Who’s No. 1 in the first boys high school basketball media rankings of 2024?

Jared Peck

January 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.·3 min read

Below are the top 15 boys high school basketball teams of the 2023-24 season, according to the first (Jan. 4) 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 and total rankings points. In addition, see how Herald-Leader digital sports writer Jared Peck voted and the media’s region-by-region top fives.

Boys Top 15

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

Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts

1. Great Crossing (9) 12-1 232

2. Lyon County (7) 13-1 229

3. Lexington Catholic 13-1 194

4. Trinity 9-3 163

5. Covington Catholic 9-4 139

6. Evangel Christian 9-3 116

7. Newport 12-3 111

8. Manual 12-1 107

9. Harlan County 13-2 99

10. St. Xavier 10-2 97

11. Bowling Green 11-3 79

12. (tie) DeSales 12-5 53

12. (tie) George Rogers Clark 12-1 53

14. Frederick Douglass 8-3 52

15. Woodford County 9-2 47

Others receiving votes: Henry Clay 43, North Oldham 31, Male 26, South Laurel 19, Henderson County 13, Ashland Blazer 5, Bryan Station 5, McCracken County 4, Bell County 1, Cooper 1, Hazard 1.

How @HLpreps voted

1.	Lyon County
2.	Great Crossing
3.	Lexington Catholic
4.	Trinity
5.	Harlan County
6.	Manual
7.	Covington Catholic
8.	Evangel Christian
9.	George Rogers Clark
10.	St. Xavier
11.	Newport
12.	DeSales
13.	South Laurel
14.	Male
15.	Bowling Green

Region-by-region top fives

1st Region

Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun

1. McCracken County

2. Murray

3. Graves County

4. Marshall County

5. Paducah Tilghman

2nd Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Lyon County

2. Henderson County

3. Webster County

4. University Heights

5. Christian County

3rd Region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Daviess County

2. Butler County

3. Owensboro Catholic

4. Owensboro

5. Grayson County

4th Region

Micheal Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Bowling Green

2. Barren County

3. Russell County

4. Warren East

5. Warren Central

5th Region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. Adair County

2. Washington County

3. Elizabethtown

4. North Hardin

5. Central Hardin

6th Region

Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV

1. Evangel Christian

2. DeSales

3. Louisville Holy Cross

4. Butler

5. Jeffersontown

7th Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier Journal

1. Trinity

2. Manual

3. Male

4. St. Xavier

5. Ballard

8th Region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. North Oldham

2. Woodford County

3. Walton-Verona

4. Anderson County

5. Oldham County

9th Region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Covington Catholic

2. Newport

3. Lloyd Memorial

4. Cooper

5. Boone County

10th Region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Campbell County

3. Mason County

4. Bourbon County

5. Montgomery County

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. Wayne County

2. Danville Christian

3. Somerset

4. Rockcastle County

5. Pulaski County

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. Harlan County

2. South Laurel

3. Corbin

4. Bell County

5. Clay County

14th Region

Nate Johnson, WYMT-TV

1. Perry County Central

2. Hazard

3. Breathitt County

4. Knott County Central

5. Letcher County Central

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Martin County

2. Pikeville

3. Pike County Central

4. Lawrence County

5. Floyd Central

16th Region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Boyd County

2. Fleming County

3. Rowan County

4. Ashland Blazer

5. Morgan County

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