High School Basketball

Who’s No. 1 in the latest in boys’ and girls’ high school basketball media rankings (Feb. 10)?

Below are the top teams in the latest (Feb. 10) Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball polls of the 2019-2020 boys’ and girls’ seasons, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted.

BOYS’ TOP 10

Rank-School FPV Rcd TP

1. Ashland Blazer (8) 23-0 114 1

2. Lou. Male (2) 22-4 107 3

3. Lou. Ballard - 22-3 85 4

4. John Hardin - 25-2 80 2

5. Cov. Catholic (2) 22-4 77 6

6. Madisonville-North Hopkins - 22-3 65 7

7. Lexington Catholic - 22-2 51 8

8. Elizabethtown - 19-2 39 5

9. South Laurel (1) 20-4 24 10

10. McCracken County - 21-4 23 9

Others receiving votes: Henry Clay 17. Oldham Co. 14. Lou. Fern Creek 7. Ballard Memorial 7. Highlands 3. Clay Co. 2.

How @HLpreps voted-boys

1Male
2Ashland Blazer
3Madisonville-North Hopkins
4John Hardin
5Elizabethtown
6McCracken County
7Lexington Catholic
8Ballard
9Cov. Catholic
10Henry Clay

GIRLS’ TOP 10

Rank-School FPV Rcd TP

1. Lou. Sacred Heart (13) 23-1 130 1

2. Simon Kenton - 24-3 115 2

3. Elizabethtown - 20-4 77 5

4. Lou. Butler - 20-4 73 4

5. Casey Co. - 19-5 72 6

6. Madisonville-North Hopkins - 21-1 66 3

7. Ryle - 14-11 25 NR

8. Lou. DuPont Manual - 19-6 24 9

9. Notre Dame - 18-6 21 8

10. Scott Co. - 21-5 20 NR

Others receiving votes: Lou. Christian Academy 19. Bethlehem 12. Bullitt East 12. Anderson Co. 11. Hazard 7. Wolfe Co. 6. Bowling Green 5. Marshall Co. 5. Graves Co. 5. Rockcastle Co. 4. South Laurel 3. Henderson Co. 2. Pulaski Southwestern 1.

How @HLpreps voted-girls

1Sacred Heart
2Casey County
3Simon Kenton
4Ryle
5Elizabethtown
6

Madisonville-North Hopkins

7Scott County
8Anderson County
9

Christian Academy-Louisville

10Henderson County



Media members participating in this week’s poll:
The Daily Independent, Ashland; Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; Times-Tribune, Corbin; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; Daily Enterprise, Harlan; The Gleaner, Henderson; Kentucky New Era, Hopkinsville; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; The Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; The Paducah Sun, Paducah; WKYX, Paducah.

This story was originally published February 10, 2020 at 3:14 PM with the headline "Who’s No. 1 in the latest in boys’ and girls’ high school basketball media rankings (Feb. 10)?."

Jared Peck
Lexington Herald-Leader
Jared Peck, the Herald-Leader’s Digital Sports Writer, covers high school athletics and has been with the company as a writer and editor for more than 20 years. Support my work with a digital subscription
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