Kentucky girls high school basketball rankings

Published 4:45 pm Monday, March 27, 2023

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Kentucky girls high school basketball rankings

From the farm-fueled towns of the heartland to the bustling concrete canyons on the coast, high school girls basketball is a cultural touchstone.

Basketball engages nearly 400,000 girls to join high school teams per year, according to 2021-22 data from the National Federation of State High School Associations. With almost 18,000 high schools maintaining girls teams, basketball is the most widely offered girls high school sport, beating out track and field and volleyball. Such data paints a clear picture of the sport’s cultural impact.

And girls basketball dates back over a century. Iowa, for instance, traces its girls state championship history to 1920. That timeline doesn’t lag far behind boys’ basketball: Illinois’ boys state championship began just 13 years before Iowa’s girls event. However, girls across the country weren’t given equal representation and support in the sport until the passage of the gender equality act known as Title IX in 1972. Since the arrival of that legislation, girls participation in basketball—and sports as a whole—exploded. Now, girls play basketball in high school gyms across all 50 states.

To dig into competition data behind the ever-growing sport of high school girls basketball, Stacker compiled statewide rankings in Kentucky using MaxPreps. MaxPreps’ rankings factor in win-loss record, win quality, and strength of schedule. Keep reading to find out which schools top the girls basketball charts in Kentucky.

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Overall

1. Sacred Heart (Louisville): 37-3 (4-0 in District 27), 37.3 rating, 20 straight wins, #15 national rank
2. Cooper (Union): 29-4 (3-0 in District 33), 31.6 rating
3. DuPont Manual (Louisville): 28-3 (8-0 in District 25), 29.8 rating
4. George Rogers Clark (Winchester): 28-9 (6-0 in District 40), 28.9 rating, 2 straight losses
5. Mercy (Louisville): 25-10 (3-0 in District 24), 28.5 rating
6. McCracken County (Paducah): 35-3 (3-0 in District 2), 27.9 rating
7. Ryle (Union): 24-9 (2-1 in District 33), 26.3 rating
8. Holy Cross (Covington): 26-8 (3-0 in District 35), 25.4 rating
9. Henderson County (Henderson): 28-5 (4-0 in District 6), 25.2 rating
10. North Laurel (London): 30-7 (6-0 in District 49), 24.2 rating
11. Dixie Heights (Edgewood): 25-8 (4-0 in District 34), 21.8 rating
12. Pulaski County (Somerset): 26-7 (5-1 in District 47), 21.8 rating
13. Bowling Green: 24-11 (6-0 in District 14), 21.8 rating
14. Blazer (Ashland): 26-8 (3-1 in District 64), 21.8 rating
15. Danville: 30-3 (8-0 in District 45), 21.8 rating
16. Lawrence County (Louisa): 30-6 (6-0 in District 58), 21.5 rating
17. Owensboro Catholic (Owensboro): 26-10 (5-1 in District 9), 21.5 rating
18. Rowan County (Morehead): 24-7 (7-0 in District 61), 21.4 rating, 11 straight wins
19. Central (Louisville): 20-13 (3-2 in District 25), 21.3 rating
20. Frederick Douglass (Lexington): 24-9 (8-0 in District 42), 21.1 rating