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*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. Pulaski County falls for the first time this season to a very good North Laurel team 82-54. As of 2/8/22 there is only 1 undefeated team. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (23-1)

I was just wondering about this very same thing today, and was searching for info on it. Thanks for posting. Can't wait to see the pairings.

This is how I prefaced my rankings this week: "I had trouble this week deciding on the Top 10. A few games here and there threw things into a bit of a mess where more than ever one can argue for different rankings than the one that I will ultimately list. There will be no exact perfect answers here, but I will do my best to make sense of it". You did indeed comment in the past when I once moved Dixie ahead of Cooper, which is fine and everyone is entitled to and welcome to contribute their thoughts here. As I've tried to explain, I've tried to "spread the love" between these 3 teams, while also trying to fairly please you and others when ranking them when most would agree that there's not much seperation between the 3 teams. Your thoughts about Dixie are worthy, but I'm not judging them on one flukey game in their loss to Beechwood. Their whole body of work would suggest otherwise regarding their strengths. Hairs can be split over and again regarding every nuance of how these teams have faired against each other, and at the end of the day still not everyone will be satisfied with how those 3 teams are ranked. There are so many factors as to how a team might've faired against each other from what defense they chose to play, who was out with an injury, who might've been out with COVID and so on. Most teams improve as the season progresses, some more than others. I've chosen in ranking them to shift them around from time to time between spots 2, 3, and 4 to give each team their deserving acknowledgement. Most would agree that those 3 teams are extremely close to each other, and on any given night either one of them could beat the other, so I really can't and won't get caught up with every little point to ponder as to who is more deserving than the other. The remaining regualar season will play out, and after that the post season, and while CovCath is strongly the favorite, these 3 teams in someway, shape, or form are bound to face each other again in tournament play depending on how the brackets play out. Some future games might give us a more definitive take on the strenghs of these 3 teams, then again they might pan out to be exciting OT games that still has us seeing very little seperation between them. It's all worthy of discussion, but then again maybe not enough to crack one's head on the wall from banging it too hard.

I wouldn't read into it too deeply the way Highlands, Cooper, and Dixie are rated. They're all pretty even if you ask me. When I didn't have Highlands 2nd, FrankNIcodemus wasn't happy. Whenever I've had Dixie ahead of Cooper you weren't happy. Cooper beat Dixie by a whole 2 points. I can't please everyone. I've had each of them at 2nd sometime thoughout the season because they're all deserving. I look at what they've done lately mixed a bit with their whole body of work. Let's call them 2a, 2b, and 2c, and you can place Cooper in there whereever you'd like. That sound fair? Now that the season is advanced, whenever any of these teams play each other we'll have a real good idea how they measure up with each other. Being so close to post season, some teams though might be hiding a bit of their hand when facing each other to save their whallop for when it counts most.

*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 2/6/22 there are 2 undefeated teams. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (22-1) Region 12 Pulaski County - (23-0)

Thanks for the heads up!

