Cantrall’s Ratings: Ryle, Anderson Co. girls lead way as postseason starts (March 14)
District play is already underway for girls’ high school basketball in Kentucky. Ryle, Anderson County, Bethlehem, Bullitt East and Dixie Heights are the top teams this week in Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State.
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
| GIRLS’ TOP 25 | Rating | LW |
| 1. Ryle (20-2) | 87.1 | 1 |
| 2. Anderson County (21-2) | 85.7 | 2 |
| 3. Bethlehem (20-4) | 84.5 | 3 |
| 3. Bullitt East (17-2) | 84.5 | t4 |
| 5. Dixie Heights (22-2) | 84.0 | t4 |
| 6. Marshall County (18-2) | 83.9 | 6 |
| 7. Boyd County (12-1) | 82.9 | t9 |
| 8. Notre Dame (17-4) | 82.7 | 8 |
| 9. Southwestern (16-3) | 82.5 | t9 |
| 10. Butler (10-2) | 82.3 | 7 |
| 11. Central (10-0) | 82.1 | 13 |
| 12. Henderson County (14-4) | 82.0 | 12 |
| 13. Cooper (16-3) | 81.5 | 17 |
| 13. Sacred Heart (17-7) | 81.5 | 11 |
| 15. Bardstown (18-5) | 81.3 | 14 |
| 16. Elizabethtown (22-0) | 81.1 | t15 |
| 17. Russell (14-5) | 80.5 | 19 |
| 18. Bowling Green (13-10) | 80.3 | 22 |
| 19. North Laurel (20-4) | 80.1 | 18 |
| 19. Highlands (17-6) | 80.1 | t15 |
| 21. Male (7-2) | 78.8 | t20 |
| 21. Danville (13-5) | 78.8 | t20 |
| 23. Christian Academy-Louisville (16-7) | 78.1 | t24 |
| 24. Manual (6-3) | 77.8 | 23 |
| 24. Walton-Verona (15-9) | 77.8 | t24 |
Girls’ ratings by district
| 1ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Hickman County | 49.5 |
| 2. Carlisle County | 43.0 |
| 3. Fulton County | 21.9 |
| 4. Fulton City | 20.2 |
| 2ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. McCracken County | 69.1 |
| 2. Paducah Tilghman | 47.2 |
| 3. Community Christian | 19.2 |
| 4. St. Mary | 7.1 |
| 3RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Graves County | 74.0 |
| 2. Mayfield | 52.3 |
| 3. Ballard Memorial | 32.9 |
| 4TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Marshall County | 83.9 |
| 2. Calloway County | 55.2 |
| 3. Murray | 52.7 |
| 5TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Lyon County | 56.4 |
| 2. Crittenden County | 55.5 |
| 3. Trigg County | 48.3 |
| 4. Livingston Central | 34.7 |
| 6TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Henderson County | 82.0 |
| 2. Webster County | 65.6 |
| 3. Union County | 60.2 |
| 7TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Hopkins Central | 52.4 |
| 2. Madisonville | 51.0 |
| 3. Caldwell County | 50.3 |
| 4. Dawson Springs | 21.4 |
| 8TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Christian County | 50.5 |
| 2. Hopkinsville | 48.9 |
| 3. University Heights | 20.0 |
| 9TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Owensboro Catholic | 74.8 |
| 2. Apollo | 72.4 |
| 3. Owensboro | 56.3 |
| 4. Daviess County | 54.8 |
| 10TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. McLean County | 59.5 |
| 2. Ohio County | 56.9 |
| 3. Muhlenberg County | 48.0 |
| 11TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Breckinridge County | 76.4 |
| 2. Meade County | 74.4 |
| 3. Hancock County | 58.2 |
| 4. Cloverport | 29.2 |
| 12TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Grayson County | 53.8 |
| 2. Edmonson County | 49.3 |
| 3. Butler County | 44.5 |
| 4. Whitesville Trinity | 41.7 |
| 13TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Franklin-Simpson | 52.5 |
| 2. Russellville | 46.2 |
| 3. Logan County | 43.3 |
| 4. Todd Central | 34.7 |
| 14TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bowling Green | 80.3 |
| 2. Warren Central | 62.6 |
| 3. Greenwood | 60.5 |
| 4. South Warren | 57.3 |
| 5. Warren East | 52.7 |
| 15TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Barren County | 63.4 |
| 2. Monroe County | 50.6 |
| 3. Glasgow | 50.4 |
| 4. Allen County-Scottsville | 46.6 |
| 16TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Russell County | 61.8 |
