Cantrall’s ratings: A new No. 1 team in this week’s boys’ top 25 (Feb. 14)
Elizabethtown surged to the top spot in this week’s top 25 in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky.
The Panthers, tied for fourth last week, defeated previous-No. 1 Bowling Green 64-36 on Saturday. The Purples dropped to eighth this week.
New to the top 10 this week is Doss in ninth and Frederick Douglass, up 12 spots to 10th.
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| BOYS’ TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. Elizabethtown (9-1) | 85.2 | t4 |
| 2. Covington Catholic (13-2) | 84.5 | 2 |
| 3. Lexington Catholic (11-0) | 83.9 | 3 |
| 4. North Laurel (14-0) | 82.9 | t6 |
| 5. Male (4-2) | 82.4 | t6 |
| 6. Ballard (6-0) | 82.3 | t4 |
| 7. DeSales (10-4) | 81.8 | 8 |
| 8. Bowling Green (11-1) | 81.5 | 1 |
| 9. Doss (5-0) | 80.7 | 11 |
| 10. Frederick Douglass (9-1) | 79.7 | 22 |
| 11. St. Henry (9-2) | 79.3 | 12 |
| 12. Highlands (10-4) | 79.2 | t14 |
| 13. Oldham County (6-2) | 79.0 | 20 |
| 14. John Hardin (7-2) | 78.9 | 13 |
| 15. Dixie Heights (12-3) | 78.5 | t14 |
| 16. Lou. Trinity (8-4) | 78.0 | 24 |
| 17. South Laurel (10-4) | 76.8 | 16 |
| 18. Madison Central (10-4) | 76.2 | 17 |
| 19. Warren Central (4-4) | 76.0 | t18 |
| 20. Beechwood (14-3) | 75.9 | t18 |
| 20. McCracken County (12-3) | 75.9 | 23 |
| 22. Fern Creek (4-2) | 75.8 | NR |
| 23. Ashland Blazer (7-2) | 75.7 | 21 |
| 24. Butler (3-1) | 75.3 | NR |
| 25. Henry Clay (8-3) | 74.1 | 25 |
Boys’ ratings by region
1ST REGION | |
1. McCracken County | 75.9 |
2. Paducah Tilghman | 70.8 |
3. Murray | 68.8 |
4. Marshall County | 62.5 |
5. Graves County | 61.4 |
6. Calloway County | 58.1 |
7. Mayfield | 57.6 |
8. St. Mary | 50.1 |
9. Christian Fellowship | 41.0 |
10. Hickman County | 40.3 |
11. Carlisle County | 39.8 |
12. Fulton County | 37.4 |
13. Community Christian | 24.5 |
14. Ballard Memorial | 20.0 |
15. Fulton City | 9.4 |
2ND REGION | |
1. Lyon County | 69.8 |
2. University Heights | 66.9 |
3. Madisonville | 65.1 |
4. Webster County | 61.3 |
5. Christian County | 61.2 |
6. Hopkinsville | 60.9 |
7. Henderson County | 60.6 |
8. Crittenden County | 50.5 |
9. Union County | 50.1 |
10. Caldwell County | 48.9 |
11. Trigg County | 42.9 |
12. Hopkins Central | 42.8 |
13. Dawson Springs | 33.7 |
14. Livingston Central | 30.3 |
3RD REGION | |
1. Owensboro | 72.9 |
2. Muhlenberg County | 72.5 |
3. Owensboro Catholic | 70.2 |
4. Ohio County | 61.5 |
5. Meade County | 59.2 |
6. McLean County | 58.8 |
7. Grayson County | 58.3 |
8. Daviess County | 53.3 |
9. Butler County | 52.7 |
10. Apollo | 51.6 |
11. Edmonson County | 50.4 |
12. Whitesville Trinity | 47.9 |
13. Hancock County | 47.7 |
14. Breckinridge County | 45.4 |
15. Cloverport | 9.7 |
4TH REGION | |
1. Bowling Green | 81.5 |
2. Warren Central | 76.0 |
3. Greenwood | 68.2 |
4. Barren County | 65.1 |
