High School Basketball

Cantrall’s ratings: A new No. 1 boys’ team, but it’s a tight race at the top (Feb. 28)

By Dave Cantrall Special to the Herald-Leader

It’s a tight race at the top, and it’s Elizabethtown leading the way this week in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State for boys’ high school basketball in Kentucky. Undefeated Lexington Catholic is second, just 0.3 points behind in the ratings.

St. Henry moved up five spots to fifth after defeating last week’s top team, Covington Catholic, this past week.

A scheduled matchup this Saturday between Lexington Catholic and No. 6 North Laurel, also undefeated, will likely shake up the top five again next Sunday.

Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State

BOYS’ TOP 25RatingLW
1. Elizabethtown (12-1)85.32
2. Lexington Catholic (17-0)85.03
3. Covington Catholic (18-3)84.31
4. Male (5-2)83.54
5. St. Henry (12-2)83.110
6. North Laurel (18-0)82.85
7. Highlands (16-4)82.68
8. Dixie Heights (17-3)81.012
9. Ballard (11-1)80.96
10. DeSales (12-5)80.49
11. Bowling Green (12-2)79.97
12. Frederick Douglass (11-1)79.811
13. Trinity (12-4)79.017
14. Oldham County (9-4)78.914
15. John Hardin (10-3)78.113
16. Pleasure Ridge Park (9-2)77.822
17. Doss (7-3)77.1t18
18. Fern Creek (7-4)76.916
19. Lincoln County (9-5)76.2NR
20. Ashland Blazer (9-4)76.015
21. Warren Central (5-5)75.721
22. Johnson Central (16-1)75.6NR
23. Butler (4-2)75.224
23. Louisville Christian (15-8)75.2NR
25. Paul Laurence Dunbar (8-4)75.1NR

Boys’ ratings by region

1ST REGION

1. Paducah Tilghman71.3
2. McCracken County69.9
3. Murray67.5
4. Graves County64.4
5. Marshall County63.0
6. Calloway County57.7
7. Mayfield56.9
8. St. Mary49.6
9. Carlisle County42.7
10. Hickman County41.8
11. Fulton County37.7
12. Christian Fellowship37.3
13. Community Christian25.6
14. Ballard Memorial18.5
15. Fulton City8.6




2ND REGION

1. Lyon County73.0
2. University Heights68.2
3. Madisonville67.2
4. Hopkinsville63.9
5. Henderson County60.6
6. Christian County57.8
7. Webster County57.1
8. Crittenden County53.4
9. Union County51.9
10. Caldwell County45.5
11. Hopkins Central44.1
12. Trigg County43.2
13. Livingston Central32.3
14. Dawson Springs31.9




3RD REGION

1. Muhlenberg County72.6
2. Owensboro69.7
3. Owensboro Catholic67.6
4. Ohio County62.2
5. McLean County59.6
6. Grayson County58.5
7. Meade County56.9
8. Daviess County56.2
9. Hancock County50.3
10. Edmonson County49.2
11. Butler County48.8
12. Breckinridge County47.3
13. Apollo46.5
14. Whitesville Trinity46.0
15. Cloverport11.1




4TH REGION

1. Bowling Green79.9
2. Warren Central75.7
3. Greenwood69.6
4. Barren County67.1
5. Allen County-Scottsville65.2
6. South Warren64.8
7. Clinton County64.3
8. Franklin-Simpson63.8
9. Logan County58.7
10. Russell County57.8
11. Glasgow55.7
12. Metcalfe County54.4
13. Cumberland County48.1
14. Russellville47.2
15. Warren East45.1
16. Monroe County44.0
17. Todd Central37.6
18. Foundation Christian4.8




5TH REGION

1. Elizabethtown85.3
2. John Hardin78.1
3. Bardstown72.1
4. LaRue County68.0
5. North Hardin65.2
6. Central Hardin60.1
7. Taylor County57.8
8. Marion County56.6
9. Hart County56.2
10. Green County55.0
11. Thomas Nelson54.9
12. Adair County54.8
13. Washington County53.6
14. Campbellsville46.6
15. Bethlehem40.1
16. Nelson County37.5
17. Caverna36.8




6TH REGION

1. DeSales80.4
2. Pleasure Ridge Park77.8
3. Doss77.1
4. Fern Creek76.9
5. Butler75.2
6. Jeffersontown71.6
7. Bullitt East67.9
8. Western65.4
9. Southern63.1
10. Bullitt Central57.2
11. Moore56.6
12. Iroquois55.8
13. North Bullitt52.6
14. Beth Haven51.2
15. Louisville Holy Cross50.9
16. Fairdale50.8
17. Valley49.3
18. Evangel43.7
19. Whitefield Academy19.0




