You want to know something difficult? Ranking teams six through twelve in the 12th region. Really, once you get past the top spot, these teams just beat up on each other, over and over. Teams four through twelve are capable of beating each other on any given night, and teams two and three, as will be discussed below, are not invulnerable by any means. DCA continues to sit above the fray but with the tenacity of the other teams in the region, I'll still refuse to label them the heir apparent to the regional title. Bottom line - the region is definitely down this year but man, oh, man is it fun. 

Rankings

1. Danville Christian Academy - The Warriors continue to just win. They defeated Garrard County and Bryan Station last week, that win over Station being at Lafayette and by one point. They face Boyle County and Lincoln County this week in their last two district games. They then get the joy of traveling to Monticello to play Wayne County. It will be a week that definitely tests that unbeaten record against regional opponents.

2. Mercer County - The Titans fell to West Jessamine in overtime but bounced back with wins over Burgin, Rockcastle County and fellow contender Pulaski County. Even if they end up in the 2 vs. 3 semifinal of the district tournament, they'll play a team they have blown out in East Jessamine. They face Russell County, Madison Central, and GRC this week.

3. Pulaski County - The Maroons got just their second loss of 2025, falling to Mercer County. They defeated East Jessamine and Somerset earlier in the week. They face Lincoln County, Southwestern and Rockcastle this week. 

4. Boyle County - The Rebels had a pair of district wins over Danville and Garrard County. They have their last district game as they face mighty DCA. They then end the week against Somerset. No matter what, the Rebels hope to avoid what happened in the first game against DCA when they lost 70 to 35. 

5. Lincoln County - The Patriots had a rough loss to Southwestern before bouncing back with a win over Danville. Braden Fugate had 26 in the win and Sawyer Robbins added a double-double performance. Lincoln has their last two district games as they face Garrard and DCA with the mighty Maroons of Pulaski sandwiched in between. 

6. Wayne County - And so begins the mess that is collected between teams six through twelve. Wayne County sits at .500, having bounced up and down and up again this year. They got wins over Somerset Christian and Southwestern last week. They face Somerset and DCA this week. Kendall Phillips had 23 points and 10 rebounds in the win over the Cougars and he will need to continue to perform at that level if the Cardinals hope to carry out a regional tournament run of any note.

7. West Jessamine - Here is another team that had fallen out of the top ten at some point this season. The Colts had just won game last week but it was a big one as they defeated Mercer County by 2 in overtime. Now there's a chance they may end up with the one seed in the district. They face Paris, Burgin, and East Jessamine this week. 

8. Somerset - Another team riding high after previously being in the doldrums, the Briar Jumpers defeated McCreary County and competed with Pulaski County before ultimately losing by 5. Kole Grundy had 22 in the blowout win over the Raiders. Somerset faces Southwestern, Wayne, Boyle and Frankfort Christian this week.

9. McCreary Central - The Raiders fell to Somerset but beat Cordia and Buckhorn. They face Scott (TN) and Garrard County this week.

10. Southwestern - The Warriors beat Rockcastle, Lincoln County and Berea this week but lost to Wayne County. Antajuan Dumphord had 20 points and 12 rebounds against Berea. They face Somerset, East Jessamine, Pulaski County and Letcher County Central this week.

11. Somerset Christian - This one was tough. I have had the Cougars up as high as six in the region. They are 17 - 9 on the year, albeit still having a decent chunk of their schedule against tiny schools. They fell to Wayne County last week before getting two wins against two examples of tiny schools, Cornerstone Christian and Burgin. They have Madison Southern and Rockcastle County this week, the last games currently showing on their schedule. 

12. Garrard County - The Golden Lions fell to DCA and Boyle County. Against, just like SCS, this might be too low for them but they are currently on the low end of the cycle in this middle grouping of teams in the region. They will look to return to the win column as they face Lincoln and McCreary this week, though both games will offer serious challenges.

