2. Barren County | 71.2 |
3. Glasgow | 69.0 |
4. Warren East | 62.8 |
5. South Warren | 60.6 |
6. Russell County | 59.7 |
7. Greenwood | 57.2 |
8. Logan County | 54.7 |
9. Warren Central | 51.0 |
10. Metcalfe County | 50.0 |
11. Allen County | 49.9 |
12. Monroe County | 47.1 |
13. Franklin-Simpson | 43.5 |
14. Russellville | 42.9 |
15. Clinton County | 36.8 |
16. Cumberland County | 34.3 |
17. Todd Central | 24.9 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 83.4 |
2. Bethlehem | 82.5 |
3. Bardstown | 75.3 |
4. Marion County | 73.5 |
5. Central Hardin | 66.8 |
6. Green County | 64.4 |
7. North Hardin | 62.5 |
8. Thomas Nelson | 59.2 |
9. Campbellsville | 56.9 |
10. Hart County | 53.7 |
11. John Hardin | 49.5 |
12. Nelson County | 48.6 |
13. Caverna | 48.0 |
14. LaRue County | 47.1 |
15. Taylor County | 45.6 |
16. Adair County | 36.7 |
17. Fort Knox | 34.1 |
18. Washington County | 27.2 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Bullitt East | 84.3 |
2. Mercy | 84.2 |
3. Butler | 82.7 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 73.9 |
5. Bullitt Central | 46.8 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 46.6 |
7. Moore | 42.1 |
8. North Bullitt | 34.1 |
9. Iroquois | 31.9 |
10. Fern Creek | 20.6 |
11. Whitefield Academy | 18.9 |
12. Fairdale | 17.0 |
13. Western | 11.7 |
14. Doss | 8.5 |
15. Southern | 7.0 |
16. Beth Haven | 0.1 |
16. Valley | 0.1 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 87.8 |
2. Manual | 83.7 |
3. Louisville Christian | 81.7 |
4. Assumption | 80.2 |
5. Central | 77.5 |
6. Male | 67.5 |
7. Ballard | 55.8 |
8. Eastern | 54.7 |
9. Collegiate | 43.4 |
10. Presentation | 42.3 |
11. Brown | 33.3 |
12. St. Francis | 26.6 |
13. Atherton | 25.8 |
14. Portland Christian | 24.4 |
15. Country Day | 22.8 |
16. Waggener | 17.2 |
17. Shawnee | 12.7 |
18. Seneca | 6.6 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 84.9 |
2. Anderson County | 79.4 |
3. Walton-Verona | 75.8 |
4. Oldham County | 69.3 |
5. Collins | 68.0 |
6. Owen County | 67.8 |
7. North Oldham | 66.3 |
8. Spencer County | 64.7 |
9. South Oldham | 61.4 |
10. Grant County | 60.7 |
11. Woodford County | 58.9 |
12. Shelby County | 49.4 |
13. Williamstown | 47.2 |
14. Trimble County | 44.1 |
15. Gallatin County | 43.5 |
16. Carroll County | 39.0 |
17. Eminence | 35.8 |
18. Henry County | 29.6 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 85.3 |
2. Notre Dame | 82.8 |
3. Highlands | 81.6 |
4. Dixie Heights | 79.2 |
5. Conner | 76.2 |
6. Newport Catholic | 69.5 |
7. Cov. Holy Cross | 67.5 |
8. Boone County | 66.0 |
9. Cooper | 62.0 |
10. St. Henry | 60.8 |
11. Ludlow | 56.7 |
12. Lloyd | 53.3 |
13. Holmes | 40.8 |
14. Beechwood | 39.7 |
15. Dayton | 37.6 |
16. Bellevue | 36.6 |
17. Villa Madonna | 34.9 |
18. Newport | 11.4 |
19. Latin | 6.2 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 78.0 |
2. Campbell County | 75.1 |
3. Bishop Brossart | 71.5 |
4. Paris | 60.6 |
5. Bourbon County | 59.5 |
6. Mason County | 57.8 |
7. Scott | 55.5 |
8. Montgomery County | 52.7 |