BluegrassPreps.com 9th Region Week 10 Review and Rankings Week 10 throughout the state of Kentucky saw the White Death try its best to disrupt most every teams' schedule, yet where there's a will there's a way, and many important games got off of the ground, and especially some important district seeding games. The 33rd District finished up their seeding games, and Cooper has earned the number 1 seed by going 6-0 in the district. Conner has the 2nd seed going 4-2. Ryle and Boone County have tied for the 3rd & 4th seed both going 1-5 in district play. My understanding is that this will ultimately be decided by their RPI ranking which presently Ryle has a slight edge over Boone Co at .49393, and Boone sits at .48695. Ryle has 6 more games on their regular schedule, and Boone has 5. Stay tuned to see how it all plays out. The 33rd District tournament will be held at Ryle. The 34th District has pretty much been wrapped up with Dixie being the top seeded team, and St. Henry and Lloyd being 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the district trournament being played at Ludlow, Dixie will play the winner of the Ludlow and Villa Madonna game, and on the other side of the bracket St. Henry will play Lloyd. That there will be a huge game as the winner of that game will punch their ticket into the 9th Region Tournament. One more game needs to be played in the 35th District seeding games, Holmes at Beechwood. CovCath has already secured the top seed, and Holy Cross has locked in the the 2nd. it's still to be seen whether Holmes or Beechwood get to avoid CovCath in the first round of the 35th District tournament. At present I'm still not sure who is hosting the 35th District tournament this year, so maybe someone out there has the skinny on this. The 36th District has pretty much wrapped up with Highlands earning the top seed, and get to play the winner of the Dayton/Bellevue game in the 36th District tournament. 2nd seed Newport will have to face 3rd seed Newport Central Catholic. There again a huge game to see who gets into the 9th Region tournament. A few games this past week stuck out, 1st with Holy Cross beating Beechwood in 35th District seeding play 74-69. St. Henry impressively took down Lloyd 60-47 in a 34th District seeding game. Cooper snapped their 8 game winning streak with a beatdown from Cincinnati Elder 64-34 showing a bit of their vulnerability. I had trouble this week deciding on the Top 10. A few games here and there threw things into a bit of a mess where more than ever one can argue for different rankings than the one that I will ultimately list. There will be no exact perfect answers here, but I will do my best to make sense of it. Week 10 Rankings: 1). Covington Catholic - (18-4) Nothing has changed here. The Colonels have been in the top postition all season long, and nothing has come close to threatening their standing. They've lost a couple of games recently to state powerhouses, so they've presently been demoted to the Number 5 spot in the state on the BGP Rankings. This coming week will see them at Oldham County from the 8th Region on Feb 7, then a huge spotlight game against Reed Sheppard's Number 6 North Laurel Jaguars from the 13th Region at the BB&T arena at NKU on Friday night, Feb. 11. 2). Highlands - (16-6) The Bluebirds have been tearing up their opponents. In their last 5 games they have netted 90 points or more, with one game only managining 86. They're putting up the big points at a good time in the season as they prepare for post season play. They'll be some busy birds this coming week with 4 games. They'll be at Bellevue on Feb. 7, at home against Lloyd on Feb. 8, a big game at Conner on Feb. 10, then another huge home game against Cooper on Feb. 12. 3). Dixie Heights - (15-4) The Red Colonels continued their winning ways with a district seeding win over Villa Madonna 68-30, then a nice win over the Simon Kenton Pioneers 69-41. They've one game this coming week at Walton Verona on Feb. 11. 4). Cooper - (18-4) The Jags only played on game this past week, but got smacked up pretty good by Cincinnati Elder 64-34. This week sees them hosting Newport on Feb. 8, then a huge 9th Region game at Highlands on Feb. 12. 5) Conner - (16-6) The Cougars have somewhat quietly remained a 9th Region force with a consistent winning record. They beat Ryle pretting commandingly in a 33rd District seeding game 82-54. They've two homes games this coming week, first hosting Holmes on Feb. 7, then Highlands on Feb. 10 in a huge 9th Region game. 6). Holy Cross - (18-7) Holy Cross wrapped up the 2nd seed in the upcoming 35th District tournament with their 74-69 win over Beechwood allowing them to avoid CovCath in the first round game. The Indians also beat Ludlow this past week 74-32 while resting Jacob Meyer, and Javier Ward who were both nursing injuries. Those two were back at it against Beechwood with Meyer netting 33 points, and Ward getting his. The Indians will need both of them healthy as they approach post season play. 7). Lloyd Memorial - (17-5) The Juggs lost a big 35th District seeding game 60-47 this past week against a vastly improving, and impressive St. Henry team. Lloyd will have a busy week first in a tough game at Highlands on Feb. 8, then at Frankfurt on Feb. 11, then they'll host Paris from the 10th Region on Feb. 12th. 8). St. Henry - (11-7) The Crusaders are really gelling at the right time. They had to replace losing 10 graduating seniors from last year, so it's been a journey this season to get some of their upstarts some experience. It's beginning to pay off, and we know that we can always trust Coach Faust to have his boys ready by post season play to give themself a chance. Their first big statement win came this past week with a 60-47 win over their 34th District foe the Lloyd Juggernauts. These two teams will face each other again in the 1st round of the 34th District tournament. 9). Holmes - (9-14) The Bulldogs got in a good win this past week against Boone County 64-59. They've two big games this coming week, first at Conner on Feb. 7, then at Beechwood in a 34th District seeding game on Feb. 12. 10). Ryle - (10-15) The Raiders lost 2 games this past week, first in a 33rd District seeding game against Conner, losing 82-54. They then lost in a squeaker against Augusta 60-57. They'll have a busy week ahead with 4 games. At Bourbon County on Feb. 7, a home game against Scott on Feb. 8, at Campbell County on Feb. 10, then they'll be at St. Henry on Feb. 12. 11). Boone County - (12-11) 12). Beechwood - (7-14) 13). Newport - (7-14) 14). Newport Central Catholic - (7-15) 15). Dayton - (12-10) 16). Villa Madonna - (6-14) 17). Ludlow - (9-12) 18). Heritage Academy - (7-11) 19). Bellevue - (3-17) 20). Covington Latin - (0-15)

