GRC boys, Sacred Heart girls top first AP high school basketball polls of season

Sacred Heart's girls basketball team celebrates following a 63-50 win over Notre Dame in the Queen of the Commonwealth semifinals at Bullitt East High School on Dec 21. 2021
Sacred Heart's girls basketball team celebrates following a 63-50 win over Notre Dame in the Queen of the Commonwealth semifinals at Bullitt East High School on Dec 21. 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball polls, with first-place votes, records, and total points:

Boys

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP

1. George Rogers Clark (9) 11-1 117

2. Covington Catholic (2) 12-2 101

3. Ballard 10-4 86

4. North Laurel 10-3 68

5. Male 8-3 54

6. Pulaski County (1) 15-0 48

7. Lexington Catholic 11-3 32

8. Ashland Blazer 9-4 28

9. Bowling Green 10-2 27

10. Warren Central 9-1 24

More coverage: Jason Frakes' ranking of the top boys teams in the state

Others receiving votes: Woodford County 17. Manual 12. Perry County Central 7. Murray 6. McCracken County 6. Lincoln County 5. Madison Central 5. Pikeville 5. Jeffersontown 4. Boyle County 3. Cooper 2. Greenwood 1. Madisonville-North Hopkins 1. North Oldham 1.

Girls

Rank-School (FPV) Rcd TP

1. Sacred Heart (12) 13-1 120

2. Bullitt East 13-1 94

3. George Rogers Clark 11-1 93

4. Notre Dame 9-1 75

5. Anderson County 12-1 66

6. McCracken County 12-1 53

7. Franklin County 11-1 38

8. Ryle 10-2 23

9. (tie) Pikeville 11-1 12

9. (tie) Bowling Green 8-3 12

9. (tie) Dixie Heights 11-2 12

More coverage: Jason Frakes' ranking of the top girls teams in the state

Others receiving votes: Russell 10. Marshall County 9. Corbin 9. North Laurel 6. Mercy 6. Southwestern 4. Berea 3. Henderson County 3. Male 3. Danville 3. Breckinridge County 3. Owensboro Catholic 2. Pulaski County 1.

All AP subscribers are eligible to vote in the poll. Here are this week's voters: Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; Times-Tribune, Corbin; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; The Gleaner, Henderson; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro; The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset; WSON, Henderson.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky high school basketball polls: GRC, Sacred Heart nab top spots