1.Elliott County (12-1):

The Lions picked up a big region win last Thursday night when they defeated Rowan County 61-53. That win put the Lions at 6-0 against region opponents this season. That’s a strong showing for the Lions. Elliott County maybe the team to beat come regional tournament time.

 

2.Rowan County (11-5):

The Vikings have been on a roll as of late, having won 3 straight and 9 of their last 10 games heading into their contest with Elliott County last Thursday. Elliott County got the upper hand on the Vikings on their way to a 61-53 victory. The Vikings tied the game twice but never led.

 

3.Boyd County 12-4):

The Lions are starting to get things rolling after hitting a sluggish spot. Coming into this week, the Lions had won 2 straight and 3 of their last 4 games. The Lions do have a couple big games this week but their big one is next Thursday when they host Elliott County in a region battle.

 

4.Greenup County (12-5):

Greenup County had everything going their way heading into the new year but have hit a hard spot, only winning 1 out of their last 3 games. Can they get things turned back in the right direction this week or will the hard spot keep hitting them?

 

5.West Carter (12-4):

The Comets are starting to get their grove back, winning 4 straight heading into this week. One of those 4 wins came against #4 Greenup County 98-93. Can Coach Webb and his Comets keep up the good work?

 

6.Ashland (6-12):

The Tomcats had one of the roughest starts to the season this year, winning their first game but then went on an 8 game losing streak before winning 2 games in the AIT to take an 3-8 record into the new year. Since the new year started the Tomcats have gone 2-4 and have a chance to keep going in the right direction this week, the question is, can they keep putting together W’s?

 

7.East Carter (8-9):

The Raiders split both games last week, losing 71-43 to #1 Elliott County but bouncing back and defeating Morgan County 58-57. The Raiders seem to be playing better than what they were but they still continue to struggle against region opponents.

 

8.Russell (9-11):

The Red Devils continue to struggle, they have now lost 3 of their last 4 games. Since they were 5-3, mid-December, they have gone 4-8. The good news is, they’re 3-3 against district opponents.

 

9.Bath County (8-10):

The Wildcats picked up two big wins last week, defeating both Menifee County 78-67 and Fleming County 78-63 but that still doesn’t stop the bleeding that much, they have gone 2-4 in their last 6 games.

 

10.Fleming County (4-14):

Fleming County continues to bleed and bleed badly. The Panthers have only won 1 game since the new year rang in and followed that up with a 5 game losing streak. Can the Panthers get the bleeding to stop this week or will the wound be opened up worse?

 

11.Morgan County (7-11):

Morgan County had a rough start to the season but have came on strong as of late, going 4-3 in their last 7 games.

 

12.Fairview (5-11):

The Eagles do own a win over #6 Ashland but still continue to struggle putting wins together.

 

13.Raceland (4-12):

Raceland started the season off on a 4 game losing streak and in fact they had just 2 wins coming into 2017 but have won 2 of their last 3 games to already match their 2 win total for the month of December. Can the Eagles put more wins together in the month of January?

 

14.Rose Hill Christian (9-13):

Since winning their 9^th game back on Dec. 23^rd, the Royals have lost 7 straight.

 

15.Menifee County (3-12):

Since starting the season off 2-0, the Wildcats have gone 1-12….

 

16.Lewis County (3-13):

Lewis County, a lot like the middle to the end of the pack teams in the 16^th region are also struggling putting wins in the win column. The Lions have gone 1-7 in their last 8 games.

Sorry for the delay on this week's rankings guys, been under the weather past few days. These records don't indicate this week's games for any of these teams.

Appreciate the updates, but I don't think Lewis is last?

The top 5 are pretty good ball clubs. Within the last decade their has been maybe 2-3 decent teams but I think this year is the most competitive year I've seen in the 16th in a while. Defiantly will be interesting to see how it all plays out. Look forward to these rankings every week!

Lewis is closer to top 10 than last. Check Lit and Cantrell ratings.

I'd say it'll all play out with Elliott County cutting the nets, but anything is possible in tournament time.

Menifee will more than likely be last next week with Rose Hill ahead of them. Depending on how they do this week Lewis will probably move up to 12 or 11

Elliot should be number one but it's very close with Boyd Rowan and greenup

Lewis was 9th in Cantrell ratings.

Looks good I think East probably should be rated ahead of Ashland especially after their defeat of Greenup Co. last night.

Which team would be the team come post season that no 1 see would want to draw in the regional? There's some pretty good ones.... Bath beat east who beat Greenup a couple of days ago....

Looks good I think East probably should be rated ahead of Ashland especially after their defeat of Greenup Co. last night.

 

But then they lost to Bath County

Well they play each other at Ashland on Tuesday night so that will answer the question I guess.