5. Allen County-Scottsville | 64.9 |
6. South Warren | 63.3 |
7. Logan County | 62.2 |
8. Clinton County | 61.0 |
9. Franklin-Simpson | 60.7 |
10. Russell County | 60.6 |
11. Glasgow | 55.1 |
12. Metcalfe County | 53.1 |
13. Russellville | 47.5 |
14. Cumberland County | 47.2 |
15. Monroe County | 45.4 |
16. Warren East | 45.1 |
17. Todd Central | 38.6 |
18. Foundation Christian | 4.2 |
5TH REGION | |
1. Elizabethtown | 85.2 |
2. John Hardin | 78.9 |
3. LaRue County | 71.2 |
4. Bardstown | 70.6 |
5. North Hardin | 67.0 |
6. Central Hardin | 61.1 |
7. Hart County | 57.4 |
8. Taylor County | 57.1 |
9. Marion County | 56.0 |
10. Green County | 55.0 |
11. Thomas Nelson | 53.4 |
12. Washington County | 52.7 |
13. Adair County | 51.8 |
14. Campbellsville | 45.1 |
15. Nelson County | 38.3 |
16. Bethlehem | 37.1 |
17. Caverna | 34.3 |
6TH REGION | |
1. DeSales | 81.8 |
2. Doss | 80.7 |
3. Fern Creek | 75.8 |
4. Butler | 75.3 |
5. Pleasure Ridge Park | 73.4 |
6. Jeffersontown | 72.9 |
7. Bullitt East | 69.7 |
8. Western | 62.0 |
9. Southern | 60.8 |
10. Iroquois | 60.1 |
11. Bullitt Central | 58.8 |
12. Fairdale | 55.7 |
13. Moore | 54.4 |
14. North Bullitt | 52.7 |
15. Lou. Holy Cross | 51.1 |
16. Valley | 49.3 |
17. Beth Haven | 46.9 |
18. Evangel | 40.4 |
19. Whitefield Academy | 26.9 |
7TH REGION | |
1. Male | 82.4 |
2. Ballard | 82.3 |
3. Lou. Trinity | 78.0 |
4. Christian Academy-Louisville | 72.4 |
5. St. Xavier | 71.8 |
6. Seneca | 71.5 |
7. Manual | 69.6 |
8. Waggener | 66.5 |
9. Central | 56.5 |
10. Collegiate | 55.3 |
11. Atherton | 47.5 |
12. Country Day | 43.1 |
13. Walden | 40.0 |
14. Shawnee | 38.9 |
15. Highlands Latin | 36.3 |
16. St. Francis | 32.9 |
17. Portland Christian | 31.1 |
18. Brown | 27.4 |
8TH REGION | |
1. Oldham County | 79.0 |
2. South Oldham | 72.1 |
3. Collins | 69.4 |
4. Spencer County | 68.8 |
5. Simon Kenton | 67.9 |
6. North Oldham | 65.8 |
7. Walton-Verona | 63.0 |
8. Woodford County | 62.0 |
9. Grant County | 60.1 |
10. Anderson County | 58.1 |
11. Shelby County | 55.6 |
12. Henry County | 50.1 |
13. Gallatin County | 49.2 |
14. Owen County | 48.4 |
15. Trimble County | 45.9 |
16. Carroll County | 41.3 |
17. Williamstown | 40.0 |
18. Eminence | 27.2 |
9TH REGION | |
1. Covington Catholic | 84.5 |
2. St. Henry | 79.3 |
3. Highlands | 79.2 |
4. Dixie Heights | 78.5 |
5. Beechwood | 75.9 |
6. Cov. Holy Cross | 69.7 |
7. Conner | 69.1 |
8. Newport Catholic | 64.4 |
9. Holmes | 62.3 |
10. Lloyd | 61.0 |
11. Cooper | 60.3 |
12. Ryle | 57.3 |
13. Newport | 56.1 |
14. Boone County | 55.1 |
15. Ludlow | 48.8 |
16. Dayton | 32.8 |
17. Villa Madonna | 21.9 |
18. Bellevue | 17.4 |
19. Heritage Academy | 13.9 |
20. Covington Latin | 0.2 |
10TH REGION | |
1. Clark County | 73.1 |
2. Montgomery County | 72.0 |
3. Campbell County | 71.9 |
4. Mason County | 67.3 |
5. Robertson County | 63.3 |
6. Bishop Brossart | 62.6 |
7. Scott | 59.1 |
