With one week in the books now, it’s really difficult to get a sense of how good some of these teams will be, especially with some teams playing 3 games this first week and other teams barely getting in one game.

We’ve had a couple of district upsets already, which makes you wonder why you schedule district games so early in the season. Adair County fell to Campbellsville in a 3-point shocker. And Nelson County looks to be much better than advertised and came up with a convincing win against Bethlehem 83-68. Jordan Gilbert is proving that he can coach any group and got double digit points out of 4 seniors in the game against Bethlehem.

The other interesting part of week 1 is just the number of [redacted] students who are still ineligible. Adair County, Green County, Caverna, and North Hardin all have students who at the moment are ineligible and have not played yet.

This week has some games that should be very good in the region. Starting in the 18^th district, Green County will travel to Caverna on Friday, Dec. 12^th. North Hardin will travel to Larue County and Barren County where the Trojans will take on Glasgow. Taylor County will go across town to Campbellsville, where the Eagles will look for a second district upset. Central Hardin will travel to Louisville Trinity and will also go to the Panther Den for a 17^th district matchup against Elizabethtown. The 19^th district sees action too as Bardstown will host Nelson County and Bethlehem travels to Washington County and host Thomas Nelson this week.

On Saturday, Dec. 13^th there are some great games lined up at Bardstown High School for the Tiger Classic. Central Hardin will play Male, Taylor County will play Warren Central, Caverna faces Christian Academy of Louisville and Bardstown will host Butler in the last game of the night.

Here’s the rankings for Week 1:

Team	Record	Preseason Week Ranking	Results From Last  Week	Games This Week
1.      Caverna	1-0	1	W- Hart County 67-53	At Barren County, At Green County, CAL at Bardstown
2.      North Hardin	1-0	3	W- Central 88-59	At Larue County, at Henry Clay, Glasgow at Barren County
3.      Taylor County	3-0	5	W- Bardstown77-65, Marion County 81-65, Shawnee 58-15	At Wayne County, at Campbellsville, Warren Central at Bardstown
4.      Green County	1-2	2	L-Barren County, 64-82, W-Lincoln County 55-49, L- Madison Central 57-87	Marion County, at Caverna
5.      Central Hardin	2-0	6	W- Bullitt East 79-63, Bardstown 64-56	At Trinity, at Elizabethtown, Male at Bardstown, at Washington County
6.      Adair County	2-1	4	W- Elizabethtown 72-58, Cumberland County 71-66, L-Campbellsville 57-60	At Marion County
7.      Larue County	2-1	9	W-CEC 71-53, L-Collins 58-61, W-Desales 70-60	North Hardin, Hart County
8.      Bardstown	0-3	7	L-Taylor County 65-77, South Oldham 70-85, Central Hardin 56-64	Nelson County, Butler
9.      Nelson County	1-1	17	L-Dunbar 75-62, W Bethlehem 83-68	At Breckinridge County, at Bardstown, Doss
10.  Bethlehem	1-1	8	W- Doss 68-55, L- Nelson County 68-83	At Washington County, Thomas Nelson
11. Marion County	1-1	10	W- Brown 72-22, L-Taylor County 65-81	At John Hardin, at Green County, Adair County
12. Campbellsville	1-2	15	L- Edmonson County 58-73, W- Adair County 60-57, L-Greenwood 57-71	Hart County, Taylor County
13. Hart County	1-1	13	W- Bluegrass Blazers 64-43, L-Caverna 53-67	Allen Co-Scottsville, at Campbellsville, at Larue County
14. Thomas Nelson	0-2	11	L-Garrard County 56-57, Bullitt East 61-72	At Fort Knox, at Bethlehem
15. Washington County	0-2	12	L- North Bullitt 52-70, Anderson County 53-57	Bullitt Central, Bethlehem, Central Hardin
16. Elizabethtown	0-2	14	L- Adair County 58-72, Barren County 47-66	At Bowling Green, Central Hardin
17. John Hardin	0-3	16	L- Bullitt Central 43-61, Desales 58-85, Anderson County 21-40	Marion County, Shawnee, Hancock County
18. Fort Knox	0-0	18	No Games	Thomas Nelson, Francis Parker, at Hancock County

 

Region could look completely different once we find out who is eligible and who isn't for sure. Are most of the just out for the 1st semester games? 

On 12/8/2025 at 4:16 PM, IndianAlum81 said:

Region could look completely different once we find out who is eligible and who isn't for sure. Are most of the just out for the 1st semester games? 

Really have no clue when some of these kids will be ruled eligible or even if they will. Landon Blakey at Adair County was made eligible on Tuesday. 

59 minutes ago, 5thregionbasketball said:

Really have no clue when some of these kids will be ruled eligible or even if they will. Landon Blakey at Adair County was made eligible on Tuesday. 

Uthaymin Laws for Green County who came from Pennsylvania this season played his first game for them last night as he was also made eligible. 

1 hour ago, ACfan4 said:

Uthaymin Laws for Green County who came from Pennsylvania this season played his first game for them last night as he was also made eligible. 

Just checked the scoreboard and he had 14 points as well. Have been told that he, Eric James Jr, and Modi Kuyouate are all leaving Green County today. 

Yes have heard the same.