Great Crossing, LexCath lead boys basketball media poll, which features new top-15 member
Eleventh Region rivals Great Crossing and Lexington Catholic kept the top two spots in this week’s Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Media Poll.
Great Crossing (23-1) received all 16 first-place votes and was followed by Lexington Catholic (22-2), Newport (22-3), Trinity (18-5) and Lyon County (21-3) in the top five.
Frederick Douglass (16-6) joined the poll at No. 14 after knocking off Harlan County, 79-69, on Saturday. Woodford County dropped out of the top 15.
The Kentucky High School Boys 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 (16) 23-1 240 1
2. Lexington Catholic 22-2 216 2
3. Newport 22-3 191 5
4. Trinity 18-5 186 3
5. Lyon County 21-3 171 4
6. Covington Catholic 19-5 147 6
7. St. Xavier 20-3 138 7
8. Bowling Green 20-4 117 9
9. George Rogers Clark 22-1 94 T11
10. Evangel Christian 19-5 89 T11
11. (tie) Harlan County 21-4 66 8
11. (tie) Manual 18-3 66 10
13. North Oldham 20-3 55 13
14. Frederick Douglass 16-6 34 NR
15. Bryan Station 19-3 30 14
Others receiving votes: DeSales 26, Woodford County 23, Henderson County 7, Ashland Blazer 6, Cooper 6, Bell County 3, Boyd County 3, Henry Clay 2, Oldham County 2, Hazard 1, North Hardin 1.
First Region
1. Calloway County
2. Murray
3. Marshall County
4. McCracken County
5. Graves County
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. Barren County
5. Clinton 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. Christian Academy
Eighth Region
James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer
1. Oldham County
2. North Oldham
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. Frederick Douglass
5. Madison Southern
12th Region
Mike Marsee, Danville freelancer
1. Danville Christian
2. Wayne County
3. Pulaski County
4. Mercer County
5. Boyle County
13th Region
Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com
1. Harlan County
2. Bell County
3. Whitley County
4. Clay County
5. Corbin
14th Region
Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation
1. Hazard
2. Knott County Central
3. Breathitt County
4. Perry County Central
5. Estill County
15th Region
Randy White, Appalachian News-Express
1. Pikeville
2. Martin County
3. Pike County Central
4. Floyd Central
5. Johnson Central
16th Region
1. Boyd County
2. Ashland Blazer
3. Rowan County
4. Fleming County
5. Morgan County
Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow on X @kyhighs.
This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA boys basketball rankings: Great Crossing, LexCath lead media poll
