Final statewide media basketball poll

The final 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.

Boys statewide poll

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

Rank-school (FPV)         Record Pts        LW

1. St. Xavier (16)             26-2      240       1

2. Great Crossing           26-4      222       2

3. Frederick Douglass  22-3      207       3

4. Marshall County        26-1      175       5

5. Bryan Station              22-6      160       4

6. Calloway County       26-3      144       7

7. Hazard                         25-2      137       6

8. George Rogers Clark  24-4     123       8

9. Danville Christian     24-3      98          9

10. Manual                      23-5      95          11

11. Green County          21-3      69          12

12. Warren Central        22-5      65          10

13. Covington Catholic 21-8     44          13

14. Adair County            25-5      28          NR

15. Butler                         22-4      26          14

Others receiving votes: Cooper 22, Ballard 15, Clinton County 13, Bowling Green 7, Ashland Blazer 5, North Oldham 5, South Laurel 5, Lexington Catholic 3, Male 3, South Oldham 3, Henderson County 2, Bell County 1, Henry Clay 1, Lloyd Memorial 1, Woodford County 1.

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. North Oldham

2. Simon Kenton

3. South Oldham

4. Walton-Verona

5. Spencer County

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Covington Catholic

3. Lloyd Memorial

4. Conner

5. Highlands

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

3. Campbell County

4. Mason County

5. Augusta

Girls statewide poll

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

Rank-school (FPV)         Record Pts        LW

1. Sacred Heart (16)      26-3      240       1

2. George Rogers Clark  20-7     214       2

3. Cooper                         20-5      186       3

4. Franklin-Simpson     23-2      175       T4

5. Franklin County         23-5      162       T4

6. Simon Kenton            22-4      157       7

7. North Laurel               26-2      153       6

8. Assumption                20-5      141       8

9. Henderson County   23-5      88          9

10. Danville Christian   20-7      81          12

11. Madison Central     24-2      78          11

12. Frederick Douglass 20-7     69          10

13. (tie) Covington Holy Cross  24-6  43             14

13. (tie) Notre Dame     19-7      43          13

15. Graves County         27-2      38          15

Others receiving votes: South Laurel 17, Dixie Heights 11, Owensboro Catholic 9, Ashland Blazer 4, Johnson Central 4, Breckinridge County 3, Bethlehem 2, Lafayette 1, Taylor County 1.

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Simon Kenton

2. Anderson County

3. Walton-Verona

4. Woodford County

5. South Oldham

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Dixie Heights

3. Notre Dame

4. Covington Holy Cross

5. Highlands

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Campbell County

3. Bishop Brossart

4. Scott

5. Montgomery County