According to The Courier-Journal’s Litkenhous Ratings, Elizabethtown High School is the favorite to take the championship at this week’s St. Elizabeth Healthcare/KHSAA Girls Sweet 16 being held at Northern Kentucky University’s BB&T Arena in Highlands Heights.
E’town is one of seven top-10 teams that made the tournament, joining No. 2 Butler, No. 4 Mercer County, No. 5 Franklin County, No. 6 Manual, No. 7 Murray and No. 9 Holmes.
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The Girls Sweet 16 will tip off at noon Wednesday with Mercer County facing Leslie County. The championship game is set for 2 p.m. Sunday.
If the Litkenhous Ratings hold, Saturday’s semifinals would match Franklin County against Mercer County and Manual against E’town. The final would have E’town over Mercer County.
Here are the Litratings for all 16 teams (state ranking in parentheses):
Elizabethtown (1) 117.4
Butler (2) 109.6
Mercer County (4) 107.5
Franklin County (5) 106.6
Manual (6) 105.8
Murray (7) 105.5
Holmes (9) 103.8
Bowling Green (11) 103.2
Campbell County (19) 97.8
Owensboro Catholic 97.4
Henderson County 94.2
Harlan 89.8
Trimble County 84.7
Russell 84.5
Shelby Valley 83.6
Leslie County 78.6
