Let's start with some Tiers.  I reserve the right to change these from week to week:

Tier 1 - McCracken & Marshall - if these teams stay healthy I don't think teams from the lower Tiers will beat them.

Tier 2 - Graves & Calloway - A slight separation from Tier 3 here.

Tier 3 - Mayfield, St. Mary, Carlisle, Murray, Tilghman - I'm keeping the Tornado in this one for now.

Tier 4 - Everyone else.

Key games this week:

Tues - Marshall at Murray (PTown Dad's Game of the Week), Mayfield at McCracken, Tilghman at Calloway (Section 1 2A quarterfinal), Ballard Mem at Hickman

Thursday - Crittnden at St. Mary (beginning of St. Mary Classic)

Friday - Murray at Calloway

Here are this week's rankings:

1. McCracken Co. (4-0) - W 71-66 (OT) at Marshall, W 75-68 DuPont Manual

The game at Marshall lived up to it's hype.  Matthew Langhi for Marshall hit a buzzer-beater three to force the game into OT, but the Mustangs were too much in the Overtime.  How about 31 points for Miles Woodfork!  Garrett Miller also chipped in 18 points.  This team has so many weapons.  Will they lose a First Region game this season?

2. Marshall Co. (4-1) - W 81-54 vs Calloway, L 66-71 vs McCracken, W 78-56 Northwest (TN)

It looks like on offense this team will be a three-headed monster.  Langhi could average more than 30 this season.  Neyland Jezik is really shooting the ball very well from downtown.  Ryan Stokes does most of his damage in the lane.  I look for the Marshals to keep cruising.

3. Graves Co. (3-2) - W 64-63 vs Calloway, W 39-30 vs St. Mary, L 58-77 West Creek (TN)

The Eagles have four guards averaging double figures, and remember that they have not lost to a Kentucky team yet this season.  And yes, I did confirm that the game against the Vikings did go for all four quarters.

4. Calloway Co. (3-3) - L 63-64 at Graves, L 43-58 West Creek (TN), L 59-67 Obion Central (TN)

The Lakers hung around the whole game at Graves but couldn't pull out the win.  Luke Armstrong had 22 points and 15 boards in that game.  The Friday game is the Crosstown Classic - will the Lakers take care of business at home?

5. Mayfield (2-1) - W 80-28 vs Fulton City

Senior guard Owen Byrd is leading the way for the Cardinals, and he's averaging 19 ppg.  On Tuesday they travel to McCracken, and I think they have the pieces to keep that game interesting.  These Cardinals have two Freshmen in Morris and Eubanks who are contributing quite a bit.

6. St. Mary (2-3) - W 60-58 (OT) at Ballard Mem., L 30-39 at Graves

The Vikings trailed late at Ballard, but then freshman Griffin Mayes took over the game.  He finished with 19 points in that contest.  They host their holiday tournament this week and I think they have a good chance of coming out on top.

7.  Carlisle Co. (4-2) - L 54-81 at Marshall, W 59-33 at Hickman, W 84-49 vs University School of Jackson (TN)

Wyatt Rickard is averaging 20 points and 11 rebounds for the Comets.  And if Riherds kept blocks I would assume that he is also averaging a few of those a game too.

8. Murray (4-1) - W 96-22 vs Fulton City, W 93-33 vs Fulton Co., W 93-36

The Tigers margin in their four wins is averaging more than 60 points!  That's extremely impressive even though the opponents haven't been much to deal with.  We will find out a lot more about the Tigers this week as they take on the Marshals on Tuesday and then the Lakers on Friday.

9.  Paducah Tilghman (0-4) - L 47-65 vs Henderson, L 50-68 at Carbondale (IL), L 65-74 Apollo

Who put together Coach Davis' first-year schedule?  Beelzebub?  They started at Carlisle in a game where Rickard was dominant.  Then they hosted Henderson County who looks like they have simply reloaded since their regional title last season.  Then they traveled to perennial Illinois power Carbondale.  Then they battled a tough Apollo team with another dominant big man.  I look for PT to take care of business against CCA, and then they will have a good barometer game when they travel to Calloway for their 2A quarterfinal game.

10. Ballard Memorial (1-2) - L 58-60 vs St. Mary, W 45-43 vs CFS

Ike Miller had 20 points and 10 boards in their quality win against Christian Fellowship.  

11. Christian Fellowship (5-2) - Team Grigg!  Elijah is scoring 24 points per game.

12. Hickman Co. (3-2) - Ny Irons is averaging 18 and 8.  Will this be the other team  that comes out of the 1st District?

13. Fulton Co. (1-4) - Nice win over CCA by 35!

14. Community Christian Academy (1-5) - Two Sophomores - Jonah Anderson and Brandon DeJarnett - lead the team in scoring.

15. Fulton City (0-5) - The Bulldogs travel to Carlisle on Tuesday.

I always like to see what others think.  What would you change in these rankings.

Looks right to me.  I think Carlisle will slowly move up.

 

 

The rankings look great too me. Good job as always! Additionally I agree, PT’s schedule is brutal for a first year coach and a program that lost their best player. 

I would swap Muray to tier 2 and Calloway to tier 3. Also when PT figures things out they will move to the top of tier 3 and be knocking on the tier 2 door. 

I’m interested to see how Murray does tonight hosting the Marshals.  They’ve been really impressive in their wins but this is a massive step up in competition from the last 4 games.  
Can the Tigers keep it interesting?

Just now, PTown Dad said:

I’m interested to see how Murray does tonight hosting the Marshals.  They’ve been really impressive in their wins but this is a massive step up in competition from the last 4 games.  
Can the Tigers keep it interesting?

Agree. Their next 2 games will show alot. 

23 hours ago, westernky said:

The rankings look great too me. Good job as always! Additionally I agree, PT’s schedule is brutal for a first year coach and a program that lost their best player. 

They may struggle to be a .500 team. 

What's going on with Tilghman? Looks like they are struggling to score points. 

Yes I would definitely say you are correct.  I think they can get it fixed but it may be awhile.  Their outside shooting is not very good right now.  

They have players that shoot the ball well. Give them a little to get use to the varsity level games.

On 12/16/2025 at 12:25 PM, PTown Dad said:

I’m interested to see how Murray does tonight hosting the Marshals.  They’ve been really impressive in their wins but this is a massive step up in competition from the last 4 games.  
Can the Tigers keep it interesting?

They kept it interesting for a while. It will be interesting to see if they change their defensive approach to better teams. 

Totally agree with what you’re saying here.  They’re really fun to watch but teams with a good PG that know how to break a press can get some easy buckets.