Pre-Season KY High School Baseball Top 25 Poll

[Roger Redmon]

Here's the Top 25 teams in the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association pre-season rankings.
Covington Catholic at No. 19 is the only Northern Kentucky team in the Top 25. Among the schools also receiving Top 25 votes were: Beechwood, Newport Central Catholic, Ryle and Covington Holy Cross.

(The number of First-Place votes are listed in parentheses)

1. Pleasure Ridge Park (46) Defending State Champion
2. Apollo (1)
3. Eastern (3)
4. Lexington Catholic (3)
5. St. Xavier
6. Tates Creek (1)
7. Trinity (1)
8. Harrison County (3)
9. Lawrence County
10. Henry Clay (2)
11. Bullitt East (2)
12. Lexington Christian (1)
13. Christian County (2)
14. Paul Dunbar (2)
15. Greenup County
16. Ballard (2)
17. Daviess County
18. Male
19. Covington Catholic
20. Elizabethtown (1)
21. Henderson County
22. West Jessamine
23. Bowling Green
24. Manual
25. Owensboro Catholic

Also receiving votes: Boyd County, Heath, Greenwood, Boyle County, Central Hardin, Franklin-Simpson, Shelby County, Beechwood, Bell County, Louisville Christian, Hopkinsville, Lafayette, Madison Central, LaRue County, Warren East, Bryan Station, Clay County (1), Mayfield (1), Ashland Blazer, Grayson County, Rockcastle County, Washington County, Anderson County, Clark County, Mercer County, Newport Catholic, Scott County, Western Hills, Campbellsville, Cumberland County, Franklin County, Ryle, Somerset, Danville, Estill County, Cov. Holy Cross, Owensboro, South Laurel, East Jessamine, Butler, Corbin, East Carter, Paintsville, Allen County-Scottsville, Edmonson County, Johnson Central, Muhlenberg North, Oldham County, Trigg County.