Sacred Heart ranked No. 1 in final coaches poll

Coach Jaclyn Puntillo has her Sacred Heart Academy soccer team ranked No. 1 in the state entering the postseason. C-J file photo.

Sacred Heart is ranked No. 1 in the state in the final Kentucky High School Girls Soccer Coaches Association Top 25 of the season.

The Valkyries (12-3-1) will open postseason play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, hosting Atherton in the final of the 27^th District Tournament.

Here’s the complete Top 25:

1. Sacred Heart
2. Boyle County
3. Notre Dame
4. Simon Kenton
5. Highlands
6. Assumption
7. Owensboro Catholic
8. West Jessamine
9. Henry Clay
10. Manual
11. Bowling Green
12. Tates Creek
13. Male
14. Bethlehem
15. Murray
16. Lexington Catholic
17. Newport Central Catholic
18. Henderson County
19. Paul Dunbar
20. South Oldham
21. Oldham County
22. Greenwood
23. Lexington Christian
24. Woodford County
25. North Oldham

Next five: Ryle, Daviess County, Elizabethtown, Boone County, Graves County.