Rockets fall after early lead at Caldwell

PRINCETON, Ky. – It was some the team’s best play this season, but Crittenden County lost on the road 56-43 Tuesday at Caldwell County.

After leading by six at the half, Crittenden was unable to hang on down the stretch as the Rockets struggled to overcome foul trouble with a roster thinned by injuries. 

The Tigers improved to 11-7. Crittenden falls to 2-14 and will host Livingston Central Friday in a district makeup game.

“We just ran out of gas. Our guys had Caldwell on the ropes until we started picking up fouls and had to back off (defensively), coach Matt Fraliex said.

Crittenden shot five foul shots in the game and Caldwell shot 23.

Crittenden County      15 31 38 43
Caldwell County 11 25 40 56
CRITTENDEN – Walker 11, Hatfield 8, Sharp 7, Poindexter 9, Reddick 8, LaRue, Perryman. FG 16. 3-pointers 7 (Poindexer 3, Walker, Hatfield 2, Sharp). FT 4-5.
CALDWELL – Parker 11, Rowland 4, Ca.Whittington 10, Thompson 12, K.Wilson 3, J.Wilson 16. FG 19. 3-pointers 3 (K.Wilson, Thompson, Parker). FT 15-23.

Girls lose at home for first time in nearly 2 years

MARION, Ky. - Despite leading by 16 early and by six with six minutes to play, Crittenden County’s girls lost at home for the first time in nearly two years Tuesday, falling 64-61 to Christian County in a matchup between two of the top teams in the Second Region.

First-half foul problems and Christian County’s depth weighed heavy on the Lady Rockets as they watched their big lead disappear by early in the third quarter. In the second half, Christian County won the inside game, controlling the boards, and made key foul shots down the stretch. The Lady Colonels scored 8 points at the stripe in the closing period.

Crittenden sophomore Anna Boone led all scorers with 28 points and Christian sophomore guard Anaysia Bagwell had 25 as the Lady Colonels improved to 12-8. The Lady Rockets are now 12-9 and will play a key Fifth District game Friday at Lyon County (13-7).

Prior to Tuesday, the Lady Rockets had not lost at home since Feb. 12, 2022 against Union County.

Christian County 12 29 43 64
Crittenden County 20 32 43 61
CHRISTIAN – Northington 2, Anderson 6, Bagwell 25, Day 18, McGee 1, Daniel 6, Bradley 7, Reid, Bradley. FG 24. 3-pointers 1 (Bagwell). FT 14-26.
CRITTENDEN – Boone 28, Evans 5, Hodge 8, Federico 8, Rushing 8, Holeman, Stewart 4. FG 21. 3-pointers 7 (Boone 4, Hodge 2, Evans). FT 10-16.

Rockets lose on the road at McLean

CALHOUN, Ky. - Poor shooting was the biggest problem for the Rockets on the road Saturday at McLean County as they lost 79-42.

Bryson Walker scored 18 for Crittenden and Brayden Poindexter a dozen points, eight of them at the foul line.

The loss drops CCHS to 2-13 on the season while McLean improved to 13-6.

Crittenden County 10 14 32 42
McLean County 14 39 61 79
CRITTENDEN - Belcher, Walker 18, Hatfield 3, Sharp 2, LaRue, Travis 7, Poindexter 12, Porter, Young. FG 12. 3-pointers 5 (Walker 4, Hatfield). FT 13-19.
MCLEAN – Lee 6, Cline ,12, Floyd 3, Graves 8, Maury, French 3, Bozarth 4, Baird 9, Decker 12, Englehardt, Revelott 22, Davis. FG 31. 3-pointers 6. FT 14-24.

Lady Rocket run over in All A semifinal

Pollsters voting in the commonwealth’s latest girls’ high school basketball poll believe Pikeville is the fourth best team in Kentucky.

You’d have a hard time convincing the Lady Rockets that the Panther women aren’t somewhat better than that.

