Lady Rockets win, Guess becomes scoring queen

Taylor Guess is now CCHS's all-time
leading scorer in basketball.

MARION, Ky. – Crittenden County beat Livingston Central 42-35 Monday in the opening round of the Fifth District Tournament and junior Taylor Guess became the school’s all-time leading scorer.

Going into the game, Guess needed eight points to eclipse the previous record of 1,825 points set by Cassidy Moss in 2017. She scored 24, including four straight baskets to close out the first half as CCHS took the game’s lead for the first time. 

The Lady Rockets had opened the contest with a cold offensive hand. Guess missed all four shots she took in the first period, and her teammates followed suit. Junior center Addie Hatfield had Crittenden’s only two buckets nine minutes into the game, and CCHS trailed by eight, 13-3.

Then, Guess got hot and Anna Boone dropped in a three-pointer as the Lady Rockets went on a 13-2 scoring spurt to grab a 20-15 lead by the half. They never trailed again as Guess scored 10 of her points in the second period, including the basket that made her the queen of CCHS scoring.

The Lady Rockets will play Lyon County for the district championship at 7pm Thursday at Marion. Lyon bested Trigg County 54-45 in the other first-round game Monday.

Livingston Central 11 15 26 35
Crittenden County 3 18 28 42
LIVINGSTON – Downey 5, Joiner 6, Leahey 8, Holman, Hargrove 7, Ramage 6. FG 15. 3-pointers 2 (Hargrove, Downey). FT 3-4.
CRITTENDEN – Guess 24, N.Boone 5, A.Boone 7, Hatfield 5, Driskill, Evans 1. FG 15. 3-pointers 2 (N.Boone, A.Boone). FT 10-13.