13. Rockcastle County - Somerset Christian, Madison Central and Pulaski County are all on the Rockets schedule this week as they fell three times last week.

14. East Jessamine - The Jaguars haven't won any games in 2025 other than Burgin and Trinity Christian (twice). They face Southwestern and West Jessamine in two tough ones this week.

15. Danville - Tates Creek, Taylor County and Nelson County are on the schedule this week for the Ads as they continue to search for their first 2025 win.

16. Trinity Christian - The Titans fell to Dunbar and then forfeited against West Jessamine. The good news is they were able to get back on the hardwood and had a win over Francis Parker. They face Dayton, Harrison County and Marion County this week.

17. Burgin - The Bulldogs defeated Cornerstone Christian by 2 for their fifth win of the year.

18. Casey County - The Rebels got win number 2 of the year as they beat Frankfort Christian.

19. Kentucky School for the Deaf - The Colonels are slated to play the Light Eagles (home school team from Danville) this week.

Has any 12th Region team ever went undefeated against every 12th region team they played and went on to win Region also?

58 minutes ago, Statsdontlie said:

Has any 12th Region team ever went undefeated against every 12th region team they played and went on to win Region also?

Mercer County is the most recent - 2015/16.

? scoreboard/khsaa/Mercer_Co_15-16

Surely others have done it?

1 hour ago, Statsdontlie said:

Has any 12th Region team ever went undefeated against every 12th region team they played and went on to win Region also?

Lincoln Co. 2008 team was close.  Lost one regular season @ McCreary when Aaron Watts was there.  Great player.  Good Call on the Josh Cook led Mercer Co. team.  That team was loaded!  No others pop out to me.  DCA was undefeated last year until the postseason, where Boyle and Somerset clipped them.  They have a great shot this year IMO. 

2015 Boyle and Lincoln only lost two Regional games to each other. 

18 hours ago, Statsdontlie said:

Has any 12th Region team ever went undefeated against every 12th region team they played and went on to win Region also?

Wayne did it in '13/'14 going 31-2 that season.

17 hours ago, LethalPG said:

Lincoln Co. 2008 team was close.  Lost one regular season @ McCreary when Aaron Watts was there.  Great player.

Those McCreary Central teams always gave Lincoln fits. Raiders won 5 out 6 meetings with the Patriots between 2007-11. The only Lincoln win came in the 2008-09 regular season, only to have McCreary top the Pats in the region tournament at Lincoln a few weeks later.

59 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Those McCreary Central teams always gave Lincoln fits. Raiders won 5 out 6 meetings with the Patriots between 2007-11. The only Lincoln win came in the 2008-09 regular season, only to have McCreary top the Pats in the region tournament at Lincoln a few weeks later.

Very good run of teams in Stearns. 

Somerset and Southwestern are being streamed at https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ky/?B=1992594

2 hours ago, 24Rocks said:

Somerset and Southwestern are being streamed at https://www.team1sports.com/highschool/ky/?B=1992594

Somerset gets the win at home 49-45.  Two free throws by Lewis with 7 seconds to go iced it for the Jumpers.  

Somerset got by Wayne County at home tonight 68-54. 

1 hour ago, Carl Spackler said:

Somerset got by Wayne County at home tonight 68-54. 

I wouldn’t want to face Somerset in the postseason.

11 hours ago, se7ens said:

I wouldn’t want to face Somerset in the postseason.

Agreed. They have all the pieces coming together at the right time.

Also, very impressed with Somerset Athletics game broadcast on YouTube. Well done!

45 minutes ago, Boyd_Blue said:

Agreed. They have all the pieces coming together at the right time.

Also, very impressed with Somerset Athletics game broadcast on YouTube. Well done!

They're doing a top notch job this season.  The graphics are pretty elite for a HS production. 

What I’ve learned tonight is how valuable Kade Hargis is to Pulaski Co. team right now.  He was out tonight at Lincoln and they missed his scoring ability and on ball defense.  Cash Baird has thrived, and gotten to the rim at will.