Who is the new #1 ranked team in Kentucky high school boys basketball?

Covington Catholic, riding a 16-game winning streak, is the new No. 1 seed in this week’s Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Elite 16.

The Colonels (22-1) suffered their only loss – 77-69 to Male – on Dec. 20 in the quarterfinals of the King of the Bluegrass Holiday Classic at Fairdale.

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Covington Catholic received 12 of the 16 first-place votes in this week’s poll. St. Xavier dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 after a 73-70 loss to Ballard on Friday.

Rounding out the top five are Madison Central, Daviess County and George Rogers Clark.

The Kentucky High School Boys Basketball Elite 16 is run by 16 sportswriters – one from each of the state’s 16 basketball regions. The poll will be published online every Tuesday throughout the regular season.

Along with the top 16 nationally, voters will provide the top five rankings for their respective regions.

Here are the rankings:

Statewide Boys Survey

First place votes in brackets; records through Sunday matches

Rank-school (FPV) Record Pts LW

1. Covington Catholic (12) 22-1 252 2

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2. St. Xavier (2) 18-6 230 1

3. Madison Central 23-2 219 4

4. Daviess County (2) 20-4 217 3

5. George Rogers Clark 19-4 176 5

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6. Warren Central 17-2 161 7

7. Jeffersontown 15-3 137 8

8. North Laurel 21-4 123 9

9. Frederick Douglass 13-6 112 10

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10. Male 14-9 110 6

11. North Oldham 16-5 107 11

12. Ballard 14-6 91 13

13. McCracken County 20-3 87 12

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14. Highlands 21-2 35 NO

15. Bryan Station 16-6 24 15

16. Butler 17-5 18 NO

Others receiving votes: Boyd County 16, Caverna 12, Lexington Catholic 11, Eastern 10, Grayson County 8, Covington Holy Cross 6, Manual 6, Ashland Blazer 3, Pikeville 2, South Oldham 2, Ryle 1.

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The first region

Steve Springer, Murray Ledger & Times

1. McCracken County

2. Murray

3. Marshall County

4. County Carlisle

5. Graves County

The second region

Edward Marlowe, WKDZ-FM

1. Lyon county

2. Henderson County

3. Webster County

4. Hopkins County Central

5. Hopkinsville

The third region

Mark Mathis, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer

1. Daviess County

2. Grayson County

3. Ohio County

4. Apollo

5. Meade County

The fourth region

Michael Compton, Bowling Green Daily News

1. Warren Central

2. Clinton County

3. Greenwood

4. Bowling Green

5. Monroe County

The fifth region

Josh Claywell, Bardstown Kentucky Standard/LaRue County Herald News

1. The cave

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2. Taylor County

3. Adair County

4. LaRue County

5. Nelson County

The sixth region

Demetrius Stanton, DeadStock Visuals

1. Jeffersontown

2. The butler

3. The Christian Gospel

4. DuBois

5. Fairdale

The Seventh Region

Jason Frakes, The Courier’s Diary

1. St. Xavier

2. Ballard

3. The male

4. Manual

5. Christian Academy

The eighth region

James Weber, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. North Oldham

2. Woodford County

3. Spencer County

4. South Oldham

5. Simon Kenton

The ninth region

Brendan Connelly, Cincinnati Enquirer

1. Covington Catholic

2. Highlands

3. Ryle

4. The Lloyd Memorial

5. Covington Holy Cross

10th region

Evan Dennison, LinkNKY.com

1. George Rogers Clark

2. Montgomery County

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3. Campbell County

4. Nicolae County

5. Bishop Brossart

11th region

Jared Peck, Lexington Herald-Leader

1. Madison Central

2. Frederick Douglass

3. Bryan Station

4. Lexington Catholic

5. The Great Passage

the 12th region

Mike Marsee, Danville Freelancer

1. Danville Christian

2. Wayne County

3. Somerset

4. Pulaski County

5. Rockcastle County

13th Region

Les Dixon, 13thRegionMediaNetwork.com

1. Northern laurel

2. Bell County

3. Clay County

4. Whitley County

5. South Laurel

Region 14

Brendon Miller, Bluegrass Sports Nation

1. Knott County Central

2. Powell County

3. Danger

4. Perry County Central

5. Breathitt County

15th Region

Randy White, Appalachian News-Express

1. Martin County

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2. Pikeville

3. Johnson Central

4. Paintsville

5. Central Floyd

16th region

James Collier, WLGC-FM

1. Ashland Blazer

2. Boyd County

3. Lewis County

4. Russell

5. East Carter

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Jason Frakes: 502-582-4046; jfrakes@courier-journal.com; Follow X @kyhighs.

This article originally appeared on the Louisville Courier Journal: Kentucky high school basketball rankings, St. Xavier falls from the 1st place