Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball (Feb. 9)
This week’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Feb. 9, has Covington Catholic at No. 1 with Ballard second. John Hardin, Madisonville and Male are tied for third.
Henry Clay moved up nine spots to ninth after a win against John Hardin last week.
New to the top 25 this week was Lincoln County and Eastern.
Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Cov. Catholic (22-4) | 86.4 | 1 |
2. Ballard (22-3) | 83.4 | 5 |
3. John Hardin (25-2) | 81.6 | 2 |
3. Madisonville (23-3) | 81.6 | t21 |
3. Male (22-4) | 81.6 | 4 |
6. Lex. Catholic (22-2) | 81.1 | 9 |
7. Oldham Co. (23-2) | 80.6 | 8 |
8. Bardstown (19-6) | 80.4 | 3 |
9. Henry Clay (18-5) | 80.2 | 18 |
9. Warren Central (19-6) | 80.2 | 24 |
9. South Oldham (19-7) | 80.2 | 11 |
12. Fern Creek (20-6) | 79.6 | 6 |
13. Elizabethtown (19-2) | 79.1 | 10 |
14. Conner (17-5) | 78.8 | 13 |
15. Butler (15-7) | 78.1 | 7 |
16. Collins (19-6) | 77.8 | 12 |
17. St. Henry (19-3) | 77.0 | t21 |
18. Ashland Blazer (23-0) | 76.6 | 16 |
18. McCracken Co. (21-5) | 76.6 | 15 |
20. Bowling Green (20-5) | 75.4 | 14 |
21. Highlands (21-2) | 75.2 | 23 |
22. Jeffersontown (14-6) | 75.1 | 17 |
23. Trinity (14-12) | 74.7 | 19 |
24. Lincoln Co. (19-6) | 74.6 | NR |
25. Eastern (16-9) | 74.0 | NR |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 76.6 |
2. Marshall County | 72.0 |
3. Paducah Tilghman | 69.1 |
4. Murray | 68.1 |
5. Graves County | 62.5 |
6. Calloway County | 61.9 |
7. Mayfield | 59.8 |
8. Carlisle County | 45.9 |
9. Fulton County | 41.4 |
10. St. Mary | 41.1 |
11. Fulton City | 32.6 |
12. Christian Fellowship | 31.2 |
13. Hickman County | 29.4 |
14. Ballard Memorial | 27.5 |
15. Community Christian | 13.5 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Madisonville | 81.6 |
2. University Heights | 67.4 |
3. Webster County | 64.9 |
4. Christian County | 62.4 |
5. Henderson County | 60.1 |
6. Hopkinsville | 56.5 |
7. Lyon County | 56.3 |
8. Caldwell County | 56.0 |
9. Hopkins Central | 46.3 |
10. Crittenden County | 45.3 |
11. Union County | 44.6 |
12. Dawson Springs | 42.9 |
13. Trigg County | 41.5 |
14. Fort Campbell | 30.0 |
15. Livingston Central | 27.0 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 67.7 |
2. Ohio County | 66.5 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 65.6 |
4. Owensboro Catholic | 60.1 |
5. Breckinridge County | 58.6 |
6. Apollo | 57.9 |
7. McLean County | 53.0 |
8. Butler County | 52.6 |
9. Daviess County | 49.8 |
10. Edmonson County | 48.3 |
10. Hancock County | 48.3 |
12. Meade County | 48.1 |
13. Grayson County | 46.0 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 42.3 |
15. Cloverport | 19.1 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 80.2 |
2. Bowling Green | 75.4 |
3. Logan County | 73.6 |
4. Barren County | 67.4 |
5. Greenwood | 66.9 |
6. South Warren | 65.9 |
7. Clinton County | 63.6 |
8. Franklin-Simpson | 60.4 |
9. Glasgow | 59.4 |
10. Allen County | 58.5 |
11. Russell County | 53.9 |
12. Cumberland County | 49.7 |
13. Monroe County | 49.5 |
14. Metcalfe County | 47.8 |
15. Warren East | 44.5 |
16. Todd Central | 41.0 |
17. Russellville | 38.1 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 81.6 |
2. Bardstown | 80.4 |
3. Elizabethtown | 79.1 |
4. LaRue County | 73.6 |
5. Marion County | 68.8 |
6. Central Hardin | 63.8 |
7. North Hardin | 62.1 |
8. Taylor County | 60.3 |
9. Campbellsville | 54.7 |
10. Adair County | 51.9 |
11. Nelson County | 50.9 |
12. Hart County | 50.3 |
13. Thomas Nelson | 48.2 |
14. Green County | 46.3 |
15. Bethlehem | 44.0 |
16. Caverna | 38.2 |
17. Fort Knox | 35.1 |
18. Washington County | 33.8 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 79.6 |
2. Butler | 78.1 |
3. Jeffersontown | 75.1 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 73.6 |
5. DeSales | 72.2 |
6. Doss | 71.9 |
7. Bullitt East | 68.7 |
8. North Bullitt | 65.1 |
9. Moore | 62.8 |
10. Western | 61.4 |
11. Iroquois | 61.3 |
12. Fairdale | 60.1 |
13. Southern | 59.0 |
14. Lou. Holy Cross | 58.5 |
15. Bullitt Central | 57.9 |
16. Valley | 54.8 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 46.8 |
18. Beth Haven | 30.7 |
19. Evangel | 7.0 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Ballard | 83.4 |
2. Male | 81.6 |
3. Trinity | 74.7 |
4. Eastern | 74.0 |
5. Seneca | 71.2 |
6. Waggener | 70.5 |
7. St. Xavier | 68.2 |
8. Manual | 67.4 |
9. Collegiate | 63.6 |
10. Louisville Christian | 56.9 |