Elliot Evans and Anna Boone defend against
Pikeville's All-American nominee Trinity Rowe.
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Pikeville sapped all of the starch from Crittenden County’s All A Classic swagger Friday, beating the Lady Rockets 69-41 in the quarterfinal round of the state tournament in Corbin. 

A first-round victory two days earlier over Lexington Christian had given the Rocket girls a nice skip in their step. After all, it was CCHS’s second straight trip to the All A state tournament, a third in four years and ninth in history. Reasons to strut.

But a higher level of schoolgirl basketball exposed Crittenden’s youth and plucked its spirit. 

Heavily-favored in the game, the Panther girls were as advertised. Led by two Division 1 basketball commits, Pikeville locked the Lady Rockets into a discomfort level that’s pretty rare for a proud CCHS program led by its seasoned, 31-year-skipper Shannon Hodge.

They don’t rattle too often, but Pikeville had Crittenden on its heels immediately, jumping out to a 19-0 lead before Anna Boone and Elliot Evans scored a couple of foul shots apiece – their only points of the first period.

Andrea Federico tries to wrestle a rebound.

Foul shots are uncontested, mind you. Everything else had a Panthers’ paw on it. The Lady Rockets were 11-for-11 at the charity stripe.

“I think today there probably were some nerves at the beginning of the game,” Hodge said. “We knew we had a big task ahead of us.

“Until you play against a team like that, there is really no way to simulate or prepare for the physicality or the speed, the aggressiveness.”

There were plenty of reasons – not necessarily excuses – for things going wrong. Nerves were an early factor for Crittenden’s sophomore sensations – there are no juniors or seniors on the team. 

Pikeville has an upperclass lineup. 

“They are a team that a few years ago was coming to play in this situation as freshmen and sophomores, and now four of their starters are seniors and one was a junior,” Hodge said.

At least a dozen Rocket turnovers and five CCHS airballs in the first half let Pikeville race out to an insurmountable lead. The mercy rule’s running clock was engaged shortly after the second half started.

Pikeville’s senior-laden squad is led by Trinity Rowe, a McDonald’s All American nominee who is headed to Southern Mississippi to play collegiate basketball, and Kyera Thornsbury, who’s going to Jacksonville State. Pikeville was better in all facets of the game. Based on records and rankings, the Lady Panthers are the best in the 15th Region where they have captured the last three small-school regional titles. 

Like state pollsters, KHSAA’s power ranking formula believes Pikeville is No. 4 among the 269 basketball playing schools in Kentucky. Crittenden County is ranked 111th.

So, if you’re comparing Rockets to Panthers, observers got about what Vegas odds would have predicted.

Pikeville (15-2) advances to a powerhouse showdown Saturday in a semifinal matchup with No. 5 Owensboro Catholic (17-3).

The Lady Rockets (12-8) return home to regroup and host a tough Second Region opponent, Christian County, on Tuesday. A previously scheduled game at home against Carlisle County on Saturday has been canceled and will not be made up.

Pikeville 22 49 63 69

Crittenden 4 17 28 41

PIKEVILLE – Rowe 21, Whited 15, Thornsbury 10, Alyial 5, Lin 4, Jackson 4, Rogers 2, Theiss 6, Kidd 2. FG 28. 3-pointers 6 (Rowe 2, Alyial, Thornsbury 2, Whited). FT 7-15.

CRITTENDEN – Boone 17, Evans 9, Hodge, Federico 6, Rushing, Holeman 3, Walker, Stewart 4, Munday 2. FG 14. 3-pointers 2. FT 11-11.

Rockets fall at Dawson Springs 61-49

Crittenden County 12 27 29 49

Dawson Springs 14 28 46 61

CRITTENDEN - Bechler 2, Walker 28, Hatfield 4, Sharp 4, Reddick 4, Travis 2, Rhodes, Poindexter 5, LaRue. FG 21. 3-pointers 2 (Walker). FT 9-15.

DAWSON - Dever 10, Walls, Blue 21, Johnston 13, Bourland, Fain 12, Plunkette 5. FG 24. 3-pointers 6 (Blue 4, Johnston, Plunkette). FT 7-10.

