Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball (Feb. 16)
There was a new No. 1 team in this week’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky, released by Dave Cantrall on Feb. 16, as Male took over the top spot from Covington Catholic (now second). Henry Clay and Ballard were next, followed by John Hardin and Madisonville in a tie for fifth.
New to the top 25 this week was LaRue County, Simon Kenton and Logan County.
Region-by-region rankings follow the top 25.
BOYS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Male (25-4) | 84.9 | t3 |
2. Cov. Catholic (23-5) | 83.5 | 1 |
3. Henry Clay (21-5) | 82.3 | t9 |
4. Ballard (23-4) | 82.2 | 2 |
5. John Hardin (27-2) | 81.5 | t3 |
5. Madisonville (24-3) | 81.5 | t3 |
7. Elizabethtown (21-2) | 80.9 | 13 |
8. Conner (18-5) | 80.8 | 14 |
9. Lex. Catholic (25-2) | 80.5 | 6 |
10. Fern Creek (21-6) | 80.2 | 12 |
11. Warren Central (20-6) | 79.7 | t9 |
12. McCracken Co. (24-5) | 79.0 | t18 |
13. Lincoln Co. (22-6) | 78.1 | 24 |
14. LaRue Co. (18-6) | 77.8 | NR |
15. Jeffersontown (17-6) | 77.3 | 22 |
15. Butler (16-8) | 77.3 | 15 |
17. South Oldham (19-8) | 77.1 | t9 |
18. Oldham Co. (24-3) | 77.0 | 7 |
19. Collins (20-7) | 76.9 | 16 |
20. Bardstown (19-8) | 76.7 | 8 |
21. Highlands (23-2) | 76.1 | 21 |
22. Simon Kenton (18-9) | 75.5 | NR |
23. Eastern (18-9) | 75.2 | 25 |
24. Logan Co. (23-3) | 75.1 | NR |
25. St. Henry (20-4) | 74.9 | 17 |
BOYS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 79.0 |
2. Marshall County | 70.7 |
3. Paducah Tilghman | 66.4 |
4. Murray | 66.2 |
5. Calloway County | 62.7 |
6. Graves County | 60.3 |
7. Mayfield | 59.3 |
8. Carlisle County | 45.9 |
9. Fulton County | 42.5 |
10. St. Mary | 39.1 |
11. Fulton City | 32.9 |
12. Hickman County | 31.7 |
13. Ballard Memorial | 30.5 |
14. Christian Fellowship | 30.4 |
15. Community Christian | 13.8 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Madisonville | 81.5 |
2. University Heights | 66.2 |
3. Webster County | 63.7 |
4. Christian County | 62.2 |
5. Henderson County | 62.0 |
6. Hopkinsville | 60.4 |
7. Caldwell County | 58.1 |
8. Lyon County | 56.5 |
9. Crittenden County | 45.5 |
10. Hopkins Central | 45.1 |
11. Trigg County | 40.1 |
12. Dawson Springs | 39.9 |
12. Union County | 39.9 |
14. Fort Campbell | 31.8 |
15. Livingston Central | 29.0 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 69.8 |
2. Ohio County | 65.8 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 63.0 |
4. Breckinridge County | 59.3 |
5. Owensboro Catholic | 58.9 |
6. Apollo | 56.6 |
7. McLean County | 56.0 |
8. Butler County | 53.4 |
9. Daviess County | 51.8 |
10. Edmonson County | 49.8 |
11. Meade County | 49.6 |
12. Grayson County | 47.8 |
13. Hancock County | 46.7 |
14. Whitesville Trinity | 43.6 |
15. Cloverport | 21.3 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Warren Central | 79.7 |
2. Logan County | 75.1 |
3. Bowling Green | 74.4 |
4. Barren County | 68.1 |