9. Harrison County | 52.2 |
10. Nicholas County | 46.5 |
11. Pendleton County | 37.3 |
12. St. Patrick | 36.3 |
13. Robertson County | 28.6 |
14. Augusta | 28.4 |
15. Bracken County | 20.4 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 82.5 |
2. Franklin County | 80.3 |
3. Paul Dunbar | 73.8 |
4. Madison Southern | 63.0 |
5. Great Crossing | 60.6 |
6. Tates Creek | 59.4 |
7. Henry Clay | 56.6 |
8. Madison Central | 54.8 |
9. Bryan Station | 53.5 |
9. Lafayette | 53.5 |
11. Lexington Catholic | 51.5 |
12. Berea | 46.0 |
13. Frankfort | 45.8 |
13. Western Hills | 45.8 |
15. Lexington Christian | 39.3 |
16. Model | 37.8 |
17. Frederick Douglass | 35.3 |
18. Sayre | 33.7 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 2.2 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Casey County | 83.8 |
2. Southwestern | 80.9 |
3. Mercer County | 80.6 |
4. Rockcastle County | 75.7 |
5. Danville | 71.0 |
6. Wayne County | 68.9 |
7. Lincoln County | 66.9 |
8. Pulaski County | 64.5 |
9. Somerset | 58.2 |
10. Boyle County | 53.5 |
10. Garrard County | 53.5 |
12. East Jessamine | 51.2 |
13. McCreary Central | 49.3 |
14. West Jessamine | 36.0 |
15. Danville Christian | 28.5 |
16. Burgin | 9.6 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 82.1 |
2. North Laurel | 76.9 |
3. Bell County | 63.2 |
4. Clay County | 60.2 |
5. Jackson County | 59.7 |
6. Harlan County | 58.7 |
7. Whitley County | 53.9 |
7. Williamsburg | 53.9 |
9. Corbin | 53.1 |
10. Knox Central | 51.9 |
11. Pineville | 48.2 |
12. Barbourville | 38.3 |
13. Harlan | 37.1 |
14. Middlesboro | 34.9 |
15. Red Bird | 29.9 |
16. Lynn Camp | 19.2 |
17. Oneida Baptist | 17.6 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Letcher Central | 67.6 |
2. Hazard | 63.3 |
3. Knott Central | 62.5 |
4. Perry Central | 58.3 |
5. Wolfe County | 57.4 |
6. Leslie County | 56.3 |
7. Owsley County | 55.4 |
8. Powell County | 42.2 |
9. Estill County | 39.3 |
10. Buckhorn | 34.4 |
11. Jackson City | 30.0 |
12. Breathitt County | 27.8 |
13. Riverside Christian | 22.4 |
14. Lee County | 16.9 |
15. June Buchanan | 15.7 |
16. Cordia | 0.8 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Pikeville | 72.7 |
2. Shelby Valley | 68.8 |
3. Floyd Central | 64.0 |
4. Belfry | 61.3 |
5. Johnson Central | 59.2 |
6. Martin County | 57.3 |
7. Pike Central | 57.1 |
8. Lawrence County | 56.2 |
9. Phelps | 50.1 |
10. Paintsville | 44.4 |
11. East Ridge | 42.0 |
12. Prestonsburg | 41.8 |
13. Betsy Layne | 39.3 |
14. Jenkins | 35.7 |
15. Magoffin County | 31.2 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Russell | 78.4 |
2. Boyd County | 77.4 |
3. Ashland Blazer | 76.1 |
4. West Carter | 70.4 |
5. Rowan County | 70.0 |
6. East Carter | 64.5 |
7. Lewis County | 52.0 |
8. Menifee County | 51.1 |
9. Fairview | 50.3 |
10. Fleming County | 49.4 |
11. Elliott County | 48.1 |
12. Morgan County | 47.7 |
13. Raceland | 45.3 |
14. Greenup County | 41.8 |
15. Bath County | 39.5 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 21.9 |
This story was originally published February 2, 2020 at 1:53 PM.