The Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its preseason top 25 rankings, and Lexington Catholic took the top spot. Harrison County High School, which was included in Baseball America‘s national top 50, checked in at No. 8. You can see the full rankings below with first place votes in parentheses:

1. Lexington Catholic (24)
2. Trinity (7)
3. Pleasure Ridge Park (3)
4. Tates Creek (7)
5. Lexington Christian (1)
6. Bullit East (7)
7. Apollo (4)
8. Harrison County (5)
9. Eastern
10. West Jessamine (4)
11. St. Xavier (1)
12. Male
13. Elizabethtown
14. Owensboro Catholic (1)
15. Henderson County
16. Lawrence County
17. Covington Catholic
18. Franklin County
19. Christian County
20. Danville
21. Paul Dunbar
22. Bryan Station
23. Owensboro
24. Ballard (1)
25. Henry Clay