5. Greenwood | 67.3 |
6. South Warren | 65.2 |
7. Clinton County | 62.8 |
8. Franklin-Simpson | 60.1 |
9. Glasgow | 59.2 |
10. Allen County | 57.3 |
11. Russell County | 56.6 |
12. Monroe County | 51.1 |
13. Cumberland County | 47.4 |
14. Metcalfe County | 47.1 |
15. Warren East | 44.3 |
16. Todd Central | 41.0 |
17. Russellville | 38.8 |
5TH REGION | |
1. John Hardin | 81.5 |
2. Elizabethtown | 80.9 |
3. LaRue County | 77.8 |
4. Bardstown | 76.7 |
5. Marion County | 68.7 |
6. Central Hardin | 64.9 |
7. North Hardin | 63.9 |
8. Taylor County | 57.9 |
9. Campbellsville | 53.3 |
10. Adair County | 51.1 |
11. Nelson County | 50.6 |
12. Hart County | 47.8 |
13. Thomas Nelson | 46.4 |
14. Green County | 43.6 |
15. Bethlehem | 41.7 |
16. Fort Knox | 40.4 |
17. Washington County | 37.8 |
18. Caverna | 37.2 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Fern Creek | 80.2 |
2. Butler | 77.3 |
2. Jeffersontown | 77.3 |
4. DeSales | 73.6 |
5. Pleasure Ridge Park | 73.2 |
6. Doss | 70.7 |
7. Bullitt East | 68.0 |
8. North Bullitt | 65.4 |
9. Moore | 63.7 |
10. Iroquois | 62.5 |
11. Fairdale | 62.4 |
12. Western | 61.7 |
13. Lou. Holy Cross | 58.0 |
14. Bullitt Central | 57.3 |
15. Southern | 57.2 |
16. Valley | 51.5 |
17. Whitefield Academy | 43.8 |
18. Beth Haven | 29.3 |
19. Evangel | 7.0 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Male | 84.9 |
2. Ballard | 82.2 |
3. Eastern | 75.2 |
4. St. Xavier | 72.4 |
5. Waggener | 71.6 |
6. Trinity | 71.3 |
7. Seneca | 70.0 |
8. Manual | 65.6 |
9. Collegiate | 61.1 |
10. Louisville Christian | 56.8 |
11. Central | 56.1 |
12. Atherton | 55.9 |
13. Country Day | 48.3 |
14. Shawnee | 46.1 |
15. Walden | 34.1 |
16. St. Francis | 33.5 |
17. Brown | 26.0 |
18. Portland Christian | 25.4 |
8TH REGION | |
1. South Oldham | 77.1 |
2. Oldham County | 77.0 |
3. Collins | 76.9 |
4. Simon Kenton | 75.5 |
5. Grant County | 70.5 |
6. Spencer County | 69.3 |
7. North Oldham | 68.4 |
8. Anderson County | 66.8 |
9. Woodford County | 61.5 |
10. Gallatin County | 57.3 |
11. Walton-Verona | 55.3 |
12. Henry County | 48.4 |
13. Shelby County | 47.2 |
14. Carroll County | 45.7 |
15. Trimble County | 41.5 |
16. Owen County | 38.8 |
17. Williamstown | 38.7 |
18. Eminence | 25.7 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 83.5 |
2. Conner | 80.8 |
3. Highlands | 76.1 |
4. St. Henry | 74.9 |
5. Beechwood | 72.3 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 67.7 |
7. Newport Catholic | 67.2 |
8. Cooper | 66.9 |
9. Holmes | 63.8 |
10. Lloyd | 61.5 |
11. Newport | 60.4 |
12. Dixie Heights | 59.9 |
13. Ryle | 58.2 |
14. Boone County | 53.3 |
15. Ludlow | 47.8 |
16. Villa Madonna | 32.6 |
17. Dayton | 31.9 |
18. Bellevue | 18.8 |
19. Heritage Academy | 12.6 |
20. Latin | 0.1 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Bourbon County | 73.7 |
2. Clark County | 71.1 |
3. Campbell County | 68.1 |
4. Mason County | 65.7 |
5. Bishop Brossart | 64.8 |
6. Montgomery County | 64.5 |
