My votes in this week’s Associated Press high school basketball poll.
Boys:
1st Place: Bullitt East
2nd Place: Trinity (Louisville)
3rd Place: Ballard
4th Place: Holmes
5th Place: Madison Central
6th Place: Hopkinsville
7th Place: John Hardin
8th Place: Newport Central Catholic
9th Place: Henderson County
10th Place: Scott County
Girls:
1st Place: Marion County
2nd Place: Anderson County
3rd Place: Henderson County
4th Place: Madison Central
5th Place: Allen County-Scottsville
6th Place: Owensboro Catholic
7th Place: Elizabethtown
8th Place: Clay County
9th Place: Murray
10th Place: Webster County

Henderson County’s Maci Brown is among the state’s leaders in 3-point field goals per game. Check out this week’s KHSAA statistical leaders here. Among the more interesting items is that Union County’s boys lead the state in scoring defense.
Girls: statsgit.htm
Boys:statsbit.htm

Henderson County remained third in the state in this week’s Dave Cantrall Ratings, which appear in the Lexington Herald Leader.
high-school-basketball-dave-cantralls.html

Here are my votes in this week’s Kentucky Associated Press high school basketball poll:
Boys
1st Place: Bullitt East
2nd Place: Madison Central
3rd Place: Trinity (Louisville)
4th Place: Ballard
5th Place: Holmes
6th Place: Hopkinsville
7th Place: John Hardin
8th Place: Pleasure Ridge Park
9th Place: Henry Clay
10th Place: Henderson County
Girls
1st Place: Marion County
2nd Place: Anderson County
3rd Place: Henderson County
4th Place: Madison Central
5th Place: Allen County-Scottsville
6th Place: Ballard
7th Place: Owensboro Catholic
8th Place: Elizabethtown
9th Place: Newport Central Catholic
10th Place: Butler

The draws for the boys and girls Sweet 16 were held on Friday. Here’s a links to the brackets:
Boys: boystatebracket2013.pdf
Girls:girlstatebracket2013.pdf

The drawing for the 2013 KHSAA Boys’ and Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls’ State Basketball Tournaments will be Friday, Jan. 25 at noon. Fans can watch the pairings online at www.khsaa.tv.

Brackets with official times and pairings will be posted to the Riherd’s/KHSAA Scoreboard and the KHSAA website at the conclusion of the program. The 2013 Boys’ Sweet 16® will be March 6-10 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, with the Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls Sweet 16® taking place March 13-16 at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green.

Tickets for the Boys’ and Girls’ Sweet 16® are on sale now, and can be purchased at the KHSAA Office on Winchester Rd. Tickets are $120 each for a lower arena, full-tournament package; and $70 each for upper arena.

Henderson County slipped from second to third in this week’s Dave Cantrall Ratings in the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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Here are my votes for the Jan. 21 Kentucky Associated Press High School Basketball poll:

Boys
1 Bullitt East
2 Madison Central
3 Lou. Trinity
4 Lou. Ballard
5 Lex. Henry Clay
6 Holmes
7 Hopkinsville
8 Henderson Co.
9 John Hardin
10 Lou. Pleasure Ridge Park
Girls
1st Place: Marion County
2nd Place: Anderson County
3rd Place: Henderson County
4th Place: Madison Central
5th Place: Elizabethtown
6th Place: Monroe County
7th Place: Webster County
8th Place: Allen County-Scottsville
9th Place: Simon Kenton
10th Place: Ballard