Athens McGillis and the Colonels come in at No. 6 in the latest statewide media poll. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

The third statewide media poll of the prep basketball season is out.

Votes are pulled from 16 media members representing each region of the state. In a bit of a change from prior years, the 16-member panel submits their top 15 in boys and girls basketball and presents a top five for the region they cover. The prior two seasons it was a top 10.

The top 15 statewide shows first, with the top five teams selected by that media member for the 8th, 9th and 10th Region below it.

The poll will run weekly up to when district tournaments start in late February.

Boys statewide poll

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

Rank-school (FPV)         Record Pts        LW

1. St. Xavier (16)             15-2      240       1

2. Great Crossing           16-4      224       2

3. Frederick Douglass  12-2      206       3

4. Marshall County        17-0      167       5

5. Bryan Station              14-3      157       4

6. Covington Catholic   13-2      152       6

7. Hazard                         17-1      106       8

8. Warren Central          14-1      103       11

9. Manual                        13-4      85          7

10. Green County          14-1      83          10

11. Ballard                       11-5      81          13

12. George Rogers Clark 12-3   80          9

13. Calloway County    18-2      55          NR

14. Woodford County   9-6        54          12

15. Male                           10-5      24          14

Others receiving votes: Ashland Blazer 18, Bowling Green 14, Butler 14, Adair County 13, LaRue County 10, Lloyd Memorial 10, Clinton County 5, Jeffersontown 5, Cooper 4, North Bullitt 3, Trinity 3, Fairdale 2, Bell County 1, South Oldham 1.

Top five teams in regions 8-10:

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Woodford County

2. South Oldham

3. North Oldham

4. Simon Kenton

5. Walton-Verona

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Covington Catholic

2. Cooper

3. Lloyd Memorial

4. Conner

5. Dixie Heights

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Campbell County

3. Montgomery County

4. Mason County

5. Bourbon County

Girls statewide poll

Anna Kelch and Simon Kenton are No. 12 in the latest statewide media poll. Photo Provided | Charles Bolton

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

Rank-school (FPV)         Record Pts        LW

1. Sacred Heart (15)      11-2      239       1

2. George Rogers Clark  9-5      205       2

3. Cooper                         9-3        195       3

4. Franklin County         15-3      168       7

5. North Laurel (1)         14-0      164       6

6. Franklin-Simpson     14-2      161       4

7. Assumption                11-2      154       5

8. Covington Holy Cross 18-1   134       8

9. Bethlehem                  13-1      108       T9

10. Madison Central     16-0      101       T9

11. Henderson County 13-3      81          11

12. Simon Kenton          12-3      58          12

13. Frederick Douglass 11-4     57          13

14. Notre Dame             9-3        38          14

15. Owensboro Catholic 11-3  11          NR

Others receiving votes: Anderson County 10, Graves County 10, Highlands 9, Johnson Central 5, Breckinridge County 4, Lafayette 3, Calloway County 1, Knox Central 1, Russell 1, Taylor County 1, West Jessamine 1.

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Simon Kenton

2. Anderson County

3. Spencer County

4. Grant County

5. Walton-Verona

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Covington Holy Cross

2. Cooper

3. Notre Dame

4. Highlands

5. Dixie Heights

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Campbell County

3. Bishop Brossart

4. Scott

5. Montgomery County

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