11. Central | 56.2 |
12. Atherton | 55.2 |
13. Country Day | 51.1 |
14. Shawnee | 43.8 |
15. Walden | 38.6 |
16. St. Francis | 33.7 |
17. Brown | 24.6 |
18. Portland Christian | 22.3 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 80.6 |
2. South Oldham | 80.2 |
3. Collins | 77.8 |
4. Simon Kenton | 72.9 |
5. North Oldham | 70.5 |
6. Spencer County | 70.2 |
7. Grant County | 70.0 |
8. Woodford County | 64.8 |
9. Anderson County | 62.6 |
10. Gallatin County | 57.4 |
11. Walton-Verona | 57.3 |
12. Henry County | 49.0 |
13. Carroll County | 45.2 |
14. Shelby County | 44.3 |
15. Trimble County | 40.1 |
16. Owen County | 38.9 |
17. Williamstown | 37.8 |
18. Eminence | 22.6 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 86.4 |
2. Conner | 78.8 |
3. St. Henry | 77.0 |
4. Highlands | 75.2 |
5. Cov. Holy Cross | 71.1 |
6. Beechwood | 69.8 |
7. Newport Catholic | 67.7 |
8. Cooper | 65.5 |
9. Lloyd | 63.6 |
10. Holmes | 63.2 |
11. Newport | 62.6 |
12. Dixie Heights | 58.3 |
13. Ryle | 57.9 |
14. Boone County | 53.0 |
15. Ludlow | 48.9 |
16. Dayton | 34.7 |
17. Villa Madonna | 28.9 |
18. Bellevue | 18.6 |
19. Heritage Academy | 10.8 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Bourbon County | 73.5 |
2. Clark County | 70.7 |
3. Campbell County | 69.4 |
4. Mason County | 68.0 |
5. Bishop Brossart | 66.1 |
6. Robertson County | 65.7 |
7. Montgomery County | 65.3 |
8. Paris | 53.0 |
9. Pendleton County | 52.2 |
10. Calvary Christian | 51.9 |
11. Scott | 51.1 |
12. Augusta | 50.1 |
13. Bracken County | 45.9 |
14. Harrison County | 43.6 |
15. Nicholas County | 40.3 |
16. St. Patrick | 28.2 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 81.1 |
2. Henry Clay | 80.2 |
3. Tates Creek | 73.8 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 71.5 |
5. Scott County | 69.9 |
6. Paul Dunbar | 69.4 |
7. Madison Central | 67.9 |
8. Lexington Christian | 66.7 |
9. Madison Southern | 66.2 |
10. Lafayette | 65.6 |
11. Bryan Station | 64.9 |
12. Great Crossing | 61.6 |
13. Frankfort | 61.3 |
14. Franklin County | 60.5 |
15. Sayre | 55.4 |
16. Western Hills | 54.2 |
17. Berea | 51.1 |
18. Model | 46.7 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 0.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Lincoln County | 74.6 |
2. Pulaski County | 72.9 |
3. Somerset | 72.7 |
4. West Jessamine | 71.2 |
5. East Jessamine | 69.1 |
6. Wayne County | 65.8 |
7. Danville | 65.1 |
8. Southwestern | 64.0 |
9. Mercer County | 61.0 |
10. Boyle County | 59.6 |
11. McCreary Central | 56.8 |
12. Garrard County | 51.7 |
13. Rockcastle County | 47.6 |
14. Casey County | 40.9 |
15. Danville Christian | 26.6 |
16. Burgin | 20.9 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 72.9 |
2. Clay County | 72.3 |
3. North Laurel | 69.9 |
4. Knox Central | 67.9 |
5. Harlan County | 65.2 |
6. Corbin | 63.7 |
7. Bell County | 61.3 |
8. Williamsburg | 59.6 |
9. Middlesboro | 58.8 |
10. Harlan | 58.4 |
11. Lynn Camp | 51.8 |
12. Barbourville | 51.4 |
13. Oneida Baptist | 49.4 |
14. Whitley County | 48.6 |
15. Jackson County | 47.7 |
16. Pineville | 43.7 |
17. Red Bird | 37.2 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 62.5 |
2. Knott Central | 59.3 |
3. Perry Central | 58.5 |
4. Breathitt County | 54.5 |
5. Estill County | 54.2 |
6. Wolfe County | 54.1 |
7. Cordia | 52.6 |
8. Buckhorn | 51.2 |
9. Letcher Central | 45.4 |
10. Leslie County | 43.1 |
11. Owsley County | 36.2 |
12. Jackson City | 34.2 |
13. Powell County | 30.1 |
14. Lee County | 16.3 |
15. June Buchanan | 14.3 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 66.5 |
2. Johnson Central | 64.5 |
3. Martin County | 63.4 |
4. Lawrence County | 62.4 |
5. Paintsville | 61.6 |
6. Pikeville | 60.4 |
7. Magoffin County | 53.9 |
8. Phelps | 53.7 |
9. Betsy Layne | 52.2 |
10. Belfry | 48.0 |
10. East Ridge | 48.0 |
12. Prestonsburg | 47.0 |
13. Pike Central | 44.2 |
14. Floyd Central | 42.9 |
15. Jenkins | 14.9 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 76.6 |
2. Rowan County | 65.6 |
3. Boyd County | 64.0 |
4. West Carter | 60.9 |
5. Russell | 56.6 |
6. Greenup County | 56.0 |
7. East Carter | 54.2 |
8. Elliott County | 53.6 |
9. Bath County | 53.5 |
10. Raceland | 53.0 |
11. Lewis County | 51.8 |
12. Morgan County | 47.7 |
13. Menifee County | 43.6 |
14. Fleming County | 40.4 |
15. Fairview | 39.6 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 31.4 |
This story was originally published February 9, 2020 at 7:13 PM.