It is our privilege to get to vote in the Associated Press’s weekly top ten poll for Kentucky high school football. As you subscribers have given us this opportunity, we make it a point to exercise our vote every week.
We give our vote considerable study and thought and kind of kick it around the magazine in a joint, collaborative effort. This week, we were one of only 14-members voting from around the commonwealth. We pledge for so long as you subscribe to us and pay us your hard-earned money to represent you, we will continue to subscribe to the Associated Press and do our part by voting in this poll and in nominating and voting for the post-season All-State team.
Here is this week’s poll. The number in parenthesis represents how many of the 14-voters voted the team number one in its classification.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) The top teams in the Kentucky Associated Press high school football polls, with first-place votes, records, total points and previous rankings:
Class 1A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Pikeville (9) 5-1 134 2
2. Newport Central Catholic (4) 6-0 124 3
3. Lou. Holy Cross (1) 5-0 102 4
4. Paintsville – 5-1 99 1
5. Lou. Ky. Country Day – 5-1 83 5
6. Crittenden Co. – 6-1 73 6
7. Raceland – 4-3 56 10
8. Sayre – 7-0 44 8
9. Bethlehem – 5-1 38 7
10. Dayton – 5-2 6 9
Others receiving votes: Williamsburg 4. Bishop Brossart 3. Ludlow 2. Nicholas Co. 2.
Class 2A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Lex. Christian (11) 6-1 134 1
2. Mayfield (1) 6-1 116 2
3. Somerset – 5-1 110 3
4. Beechwood – 5-2 92 5
5. Breathitt Co. (1) 4-0 84 4
6. Hancock Co. (1) 5-0 76 6
7. West Carter – 6-1 51 8
8. Danville – 3-2 44 7
9. Owensboro Catholic – 5-2 30 9
10. Murray – 4-3 16 10
Others receiving votes: Middlesboro 14. Shelby Valley 1. Caldwell Co. 1. Walton-Verona 1.
Class 3A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Elizabethtown (10) 7-0 132 1
2. Ashland Blazer (2) 5-0 124 2
3. Belfry (2) 5-2 118 3
4. Lou. DeSales – 2-2 81 5
5. Mercer Co. – 4-1 67 7
6. Russell – 5-1 61 8
7. Rockcastle Co. – 4-1 59 6
8. Bardstown – 6-1 56 4
9. Lou. Christian Academy – 3-2 39 9
10. Taylor Co. – 6-1 33 10
Others receiving votes: None All 14 of us were in agreement about which 10-teams should be ranked this week. Someone, write this moment down in history.
Class 4A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Johnson Central (14) 6-0 140 1
2. Boyle Co. – 5-0 119 2
3. Lou. Central – 5-0 116 3
4. Corbin – 5-1 90 5
5. Franklin Co. – 3-1 81 4
6. Lex. Catholic – 3-2 59 7
7. Russell Co. – 5-0 58 9
8. Holmes – 5-2 27 NR
9. Wayne Co. – 2-3 20 8
10. Letcher County Central – 4-1 17 6
Others receiving votes: Calloway Co. 16. Logan Co. 10. Knox Central 9. Spencer Co. 4. Shelby Co. 2. Allen Co.-Scottsville 1. John Hardin 1.
Class 5A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Cov. Catholic (11) 6-0 134 1
2. South Warren (1) 5-0 120 2
3. Frederick Douglass (1) 4-1 107 3
4. Bowling Green – 5-1 97 4
5. Owensboro (1) 7-0 84 5
6. Scott Co. – 6-0 82 6
7. Pulaski Co. – 6-1 56 8
8. North Bullitt – 5-1 30 10
9. Southwestern – 6-1 28 7
10. South Oldham – 4-1 20 9
Others receiving votes: Lou. Fairdale 10. Graves Co. 2.
Class 6A
Rank-School FPV Rcd TP Pvs
1. Lou. Trinity (13) 5-0 139 1
2. North Hardin (1) 6-0 121 2
3. Lou. Male – 5-1 103 3
4. Lou. DuPont Manual – 3-1 95 4
5. Lex. Bryan Station – 6-1 82 5
6. Lou. St. Xavier – 3-2 75 6
7. Henderson Co. – 4-1 50 10
8. Lou. Ballard – 2-2 38 8
9. Ryle – 4-3 25 9
10. McCracken County – 4-2 17 7
Others receiving votes: Lex. Paul Dunbar 14. Madison Central 8. Dixie Heights 3.
All Associated Press members in Kentucky are eligible to participate in the high school football poll. Those who voted for this week’s poll are: The Daily Independent, Ashland; Daily News, Bowling Green; Kentucky Enquirer, Cincinnati; The News-Enterprise, Elizabethtown; KPG Football, Owensboro; The Gleaner, Henderson; Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington; Courier-Journal, Louisville; The Ledger Independent, Maysville; Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro; The Paducah Sun, Paducah; The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset; Kentucky Today, Louisville; WKYX, Paducah.
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