*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 2/5/22 there are 2 undefeated teams. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (22-1) Region 12 Pulaski County - (22-0)

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*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 2/1/22 there are 2 undefeated teams. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (21-1) Region 12 Pulaski County - (22-0)

Thanks for clearing this up. I goofed in my review when I said that the winner of tonight's game would stay away from Dixie. You're right, Lloyd and St. Henry will have to face each other again to see who gets to go to the 9th Region Tournament. I've been following this stuff for so long, I don't know how I slipped up on that one. Please don't tell me that old age is starting to make me foggy. 🤪

That's great information. I never quite knew became of him after high school. Thanks!

Yes, Bert Capel...that's the Heritage player!

🤪Y'ever feel like you've been clapping with one hand?

Wanted to point out that Landon Warner of Heritage Academy is a Freshman averaging 19.5 ppg. Sounds like a diamond in the rough to me. I wonder if he's anything like the kid from Heritage from about 20 years ago whose name presently escapes me. Can someone out there remind me what that kid's name was? He was a dynamite baller who also played at the next level. He didn't always get the notice that he deserved playing for Heritage, but the kid was a dynamite player. ??? Anybody ???

It's Hudson "Blank", not Hudson Black for Dixie. Sorry about that.

It's Miguel Garcia, not Miguell

Let's hear (not here) some of your favorite players' names that I might've overlooked.