| 2. Metcalfe County | 54.8 |
| 3. Clinton County | 49.6 |
| 4. Cumberland County | 36.5 |
| 17TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Elizabethtown | 81.1 |
| 2. Central Hardin | 70.0 |
| 3. John Hardin | 57.1 |
| 4. North Hardin | 52.2 |
| 18TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Green County | 65.2 |
| 2. Hart County | 60.4 |
| 3. LaRue County | 54.5 |
| 4. Caverna | 37.4 |
| 19TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bethlehem | 84.5 |
| 2. Bardstown | 81.3 |
| 3. Nelson County | 63.4 |
| 4. Thomas Nelson | 47.8 |
| 5. Washington County | 17.4 |
| 20TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Campbellsville | 61.6 |
| 2. Marion County | 55.6 |
| 3. Taylor County | 49.4 |
| 4. Adair County | 39.0 |
| 21ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pleasure Ridge Park | 59.1 |
| 2. Louisville Holy Cross | 42.6 |
| 3. Fairdale | 24.6 |
| 4. Valley | 5.2 |
| 5. Beth Haven | 0.2 |
| 22ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Butler | 82.3 |
| 2. Iroquois | 34.6 |
| 3. Western | 18.6 |
| 23RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bullitt Central | 54.8 |
| 2. North Bullitt | 43.2 |
| 3. Moore | 23.3 |
| 4. Southern | 0.1 |
| 24TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bullitt East | 84.5 |
| 2. Mercy | 77.0 |
| 3. Whitefield Academy | 48.8 |
| 4. Fern Creek | 31.3 |
| 5. Jeffersontown | 1.8 |
| 25TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Central | 82.1 |
| 2. Manual | 77.8 |
| 3. Presentation | 47.0 |
| 4. Portland Christian | 33.3 |
| 5. Shawnee | 21.8 |
| 26TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Male | 78.8 |
| 2. Assumption | 67.7 |
| 3. Brown | 18.9 |
| 27TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Sacred Heart | 81.5 |
| 2. Atherton | 16.5 |
| 4. Seneca | 10.8 |
| 28TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Christian Academy-Louisville | 78.1 |
| 2. Eastern | 48.6 |
| 29TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. South Oldham | 70.0 |
| 2. Oldham County | 55.7 |
| 3. North Oldham | 54.9 |
| 30TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Anderson County | 85.7 |
| 2. Spencer County | 71.3 |
| 3. Shelby County | 65.1 |
| 4. Woodford County | 47.1 |
| 5. Collins | 46.0 |
| 31ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Owen County | 72.2 |
| 2. Eminence | 56.5 |
| 3. Trimble County | 47.7 |
| 4. Carroll County | 41.0 |
| 5. Henry County | 39.0 |
| 6. Gallatin County | 22.1 |
| 32ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Walton-Verona | 77.8 |
| 2. Grant County | 57.7 |
| 3. Simon Kenton | 56.9 |
| 4. Williamstown | 42.2 |
| 33RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Ryle | 87.1 |
| 2. Cooper | 81.5 |
| 3. Boone County | 65.4 |
| 4. Conner | 64.4 |
| 34TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Dixie Heights | 84.0 |
| 2. Ludlow | 59.5 |
| 3. St. Henry | 50.7 |
| 4. Lloyd | 46.6 |
| 5. Villa Madonna | 23.2 |
| 35TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Notre Dame | 82.7 |
| 2. Cov. Holy Cross | 71.0 |
| 3. Beechwood | 50.3 |
| 4. Holmes | 48.9 |
| 36TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Highlands | 80.1 |
| 2. Newport Catholic | 70.4 |
| 3. Bellevue | 28.6 |
| 4. Newport | 21.0 |
| 5. Dayton | 18.5 |
| 37TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bishop Brossart | 76.5 |
| 2. Scott | 71.0 |
| 3. Campbell County | 60.4 |
| 38TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Harrison County | 52.0 |
| 2. Pendleton County | 44.3 |
| 3. Nicholas County | 41.2 |
| 4. Robertson County | 27.5 |
| 39TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Mason County | 56.7 |
| 2. St. Patrick | 36.7 |
| 3. Bracken County | 32.5 |
| 4. Augusta | 29.4 |
| 40TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Clark County | 77.5 |
| 2. Paris | 66.5 |
