Covington Catholic is No. 2 in the final Elite 16 statewide media poll of the season. Photo provided | Charles Bolton

Each week through the end of the regular season, the Kentucky prep basketball poll will be released every Tuesday.

It’s been rebranded as the ‘Elite 16’ media poll, taking votes from 16 media members throughout the state with 16 teams ranked. Below each poll is the top five teams in their respective region, voted on by the media member from that region they represent. The 16 regional members help give an equal representation of voters throughout the state.

This is the last poll of the season.

Boys statewide poll

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

Rank-school (FPV)                    Record              Pts        LW       

1. Madison Central (8)            27-3                   239       4

2. Covington Catholic (6)       26-2                   236       1

3. St. Xavier (1)                           21-7                   223       3

4. George Rogers Clark (1)    25-3                   200       5

5. Daviess County                    22-6                   198       2

6. Warren Central                     21-3                   156       6

7. Frederick Douglass             19-6                   138       7

8. North Oldham                       21-5                    131       9

9. Ballard                                      19-6                   130       11

10. McCracken County           25-3                   126       10

11. Jeffersontown                     18-7                    76         8

12. North Laurel                        23-7                    51         12

13. Butler                                      21-5                    45         14

14. Boyd County                        24-6                   41         15

15. Male                                        15-12                 38         13

16. Bryan Station                      21-7                   23         NR

Others receiving votes: Manual 22, Ashland Blazer 19, Highlands 14, Eastern 11, North Hardin 10, Caverna 9, Bell County 7, Lexington Catholic 7, Lloyd Memorial 7, Grayson County 6, South Oldham 6, Covington Holy Cross 4, Henderson County 3.

First Region

Steve Springer, Murray Ledger & Times

1. McCracken County

2. Marshall County

3. Carlisle County

4. Graves County

5. Murray

Second Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Lyon County

2. Henderson County

3. Webster County

4. Hopkins County Central

5. Hopkinsville

Third Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Daviess County

2. Grayson County

3. Owensboro Catholic

4. Ohio County

5. Apollo

Fourth Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Warren Central

2. Clinton County

3. Greenwood

4. Bowling Green

5. Glasgow

Fifth Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. North Hardin

2. Caverna

3. Taylor County

4. LaRue County

5. Nelson County

Sixth Region

Demetrius Stanton, DeadStock Visuals

1. Jeffersontown

2. Butler

3. Evangel Christian

4. DuBois

5. Pleasure Ridge Park

Seventh Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal

1. St. Xavier

2. Ballard

3. Manual

4. Eastern

5. Christian Academy

Eighth Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. North Oldham

2. Woodford County

3. Spencer County

4. South Oldham

5. Anderson County

Ninth Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Covington Catholic

2. Lloyd Memorial

3. Ryle

4. Highlands

5. Covington Holy Cross  

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

3. Campbell County

4. Bourbon County

5. Nicholas County

11th Region

Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader

1. Madison Central

2. Frederick Douglass

3. Bryan Station

4. Lexington Catholic

5. Great Crossing

12th Region

Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer

1. Wayne County

2. Danville Christian

3. Somerset

4. Pulaski County

5. West Jessamine

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. Bell County

2. North Laurel

3. Clay County

4. Whitley County

5. Corbin

14th Region

Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation

1. Knott County Central

2. Powell County

3. Hazard

4. Perry County Central

5. Letcher County Central

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Johnson Central

2. Pikeville

3. Martin County

4. Floyd Central

5. Paintsville

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Ashland Blazer

2. Boyd County

3. Russell

4. Raceland

5. Lewis County

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