1) Pulaski County (8-2) – Pulaski County beat Newport in the Lake Cumberland Holiday Classic in overtime to put them atop the rankings this week. They play North Laurel Friday in the Raymond Reed Classic.

2) Somerset (10-2) – Coach Dunbar’s group reached win number 10 in their last game of the Lake Cumberland Holiday Hoops Classic with Kade Grundy dropping 28 in the 89 – 81 win over Beech out of Hendersonville, Tennessee. The Briar Jumpers have one game this week, hosting Rockcastle County.

3) Lincoln County (7-3) – The Patriots drop out of the top spot for the first time this season, going 1-2 in the Central Bank Classic. They lost to host Lexington Christian by a single point and competed with George Rogers Clark. They look to bounce back this week, hosting Great Crossing and Campbellsville.

4) Danville (10-3) – The Admirals continued their hot streak with four wins in the RW Baird Holiday Classic. They take on Madison Central at Lincoln County Saturday. Dante Hayden continues to lead the way at 15.8 points per game.

5) Southwestern (9-3) – Southwestern went 2-1 in the Lake Cumberland Holiday Hoops Classic, getting wins over Central Magnet School and Phoenix Learning Center before dropping the last game to Clay County, Tennessee. Cole Dysinger remains out of the box scores. When he returns, look for the Warriors to move back up in the rankings. This week’s schedule includes Bryan Station and Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

6) East Jessamine (8-3) – The Jaguars went 2-1 in the Campbellsville High School Holiday Classic, dropping their lone loss to an undefeated Elizabethtown team. They play district rival Mercer County this week as well as making a trip to George Rogers Clark the next day to take on the Cardinals.

7) Boyle County (4-3) – Boyle County fell to Marion County 73-72. The Rebels host Butler County and Garrard County this week, the rivalry game with Danville looming in the near future.

8) West Jessamine (6-6) – West had a tough draw in the Central Bank Classic, getting beaten by four in the opener by George Rogers Clark and failing to bounce back in the next game, a 75-63 loss to Eastern. The Colts salvaged a win 57-54 against Muhlenberg County and look to get back to form, travelling back to Lexington Christian this week to take on the Eagles and then hosting the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds out of the 9th.

9) Wayne County (6-5) – Wayne County travelled to Destin, Florida for the Hilton Sandestin Beach Blowout and came home with a record there of 2-1 against three teams from Alabama. They play Rowan County as part of the Patriot Classic Saturday at Lincoln County.

10) Mercer County (7-4) – The Titans went 2-1 in the RW Baird Holiday Classic, getting a pair of close wins against Augusta and Middlesboro. They play East Jessamine and Mason County this week. Kaelin Drakeford totaled 50 points over 3 games in the holiday tournament.

11) McCreary County Central (6-7) – The Raiders went 1-2 in the Williamstown Holiday Tournament. They host Williamsburg on Friday.

12) Garrard County (2-7) – Brayden Sebastian was still absent in the December 23rd loss to Wayne County, but the Golden Lions still hung tough, Montavin Quisenberry leading the way with 14 points in the 39-34 loss. Garrard plays Knox Central and Boyle County this week.

13) Rockcastle County (3-7) – The Rockets split their two games in the Stultz Pharmacy Holiday Classic. They travel to play Somerset Friday before turning around to play Knox Central Saturday at South Laurel.

14) Danville Christian (6-4) – Danville Christian beat Walden 56 – 52. They play Frankfort Christian and June Buchanan this weekend.

15) Casey County (1-12) – Casey County finally got win number 1 in their last game while in Glencoe, Alabama for the Glencoe Holiday Tournament. They travel to Burgin Friday.

16) Burgin (1 – 10) – Burgin went winless in the Williamstown Holiday Tournament. They face fellow one win team Casey County at home Friday.

17) Kentucky School for the Deaf (0-2) – The Colonels are still off until January 7th when they face Danville Christian.

Bump.

Interesting year so far. Here is each teams best region and non region win so far in the top 10. Nearly midway through the season still tough to get a good gauge for a lot of the teams in the top 10. The best win so far within the 12th region would have to be East Jessamine over Lincoln. The best win out of region would probably be Mercer's win over Butler or Lincoln's win over South Laurel.

1. Pulaski In region West Jessamine. Out of region Harlan 5th best team in the 13th region.

2. Somerset This is a tough one without knowing anything about the TN teams. In region wins are Rockastle and Casey. Out of region I guess would be Madison Central 4-7 and 10th best team in the 11th.

3. Lincoln in region would be West Jessamine and out of region South Laurel.

4. Danville in region would be Southwestern (Without leading scorer) and out of region is really tough I guess would be Madison Southern 13th best team in the 11th region.

5. Southwestern in region would be East Jessamine. Out of region is tough with them as they have played mainly out of state or 12th region teams.

6. East Jessamine in region Lincoln and out of region Lyon Co #3 team in the 2nd region.

7. Boyle in region Somerset and out of region Butler County 4th best team in the 3rd region or LCA the 6th best team in the 11th region.

8. West Jessamine in region is Danville and out of region Great Crossing 4th best team in the 11th region.

9. Wayne is hard to judge as they have played 4 out of state teams. They have beat Garrard twice within the region and out of region I don't know that they really have a good win in state.

10. Mercer County have lost both in region games with West Jessamine and Danville. Out of Region was Butler 4th in the 6th region.

Some games of interest tomorrow:

Garrard @ Boyle - Can the Lions compete without Sebastian?

Mercer @ East Jess - Can East keep the momentum in the 12th?

Great Crossing @ Lincoln - How will the Pats respond after two straight losses?

Rockcastle @ Somerset - Grundy & company should top the young Rockets.