Rating the State: Ky. girls’ rankings by district ahead of the postseason
Simon Kenton, up a spot from last week, is Kentucky’s No. 1 girls’ high school basketball team heading into the postseason, according to Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State.
The rest of the top five, according to rankings released on Feb. 23, were Ryle, Bullitt East, Elizabethtown and Butler.
Sacred Heart, the previous top-ranked team, dropped to No. 6.
Ratings by district follow this week’s top 25.
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Simon Kenton (26-3) | 86.8 | 2 |
2. Ryle (17-11) | 85.2 | 3 |
3. Bullitt East (20-6) | 85.0 | 4 |
4. Elizabethtown (22-5) | 84.4 | t14 |
5. Butler (24-4) | 84.2 | 7 |
6. Sacred Heart (27-2) | 84.1 | 1 |
7. Anderson Co. (25-5) | 83.6 | 9 |
8. Bethlehem (27-3) | 83.3 | 10 |
8. Lou. Christian (21-7) | 83.3 | t5 |
10. Henderson Co. (19-6) | 82.8 | 11 |
10. Clark County (17-10) | 82.8 | NR |
12. South Laurel (21-6) | 82.4 | 17 |
13. Manual (22-7) | 82.3 | 12 |
14. Casey Co. (23-6) | 81.8 | 13 |
14. Assumption (17-11) | 81.8 | t5 |
16. Southwestern (23-5) | 81.7 | t14 |
17. North Laurel (24-4) | 81.6 | NR |
18. Mercer Co. (20-8) | 81.4 | t14 |
19. Notre Dame (21-6) | 81.0 | 18 |
20. Bardstown (18-8) | 80.6 | NR |
21. Madisonville (25-1) | 80.4 | t19 |
22. Highlands (19-10) | 80.2 | t21 |
23. Scott Co. (24-6) | 80.1 | 8 |
24. Conner (19-10) | 79.6 | 25 |
24. Mercy (17-11) | 79.6 | t19 |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY DISTRICT
1ST DISTRICT | |
1. Hickman County | 46.6 |
2. Carlisle County | 40.3 |
3. Fulton City | 29.2 |
4. Fulton County | 13.4 |
2ND DISTRICT | |
1. McCracken County | 73.8 |
2. Paducah Tilghman | 44.8 |
3. St. Mary | 15.8 |
4. Community Christian | 14.6 |
3RD DISTRICT | |
1. Graves County | 77.4 |
2. Mayfield | 50.1 |
3. Ballard Memorial | 33.4 |
4TH DISTRICT | |
1. Marshall County | 77.8 |
2. Calloway County | 72.2 |
3. Murray | 60.2 |
5TH DISTRICT | |
1. Trigg County | 46.1 |
2. Crittenden County | 43.3 |
3. Lyon County | 40.7 |
4. Livingston Central | 26.1 |
6TH DISTRICT | |
1. Henderson County | 82.8 |
2. Webster County | 73.5 |
3. Union County | 50.9 |
7TH DISTRICT | |
1. Madisonville | 80.4 |
2. Caldwell County | 48.3 |
3. Hopkins Central | 45.4 |
4. Dawson Springs | 37.7 |
8TH DISTRICT | |
1. Christian County | 53.9 |
2. Hopkinsville | 52.9 |
3. University Heights | 38.0 |
4. Fort Campbell | 2.4 |
9TH DISTRICT | |
1. Owensboro Catholic | 72.0 |
2. Apollo | 71.1 |
3. Daviess County | 47.7 |
4. Owensboro | 42.6 |
10TH DISTRICT | |
1. Muhlenberg County | 70.0 |
2. McLean County | 59.8 |
3. Ohio County | 56.4 |
11TH DISTRICT | |
1. Meade County | 74.2 |
2. Breckinridge County | 60.8 |
3. Hancock County | 53.1 |
4. Cloverport | 25.8 |
12TH DISTRICT | |
1. Edmonson County | 60.5 |
2. Grayson County | 54.5 |
3. Butler County | 44.7 |
4. Whitesville Trinity | 39.9 |
13TH DISTRICT | |
1. Logan County | 49.9 |
2. Russellville | 46.0 |
3. Franklin-Simpson | 40.1 |
4. Todd Central | 23.1 |
14TH DISTRICT | |
1. Bowling Green | 78.8 |
2. South Warren | 61.9 |
