MARION, Ky. – Crittenden County has advanced in the All A Classic State Tournament for just the second time in history, beating Murray Monday at Rocket Arena in a rare chance to play a state tournament event in front of hometown fans.
As meager as it may have been due to pandemic protocols, the home crowd watched as Crittenden's girls led from the open toss, but had to hold off a couple of late flurries by the Lady Tigers.
The Lady Rockets won 64-53 and will play either Hancock County or Metcalfe County, again at Rocket Arena, later this week or early next. A date has not yet been determined.
Due to snow, the All A Classic scheduled originally for last week, was postponed, postponed and at one point canceled. A day or so later, it was resurrected with an innovative regional-type ramp-up to the final four. There are 16 teams in the tournament. A dozen will be eliminated at games hosted by different schools across the commonwealth, like the one here Monday. The semifinals and championship will be held at Richmond's EKU McBrayer Arena on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6.
Crittenden has played in seven All A State Tournaments since the small-school championship event began in the 1990s. They have only once before won a first-round game. That came on their last appearance in 2017.
See the full edition of The Crittenden Press for more details.
Crittenden 21 36 47 64
MURRAY - Turley 16, Campbell 2, Downey, Fish, Darnell 3, Gierhart 13, Smith, Fox, Oakley 8, Howell 1, Daughnity 10. FG 14-32. 3-pointers 4-12 (Turley, Darnell, Oakley 2). FT 21-28.
CRITTENDEN - Guess 24, Smith 5, Moss 2, Duncan 14, Woodward 15, Hatfield, Perryman, Easley 2, Long 2. FG 22-46. 3-pointers 2-6 (Guess, Woodward). FT 18-28.
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