Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for girls’ high school basketball (Feb. 9)
This week’s Rating the State for girls’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Feb. 9, has Sacred Heart at No. 1 with Simon Kenton, Ryle, Assumption and Scott County rounding out the top five.
New to the top 25 this week was Clark County and Russell.
Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Sacred Heart (23-1) | 87.1 | 1 |
2. Simon Kenton (24-3) | 86.1 | 3 |
3. Ryle (14-11) | 85.5 | 2 |
4. Assumption (16-10) | 83.6 | 21 |
5. Scott County (21-5) | 83.5 | t12 |
6. Bullitt East (17-5) | 83.3 | 4 |
7. Manual (19-6) | 83.1 | 7 |
8. Butler (20-4) | 83.0 | 11 |
9. Elizabethtown (20-4) | 82.9 | 8 |
10. Casey Co. (19-5) | 82.6 | 6 |
10. Lou. Christian (18-6) | 82.6 | 15 |
12. Bowling Green (20-5) | 82.5 | 9 |
13. Bethlehem (24-3) | 82.4 | t12 |
14. Anderson Co. (21-4) | 81.9 | 23 |
15. South Laurel (18-5) | 81.7 | 14 |
15. Highlands (17-8) | 81.7 | 16 |
15. Mercy (15-9) | 81.7 | 5 |
18. Notre Dame (18-5) | 81.5 | 10 |
19. Southwestern (19-4) | 81.1 | 18 |
19. Mercer County (18-5) | 81.1 | 19 |
21. Henderson Co. (15-6) | 80.8 | 17 |
22. Franklin Co. (18-6) | 80.6 | 20 |
23. Madisonville (22-1) | 80.4 | 25 |
24. Clark Co. (14-9) | 79.5 | NR |
25. Russell (18-6) | 78.9 | NR |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Marshall County | 78.6 |
2. Graves County | 78.5 |
3. McCracken County | 72.0 |
4. Calloway County | 71.1 |
5. Murray | 61.6 |
6. Mayfield | 54.4 |
7. Hickman County | 46.4 |
8. Paducah Tilghman | 42.1 |
9. Carlisle County | 41.4 |
10. Ballard Memorial | 32.3 |
11. Fulton City | 29.7 |
12. Christian Fellowship | 22.9 |
13. Fulton County | 13.5 |
14. Community Christian | 12.6 |
15. St. Mary | 12.4 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Henderson County | 80.8 |
2. Madisonville | 80.4 |
3. Webster County | 72.8 |
4. Christian County | 54.8 |
5. Hopkinsville | 52.7 |
6. Union County | 51.9 |
7. Trigg County | 49.3 |
8. Hopkins Central | 47.9 |
9. Crittenden County | 45.2 |
10. Caldwell County | 45.0 |
11. Lyon County | 40.1 |
12. University Heights | 36.9 |
13. Dawson Springs | 32.9 |
14. Livingston Central | 25.4 |
15. Fort Campbell | 0.1 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Meade County | 73.1 |
2. Apollo | 71.9 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 71.7 |
4. Muhlenberg County | 71.5 |
5. Breckinridge County | 62.0 |
6. McLean County | 60.4 |
7. Grayson County | 58.6 |
8. Edmonson County | 57.6 |
9. Ohio County | 55.2 |
10. Hancock County | 49.6 |
11. Daviess County | 49.4 |
12. Butler County | 45.7 |
13. Owensboro | 43.9 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 41.6 |
15. Cloverport | 23.6 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 82.5 |
2. Barren County | 70.7 |
3. Glasgow | 69.6 |
4. South Warren | 62.8 |
5. Warren East | 61.4 |
6. Russell County | 60.1 |
7. Greenwood | 55.1 |
8. Logan County | 54.5 |
9. Warren Central | 53.3 |
10. Allen County | 50.9 |
11. Metcalfe County | 50.2 |
12. Monroe County | 46.1 |
13. Russellville | 45.4 |
14. Franklin-Simpson | 41.4 |
15. Clinton County | 37.4 |
16. Cumberland County | 32.1 |
17. Todd Central | 24.2 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 82.9 |
2. Bethlehem | 82.4 |
3. Bardstown | 76.4 |
4. Marion County | 72.1 |
5. Central Hardin | 66.5 |
6. Green County | 64.4 |
7. North Hardin | 64.3 |
8. Thomas Nelson | 57.3 |
9. Campbellsville | 57.2 |
10. Hart County | 53.7 |
11. John Hardin | 52.0 |
12. Caverna | 49.1 |
13. Nelson County | 48.2 |
14. LaRue County | 46.8 |
15. Taylor County | 44.2 |
16. Adair County | 37.4 |
17. Fort Knox | 32.6 |
18. Washington County | 27.3 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Bullitt East | 83.3 |
2. Butler | 83.0 |
3. Mercy | 81.7 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 68.9 |
5. Bullitt Central | 49.2 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 45.5 |
7. Moore | 37.5 |
8. Iroquois | 36.3 |
9. North Bullitt | 34.5 |
10. Whitefield Academy | 21.2 |
11. Fern Creek | 20.0 |
12. Fairdale | 16.7 |
13. Western | 12.6 |
14. Southern | 10.6 |
15. Doss | 8.5 |
16. Valley | 1.4 |
17. Beth Haven | 0.1 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 87.1 |
2. Assumption | 83.6 |
3. Manual | 83.1 |
4. Louisville Christian | 82.6 |
5. Central | 78.8 |
6. Male | 67.9 |
7. Ballard | 55.2 |
8. Eastern | 54.2 |
9. Presentation | 46.7 |
10. Collegiate | 44.6 |
11. Brown | 34.7 |
