Rating the State: Ky. girls’ basketball rankings as Sweet Sixteen nears
There was plenty of movement in the top 10 ahead of Kentucky’s girls’ high school basketball region tournaments.
Ryle moved up a spot to No. 1, according to Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State.
Anderson County, seventh last week, is now tied for No. 2 with Elizabethtown, followed by Sacred Heart and Clark County.
Ratings by region follow this week’s top 25.
GIRLS’ TOP 25
School | Rating | LW |
1. Ryle (19-11) | 84.9 | 2 |
2. Anderson Co. (27-5) | 84.8 | 7 |
2. Elizabethtown (24-5) | 84.8 | 4 |
4. Sacred Heart (29-2) | 84.3 | 6 |
5. Clark Co. (19-10) | 84.1 | t10 |
6. Simon Kenton (27-4) | 83.6 | 1 |
6. Bullitt East (21-7) | 83.6 | 3 |
8. Lou. Christian (22-7) | 83.4 | t8 |
9. Bethlehem (29-3) | 83.0 | t8 |
9. South Laurel (23-6) | 83.0 | 12 |
11. Butler (26-4) | 82.5 | 5 |
12. Manual (24-7) | 82.1 | 13 |
13. North Laurel (26-4) | 82.0 | 17 |
14. Southwestern (24-5) | 81.7 | 16 |
15. Bardstown (19-9) | 81.5 | 20 |
16. Mercy (18-11) | 81.3 | t24 |
17. Assumption (19-11) | 81.2 | t14 |
18. Henderson Co. (19-7) | 81.0 | t10 |
19. Mercer Co. (22-8) | 80.8 | 18 |
20. Notre Dame (23-6) | 80.4 | 19 |
20. Conner (20-11) | 80.4 | t24 |
22. Bowling Green (25-6) | 80.2 | NR |
23. Casey Co. (24-7) | 80.1 | t14 |
24. Madisonville (27-1) | 79.9 | 21 |
25. Highlands (21-10) | 79.8 | 22 |
GIRLS’ RATINGS BY REGION
1ST REGION | |
1. Marshall County | 78.4 |
2. McCracken County | 76.8 |
3. Graves County | 76.2 |
4. Calloway County | 71.8 |
5. Mayfield | 51.2 |
6. Hickman County | 48.8 |
7. Paducah Tilghman | 41.1 |
8. Carlisle County | 40.2 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Henderson County | 81.0 |
2. Madisonville | 79.9 |
3. Webster County | 77.8 |
4. Christian County | 53.7 |
5. Hopkinsville | 53.4 |
6. Caldwell County | 48.6 |
7. Trigg County | 46.1 |
8. Crittenden County | 42.4 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Meade County | 75.1 |
2. Owensboro Catholic | 73.8 |
3. Muhlenberg County | 69.8 |
4. Apollo | 69.1 |
5. Breckinridge County | 62.1 |
6. Edmonson County | 60.5 |
7. Ohio County | 57.2 |
8. Grayson County | 54.1 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 80.2 |
2. Barren County | 74.0 |
3. Glasgow | 68.2 |
4. Russell County | 63.1 |
5. Warren East | 60.5 |
6. Metcalfe County | 50.2 |
7. Logan County | 50.1 |
8. Russellville | 46.1 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 84.8 |
2. Bethlehem | 83.0 |
3. Bardstown | 81.5 |
4. Marion County | 75.2 |
5. Central Hardin | 68.7 |
6. Green County | 63.1 |
7. Hart County | 53.4 |
8. Taylor County | 45.5 |
6TH REGION | |
1. Bullitt East | 83.6 |
2. Butler | 82.5 |
3. Mercy | 81.3 |
4. Pleasure Ridge Park | 66.0 |
5. Bullitt Central | 52.9 |
6. Lou. Holy Cross | 45.1 |
7. Iroquois | 33.4 |
8. North Bullitt | 33.3 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Sacred Heart | 84.3 |
2. Louisville Christian | 83.4 |
3. Manual | 82.1 |
4. Assumption | 81.2 |
5. Central | 77.2 |
6. Male | 68.7 |
7. Ballard | 56.4 |
8. Atherton | 26.2 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Anderson County | 84.8 |
2. Simon Kenton | 83.6 |
3. Walton-Verona | 78.8 |
4. Oldham County | 68.8 |
5. Owen County | 66.4 |
6. South Oldham | 65.7 |
7. Woodford County | 58.0 |
8. Gallatin County | 39.0 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Ryle | 84.9 |
2. Conner | 80.4 |
2. Notre Dame | 80.4 |
4. Highlands | 79.8 |
5. Dixie Heights | 72.4 |
6. Newport Catholic | 69.3 |
7. Cov. Holy Cross | 67.2 |
8. Ludlow | 60.9 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 84.1 |
2. Campbell County | 74.4 |
3. Bishop Brossart | 71.8 |
4. Bourbon County | 57.6 |
5. Mason County | 56.3 |
6. Nicholas County | 50.5 |
7. Harrison County | 50.3 |
8. St. Patrick | 35.1 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Scott County | 79.7 |
2. Franklin County | 78.8 |
3. Paul Dunbar | 72.8 |
4. Great Crossing | 61.5 |
4. Tates Creek | 61.5 |
6. Madison Central | 53.6 |
7. Bryan Station | 51.2 |
8. Berea | 47.6 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Southwestern | 81.7 |
2. Mercer County | 80.8 |
3. Casey County | 80.1 |
4. Rockcastle County | 78.6 |
5. Danville | 72.9 |
6. Wayne County | 70.0 |
7. Garrard County | 54.1 |
8. East Jessamine | 51.4 |
13TH REGION | |
1. South Laurel | 83.0 |
2. North Laurel | 82.0 |
3. Bell County | 61.2 |
4. Clay County | 56.8 |
5. Whitley County | 56.5 |
6. Harlan County | 55.3 |
7. Knox Central | 51.9 |
8. Pineville | 50.3 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Wolfe County | 64.8 |
2. Letcher Central | 63.9 |
3. Hazard | 60.3 |
4. Owsley County | 57.9 |
5. Leslie County | 55.7 |
6. Knott Central | 55.6 |
7. Estill County | 43.6 |
8. Jackson City | 28.9 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Shelby Valley | 73.2 |
2. Pikeville | 68.2 |
3. Belfry | 63.5 |
4. Floyd Central | 62.7 |
5. Johnson Central | 61.4 |
6. Martin County | 58.9 |
7. Lawrence County | 58.1 |
8. Pike Central | 54.2 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Boyd County | 78.3 |
2. Ashland Blazer | 77.4 |
3. Russell | 75.7 |
4. West Carter | 74.9 |
5. Rowan County | 70.9 |
6. East Carter | 61.5 |
7. Lewis County | 54.9 |
8. Menifee County | 51.3 |
This story was originally published March 1, 2020 at 6:13 PM.