Overall, it was a very good week for teams in the 5^th Region. Collectively, teams went 22-14 this past week, perhaps the best mark all season. There were some cancellations as many schools were out for sickness. That led to Taylor County, Marion County and John Hardin being unable to get any games in this week.

Adair County continues their stellar play, winning 3 games this week and being the first team to win 20 games in the region. Adair County has won their last 12 games. During that stretch their average margin of win has been slightly over 22 points a game. Adair seems to be firing on all cylinders right now with Connor Loy leading the way. They will be tested this week with a game against Warren Central and then the last team to defeat them Russell County.

Green County had another impressive week, wrapping up the regular season district championship. Green County has now gone undefeated in district play this year after defeating Larue County and Hart County this past week. Green County’s schedule will also increase in difficulty this week as they play at Male, at Central Hardin and host North Hardin.

Central Hardin wrapped up the #2 seed in the 17^th district against Etown earlier this week. The game ended up being a 9-point difference, but Etown just could never really get anything going and get any closer than 4-5 points. Central handled business on their home court. Central Hardin has played really well as of late, winning 5 in a row and 8 out of their last 9.

Here’s the ranking for this week:

1.  Adair County (20-4) Results: Evangel 69-51, Monroe County 88-49, Barren County 69-43
Games this Week: Warren Central, at Marion County, Rusell County
Current Streak: W12, Last 10 Games: 10-0

 2. Green County (19-2) Results: Larue County 69-65, Hart County 69-50, Bullitt East 54-49         
Games this Week: at Male, at Central Hardin, North Hardin
Current Streak: W5, Last 10 Games: 9-1

 3. Central Hardin (18-6) Results: Campbellsville 81-40, Elizabethtown 58-49       
Games this Week: Green County, at Bullitt East, Caverna
Current Streak: W5, Last 10 Games: 8-2

4. Taylor County (17-4) No Games Last Week      
Games this Week: Campbellsville, at Elizabethtown
Current Streak: W3, Last 10 Games: 9-1

5. North Hardin (15-7) Results: Bullitt East 72-60, Manual 62-80
Games this week: Evangel, at Green County
Current Streak: L1, Last 10 Games: 7-3

 6. Larue County (17-8) Results: Green County 65-69, Bethlehem 73-55, Evangel 71-56
Games this Week: Elizabethtown, at Glasgow
Current Streak: W2, Last 10 Games: 6-4

7. Caverna (12-10) Results: Glasgow 75-54, Evangel 70-54          
Games this Week: at Warren East, at Central Hardin, Madisonville North Hopkins
Current Streak: W4, Last 10 Games: 7-3

 8. Bardstown (13-7) Results: Thomas Nelson 51-32, North Bullitt 61-50   
Games this Week: at PRP, Campbellsville, at Christian County
Current Streak: W2, Last 10 Games: 5-5

 9. Bethlehem (13-11) Results: Washington County 57-50, Larue County 55-73, Doss 97-62
Games this Week: Meade County, Thomas Nelson
Current Streak: W1, Last 10 Games: 4-6

 10. Marion County (14-8) No Games Last Week    
Games this Week: Washington County, Adair County, at Trinity Christian
Current Streak: W1, Last 10 Games: 6-4

 11. Washington County (9-13) Results: Campbellsville 67-49, Bethlehem 50-57     
Games this Week: at Southern, at Marion County, Bluegrass United
Current Streak: L1, Last 10 Games: 4-6

 12. Thomas Nelson (9-14) Results: Nelson County 36-52, Bardstown 32-51
Games this Week: Valley, at Bethlehem
Current Streak: L4, Last 10 Games: 3-7

13. Hart County (8-15) Results: Fort Knox 51-52, Green County 50-69      
Games this Week: at Edmonson County, Metcalfe County, John Hardin
Current Streak: L6, Last 10 Games: 3-7

 14. Elizabethtown (7-16) Results: Meade County 60-73, Central Hardin 49-58, Bullitt East 54-77   
Games this Week: at Larue County, at Taylor County
Current Streak: L3, Last 10 Games: 4-6

 15. Nelson County (5-17) Results: Thomas Nelson 52-36, Casey County 54-29        
Games this Week: John Hardin, Danville
Current Streak: W2, Last 10 Games: 4-6

 16. Fort Knox (4-15) Results: Hart County 52-51, Portland Christian 65-56
Games this Week: Fort Campbell
Current Streak: W2, Last 10 Games: 4-6

 17.  Campbellsville (2-19) Results: Washington County, 49-67, Central Hardin 40-81, Metcalfe County 55-70
Games this Week: at Taylor County, Evangel, at Bardstown
Current Streak: L9, Last 10 Games: 1-9

 18. John Hardin (2-21) No Games Last Week        
Games this Week: at Nelson County, at Hart County
Current Streak: W1, Last 10 Games: 1-9

 

What is the reasoning behind having Central Hardin ranked higher than North Hardin? North Hardin has beaten Central Hardin twice this season in District play.

23 hours ago, Hardin County Preps said:

What is the reasoning behind having Central Hardin ranked higher than North Hardin? North Hardin has beaten Central Hardin twice this season in District play.

North has beaten them twice and will be the number 1 seed in the district. But since that game, North is 4-2 (now 4-3 after losing on Monday) while Central is 5-0. There is a case to be made about strength of competition and that's a valid argument. But really it just has more to do with week-to-week results from where they were previously in the rankings. 

I'm calling my shot right now.  Adair to repeat in a hotly contested 5th region tournament.