Starting today and through the end of the regular season leading into district tournament play, media spread throughout the state will be conducting a poll of the top 15 boys and girls basketball teams in the state.
In addition, the 16 media members who vote also represent a region to vote the top five teams in that respective region. The media poll will be released each Wednesday, this initial week an exception due to the New Year holiday.
See who made the initial poll below with the top five for the 8th-10th Regions.
Boys statewide pollÂ
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Tuesday’s gamesÂ
Rank-school (FPV)                         Record                PtsÂ
1. Great Crossing (9) 12-1 232
2. Lyon County (7) 13-1 229
3. Lexington Catholic 13-1 194
4. Trinity 9-3 163
5. Covington Catholic 9-4 139
6. Evangel Christian 9-3 116
7. Newport 12-3 111
8. Manual 12-1 107
9. Harlan County 13-2 99
10. St. Xavier 10-2 97
11. Bowling Green 11-3 79
12. (tie) DeSales 12-5 53
12. (tie) George Rogers Clark 12-1 53
14. Frederick Douglass 8-3 52
15. Woodford County 9-2 47
Others receiving votes: Henry Clay 43, North Oldham 31, Male 26, South Laurel 19, Henderson County 13, Ashland Blazer 5, Bryan Station 5, McCracken County 4, Bell County 1, Cooper 1, Hazard 1. Â
Eighth RegionÂ
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. North Oldham
2. Woodford County
3. Walton-Verona
4. Anderson County
5. Oldham County
Ninth RegionÂ
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Covington Catholic
2. Newport
3. Lloyd Memorial
4. Cooper
5. Boone County
10th RegionÂ
Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Campbell County
3. Mason County
4. Bourbon County
5. Montgomery County Â
Girls statewide pollÂ
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Tuesday’s gamesÂ
Rank-school (FPV)                         Record                PtsÂ
1. Sacred Heart (14) 8-4 236
2. George Rogers Clark (2) 13-1 225
3. Cooper 12-3 194
4. Pikeville 9-1 158
5. Owensboro Catholic 9-2 136
6. McCracken County 11-2 125
7. Ryle 9-4 114
8. Pulaski County 12-2 109
9. Notre Dame 9-2 107
10. Anderson County 12-1 100
11. Corbin 9-4 60
12. Franklin-Simpson 12-0 58
13. Meade County 9-4 56
14. Boyd County 9-4 43
15. Covington Holy Cross 8-4 30
Others receiving votes: North Laurel 26, Ashland Blazer 21, Montgomery County 21, Franklin County 15, Bardstown 11, Johnson Central 11, Russell 11, Boyle County 8, Butler 8, Henry Clay 7, Pineville 6, Frederick Douglass 5, Simon Kenton 5, Christian Academy 4, Manual 4, Danville Christian 3, Bowling Green 2, Bethlehem 1. Â
Eighth RegionÂ
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Anderson County
2. Simon Kenton
3. South Oldham
4. Spencer County
5. Grant County
Ninth RegionÂ
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Cooper
2. Ryle
3. Covington Holy Cross
4. Notre Dame
5. Newport Central Catholic
10th RegionÂ
Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Montgomery County
3. Scott
4. Campbell County
5. Bishop Brossart Â
Voters: 1st Region – Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun, 2nd Region – Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM, 3rd Region – Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, 4th Region – Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News, 5th Region – Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News, 6th Region – Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV, 7th Region – Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal, 8th Region – James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9th Region – Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10th Region – Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com, 11th Region – Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader, 12th Region – Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer, 13th Region – Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com, 14th Region – Nate Johnson, WYMT-TV, 15th Region – Randy White, Appalachian News-Express, 16th Region – James Collier, WLGC-FM.