Clark County’s Tanner Walton (21) drove past North Laurel’s Brody Brock during a 77-64 Cardinals victory at Lexington Catholic on Dec. 28, 2021.
Mark Mahan
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State BOYS’ TOP 25 Rating Last week 1. Covington Catholic (14-2) 87.5 1 2. Clark County (15-1) 85.8 3 3. Ballard (14-5) 84.5 2 4. Male (13-3) 82.9 9 5. Lexington Catholic (15-4) 82.1 4 6. Bowling Green (13-3) 81.6 5 6. North Laurel (12-4) 81.6 8 8. Warren Central (10-3) 81.4 6 9. Pulaski County (18-0) 80.4 7 10. Ashland Blazer (13-4) 80.1 13 10. Manual (11-4) 80.1 10 12. Jeffersontown (11-4) 79.4 12 13. Knox Central (14-4) 78.7 NR 14. Greenwood (13-3) 78.5 15 15. Dixie Heights (12-3) 78.3 17 16. Doss (13-6) 78.2 11 17. Lincoln County (14-5) 77.6 16 18. Pleasure Ridge Park (12-4) 77.1 19 19. Madison Central (9-6) 76.9 20 20. Murray (14-2) 76.8 t24 20. Louisville Trinity (9-9) 76.8 14 22. Western (15-3) 76.7 t24 23. McCracken County (11-1) 76.3 21 24. Conner (13-4) 75.2 22 24. Oldham County (12-5) 75.2 t24
Ratings by region 1ST REGION 1. Murray 76.8 2. McCracken County 76.3 3. Marshall County 66.7 4. Paducah Tilghman 64.4 5. Graves County 60.7 6. Calloway County 59.8 7. Mayfield 52.2 8. Carlisle County 48.8 9. St. Mary 44.4 10. Fulton County 43.2 11. Ballard Memorial 37.1 12. Christian Fellowship 36.0 13. Community Christian 31.0 13. Hickman County 31.0 15. Fulton City 14.0 2ND REGION 1. Hopkinsville 72.8 2. Madisonville 69.1 3. Lyon County 68.9 4. Henderson County 60.9 5. Caldwell County 57.4 6. Christian County 56.4 7. University Heights 54.0 8. Union County 53.6 9. Webster County 52.6 10. Hopkins Central 52.1 11. Trigg County 46.9 12. Crittenden County 45.6 13. Livingston Central 27.6 14. Dawson Springs 26.5 15. Heritage Christian 20.7 16. Fort Campbell 8.4 3RD REGION 1. Muhlenberg County 72.8 2. Ohio County 68.3 3. Owensboro 67.9 4. Owensboro Catholic 59.3 5. Butler County 57.5 6. McLean County 56.9 7. Grayson County 56.6 8. Daviess County 53.7 9. Hancock County 52.1 10. Edmonson County 50.9 11. Breckinridge County 49.6 12. Meade County 49.0 13. Whitesville Trinity 47.7 14. Apollo 41.0 15. Cloverport 12.7 4TH REGION 1. Bowling Green 81.6 2. Warren Central 81.4 3. Greenwood 78.5 4. Barren County 69.6 5. Clinton County 62.8 6. South Warren 62.6 7. Franklin-Simpson 62.0 8. Glasgow 58.8 9. Warren East 57.9 10. Metcalfe County 55.2 11. Todd Central 52.9 12. Russellville 48.8 13. Russell County 41.4 14. Monroe County 41.1 15. Logan County 38.5 16. Allen County 37.4 17. Cumberland County 34.2 18. Foundation Christian 2.8 5TH REGION 1. LaRue County 71.8 2. Bardstown 69.7 3. John Hardin 68.7 4. Elizabethtown 62.1 5. Central Hardin 61.5 6. Campbellsville 60.6 7. North Hardin 59.5 8. Taylor County 58.2 9. Thomas Nelson 55.2 10. Adair County 54.9 11. Washington County 51.2 12. Green County 51.1 13. Hart County 49.0 14. Caverna 46.2 15. Marion County 43.8 16. Bethlehem 42.6 17. Nelson County 42.1 18. Fort Knox 19.2 6TH REGION 1. Jeffersontown 79.4 2. Doss 78.2 3. Pleasure Ridge Park 77.1 4. Western 76.7 5. Butler 73.0 6. Fern Creek 70.3 7. DeSales 69.1 8. Iroquois 65.4 9. Bullitt East 65.2 10. Southern 64.1 11. Bullitt Central 63.4 12. Evangel 60.7 13. Fairdale 58.5 14. Moore 55.5 15. Beth Haven 54.6 16. Louisville Holy Cross 52.4 17. North Bullitt 49.7 18. Valley 47.2 19. Whitefield Academy 21.5 7TH REGION 1. Ballard 84.5 2. Male 82.9 3. Manual 80.1 4. Louisville Trinity 76.8 5. Eastern 74.5 6. St. Xavier 73.9 7. Christian Academy-Louisville 67.6 8. Seneca 63.0 9. Central 61.2 10. Waggener 58.9 11. Collegiate 53.4 12. Kentucky