3. Warren East | 60.9 |
4. Greenwood | 54.7 |
5. Warren Central | 51.1 |
15TH DISTRICT | |
1. Barren County | 71.9 |
2. Glasgow | 71.0 |
3. Allen County | 50.9 |
4. Monroe County | 47.8 |
16TH DISTRICT | |
1. Russell County | 64.7 |
2. Metcalfe County | 49.7 |
3. Clinton County | 36.4 |
4. Cumberland County | 33.2 |
17TH DISTRICT | |
1. Elizabethtown | 84.4 |
2. Central Hardin | 68.8 |
3. North Hardin | 62.9 |
4. John Hardin | 52.3 |
5. Fort Knox | 33.2 |
18TH DISTRICT | |
1. Green County | 61.7 |
2. Hart County | 53.7 |
3. Caverna | 48.2 |
4. LaRue County | 46.8 |
19TH DISTRICT | |
1. Bethlehem | 83.3 |
2. Bardstown | 80.6 |
3. Thomas Nelson | 61.4 |
4. Nelson County | 45.4 |
5. Washington County | 27.8 |
20TH DISTRICT | |
1. Marion County | 77.0 |
2. Campbellsville | 56.5 |
3. Taylor County | 43.9 |
4. Adair County | 40.0 |
21ST DISTRICT | |
1. Pleasure Ridge Park | 65.5 |
2. Lou. Holy Cross | 44.3 |
3. Fairdale | 17.7 |
4. Beth Haven | 2.7 |
5. Valley | 0.1 |
22ND DISTRICT | |
1. Butler | 84.2 |
2. Iroquois | 33.8 |
3. Western | 12.9 |
4. Doss | 8.4 |
23RD DISTRICT | |
1. Bullitt Central | 52.1 |
2. Moore | 36.1 |
3. North Bullitt | 31.7 |
4. Southern | 10.2 |
24TH DISTRICT | |
1. Bullitt East | 85.0 |
2. Mercy | 79.6 |
3. Whitefield Academy | 21.7 |
4. Fern Creek | 19.4 |
25TH DISTRICT | |
1. Manual | 82.3 |
2. Central | 73.9 |
3. Presentation | 48.5 |
4. St. Francis | 28.6 |
5. Portland Christian | 25.4 |
6. Shawnee | 0.4 |
26TH DISTRICT | |
1. Assumption | 81.8 |
2. Male | 68.3 |
3. Collegiate | 45.0 |
4. Brown | 35.5 |
27TH DISTRICT | |
1. Sacred Heart | 84.1 |
2. Atherton | 27.3 |
3. Waggener | 20.8 |
4. Seneca | 6.6 |
28TH DISTRICT | |
1. Louisville Christian | 83.3 |
2. Eastern | 54.0 |
3. Ballard | 53.9 |
29TH DISTRICT | |
1. Oldham County | 71.4 |
2. North Oldham | 67.6 |
3. South Oldham | 62.0 |
4. Trimble County | 45.8 |
30TH DISTRICT | |
1. Anderson County | 83.6 |
2. Spencer County | 66.4 |
3. Collins | 60.5 |
4. Woodford County | 58.6 |
5. Shelby County | 53.7 |
31ST DISTRICT | |
1. Owen County | 67.7 |
2. Gallatin County | 38.6 |
3. Carroll County | 38.5 |
4. Eminence | 33.5 |
5. Henry County | 30.1 |
32ND DISTRICT | |
1. Simon Kenton | 86.8 |
2. Walton-Verona | 74.7 |
3. Grant County | 58.4 |
4. Williamstown | 48.7 |
33RD DISTRICT | |
1. Ryle | 85.2 |
2. Conner | 79.6 |
3. Boone County | 67.2 |
4. Cooper | 63.9 |
34TH DISTRICT | |
1. Dixie Heights | 74.0 |
2. Ludlow | 59.6 |
3. St. Henry | 57.4 |
4. Lloyd | 51.7 |
5. Villa Madonna | 33.5 |
35TH DISTRICT | |
1. Notre Dame | 81.0 |
2. Cov. Holy Cross | 68.1 |
3. Holmes | 46.5 |
4. Beechwood | 38.3 |
5. Latin | 8.1 |
36TH DISTRICT | |
1. Highlands | 80.2 |
2. Newport Catholic | 68.2 |
3. Bellevue | 41.0 |
4. Dayton | 38.6 |
5. Newport | 11.2 |
37TH DISTRICT | |
1. Campbell County | 73.3 |
2. Bishop Brossart | 72.3 |
3. Scott | 54.3 |
38TH DISTRICT | |
1. Nicholas County | 50.2 |
2. Harrison County | 49.2 |
3. Pendleton County | 40.1 |
4. Robertson County | 27.5 |
39TH DISTRICT | |
1. Mason County | 54.1 |
2. St. Patrick | 35.2 |
3. Augusta | 27.5 |
4. Bracken County | 18.7 |
