Statewide media basketball poll: See who is ranked from NKY

The fifth 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)             20-2      240       1

2. Great Crossing           19-4      223       2

3. Frederick Douglass  17-2      207       3

4. Marshall County        22-0      189       4

5. Bryan Station              18-4      170       5

6. Hazard                         21-2      118       8

7. George Rogers Clark 17-3     111       10

8. Warren Central          17-3      99          7

9. Green County             16-2      91          12

10. Manual                      17-5      79          9

11. Covington Catholic 15-6     74          6

12. Calloway County    22-3      73          13

13. Danville Christian   19-2      72          14

14. Bowling Green         18-4      28          NR

15. Ballard                       14-7      25          11

Others receiving votes: Butler 20, Cooper 19, Adair County 17, Male 16, Clinton County 15, Woodford County 9, North Bullitt 5, Trinity 5, Ashland Blazer 3, Dixie Heights 3, North Oldham 3, Campbell County 2, Bell County 1, LaRue County 1, Newport 1, South Oldham 1.

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. South Oldham

2. North Oldham

3. Simon Kenton

4. Walton-Verona

5. Spencer County

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Covington Catholic

3. Conner

4. Lloyd Memorial

5. Dixie Heights

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

3. Campbell County

4. Mason County

5. Nicholas County

Girls statewide poll

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

Rank-school (FPV)         Record Pts        LW

1. Sacred Heart (16)      18-2      240       1

2. George Rogers Clark 14-6     202       2

3. Cooper                         14-4      187       4

4. Franklin County         20-3      186       3

5. Franklin-Simpson     18-2      165       6

6. Assumption                16-3      149       7

7. North Laurel               17-1      136       5

8. Madison Central       21-0      134       8

9. Frederick Douglass  16-4      92          12

10. Henderson County 18-4      88          11

11. Danville Christian   17-6      64          14

12. Covington Holy Cross 20-3 61         10

13. Simon Kenton          15-4      56          13

14. Bethlehem               16-4      47          9

15. Notre Dame             15-4      44          15

Others receiving votes: Dixie Heights 22, Graves County 22, Ashland Blazer 8, Johnson Central 5, Calloway County 4, Taylor County 3, Highlands 2, Owensboro Catholic 2, Valley 1.

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Simon Kenton

2. Anderson County

3. Walton-Verona

4. Spencer County

5. Woodford County

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Covington Holy Cross

3. Dixie Heights

4. Notre Dame

5. Highlands

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Campbell County

3. Bishop Brossart

4. Scott

5. Montgomery County