?? Looking for a Girls Sweet 16 preview? Curious to see nationally ranked teams from three states compete against the best of the Bluegrass?

? Pin your calendar for a great tourney at Louisville's Mercy Academy this Friday and Saturday. 

? Link to the schedule on The Scoreboard ~ 

? scoreboard/khsaa/RF-O_Classic 

? Matchups ~

State and Region rankings per the Massey Ratings - Eight of Kentucky's Top 25 and seven Regional leaders.

National Rankings (2) via MaxPreps.

Friday: 

Pikeville (KY #4, R15 #1) vs. Bullitt East (KY #39, R6 #2) 

Christian Academy-Louisville (KY #30, R7 #4) vs. TBA 

Saturday: 

Southwestern (KY #25, R12 #1) vs. Ryle (KY #9, R9 #2) 

? George Rogers Clark (US #21, KY #1, R10 #1) vs. Pickerington Central OH (US #22, OH #1) 

? Sacred Heart (Prev. US Top 25, KY #2, R7 #1) vs. St. Louis Incarnate Word MO (US #22, MO #1) 

Cooper (KY #3, R9 #1) vs. McCracken County (KY #7, R1 #1) 

Owensboro Catholic (KY #11, R3 #1) vs. Mercy Academy (KY #42, R6 #3) 

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maxpreps.com/basketball/girls/US_25 

masseyratings.com/hsgb/Kentucky 

masseyratings.com/hsgb/Ohio 

masseyratings.com/hsgb/Missouri 

? What games interest you most? Which players are you most anxious to 'see' or 'hear' about?   

Three good season's winning streaks on the line this weekend: 

• Incarnate Word - 16, and undefeated this season. 

• Cooper - 13 

• Pikeville - 7

? What a great weekend of basketball!

"Final" threads have been started for each game. Here's an overview of the results ~