40TH DISTRICT | |
1. Clark County | 82.8 |
2. Bourbon County | 58.0 |
3. Paris | 56.4 |
4. Montgomery County | 52.8 |
41ST DISTRICT | |
1. Franklin County | 78.0 |
2. Great Crossing | 61.3 |
3. Frankfort | 44.6 |
4. Western Hills | 39.9 |
42ND DISTRICT | |
1. Scott County | 80.1 |
2. Henry Clay | 56.8 |
3. Bryan Station | 51.0 |
4. Frederick Douglass | 34.6 |
5. Sayre | 31.3 |
43RD DISTRICT | |
1. Paul Dunbar | 72.0 |
2. Tates Creek | 61.3 |
3. Lafayette | 58.8 |
4. Lexington Catholic | 55.5 |
5. Lexington Christian | 39.6 |
44TH DISTRICT | |
1. Madison Southern | 64.9 |
2. Madison Central | 51.3 |
3. Berea | 47.6 |
4. Model | 39.3 |
45TH DISTRICT | |
1. Danville | 71.0 |
2. Lincoln County | 61.2 |
3. Garrard County | 55.5 |
4. Boyle County | 52.3 |
5. Danville Christian | 30.2 |
6. Ky. School for Deaf | 0.1 |
46TH DISTRICT | |
1. Mercer County | 81.4 |
2. East Jessamine | 50.4 |
3. West Jessamine | 34.2 |
4. Burgin | 10.3 |
47TH DISTRICT | |
1. Casey County | 81.8 |
2. Rockcastle County | 75.8 |
3. Pulaski County | 63.8 |
4. Somerset | 60.8 |
48TH DISTRICT | |
1. Southwestern | 81.7 |
2. Wayne County | 69.6 |
3. McCreary Central | 48.1 |
49TH DISTRICT | |
1. North Laurel | 81.6 |
2. Jackson County | 61.9 |
3. Clay County | 55.6 |
4. Red Bird | 34.6 |
5. Oneida Baptist | 13.5 |
50TH DISTRICT | |
1. South Laurel | 82.4 |
2. Whitley County | 58.7 |
3. Williamsburg | 54.8 |
4. Corbin | 52.7 |
51ST DISTRICT | |
1. Knox Central | 52.1 |
2. Pineville | 48.9 |
3. Barbourville | 39.1 |
4. Lynn Camp | 17.4 |
52ND DISTRICT | |
1. Bell County | 62.3 |
2. Harlan County | 55.4 |
3. Harlan | 40.3 |
4. Middlesboro | 32.2 |
53RD DISTRICT | |
1. Letcher Central | 65.1 |
2. Knott Central | 57.4 |
3. June Buchanan | 13.0 |
4. Cordia | 0.1 |
54TH DISTRICT | |
1. Hazard | 60.6 |
2. Perry Central | 58.5 |
3. Leslie County | 55.9 |
4. Buckhorn | 32.6 |
55TH DISTRICT | |
1. Wolfe County | 65.0 |
2. Breathitt County | 29.2 |
3. Jackson City | 29.0 |
4. Riverside Christian | 23.1 |
56TH DISTRICT | |
1. Owsley County | 55.5 |
2. Powell County | 46.3 |
3. Estill County | 45.1 |
4. Lee County | 12.4 |
57TH DISTRICT | |
1. Johnson Central | 61.9 |
2. Martin County | 57.7 |
3. Paintsville | 44.4 |
4. Magoffin County | 30.1 |
58TH DISTRICT | |
1. Floyd Central | 62.7 |
2. Lawrence County | 56.6 |
3. Prestonsburg | 45.8 |
4. Betsy Layne | 39.8 |
59TH DISTRICT | |
1. Shelby Valley | 72.5 |
2. Pikeville | 70.3 |
3. East Ridge | 44.0 |
4. Jenkins | 33.4 |
60TH DISTRICT | |
1. Belfry | 61.7 |
2. Pike Central | 54.7 |
3. Phelps | 50.0 |
61ST DISTRICT | |
1. Rowan County | 72.1 |
2. Menifee County | 50.6 |
3. Fleming County | 46.1 |
4. Bath County | 41.6 |
62ND DISTRICT | |
1. West Carter | 71.2 |
2. East Carter | 64.6 |
3. Elliott County | 51.5 |
4. Morgan County | 46.7 |
63RD DISTRICT | |
1. Russell | 76.5 |
2. Lewis County | 54.6 |
3. Raceland | 47.3 |
4. Greenup County | 40.7 |
64TH DISTRICT | |
1. Boyd County | 79.5 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 78.0 |
3. Fairview | 47.0 |
This story was originally published February 23, 2020 at 4:55 PM.