I’d like to add a little something else to the rankings this week, and to highlight some of the high scorers for each of the teams, and to give mention to a lot of players who might not get much mention. 1). Covington Catholic - Evan Ipsaro 23.1 ppg, Mitchell Rylee 16.1 ppg, and Kascyl McGillis 9.3 ppg, and Chandler Starks 8.4.ppg. 2). Cooper - Caleb Brooks 15.6 ppg, Blake Berry 9.2 ppg, and Montana Phillips 8.3 ppg. 3). Dixie Heights - Keirnan Geraci 19.6 ppg, Billy Wogenstahl 17.9 ppg, and Hudson Black with 10.0 ppg. 4). Highlands - William Herald 17.3 ppg, Zachary Barth 17.2 ppg, Oliver Harris 11.9 ppg, Cole Kocher 8.5 ppg, and Leyton Read 8.2 ppg. 5). Lloyd Memorial - Jeremiah Israel 16.6 ppg, Garrett Vogelpohl 11.7 ppg, EJ Walker 9.9 ppg, Teyon Neale 9.7 ppg, and Zaire Monroe 7.9 ppg. 6). Conner - Landen Hamilton 18.1 ppg, Daniel Campbell 13.0 ppg, Ayden Lohr 9.8 ppg and Alex Castrucci 7.8 ppg. 7). Holy Cross - Jacob Meyer 38.8 ppg, and Javier Ward 18.2 ppg. 8). St. Henry - Camden Fedders 12.6, Owen Setters 9.8 ppg, Matthew Reising 9.5 ppg, Jack Grayson 8.8 ppg, and Rhet Ravenscraft 7.2 ppg. 9). Boone County - Jashaun Pouncy 13.7 ppg, Cole Shumate 12.4 ppg, and Thomas Williams 10.8 ppg. 10). Ryle - Donovan Robinson 16.8 ppg, Connor Bishop 11.1 ppg, Dominick Amorello 9.9 ppg, Chris Walker 8.6 ppg, and Brayden Smith 7.9 ppg. 11). Beechwood - Camerod Boyd 20.8 ppg, Ty Eviston 11.7 ppg, Cash Harney 7.9 ppg, and Trevor Logue 6.7 ppg. 12). Holmes - Quantez Calloway 29.5 ppg, Miguel Garcia 8.5 ppg, and Nate Pouncy 8.0 ppg. 13). Newport - Marquez Miller 14.3 ppg., Evan Snapp 12.1 ppg, Robert Sanders 8.6 ppg, and Teylen Kinney 8.0 ppg. 14). Newport Central Catholic - Joel Isles 17.1 ppg, Jase Isles 10.7 ppg, Kaedon Butts, 10.1 ppg, and Caleb Eaglin 7.2 ppg. 15). Dayton - Lorenzo Price 14.6 ppg, Preston Baggett 13.7 ppg, Mason Johnson 13.3 ppg, and Maveriq Catacora 9.6 ppg. 16). Villa Madonna - Colin Chillo 13.8 ppg, Henry Thole 11.7 ppg, and Alex Grannen 7.8 ppg. 17). Ludlow - Jaxson Rice 13.8 ppg, Matthew Griffin 13.6 ppg, Ryan Gaiser 10.9 ppg, and Gavin Anderson 9.1. Ppg. 18). Heritage Academy - Landon Warner 19.5 ppg, Keegan Kennedy 13.6 ppg, and Elisha Schulz 10.6 ppg. 19). Bellevue - Zach Mertens 12.3 ppg, Will Strong 10.2 ppg, and Noah Frommeyer 7.8 ppg. 20). Covington Latin - Gunnar Brummett 9.7 ppg, Casey Fitzpatrick 7.5 ppg, and Jackson Richardson 6.7 ppg. My nominees for the coolest names are in no particular order: Montana Phillips - Cooper Oliver Harris - Highlands Jeremiah Israel - Lloyd EJ Walker - Lloyd Zaire Monroe - Lloyd Javier Ward - Holy Cross Rhet Ravenscraft - St. Henry Jashaun Pouncy - Boone County Cole Shumate - Boone County Donovan Robinson - Ryle Ty Eviston - Beechwood Cash Harney - Beechwood Quantez Calloway - Holmes Tayquan Calloway - Holmes Miguell Garcia- Holmes Marquez Miller - Newport Evan Snapp - Newport Joel Isles - Newport Central Catholic Jase Isles - Newport Central Catholic Preston Baggett - Dayton Maveriq Catacora - Dayton Colin Chillo - Villa Madonna Jaxson Rice - Ludlow Gunnar Brummett- Covington Latin Lloyd and Holmes tie for first place of teams with the most coolest names, both with 3. Let's here some of your favorite players' names that I might've overlooked

*Teams on this list with any losses are still undefeated against Kentucky competition. As of 1/30/22 there are 2 undefeated teams. Region 10 George Rogers Clark - (20-1) Region 12 Pulaski County - (21-0)

Covington Catholic's Feb 1 game at Simon Kenton has been cancelled per KHSAA scoreboard.

You'll sleep better at night if you consider Highlands, Cooper, and Dixie in a 3 way tie for 2nd place. 🤣

My pleasure. I spit out my drink when Chandler Starks very strongly ripped the ball away from an Ashland player, and the announcer said, “The officials called that a jump ball, but around here we call that attempted murder”. 😂