8. Harrison County | 57.5 |
9. Bourbon County | 56.7 |
10. Augusta | 52.4 |
10. Bracken County | 52.4 |
12. Calvary Christian | 50.1 |
13. Pendleton County | 49.7 |
14. Nicholas County | 44.0 |
15. Paris | 39.0 |
16. St. Patrick | 17.8 |
11TH REGION | |
1. Lexington Catholic | 83.9 |
2. Frederick Douglass | 79.7 |
3. Madison Central | 76.2 |
4. Henry Clay | 74.1 |
5. Paul Dunbar | 71.7 |
6. Madison Southern | 68.7 |
7. Bryan Station | 68.6 |
8. Scott County | 68.3 |
9. Lexington Christian | 67.3 |
10. Lafayette | 65.4 |
11. Tates Creek | 63.4 |
12. Frankfort | 60.6 |
13. Franklin County | 60.4 |
14. Great Crossing | 59.8 |
15. Sayre | 57.5 |
16. Western Hills | 54.8 |
17. Berea | 47.9 |
18. Model | 44.9 |
19. Trinity Christian | 32.9 |
20. Frankfort Christian | 15.7 |
12TH REGION | |
1. Lincoln County | 72.5 |
2. Boyle County | 71.3 |
3. East Jessamine | 70.1 |
4. West Jessamine | 69.9 |
5. Pulaski County | 67.7 |
6. Somerset | 67.5 |
7. McCreary Central | 59.9 |
8. Danville | 59.8 |
9. Southwestern | 56.9 |
10. Rockcastle County | 54.4 |
11. Casey County | 51.4 |
12. Garrard County | 51.0 |
13. Wayne County | 50.9 |
14. Mercer County | 48.9 |
15. Somerset Christian | 37.3 |
16. Danville Christian | 33.6 |
17. Burgin | 25.4 |
13TH REGION | |
1. North Laurel | 82.9 |
2. South Laurel | 76.8 |
3. Knox Central | 70.9 |
4. Corbin | 66.8 |
5. Harlan County | 65.2 |
6. Clay County | 64.2 |
7. Harlan | 61.3 |
8. Bell County | 54.5 |
9. Lynn Camp | 54.3 |
10. Barbourville | 53.6 |
11. Williamsburg | 52.7 |
12. Middlesboro | 49.5 |
13. Jackson County | 47.7 |
14. Whitley County | 47.6 |
15. Pineville | 46.8 |
16. Red Bird | 24.8 |
14TH REGION | |
1. Hazard | 67.3 |
2. Knott Central | 59.8 |
3. Wolfe County | 58.9 |
4. Breathitt County | 57.9 |
5. Estill County | 53.7 |
6. Perry Central | 52.7 |
7. Leslie County | 51.3 |
8. Letcher Central | 50.5 |
9. Cordia | 45.4 |
10. Buckhorn | 42.5 |
11. Owsley County | 38.7 |
12. Lee County | 34.2 |
13. Jackson City | 28.0 |
14. Powell County | 22.6 |
15. June Buchanan | 19.1 |
16. Riverside Christian | 0.1 |
15TH REGION | |
1. Johnson Central | 72.0 |
2. Pikeville | 66.9 |
3. Shelby Valley | 64.1 |
4. Paintsville | 62.1 |
5. Martin County | 61.3 |
6. Betsy Layne | 57.5 |
7. Belfry | 57.2 |
8. Lawrence County | 56.8 |
9. Magoffin County | 55.0 |
10. East Ridge | 53.9 |
11. Pike Central | 46.8 |
12. Prestonsburg | 44.1 |
13. Floyd Central | 40.2 |
14. Phelps | 36.7 |
15. Jenkins | 14.3 |
16TH REGION | |
1. Ashland Blazer | 75.7 |
2. Rowan County | 73.5 |
3. Boyd County | 68.5 |
4. Russell | 59.0 |
5. East Carter | 57.8 |
6. Lewis County | 56.4 |
7. West Carter | 56.3 |
8. Raceland | 52.0 |
9. Elliott County | 51.3 |
10. Bath County | 48.4 |
11. Morgan County | 46.0 |
12. Greenup County | 44.5 |
13. Fleming County | 39.3 |
14. Fairview | 37.7 |
15. Rose Hill Christian | 30.9 |
16. Menifee County | 27.0 |