Who’s No. 1 in the latest girls high school basketball media rankings?

Below are the top 15 girls high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the Jan. 31 poll of media members from each of Kentucky’s 16 regions as compiled by the Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes. Teams are listed with first-place votes, records, total rankings points and last week’s ranking. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted and the media’s region-by-region top fives.

Girls Top 15

First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games:

Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW

1. Sacred Heart (16) 15-7 240 1

2. (tie) Cooper 18-4 212 3

2. (tie) George Rogers Clark 20-2 212 2

4. Pikeville 16-3 170 4

5. Anderson County 18-1 164 5

6. Covington Holy Cross 19-5 150 8

7. McCracken County 18-3 141 7

8. Owensboro Catholic 16-4 136 6

9. Franklin-Simpson 20-1 96 9

10. Ashland Blazer 14-4 79 12

11. Butler 16-6 59 NR

12. Notre Dame 15-4 56 11

13. Ryle 12-7 50 10

14. North Laurel 14-4 27 13

15. Boyd County 17-6 26 14

Others receiving votes: Pulaski County 23, Johnson Central 18, Franklin County 12, Meade County 8, Russell 8, Bethlehem 7, Danville Christian 6, Pineville 6, Corbin 5, Frederick Douglass 5, Simon Kenton 3, Grant County 1.

How @HLpreps voted

Region-by-region top fives

1st Region

Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun

1. McCracken County

2. Marshall County

3. Calloway County

4. Graves County

5. Mayfield

2nd Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Henderson County

2. Madisonville

3. Crittenden County

4. Christian County

5. Lyon County

3rd Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Owensboro Catholic

2. Daviess County

3. Breckinridge County

4. Meade County

5. Owensboro

4th Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Franklin-Simpson

2. Bowling Green

3. Warren East

4. Barren County

5. Logan County

5th Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. Bethlehem

2. North Hardin

3. Taylor County

4. Bardstown

5. Green County

6th Region

Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV

1. Butler

2. Whitefield Academy

3. Mercy

4. Bullitt East

5. Pleasure Ridge Park

7th Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal

1. Sacred Heart

2. Central

3. Assumption

4. Manual

5. Christian Academy-Louisville

8th Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Anderson County

2. Grant County

3. Simon Kenton

4. Spencer County

5. South Oldham

9th Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Covington Holy Cross

3. Ryle

4. Notre Dame

5. Highlands

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

3. Scott

4. Campbell County

5. Bishop Brossart

11th Region

Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader

1. Franklin County

2. Frederick Douglass

3. Madison Central

4. Madison Southern

5. Henry Clay

12th Region

Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer

1. Southwestern

2. Pulaski County

3. Danville Christian

4. Rockcastle County

5. Boyle County

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. North Laurel

2. Corbin

3. South Laurel

4. Knox Central

5. Pineville

14th Region

Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation

1. Owsley County

2. Letcher County Central

3. Perry County Central

4. Knott County Central

5. Leslie County

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Pikeville

2. Johnson Central

3. Martin County

4. Paintsville

5. Shelby Valley

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Ashland Blazer

2. Russell

3. Boyd County

4. Bath County

5. Fleming County

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