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Great Crossing keeps unanimous No. 1 spot in Kentucky High School Basketball Media Poll

Great Crossing’s Vince Dawson III makes the shot against Fairdale in the semi finals of the 2023 King of the Bluegrass. Dec. 22, 2023

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

Chelsea Ladd, The Paducah Sun

1. Calloway County

2. Murray

3. McCracken County

4. Marshall County

5. St. Mary

Second Region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

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

Dominique Yates, WLKY-TV

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

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

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

James Collier, WLGC-FM

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