Country Day 50.4 13. Atherton 50.2 14. Shawnee 40.9 15. Highlands Latin 38.4 16. Portland Christian 36.2 17. St. Francis 34.8 18. Brown 30.9 19. Walden 9.5 8TH REGION 1. Oldham County 75.2 2. Woodford County 74.9 3. North Oldham 71.9 4. Collins 71.4 5. Simon Kenton 70.7 6. Walton-Verona 66.2 7. South Oldham 63.7 8. Grant County 63.4 9. Owen County 61.4 10. Spencer County 60.4 11. Gallatin County 57.0 12. Shelby County 56.2 13. Anderson County 48.8 14. Eminence 45.0 15. Williamstown 44.7 16. Henry County 41.6 17. Trimble County 35.5 18. Carroll County 25.2 9TH REGION 1. Covington Catholic 87.5 2. Dixie Heights 78.3 3. Conner 75.2 4. Cooper 75.1 5. Highlands 73.4 6. Covington Holy Cross 71.4 7. St. Henry 68.3 8. Lloyd 68.0 9. Boone County 62.6 10. Beechwood 61.9 11. Ryle 60.0 12. Holmes 56.5 13. Newport Central Catholic 55.9 14. Newport 52.6 15. Ludlow 43.9 16. Dayton 38.1 17. Villa Madonna 31.0 18. Heritage Academy 23.7 19. Bellevue 20.5 20. Covington Latin 0.1 10TH REGION 1. Clark County 85.8 2. Mason County 74.0 3. Campbell County 68.2 4. Harrison County 66.7 5. Bracken County 63.4 6. Bishop Brossart 53.5 7. Augusta 53.1 8. Scott 52.5 9. Montgomery County 51.4 10. Robertson County 46.1 11. Bourbon County 45.6 12. Calvary Christian 41.5 13. Nicholas County 35.8 14. Paris 35.6 15. Pendleton County 34.8 16. St. Patrick 18.4 11TH REGION 1. Lexington Catholic 82.1 2. Madison Central 76.9 3. Henry Clay 75.0 4. Paul Laurence Dunbar 73.6 5. Frederick Douglass 72.0 6. Great Crossing 70.3 7. Madison Southern 66.7 8. Lexington Christian 65.9 9. Scott County 65.4 10. Bryan Station 65.1 11. Tates Creek 64.0 12. Western Hills 63.0 13. Sayre 60.8 14. Lafayette 58.5 15. Franklin County 55.9 16. Frankfort 54.4 17. Berea 39.1 18. Model 29.3 19. Frankfort Christian 26.3 20. Trinity Christian 24.2 12TH REGION 1. Pulaski County 80.4 2. Lincoln County 77.6 3. Boyle County 69.0 4. West Jessamine 65.6 5. Rockcastle County 62.6 6. McCreary Central 61.3 7. Danville Christian 60.4 8. Danville 59.7 9. Garrard County 58.5 10. Wayne County 57.0 11. Somerset 53.5 12. Southwestern 50.4 13. Mercer County 49.2 14. Casey County 46.4 15. East Jessamine 45.4 16. Somerset Christian 40.1 17. Burgin 28.2 13TH REGION 1. North Laurel 81.6 2. Knox Central 78.7 3. Harlan County 74.0 4. South Laurel 71.0 5. Harlan 68.1 6. Corbin 66.4 7. Bell County 62.5 8. Whitley County 55.2 9. Barbourville 54.2 10. Jackson County 53.3 10. Williamsburg 53.3 12. Lynn Camp 51.0 13. Clay County 48.0 14. Pineville 46.0 15. Oneida 44.0 16. Middlesboro 39.7 17. Red Bird 9.3 14TH REGION 1. Perry Central 72.0 2. Breathitt County 63.9 3. Hazard 59.2 4. Wolfe County 57.6 5. Letcher Central 57.3 6. Cordia 54.8 7. Knott Central 53.3 8. Estill County 43.4 9. Leslie County 42.4 10. Powell County 41.9 11. Lee County 40.4 12. Buckhorn 36.2 13. Owsley County 21.7 14. Jackson City 12.4 15TH REGION 1. Pikeville 74.4 2. Johnson Central 70.4 3. Lawrence County 68.2 4. Paintsville 65.8 5. Betsy Layne 62.2 6. Martin County 60.9 7. Belfry 60.7 8. Shelby Valley 59.8 9. East Ridge 58.9 10. Pike Central 55.4 11. Floyd Central 53.1 12. Magoffin County 52.2 13. Prestonsburg 36.3 14. Phelps 29.4 15. Jenkins 17.6 16TH REGION 1. Ashland Blazer 80.1 2. Boyd County 73.5 3. Fleming County 62.9 4. Bath County 56.3 5. Russell 56.2 6. Elliott County 53.1 6. Rowan County 53.1 8. Raceland 50.2 9. West Carter 49.8 10. Lewis County 46.3 11. Greenup County 45.5 12. East Carter 44.8 13. Fairview 39.8 14. Menifee County 39.7 15. Morgan County 25.9 16. Rose Hill Christian 23.8
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