Great Crossing keeps unanimous No. 1 spot in Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll
With a 14-game winning streak, the Great Crossing High School boys basketball team continued its reign over the Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll.
The Warhawks (26-1) once again received all 16 first-place votes in this week’s poll. Great Crossing is 21-0 against Kentucky competition this season, with its only loss coming to Virginia’s Bishop O’Connell, 77-74 in double overtime, on Dec. 30 in the championship game of the Beach Ball Classic.
Lexington Catholic (24-2) remained No. 2 in the poll and was followed by Newport (24-3), Trinity (20-5) and Lyon County (23-3) in the top five.
Woodford County (21-5) joined the poll at No. 14, and Bryan Station fell out.
The Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll is conducted by 16 sports journalists — one from each of the state’s 16 basketball regions. The final poll will be released Feb. 26.
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 (16) 26-1 240 1
2. Lexington Catholic 24-2 219 2
3. Newport 24-3 197 3
4. Trinity 20-5 190 4
5. Lyon County 23-3 177 5
6. Covington Catholic 21-5 160 6
7. St. Xavier 23-3 137 7
8. (tie) Bowling Green 23-5 108 8
8. (tie) Evangel Christian 21-5 108 10
10. George Rogers Clark 24-2 82 9
11. Manual 21-3 73 T11
12. Harlan County 22-4 64 T11
13. North Oldham 22-3 60 13
14. Woodford County 21-5 28 NR
15. Frederick Douglass 16-9 19 14
Others receiving votes: Bryan Station 11, Cooper 10, Boyd County 9, DeSales 9, Henderson County 8, Adair County 3, Henry Clay 3, Hazard 2, Pikeville 2, Male 1.
First Region
1. Calloway County
2. Murray
3. McCracken County
4. Marshall County
5. St. Mary
Second Region
1. Lyon County
2. Henderson County
3. University Heights
4. Madisonville-North Hopkins
5. Christian County
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. Warren East
4. Clinton County
5. Barren County
Fifth Region
Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News
1. North Hardin
2. Adair County
3. Elizabethtown
4. LaRue 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. St. Xavier
3. Manual
4. Male
5. Eastern
Eighth Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. North Oldham
2. Oldham County
3. Woodford County
4. Walton-Verona
5. Spencer County
Ninth Region
Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Newport
2. Cooper
3. Covington Catholic
4. Lloyd Memorial
5. Boone County
10th Region
1. George Rogers Clark
2. Campbell County
3. Mason County
4. Harrison County
5. Augusta
11th Region
Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader
1. Great Crossing
2. Lexington Catholic
3. Bryan Station
4. Henry Clay
5. Frederick Douglass
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. Wayne County
3. Pulaski County
4. Boyle County
5. Lincoln County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. Harlan County
2. Bell County
3. Clay County
4. Corbin
5. Whitley County
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Hazard
2. Breathitt County
3. Knott County Central
4. Perry County Central
5. Estill County
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Martin County
3. Pike County Central
4. Magoffin County
5. Lawrence County
16th Region
1. Boyd County
2. Fleming County
3. Ashland Blazer
4. Rowan County
5. Morgan County
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Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA boys basketball: Great Crossing stays No. 1 in media rankings
