5th Region: Week 3

December 22, 2025Dec 22

This week and next week are always the hardest for me to review because of all the Christmas tournaments that are being played. Because teams play teams from all over the state and other states it is often hard to gauge how good a win or bad a loss actually is. And some teams this week played more games on consecutive days than they’ve played all season, so how much does fatigue factor into these results?

So, with that said, some teams moved up quite a bit because of the number of wins while other teams moved down due to the number of losses, and all of that might even back out in a few weeks.

I do have some movement at the top of the rankings this week though. Taylor County takes over the #1 spot. The Cardinals went 3-0 this week starting with a good win over Boyle County. They are playing in the championship of the Capital City Classic this afternoon (Monday). The Cardinals have gotten off to a great start at 8-1 with their only loss coming to Warren Central in a game that they only trailed for the last few seconds of the game.

Caverna drops down 2 spots to the #3 spot. The Colonels went 2-2 this week. I don’t know anything about the two teams that they defeated, Butler College Prep and Faith Christian. However, I was very impressed with their grit in their loss to Larue County at the beginning of the week. Caverna trailed that game by 15 at the half, tied the game by the end of the third quarter and led with about 30 seconds to go in the game. The game ended with a little bit of controversy. Coach Pittman got a technical foul with about 30 seconds to go. That gave Larue County 4 free throws and the ball back, which is all they needed.

Every team will be in action this coming week except for Hart County, who played 5 games this week. A few teams are playing in the same Christmas tournaments so we could possibly see some in-region matchups depending on what happens.

As far as Christmas tournaments in the region are concerned Central Hardin will be hosting the Planet Fitness Christmas tournament which includes, Fern Creek, Southern, Christian County, Campbell County, Louisville Central and 5^th region teams Green County and Washington County along with host Central Hardin.

Campbellsville will host the Farm Bureau Holiday Classic with teams from Pendleton County, Beechwood, PRP, Cumberland County, Harlan County and 5^th region teams Bardstown and Thomas Nelson.

Bethlehem will host the Bethlehem Christmas Classic. I’m not exactly sure of the format for this event but Somerset Christian, Butler County, Muhlenberg County, and KCD will be there along with 5^th Region teams, Nelson County, Adair County and Elizabethtown.

Here are the rankings for this week:

Ranking (Last Week Ranking)	Overall Record (Record this week)	Last Week Results	Games This Week
1. Taylor County (2)	8-1 (3-0)	W-Boyle County 61-55, Western Hills 86-53, Grant County 59-43	Eastern, North Oldham (White, Greer, Maggard Holiday Classic)
2. Adair County (3)	5-2 (2-1)	L- Tates Creek 89-115, W-Madison Southern 72-67, Central 67-62	Greenwood, Muhlenberg County (Bethlehem Christmas Classic
3. Caverna (1)	5-3 (2-2)	L- Larue County 57-61, W-Butler College Prep 63-45, Faith Christian 64-51, L-Marshall Co. 47-52	Great Crossing (White, Greer, Maggard Holiday Classic)
4. Larue County (4)	6-3 (2-2)	W- Caverna 61-57, L-Fairdale 66-85, W- Trinity 54-42, L- Warren Central 57-75	Berea (Railroad Classic)
5. North Hardin (5)	4-2 (1-1)	L- Greenwood 74-83, W- John Hardin 84-45	Lloyd Memorial (Jim Rose Central Bank Classic)
6. Central Hardin (6)	5-3 (2-1)	W- Nelson County 83-70, Shaw (Cleveland OH) 54-33, L- Hilliard Bradley 28-70	Dublin Coffman (OH), Fern Creek (Central Hardin Planet Fitness Holiday Tournament)
7. Nelson County (7)	5-2 (2-1)	L- Central Hardin 70-83, W- Western Hills 80-72, Doss 74-48	at Garrard County, Butler County & KCD (Bethlehem Christmas Classic
8. Marion County (9)	6-3 (3-1)	W- Mercer County 55-41, Iroquois 60-45, L-Henderson County 50-60, W- Southern???	Rowan County (Dan Swartz Classic)
9. Bethlehem (8)	4-3 (1-2)	L- Shelby County 44-74, W- Metcalfe County 51-49, L- Monroe County 47-60	KCD, Elizabethtown (Bethlehem Christmas Classic)
10. Hart County (13)	5-5 (3-2)	L-Logan County 61-89, W-Green County 64-44, Wayne County (TN) 69-66, Belfry 58-54, L-Gatlinburg-Pittman 30-62	No Games This Week
11. Thomas Nelson (14)	4-4 (3-1)	W- Doss 67-48, Burgin 81-51, Southern??? L- Henderson County 56-62	Harlan County (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic)
12. Elizabethtown (16)	3-5 (3-1)	W- John Hardin 67-34, L-Apollo 52-81, W- Ballard Memorial 68-52, Russellville 59-54	Washington County, Somerset Christian & Bethlehem (Bethlehem Christmas Classic)
13. Bardstown (12)	1-6 (1-1)	W- Washington County 69-49, L- CAL 43-61	Holy Cross (Louisville), Cumberland County (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic)
14. Green County (10)	2-7 (1-3)	W- Campbellsville 68-62, L- Hart County 44-64, Monroe County 48-64, Metcalfe County 82-84	Campbell County (Central Hardin Planet Fitness Holiday Tournament)
15. Campbellsville (11)	2-4 (0-2)	L- Green County 62-68, Cumberland County 59-71	Pendleton County (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic)
16. Washington County (15)	1-5 (1-1)	L- Bardstown 49-69, W- Danville 71-63	at Elizabethtown, Lou. Central (Central Hardin Planet Fitness Holiday Tournament)
17. John Hardin (17)	1-7 (0-2)	L- Elizabethtown 34-67. North Hardin 45-84	at South Warren (Chopped Lawn Care Classic)
18. Fort Knox (18)	1-4 (0-2)	L-Edmonson County 36-77, Brown 50-61	Eminence

5th Region: Week 3

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