Newport’s boys, Cooper’s girls, Holy Cross’ girls and Ryle’s girls all moved up in the latest statewide media basketball poll.
The poll is conducted by 16 media members from across the state that represent each region, casting their vote for not only the top 15 teams in the state, but the top five teams in their respective region. Cooper’s boys and Simon Kenton’s girls are also creeping up in the others receiving votes category and into the top 20. Covington Catholic stayed put at No. 6 while Notre Dame dropped a spot and into a tie for 13th.
The poll will run throughout the regular season and into the first week of the postseason when district tournaments begin.
Here’s the latest polls below with the top five teams in each region included.
Boys statewide poll
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games
Rank-school (FPV)                        Record               Pts        LW
1. Great Crossing (16) 23-1 240 1
2. Lexington Catholic 22-2 216 2
3. Newport 22-3 191 5
4. Trinity 18-5 186 3
5. Lyon County 21-3 171 4
6. Covington Catholic 19-5 147 6
7. St. Xavier 20-3 138 7
8. Bowling Green 20-4 117 9
9. George Rogers Clark 22-1 94 T11
10. Evangel Christian 19-5 89 T11
11. (tie) Harlan County 21-4 66 8
11. (tie) Manual 18-3 66 10
13. North Oldham 20-3 55 13
14. Frederick Douglass 16-6 34 NR
15. Bryan Station 19-3 30 14
Others receiving votes: DeSales 26, Woodford County 23, Henderson County 7, Ashland Blazer 6, Cooper 6, Bell County 3, Boyd County 3, Henry Clay 2, Oldham County 2, Hazard 1, North Hardin 1.
First Region
Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun
1. Calloway County
2. Murray
3. Marshall County
4. McCracken County
5. Graves County
Second Region
Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
1. Lyon County
2. Henderson County
3. University Heights
4. Madisonville-North Hopkins
5. Christian County
Third Region
Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
1. Daviess County
2. Owensboro Catholic
3. Butler County
4. Owensboro
5. Ohio County
Fourth Region
Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
1. Bowling Green
2. Warren Central
3. Warren East
4. Barren County
5. Clinton County
Fifth Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. North Hardin
2. Adair County
3. Elizabethtown
4. LaRue County
5. Washington County
Sixth Region
Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV
1. Evangel Christian
2. DeSales
3. Fairdale
4. Butler
5. Louisville Holy Cross
Seventh Region
Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal
1. Trinity
2. St. Xavier
3. Manual
4. Male
5. Christian Academy
Eighth Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Oldham County
2. North Oldham
3. Woodford County
4. Walton-Verona
5. Spencer County
Ninth Region
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Newport
2. Cooper
3. Covington Catholic
4. Lloyd Memorial
5. Boone County
10th Region
Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Campbell County
3. Mason County
4. Harrison County
5. Augusta
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Great Crossing
2. Lexington Catholic
3. Bryan Station
4. Frederick Douglass
5. Madison Southern
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. Wayne County
3. Pulaski County
4. Mercer County
5. Boyle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. Harlan County
2. Bell County
3. Whitley County
4. Clay County
5. Corbin
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Hazard
2. Knott County Central
3. Breathitt County
4. Perry County Central
5. Estill County
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Martin County
3. Pike County Central
4. Floyd Central
5. Johnson Central
16th Region
James Collier, WLGC-FM
1. Boyd County
2. Ashland Blazer
3. Rowan County
4. Fleming County
5. Morgan County
Girls statewide poll
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games
Rank-school (FPV)                        Record               Pts        LW
1. Sacred Heart (16) 17-7 240 1
2. Cooper 19-4 214 T2
3. George Rogers Clark 23-2 212 T2
4. Pikeville 19-3 172 4
5. Covington Holy Cross 20-5 159 6
6. McCracken County 19-3 142 7
7. Owensboro Catholic 17-4 135 8
8. Anderson County 20-2 133 5
9. Franklin-Simpson 22-1 107 9
10. Ashland Blazer 17-4 91 10
11. Butler 18-6 71 11
12. Ryle 15-7 44 13
13. (tie) North Laurel 17-4 39 14
13. (tie) Notre Dame 17-5 39 12
15. Franklin County 19-6 24 NR
Others receiving votes: Pulaski County 20, Johnson Central 19, Boyd County 15, Russell 9, Simon Kenton 7, Danville Christian 5, Meade County 5, Pineville 5, Bethlehem 4, Frederick Douglass 4, Assumption 2, Corbin 2, Central 1.
First Region
Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun
1. McCracken County
2. Marshall County
3. Calloway County
4. Graves County
5. Mayfield
Second Region
Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM
1. Henderson County
2. Madisonville-North Hopkins
3. Christian County
4. Lyon County
5. Crittenden County
Third Region
Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
1. Owensboro Catholic
2. Daviess County
3. Owensboro
4. Breckinridge County
5. Meade County
Fourth Region
Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News
1. Franklin-Simpson
2. Bowling Green
3. Warren East
4. Barren County
5. Metcalfe County
Fifth Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. North Hardin
2. Bethlehem
3. Taylor County
4. Bardstown
5. Green County
Sixth Region
Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV
1. Butler
2. Whitefield Academy
3. Mercy
4. Bullitt East
5. Pleasure Ridge Park
Seventh Region
Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal
1. Sacred Heart
2. Assumption
3. Central
4. Manual
5. Christian Academy
Eighth Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Anderson County
2. Grant County
3. Simon Kenton
4. Spencer County
5. South Oldham
Ninth 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. Henry Clay
4. Madison Central
5. Madison Southern
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Pulaski County
2. Danville Christian
3. West Jessamine
4. Southwestern
5. Rockcastle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. North Laurel
2. South Laurel
3. Corbin
4. Knox Central
5. Pineville
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Owsley County
2. Letcher County Central
3. Knott County Central
4. Perry 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
