High school basketball: Dave Cantrall’s top 25 boys teams in Kentucky (Dec. 31)

Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State

BOYS TOP 25

Rating

1. Lyon County (12-1)

84.5

2. Great Crossing (12-1)

83.8

3. Lexington Catholic (12-1)

82.7

4. St. Xavier (10-2)

82.6

5. Trinity (9-3)

82.3

6. Manual (12-1)

82.0

6. Covington Catholic (9-4)

82.0

8. Evangel Christian (9-3)

81.0

9. North Oldham (11-2)

80.8

10. Male (8-4)

80.7

11. Harlan County (13-2)

80.5

12. DeSales (11-5)

80.3

13. Bowling Green (9-3)

78.6

14. George Rogers Clark (11-1)

78.4

15. Bryan Station (11-1)

78.2

16. Newport (12-3)

77.7

17. Christian Academy-Louisville (9-4)

77.5

18. South Laurel (9-2)

77.1

19. Madison Southern (10-3)

77.0

19. Ashland Blazer (9-3)

77.0

21. Henry Clay (13-0)

76.8

22. Campbell County (8-2)

76.6

23. Frederick Douglass (7-3)

76.3

24. Corbin (5-2)

76.2

25. Woodford County (9-2)

75.3

Lyon County’s Brady Shoulders (22) drives to the basket during a game against Floyd Central at Wayland Gymnasium at the Mountain Sports Hall of Fame in Wayland on Dec. 16, 2023.
Lyon County’s Brady Shoulders (22) drives to the basket during a game against Floyd Central at Wayland Gymnasium at the Mountain Sports Hall of Fame in Wayland on Dec. 16, 2023.