7. Robertson County | 64.1 |
8. Calvary Christian | 53.3 |
8. Paris | 53.3 |
10. Scott | 50.7 |
11. Pendleton County | 50.5 |
12. Augusta | 47.0 |
13. Bracken County | 45.9 |
14. Harrison County | 43.4 |
15. Nicholas County | 40.8 |
16. St. Patrick | 28.7 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Henry Clay | 82.3 |
2. Lexington Catholic | 80.5 |
3. Scott County | 73.8 |
4. Tates Creek | 72.2 |
5. Frederick Douglass | 71.3 |
6. Paul Dunbar | 70.7 |
7. Madison Central | 68.9 |
8. Lafayette | 67.9 |
9. Lexington Christian | 67.5 |
10. Madison Southern | 67.2 |
11. Bryan Station | 64.6 |
12. Frankfort | 61.9 |
13. Great Crossing | 61.3 |
14. Franklin County | 60.9 |
15. Sayre | 56.3 |
16. Western Hills | 52.4 |
17. Berea | 50.6 |
18. Model | 48.2 |
19. Frankfort Christian | 0.1 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Lincoln County | 78.1 |
2. Pulaski County | 73.5 |
3. Somerset | 72.3 |
4. West Jessamine | 70.5 |
5. East Jessamine | 70.2 |
6. Wayne County | 66.1 |
7. Danville | 65.5 |
8. Southwestern | 64.6 |
9. Mercer County | 58.4 |
10. Boyle County | 57.8 |
11. McCreary Central | 54.5 |
12. Garrard County | 53.1 |
13. Rockcastle County | 48.2 |
14. Casey County | 40.4 |
15. Danville Christian | 28.1 |
16. Burgin | 23.8 |
17. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 74.2 |
2. North Laurel | 71.5 |
3. Clay County | 69.3 |
4. Knox Central | 65.1 |
5. Corbin | 63.6 |
6. Harlan County | 61.8 |
7. Bell County | 61.5 |
8. Williamsburg | 60.4 |
9. Middlesboro | 58.1 |
10. Harlan | 57.4 |
11. Barbourville | 51.9 |
12. Oneida Baptist | 50.4 |
13. Lynn Camp | 50.2 |
14. Jackson County | 49.1 |
15. Whitley County | 45.7 |
16. Pineville | 45.1 |
17. Red Bird | 37.9 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 64.7 |
2. Perry Central | 57.4 |
3. Knott Central | 55.9 |
4. Estill County | 54.2 |
5. Wolfe County | 53.6 |
6. Breathitt County | 53.2 |
7. Cordia | 52.6 |
8. Buckhorn | 50.7 |
9. Leslie County | 47.2 |
10. Letcher Central | 43.5 |
11. Owsley County | 38.2 |
12. Jackson City | 36.6 |
13. Powell County | 29.4 |
14. Lee County | 20.2 |
15. June Buchanan | 10.4 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 66.5 |
2. Martin County | 64.9 |
3. Johnson Central | 61.5 |
4. Lawrence County | 61.1 |
5. Paintsville | 60.9 |
6. Pikeville | 60.3 |
7. Phelps | 57.8 |
8. Magoffin County | 53.6 |
9. Betsy Layne | 51.6 |
10. East Ridge | 50.1 |
11. Belfry | 48.2 |
12. Prestonsburg | 47.4 |
13. Floyd Central | 43.6 |
14. Pike Central | 43.0 |
15. Jenkins | 14.4 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 74.6 |
2. Rowan County | 64.9 |
3. Boyd County | 64.6 |
4. Russell | 59.6 |
5. West Carter | 57.7 |
6. Bath County | 55.0 |
7. Greenup County | 54.9 |
7. Lewis County | 54.9 |
9. East Carter | 53.5 |
10. Elliott County | 52.1 |
11. Raceland | 50.8 |
12. Morgan County | 47.8 |
13. Menifee County | 45.2 |
14. Fleming County | 42.7 |
15. Fairview | 38.1 |
16. Rose Hill Christian | 33.6 |