Who’s No. 1 in the final girls high school basketball media rankings of 2023-24?

Below are the top 15 girls high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the Feb. 26 poll of media members from each of Kentucky’s 16 regions as compiled by the Courier Journal’s Jason Frakes. Teams are listed with first-place votes, records, total rankings points and last week’s ranking. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted and the media’s region-by-region top fives.

Girls Top 15

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

Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW

1. Sacred Heart (16) 22-7 240 1

2. Cooper 24-4 217 2

3. George Rogers Clark 25-4 195 3

4. Covington Holy Cross 25-5 170 4

5. (tie) Owensboro Catholic 25-4 146 6

5. (tie) Pikeville 23-5 146 5

7. Anderson County 27-2 130 8

8. Franklin-Simpson 27-1 123 9

9. McCracken County 24-5 122 7

10. Ashland Blazer 24-6 80 10

11. Franklin County 24-6 69 12

12. North Laurel 24-5 65 15

13. Russell 23-6 44 NR

14. Butler 21-8 41 11

15. Ryle 18-10 23 14

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 21, Bethlehem 15, Corbin 13, Johnson Central 13, Danville Christian 8, Boyd County 7, Pulaski County 7, Manual 6, Simon Kenton 6, Meade County 5, Frederick Douglass 3, Assumption 2, Montgomery County 2, Henderson County 1.

How @HLpreps voted

Region-by-region top fives

1st Region

Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun

1. McCracken County

2. Calloway County

3. Marshall County

4. Graves County

5. Mayfield

2nd Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Christian County

2. Henderson County

3. Crittenden County

4. Lyon County

5. Madisonville

3rd Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Owensboro Catholic

2. Daviess County

3. Breckinridge County

4. Owensboro

5. Meade County

4th Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Franklin-Simpson

2. Bowling Green

3. Barren County

4. Warren East

5. Russell County

5th Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. Bethlehem

2. Taylor County

3. North Hardin

4. Bardstown

5. Elizabethtown

6th Region

Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV

1. Butler

2. Whitefield Academy

3. Mercy

4. Bullitt East

5. Pleasure Ridge Park

7th Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal

1. Sacred Heart

2. Assumption

3. Central

4. Manual

5. Christian Academy-Louisville

8th Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Anderson County

2. Simon Kenton

3. Grant County

4. Spencer County

5. South Oldham

9th Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Cooper

2. Covington Holy Cross

3. Ryle

4. Notre Dame

5. Highlands

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

3. Campbell County

4. Bishop Brossart

5. Scott

11th Region

Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader

1. Franklin County

2. Frederick Douglass

3. Henry Clay

4. Madison Central

5. Tates Creek

12th Region

Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer

1. Danville Christian

2. Pulaski County

3. West Jessamine

4. Southwestern

5. Rockcastle County

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. North Laurel

2. Corbin

3. South Laurel

4. Knox Central

5. Pineville

14th Region

Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation

1. Letcher County Central

2. Leslie County

3. Owsley County

4. Perry County Central

5. Knott County Central

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Pikeville

2. Martin County

3. Johnson Central

4. Paintsville

5. Shelby Valley

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Ashland Blazer

2. Russell

3. Boyd County

4. Fleming County

5. Bath County

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