CCHS basketball splits in home opener

Crittenden County's girls showed right out of the chute their ability to score, and score deep. Ten Lady Rockets got on the board as CCHS beat University Heights 60-23 in a game that didn't finish until well after 10pm Tuesday night at Rocket Arena. It was the last of a three-game set that included boys' JV and varsity games at Marion.

The Rockets opened the night's varsity action with a 76-62 loss to Union County in a game that was much more lopsided than that early in the fourth period. A late surge by CCHS closed the gap and gave Rocket Coach Denis Hodge some comfort.

Read more in the full edition of this week's Crittenden Press.

University Heights 6 15 20 23
Crittenden County     14 28 51 60
UHA – Litchfield, Davis 11, Bass 7, Dilday, Daniel 3, Hightower, Young Smith 2. FG 10. 3-pointers none. FT 2-6.
CRITTENDEN – Taylor Guess 19, Natalie Boone 7, Anna Boone 11, Elliot Evans 8, Addie Hatfield 4, Grace Driskill 2, Jaylen Tapp 1, Hannah Long, Elle McDaniel 2, Chloe Hunt 4, Andrea Federico 2, Georgia Holeman. FG 23. 3-pointers 1 (Natalie Boone). FT 13-16.

Union County 22 37 56 76
Crittenden Co. 17 28 36 62
UNION – Corbett 3, Johnson 2, Manuel 25, Mayes 4, Mackey 10, Hughes 11, Adams 2, Kanipe 19. FG 33. 3-pointers 4 (Manuel, Mackey 2, Kanipe). FT 6-16.
CRITTENDEN - Preston Morgeson 11, Travis Champion 27, Tanner Beverly 5, Tristan Davidson 4, Trace Derrington 2, Seth Guess, Jordan Hutchison 2, Chase Conyer 5, Dylan Yates 2, Holden Cooksey 4. FG 23. 3-pointers 4 (Morgeson 2, Champion 2). FT 12-21.