5th Region Rankings Week 5

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5^th Region Rankings & Review
Week 5

1.       Adair County (10-1)
Previous Rank: 2
Last  Week’s Results: No Games
This Week’s Games: at Marion Co. 2A Tournament

2.       Washington County (8-4)
Previous Rank: 1
Last Week’s Results: Fleming Co. 58-47, Lexington Cath. 67-93, Cooper 40-55
This Week’s Games: at Thomas Nelson, 2A Tournament

3.       North Hardin (7-3)
Previous Rank: 5
Last Week’s Results: South Laurel 57-64, Lincoln Co. 88-66, Green Co. 77-68
This Week’s Games: Etown, at Central Hardin, Shawnee? (at Central Hardin)

4.       Elizabethtown (7-3)
Previous Rank: 3
Last Week’s Results: Atherton 66-64, Eastern 37-54
This Week’s Games:

5.       Hart County (7-2)
Previous Rank: 7
Last Week’s Results: Douglas Al. 56-59, Young Americans Christian 70-58, Ezell Harding 53-43
Games This Week: at Glasgow, at Green Co.

6.       Bardstown (8-6)
Previous Rank: 11
Last Week’s Results: Cumberland Co. 77-66, Barren Co. 63-61, East Jessamine 61-55
Games This Week: 2A Tournament, at Collins

7.       Caverna (8-5)
Previous Rank: 9
Last Week’s Results: Eagleville TN 65-73, Hale Co. Al 72-69, Coffee Co. Central (Loss, No Score posted)
This Week’s Games: at John Hardin, at Bethlehem (All A)

8.       Green County (7-6)
Previous Rank: 8
Last Week’s Results: Marshall Co. 52-65, Bishop Brossart 77-54, North Hardin 68-77
This Week’s Games: Metcalfe Co. Hart Co. at Etown

9.       Central Hardin (6-6)
Previous Rank: 4
Last Week’s Results: Webster Co. 59-60, Male 67-81
This Week’s Games: at John Hardin, North Hardin

10.   Larue County (7-6)
Previous Rank: 10
Last Week’s Results: North Laurel 74-65, Frederick Douglas 67-69, Desales 64-72
This Week’s Games: Taylor Co. 2A Tournament

11.   Taylor County (7-8)
Previous Rank: 6
Last Week’s Results: Lexington Cath. 46-81, Bourbon Co. 63-45, North Laurel 63-68
This Week’s Games: at Larue Co. 2A Tournament

12.   Campbellsville (5-8)
Previous Rank: 12
Last Week’s Results: Edmonson Co. 45-52, Metcalfe Co. 78-67 (OT) Cumberland Co. 65-60
This Week’s Games: Monroe Co. Meade Co.

13.   Bethlehem (3-6)
Previous Rank: 14
Last Week’s Results: No Games
This Week’s Games: at Thomas Nelson, Nelson Co,

14.   Nelson County (3-7)
Previous Rank: 15
Last Week’s Results: Civic Memorial 55-52, Gibault 47-52, Columbia 35-68, Freeburg 44-52
This Week’s Games: John Hardin 2A Tournament, at Bethlehem

15.   Marion County (3-10)
Previous Rank: 13
Last Week’s Results: South Oldham 34-78, St. Mary 68-93, Thomas Nelson 51-76
This Week’s Games: Adair Co. 2A Tournament

16.   Thomas Nelson (2-10)
Previous Rank: 17
Last Week’s Results: Boone Co. 43-71, Valley 54-58, Marion Co. 76-51
This Week’s Games: Bethlehem, at Washington Co.

17.   Fort Knox (2-10)
Previous Rank: 16
Last Week’s Results: Knox Central 32-70, Burgin 52-53, Shawnee 43-46
This Week’s Games: No Games

18.   John Hardin (1-13)
Previous Rank: 18
Last Week’s Results: Logan Co. 66-76, Paducah Tilghman 57-88, Allen Co. Scottsville 52-58
This Week’s Games: Central Hardin, at Nelson Co. (2A Tournament) Caverna

Thoughts

-Overall, not a great post-Christmas break for teams in the 5^th Region. Combined teams went 17-31

-Adair County moves into the top spot after Washington County drops 2 out of 3 in Lexington at the White, Maggard, Greer Holiday Classic. Washington County, after starting out 6-0 has now dropped 4 of their last 6 games.

-Bardstown had the best week of any team in the region, going 3-0 at the Campbellsville Holiday Classic. Their win over Barren County was a nice win for the Tigers.

-Taylor County falls out of the top 10, seemingly for the first time since I’ve been doing these rankings. I have no doubt that they will get it back together, but they have dropped 5 of their last 6. Granted those 6 games were at the King of the Bluegrass and the White, Maggard, Greer Holiday Classic, but I would venture to say that Coach Irvin was expecting more from his team. The road doesn’t get any easier anytime soon as they play Larue County this week in the 2A tournament. Should they win, they’ll get Washington County and the finals will pit the winner of that game and likely Adair County on January 6^th. A difficult 3 game stretch for sure, but could really do wonders for them if they were able to win all 3.

-As mentioned above the 2A sectionals get going this week. The 5^th Region is actually represented in 3 different sectionals. In Section 2, Hart County has already been eliminated. I believe that is the only sectional completed to date. Section 3 will see Bardstown face the winner of CAL/Desales and in the other semi-final game Nelson and John Hardin. Those games will be played on Jan. 4^th with the finals on Jan. 6^th at Nelson Co. In Section 4, Marion host Adair County and Larue host Taylor on Jan. 2^nd. The winner of Marion/Adair will face Russell Co. in the semi-finals and Washington Co. awaits the winner of Larue/Taylor. Semifinals will be on Jan. 4^th and finals on the 6^th, both taking place at Russell County.

-Happy New Year!!