| 3. Montgomery County | 64.8 |
| 4. Bourbon County | 55.9 |
| 41ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Franklin County | 75.5 |
| 2. Great Crossing | 66.4 |
| 3. Frankfort | 40.2 |
| 4. Western Hills | 15.3 |
| 5. Frankfort Christian | 13.6 |
| 42ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Scott County | 62.0 |
| 2. Frederick Douglass | 51.9 |
| 3. Bryan Station | 43.7 |
| 4. Sayre | 42.6 |
| 5. Henry Clay | 39.6 |
| 43RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Paul Laurence Dunbar | 72.1 |
| 2. Lafayette | 66.6 |
| 3. Lexington Catholic | 64.3 |
| 4. Tates Creek | 57.4 |
| 5. Lexington Christian | 42.1 |
| 44TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Madison Southern | 65.7 |
| 2. Berea | 56.8 |
| 3. Madison Central | 52.4 |
| 4. Model | 38.6 |
| 45TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Danville | 78.8 |
| 2. Boyle County | 53.4 |
| 3. Lincoln County | 52.3 |
| 4. Danville Christian | 42.3 |
| 5. Garrard County | 41.8 |
| 46TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Mercer County | 74.7 |
| 3. West Jessamine | 36.5 |
| 4. Burgin | 14.0 |
| 47TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pulaski County | 73.0 |
| 2. Rockcastle County | 70.4 |
| 3. Somerset | 68.1 |
| 4. Casey County | 51.2 |
| 48TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Southwestern | 82.5 |
| 2. Wayne County | 76.7 |
| 3. McCreary Central | 49.8 |
| 49TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. North Laurel | 80.1 |
| 2. Jackson County | 56.2 |
| 3. Clay County | 53.3 |
| 4. Red Bird | 31.2 |
| 50TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. South Laurel | 71.4 |
| 2. Corbin | 62.7 |
| 3. Whitley County | 62.2 |
| 4. Williamsburg | 43.1 |
| 51ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Knox Central | 57.4 |
| 2. Pineville | 56.4 |
| 3. Lynn Camp | 27.5 |
| 4. Barbourville | 23.0 |
| 52ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. Bell County | 66.5 |
| 2. Harlan County | 52.8 |
| 3. Harlan | 45.5 |
| 4. Middlesboro | 42.7 |
| 53RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Knott Central | 61.3 |
| 2. Letcher Central | 61.1 |
| 3. June Buchanan | 10.3 |
| 4. Cordia | 2.4 |
| 54TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Perry Central | 60.4 |
| 2. Leslie County | 59.5 |
| 3. Buckhorn | 36.2 |
| 4. Hazard | 35.5 |
| 55TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Wolfe County | 50.4 |
| 2. Breathitt County | 38.5 |
| 3. Jackson City | 23.5 |
| 56TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Owsley County | 64.1 |
| 2. Powell County | 53.1 |
| 3. Estill County | 48.4 |
| 4. Lee County | 20.8 |
| 57TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Johnson Central | 69.5 |
| 2. Paintsville | 56.2 |
| 3. Martin County | 52.1 |
| 4. Magoffin County | 21.3 |
| 58TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Floyd Central | 68.0 |
| 2. Lawrence County | 61.3 |
| 3. Betsy Layne | 46.5 |
| 4. Prestonsburg | 46.2 |
| 59TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Pikeville | 77.0 |
| 2. Shelby Valley | 68.0 |
| 3. Jenkins | 43.9 |
| 4. East Ridge | 28.1 |
| 60TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Belfry | 71.9 |
| 2. Pike Central | 34.8 |
| 3. Phelps | 19.7 |
| 61ST DISTRICT | |
| 1. Rowan County | 69.3 |
| 2. Menifee County | 54.4 |
| 3. Fleming County | 44.3 |
| 4. Bath County | 39.7 |
| 62ND DISTRICT | |
| 1. West Carter | 63.8 |
| 2. Morgan County | 59.0 |
| 3. East Carter | 52.0 |
| 4. Elliott County | 45.9 |
| 63RD DISTRICT | |
| 1. Russell | 80.5 |
| 2. Lewis County | 56.2 |
| 3. Raceland | 46.9 |
| 4. Greenup County | 44.8 |
| 64TH DISTRICT | |
| 1. Boyd County | 82.9 |
| 2. Ashland Blazer | 73.2 |
| 3. Rose Hill Christian | 46.8 |
| 4. Fairview | 16.8 |
This story was originally published March 14, 2021 at 5:00 PM.