7TH REGION

1. Male83.5
2. Ballard80.9
3. Louisville Trinity79.0
4. Christian Academy-Louisville75.2
5. Eastern74.8
6. St. Xavier74.2
7. Seneca72.1
8. Manual68.8
9. Waggener61.2
10. Collegiate54.8
11. Central54.1
12. Atherton47.4
13. Kentucky Country Day46.4
14. Walden40.0
15. Shawnee37.0
16. St. Francis34.0
17. Highlands Latin33.3
18. Portland Christian32.4
19. Brown30.3




8TH REGION

1. Oldham County78.9
2. Collins69.8
3. Spencer County69.5
4. Simon Kenton68.4
5. South Oldham65.8
6. North Oldham64.1
7. Woodford County62.8
8. Walton-Verona62.7
9. Grant County61.0
10. Shelby County58.1
11. Anderson County57.5
12. Henry County54.4
13. Gallatin County52.6
14. Owen County50.0
15. Trimble County44.2
16. Carroll County39.4
17. Williamstown38.1
18. Eminence28.4




9TH REGION

1. Covington Catholic84.3
2. St. Henry83.1
3. Highlands82.6
4. Dixie Heights81.0
5. Beechwood74.6
6. Conner70.6
7. Newport Catholic65.4
8. Covington Holy Cross64.5
9. Lloyd63.7
10. Holmes62.9
11. Cooper60.0
12. Boone County56.5
13. Ryle54.6
14. Newport53.3
15. Ludlow49.5
16. Villa Madonna28.6
17. Dayton28.5
18. Bellevue18.5
19. Heritage Academy14.0
20. Covington Latin0.2




10TH REGION

1. Clark County71.4
2. Montgomery County70.0
3. Mason County69.6
4. Campbell County68.5
5. Robertson County63.6
6. Scott62.0
7. Bishop Brossart60.4
8. Harrison County59.0
9. Augusta55.5
10. Bourbon County52.3
11. Calvary Christian51.5
12. Bracken County47.3
12. Pendleton County47.3
14. Paris41.7
15. Nicholas County41.3
16. St. Patrick13.9




11TH REGION

1. Lexington Catholic85.0
2. Frederick Douglass79.8
3. Paul Laurence Dunbar75.1
4. Madison Central74.3
5. Henry Clay72.6
6. Lafayette68.7
7. Madison Southern68.5
8. Lexington Christian67.9
9. Scott County65.5
10. Bryan Station64.3
11. Tates Creek63.2
12. Great Crossing62.3
13. Frankfort60.9
14. Sayre57.8
15. Franklin County54.2
16. Western Hills53.7
17. Berea47.1
18. Model45.1
19. Trinity Christian32.7
20. Frankfort Christian20.2




12TH REGION

1. Lincoln County76.2
2. East Jessamine71.0
3. Boyle County70.3
4. West Jessamine69.6
5. Pulaski County68.9
6. Somerset67.4
7. McCreary Central61.5
8. Danville58.0
9. Southwestern56.9
10. Wayne County53.9
11. Rockcastle County52.7
12. Mercer County51.3
13. Garrard County50.6
14. Casey County47.6
15. Somerset Christian37.2
16. Danville Christian35.2
17. Burgin26.0




13TH REGION

1. North Laurel82.8
2. South Laurel74.2
3. Knox Central72.2
4. Corbin70.0
5. Harlan County69.0
6. Clay County65.6
7. Harlan60.3
8. Bell County60.1
9. Williamsburg50.9
10. Barbourville50.8
11. Lynn Camp49.6
11. Middlesboro49.6
13. Pineville45.9
14. Jackson County45.8
15. Whitley County45.7
16. Red Bird20.5




14TH REGION

1. Hazard68.0
2. Wolfe County59.8
3. Knott Central59.7
4. Breathitt County56.0
4. Perry Central56.0
6. Estill County54.8
7. Leslie County53.0
8. Letcher Central49.6
9. Cordia48.4
10. Buckhorn45.3
11. Owsley County39.1
12. Lee County34.4
13. Powell County23.9
14. Jackson City22.8
15. June Buchanan19.2
16. Riverside Christian0.1




15TH REGION

1. Johnson Central75.6
2. Pikeville67.2
3. Shelby Valley64.0
4. Paintsville63.7
5. Belfry61.7
6. Betsy Layne58.3
7. East Ridge55.6
8. Pike Central55.3
9. Magoffin County54.2
10. Martin County53.5
11. Lawrence County51.3
12. Prestonsburg42.6
13. Floyd Central38.2
14. Phelps35.8
15. Jenkins13.6




16TH REGION

1. Ashland Blazer76.0
2. Rowan County71.9
3. Boyd County65.0
4. Lewis County58.2
5. West Carter58.0
6. East Carter57.0
7. Russell56.2
8. Raceland52.8
9. Elliott County52.6
10. Bath County45.6
11. Morgan County44.3
12. Greenup County43.0
13. Fleming County40.5
14. Fairview36.3
15. Rose Hill Christian31.4
16. Menifee County29.6
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