According to Dave Cantrall's rating system, Antonio Campbell's Holy Cross squad is No. 1 in NKy.
Here are the final Cantrall Ratings for the districts with Northern Kentucky teams.
The Cantrall Ratings come from “Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State” column in the Herald Leader every week. “Rating the State is a system for ranking the state’s high school basketball teams according to strength, schedule and record,” – according to Cantrall’s column.
I imagine that means, strength of schedule and record, but I’m not sure… Maybe Dave measures teams’ body fats and bench press for these.
I really don’t have any problems with the way the ratings turned out, except for the 33rd District. It’s just hard for me to take Ryle as the second team in that district with the Raiders’ record. But Ryle, Conner and Cooper are all very close in the ratings with less than a full point separating them, so maybe it just shows how wide open that 33rd District tournament is.
Dave Cantrall’s Rating the State
32nd District
1. Simon Kenton 76.5
2. Walton-Verona 62.9
3. Grant Co. 56.0
4. Williamstown 35.1
33rd District
1. Boone Co. 72.9
2. Ryle 63.5
3. Conner 62.7
3. Cooper 62.7
5. Heritage Academy 18.4
34th District
1. Dixie Heights 78.2
2. St. Henry 61.2
3. Lloyd 60.1
4. Ludlow 47.8
5. Villa Madonna 34.8
35th District
1. Cov. Holy Cross 78.6
2. Holmes 75.3
3. Covington Catholic 75.0
4. Beechwood 49.4
5. Latin 15.2
36th District
1. Newport Catholic 72.5
2. Highlands 60.3
3. Newport 53.0
4. Bellevue 36.9
5. Dayton 36.1
37th District
1. Scott 67.6
2. Campbell Co. 67.3
3. Bishop Brossart 66.8
4. Silver Grove 17.6
5. Calvary Christian 12.8
If you were to take his ratings and rank the top 10 in Northern Kentucky it would look like this…
Cantrall’s NKy Top 10
1. Holy Cross 78.6
2. Dixie Heights 78.2
3. Simon Kenton 76.5
4. Holmes 75.3
5. CovCath 75.0
6. Boone County 72.9
7. Newport Catholic 72.5
8. Scott 67.6
9. CampbellCounty 67.3
10. Bishop Brossart 66.8
