Great Crossing, Lyon County stay 1-2 in Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Media Poll
Great Crossing and Lyon County kept the top two spots in this week’s Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Media Poll.
Great Crossing (14-1) received 10 of the first-place votes, and Lyon County (15-1) received the other six.
The top five was unchanged, as No. 3 Lexington Catholic (15-1), No. 4 Trinity (14-3) and No. 5 Covington Catholic (10-4) kept their spots from last week’s poll.
The Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists — one from each of the state’s 16 basketball regions. The poll will be released each week throughout the regular season.
Along with the statewide top 15, voters will provide top-five rankings for their respective regions.
Here are the rankings:
Boys statewide poll
First-place votes in parentheses; records through Monday’s games
Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW
1. Great Crossing (10) 14-1 233 1
2. Lyon County (6) 15-1 230 2
3. Lexington Catholic 15-1 197 3
4. Trinity 14-3 179 4
5. Covington Catholic 10-4 147 5
6. Newport 13-3 135 7
7. Manual 13-1 117 8
8. Evangel Christian 11-3 114 6
9. St. Xavier 12-2 97 10
10. Harlan County 15-2 94 9
11. Bowling Green 13-4 84 11
12. George Rogers Clark 14-1 66 T12
13. DeSales 14-5 54 T12
14. Frederick Douglass 9-4 46 14
15. Woodford County 12-2 45 15
Others receiving votes: Henry Clay 36, Male 21, Ashland Blazer 5, Corbin 4, Bryan Station 3, Henderson County 3, North Oldham 3, McCracken County 2, South Laurel 2, Bell County 1, Cooper 1, Hazard 1.
First Region
1. McCracken County
2. Murray
3. Graves County
4. Marshall County
5. Paducah Tilghman
Second Region
1. Lyon County
2. Henderson County
3. University Heights
4. Webster County
5. Madisonville-North Hopkins
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. Barren County
4. Russell County
5. Warren East
Fifth Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. North Hardin
2. Elizabethtown
3. LaRue County
4. Adair County
5. Washington County
Sixth Region
1. Evangel Christian
2. DeSales
3. Fairdale
4. Butler
5. Louisville Holy Cross
Seventh Region
Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal
1. Trinity
2. Manual
3. Male
4. St. Xavier
5. Christian Academy
Eighth Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. North Oldham
2. Woodford County
3. Walton-Verona
4. Anderson County
5. Oldham County
Ninth Region
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Covington Catholic
2. Newport
3. Lloyd Memorial
4. Cooper
5. Boone County
10th Region
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Campbell County
3. Mason County
4. Bourbon County
5. Augusta
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Great Crossing
2. Lexington Catholic
3. Henry Clay
4. Bryan Station
5. Frederick Douglass
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. Somerset
3. Wayne County
4. Pulaski County
5. Boyle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. Harlan County
2. Bell County
3. South Laurel
4. Corbin
5. Whitley County
14th Region
1. Hazard
2. Breathitt County
3. Knott County Central
4. Perry County Central
5. Letcher County Central
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Martin County
3. Pike County Central
4. Lawrence County
5. Floyd Central
16th Region
1. Boyd County
2. Fleming County
3. Rowan County
4. Ashland Blazer
5. Morgan County
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky high school basketball rankings: Great Crossing stays No. 1