12. Atherton | 28.1 |
13. St. Francis | 27.3 |
14. Portland Christian | 23.6 |
15. Country Day | 22.0 |
16. Waggener | 18.1 |
17. Shawnee | 6.9 |
18. Seneca | 4.5 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Simon Kenton | 86.1 |
2. Anderson County | 81.9 |
3. Walton-Verona | 77.9 |
4. Oldham County | 68.7 |
5. Owen County | 68.4 |
6. Collins | 67.1 |
7. North Oldham | 65.5 |
8. Spencer County | 64.6 |
9. South Oldham | 62.7 |
10. Grant County | 60.2 |
11. Woodford County | 59.5 |
12. Shelby County | 49.8 |
13. Williamstown | 47.5 |
14. Trimble County | 45.1 |
15. Gallatin County | 41.7 |
16. Carroll County | 40.7 |
17. Eminence | 34.3 |
18. Henry County | 29.6 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 85.5 |
2. Highlands | 81.7 |
3. Notre Dame | 81.5 |
4. Dixie Heights | 77.6 |
5. Conner | 76.3 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 68.2 |
7. Boone County | 66.9 |
8. Newport Catholic | 66.8 |
9. Cooper | 63.2 |
10. Ludlow | 59.9 |
11. St. Henry | 58.8 |
12. Lloyd | 51.3 |
13. Holmes | 41.4 |
14. Beechwood | 40.7 |
15. Bellevue | 39.9 |
16. Dayton | 37.2 |
17. Villa Madonna | 33.1 |
18. Newport | 13.2 |
19. Latin | 7.2 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 79.5 |
2. Campbell County | 73.8 |
3. Bishop Brossart | 71.0 |
4. Paris | 59.6 |
5. Mason County | 58.9 |
6. Bourbon County | 57.5 |
7. Scott | 55.9 |
8. Montgomery County | 53.0 |
9. Harrison County | 48.7 |
10. Nicholas County | 47.3 |
11. Pendleton County | 37.4 |
12. St. Patrick | 36.3 |
13. Robertson County | 29.1 |
14. Augusta | 28.9 |
15. Bracken County | 18.7 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 83.5 |
2. Franklin County | 80.6 |
3. Paul Dunbar | 73.0 |
4. Madison Southern | 65.3 |
5. Great Crossing | 61.2 |
6. Tates Creek | 58.8 |
7. Henry Clay | 56.6 |
8. Lafayette | 56.2 |
9. Madison Central | 54.7 |
10. Lexington Catholic | 53.5 |
11. Bryan Station | 51.3 |
12. Western Hills | 47.1 |
13. Berea | 46.0 |
14. Frankfort | 44.1 |
15. Model | 37.2 |
16. Lexington Christian | 35.9 |
17. Frederick Douglass | 34.4 |
18. Sayre | 30.8 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 1.2 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Casey County | 82.6 |
2. Mercer County | 81.1 |
2. Southwestern | 81.1 |
4. Rockcastle County | 76.9 |
5. Danville | 72.3 |
6. Wayne County | 71.1 |
7. Pulaski County | 64.5 |
8. Lincoln County | 63.5 |
9. Somerset | 58.4 |
10. Garrard County | 54.6 |
11. Boyle County | 54.0 |
12. East Jessamine | 50.8 |
13. McCreary Central | 49.3 |
14. West Jessamine | 35.6 |
15. Danville Christian | 31.2 |
16. Burgin | 11.3 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 81.7 |
2. North Laurel | 74.5 |
3. Jackson County | 60.6 |
4. Bell County | 60.5 |
5. Harlan County | 59.4 |
6. Clay County | 58.5 |
7. Whitley County | 56.3 |
8. Knox Central | 54.3 |
9. Williamsburg | 53.7 |
10. Corbin | 51.4 |
11. Pineville | 48.8 |
12. Barbourville | 37.5 |
13. Harlan | 37.0 |
14. Middlesboro | 35.1 |
15. Red Bird | 31.6 |
16. Oneida Baptist | 17.9 |
17. Lynn Camp | 17.3 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Letcher Central | 65.0 |
2. Hazard | 64.8 |
3. Knott Central | 62.0 |
4. Wolfe County | 60.4 |
5. Perry Central | 58.6 |
6. Leslie County | 56.2 |
7. Owsley County | 55.4 |
8. Powell County | 43.3 |
9. Estill County | 40.8 |
10. Buckhorn | 35.9 |
11. Jackson City | 31.8 |
12. Breathitt County | 25.5 |
13. Riverside Christian | 23.9 |
14. Lee County | 15.0 |
15. June Buchanan | 12.9 |
16. Cordia | 0.6 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 71.1 |
2. Pikeville | 70.8 |
3. Floyd Central | 62.8 |
4. Belfry | 62.6 |
5. Johnson Central | 58.6 |
6. Martin County | 57.9 |
7. Pike Central | 56.3 |
8. Lawrence County | 55.7 |
9. Phelps | 50.1 |
10. Prestonsburg | 43.7 |
11. Paintsville | 42.5 |
12. East Ridge | 42.0 |
13. Betsy Layne | 41.0 |
14. Jenkins | 32.5 |
15. Magoffin County | 30.8 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Russell | 78.9 |
2. Boyd County | 77.4 |
3. Ashland Blazer | 76.2 |
4. Rowan County | 71.0 |
5. West Carter | 70.4 |
6. East Carter | 61.4 |
7. Lewis County | 57.1 |
8. Fairview | 50.3 |
9. Menifee County | 50.1 |
10. Elliott County | 47.9 |
11. Fleming County | 47.6 |
12. Morgan County | 47.4 |
13. Raceland | 45.7 |
14. Greenup County | 41.3 |
15. Bath County | 40.6 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 21.9 |
This story was originally published February 9, 2020 at 7:24 PM.