Ratings by region

1ST REGION

Rating

1. McCracken County

72.4

2. Marshall County

68.7

3. Murray

64.5

4. Graves County

62.7

5. Calloway County

62.5

5. Paducah Tilghman

62.5

7. Mayfield

61.9

8. St. Mary

53.6

9. Carlisle County

52.0

10. Ballard Memorial

46.2

11. Fulton County

31.4

12. Christian Fellowship

25.8

13. Community Christian

21.8

14. Hickman County

21.4

15. Fulton City

14.5





2ND REGION



1. Lyon County

84.5

2. University Heights

73.1

3. Henderson County

72.6

4. Hopkinsville

67.0

5. Madisonville

65.0

6. Christian County

64.5

7. Webster County

57.9

8. Union County

46.0

9. Dawson Springs

41.2

10. Caldwell County

40.3

11. Hopkins Central

39.8

12. Trigg County

39.6

13. Livingston Central

31.7

14. Crittenden County

31.0

15. Heritage Christian

27.9

16. Fort Campbell

23.1





3RD REGION



1. Daviess County

71.1

2. Butler County

68.3

3. Owensboro Catholic

66.8

4. Owensboro

64.5

5. Ohio County

62.1

6. Grayson County

57.3

7. McLean County

55.0

8. Apollo

52.5

8. Meade County

52.5

10. Breckinridge County

49.3

11. Muhlenberg County

48.0

12. Edmonson County

46.4

13. Hancock County

44.7

14. Whitesville Trinity

28.4

15. Cloverport

5.5





4TH REGION



1. Bowling Green

78.6

2. Warren East

65.6

3. Greenwood

64.3

4. Barren County

63.8

5. South Warren

62.1

6. Warren Central

61.7

7. Russell County

61.3

8. Franklin-Simpson

59.9

9. Monroe County

56.7

10. Glasgow

54.1

11. Clinton County

53.9

12. Logan County

52.7

13. Todd Central

51.9

14. Cumberland County

48.4

15. Russellville

46.9

16. Metcalfe County

46.2

17. Allen County

34.8

18. Foundation Christian

12.5





5TH REGION



1. North Hardin

74.0

2. LaRue County

71.0

3. Adair County

69.7

4. Central Hardin

69.2

5. Caverna

67.2

6. Elizabethtown

67.0

7. Taylor County

66.1

8. Washington County

65.6

9. Green County

65.0

10. Bardstown

58.0

11. Hart County

55.0

12. Bethlehem

49.4

13. Campbellsville

47.7

14. Nelson County

39.3

15. Marion County

35.0

16. John Hardin

34.2

17. Fort Knox

32.8

18. Thomas Nelson

31.0





6TH REGION



1. Evangel Christian

81.0

2. DeSales

80.3

3. Fairdale

74.9

4. Butler

70.2

5. Louisville Holy Cross

68.5

5. North Bullitt

68.5

7. Jeffersontown

67.5

8. Beth Haven

67.1

9. Bullitt East

65.9

10. Pleasure Ridge Park

65.5

11. Moore

65.2

12. Fern Creek

63.0

13. W.E.B. DuBois

61.4

14. Western

55.8

15. Doss

48.5

16. Iroquois

45.1

17. Bullitt Central

44.8

18. Southern

42.8

19. Valley

31.6

20. Whitefield Academy

20.1





7TH REGION



1. St. Xavier

82.6

2. Trinity

82.3

3. Manual

82.0

4. Male

80.7

5. Christian Academy-Louisville

77.5

6. Ballard

73.7

7. Eastern

69.3

8. Seneca

66.8

9. Central

58.5

10. Waggener

53.5

11. Kentucky Country Day

53.4

12. Atherton

51.9

13. Highlands Latin

45.4

14. Shawnee

42.3

15. Collegiate

41.6

16. Portland Christian

31.0

17. Brown

26.8

18. Francis Parker

26.6





8TH REGION



1. North Oldham

80.8

2. Woodford County

75.3

3. Oldham County

74.7

4. Walton-Verona

73.0

5. South Oldham

72.3

6. Spencer County

71.9

7. Grant County

66.3

8. Owen County

66.1

9. Simon Kenton

65.9

10. Gallatin County

60.7

11. Anderson County

59.2

12. Williamstown

58.9

13. Collins

57.4

14. Shelby County

57.1

15. Henry County

43.1

16. Carroll County

35.8

17. Trimble County

33.5

18. Eminence

23.7





9TH REGION



1. Covington Catholic

82.0

2. Newport

77.7

3. Cooper

74.9

4. Lloyd

72.5

5. Conner

68.6

6. Highlands

66.9

7. Boone County

66.3

7. Covington Holy Cross

66.3

9. Ryle

64.6

10. Dixie Heights

60.6

11. St. Henry

59.4

12. Beechwood

57.9

13. Newport Central Catholic

54.2

14. Bellevue

39.3

14. Ludlow

39.3

16. Heritage Academy

35.5

17. Holmes

34.5

18. Villa Madonna

32.0

19. Dayton

27.0

20. Covington Latin

11.0





10TH REGION



1. George Rogers Clark

78.4

2. Campbell County

76.6

3. Mason County

71.4

4. Scott

66.9

5. Harrison County

62.5

6. Augusta

61.7

7. Montgomery County

54.6

8. Pendleton County

52.9

9. Bourbon County

51.2

10. Nicholas County

49.8

11. Bishop Brossart

46.7

12. Paris

45.6

13. Bracken County

28.9

14. Calvary Christian

20.4

15. Robertson County

0.8

16. St. Patrick

0.2





11TH REGION



1. Great Crossing

83.8

2. Lexington Catholic

82.7

3. Bryan Station

78.2

4. Madison Southern

77.0

5. Henry Clay

76.8

6. Frederick Douglass

76.3

7. Lexington Christian

72.3

8. Sayre

68.8

9. Madison Central

64.4

10. Franklin County

60.5

11. Lafayette

58.3

12. Tates Creek

58.2

13. Scott County

56.7

14. Paul Laurence Dunbar

55.0

15. Western Hills

54.3

16. Frankfort

46.1

17. Berea

41.0

18. Model

39.4





12TH REGION



1. Pulaski County

70.8

2. Danville Christian

69.7

3. Wayne County

69.2

4. Rockcastle County

65.2

5. Somerset

64.9

6. Lincoln County

63.6

7. Mercer County

60.8

8. Boyle County

60.0

9. McCreary Central

53.9

10. Southwestern

53.9

11. East Jessamine

52.6

12. West Jessamine

52.4

13. Danville

48.8

14. Trinity Christian

43.0

15. Garrard County

40.3

16. Somerset Christian

35.9

17. Casey County

33.4

18. Burgin

29.2





13TH REGION



1. Harlan County

80.5

2. South Laurel

77.1

3. Corbin

76.2

4. North Laurel

69.2

5. Clay County

66.3

6. Bell County

65.1

7. Whitley County

62.7

8. Harlan

58.4

9. Knox Central

55.5

10. Pineville

51.3

11. Middlesboro

50.6

12. Jackson County

45.9

13. Williamsburg

44.7

14. Oneida

40.9

15. Barbourville

33.2

16. Lynn Camp

28.8

17. Cornerstone Christian

17.4

18. Red Bird

4.5





14TH REGION



1. Hazard

73.7

2. Perry Central

69.8

3. Knott Central

64.2

4. Breathitt County

59.6

5. Estill County

55.2

6. Letcher Central

50.8

7. Wolfe County

50.4

8. Powell County

50.0

9. Leslie County

41.9

10. Lee County

34.8

11. Buckhorn

34.6

12. Jackson City

32.9

13. Owsley County

26.1

14. Cordia

0.1





15TH REGION



1. Pikeville

68.5

2. Pike Central

65.3

3. Martin County

61.9

4. Floyd Central

61.6

5. Johnson Central

58.8

6. Magoffin County

57.6

6. Paintsville

57.6

8. Betsy Layne

57.4

9. Shelby Valley

56.0

10. Lawrence County

54.5

11. Prestonsburg

52.8

12. Belfry

44.3

13. East Ridge

41.0

14. Phelps

32.0

15. Jenkins

29.8





16TH REGION



1. Ashland Blazer

77.0

2. Boyd County

74.9

3. Morgan County

68.3

4. Rowan County

66.7

5. Fleming County

62.9

6. Russell

57.3

7. Greenup County

54.6

8. East Carter

51.2

9. Raceland

47.4

10. Lewis County

46.6

11. Menifee County

40.9

12. Fairview

38.5

13. Bath County

38.2

14. West Carter

36.4

15. Elliott County

30.2

16. Rose Hill Christian

12.9

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