Boone 1K Golden in Closing Minutes

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CORBIN, Ky. – She was shoved around, had a hand in her face the whole way and got pushed away from the “honey hole” much of the game, but Anna Boone was 1K gold from the top of the key when it mattered most.

Boone’s three-pointer with 1:23 to play in the opening round of the All A Classic Wednesday against Lexington Christian Academy put Crittenden County in position to win 56-53 and advance to Friday’s quarterfinal round against Pikeville.

All in one shot, Boone reached a personal milestone and purchased her teammates at least two more nights in a London motel room. 

There will be no tea sipping – and not too much celebration – for the Lady Rockets in this London flat, which is just a hop, skip and jump from the Corbin Arena, host of this year’s small-schools state championship. The Rocket girls will be focused on the next step in the state tournament despite having a roster too young to drive. Playing the All A Classic has a certain sense of comfort to it because CCHS has been there more than any other Second Region team. 

Playing in their ninth All A state tournament, it was Boone’s 21-footer near the game’s end that ensured an even more peaceful feeling.

The game was hotly contested from jump to buzzer and LCA concentrated on keeping Boone pushed out of her favorite spot, down the left side of the key.

Left to improvise, Boone took her offense elsewhere, dropping three treys and scoring 15 fourth-quarter points.

Yet it was that last three that took the cake. It gave Crittenden its winning margin and Boone eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in her young career.

“She just put us on her back there at the end and found a way to score,” Hodge said.

The coach moved Boone around in the offense trying to find something that would work after she was held to just seven points through three quarters. Although sophomore Elliot Evans and eighth-grader Jordyn Hodge had penciled four three-pointers into the book in the first half, Hodge knew Boone had to get free for her team to close the deal.

“We moved her around a few places there at the end. She has to get the ball in her hands and I think because Jordyn and Elliot had scored a few, it opened things up for Anna,” Hodge said.

Crittenden led by 10 early in the first half, but trailed by as many as five in the second half before 31-year Lady Rocket skipper Shannon Hodge played her trump card to start the fourth period. CCHS had not shown its full-court pressure until the moment was right. LCA turned the ball over three times over a short span and Crittenden turned a four-point deficit into a four-point lead when Boone netted her next to last three-pointer with about four minutes to play. 

In some regard, it was an unlikely place for the Lady Rockets to be after scoring only one bucket during the entire third period. Yet they started the final period trailing by just two possessions.

Then Boone turned loose in the offense to finish with 23 points. Hodge and Evans added 14 and 13, respectably.

Center Bristyn Rushing grabbed eight rebounds and forward Andrea Federico had seven, and they had a couple of points apiece. So did freshman Morgan Stewart off the bench. Federico also got the game's final rebound to complete the victory after LCA missed a three-pointer in the waning seconds. 

LCA falls to 14-4 and the Lady Rockets improved 12-7.

Crittenden will play Pikeville at noon (CST) on Friday. Pikeville is the top-ranked team in the 15th Region with a 14-2 record. The Lady Panthers feature two of the 15th Region's top four players. Trinity Rowe is regarded as the region's best and Kyera Thornsbury is ranked fourth. Together they average 28 points and there is a third player on the team scoring in double figures. 

Crittenden County 14 29 34 56
Lexington Christian 15 25 38 53
CRITTENDEN - Boone 23, Evans 10, Hodge 17, Federico 2, Rushing 2, Stewart 2, Munday. FG 22. 3-pointers 8 (Boone 4, Evans 2, Hodge 2). FT 4-8.
LCA – Gabbert 6, Brown 16, Roberts 2, Castle 2, Pridemore 6, Bertram 21. FG 21. 3-pointers 4 (Brown 3, Bertram). FT 1-4.

SECOND REGION ALL A HISTORY

Crittenden County Winningset Team

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Crittenden gets big win over Livingston

Livingston 13 20 35 48

Crittenden 21 43 64 72

CRITTENDEN - Boone 33, Evans 15, Hodge 12, Fed 2, Rushing 7, Munday 3, Holeman, Walker, Stuart, Champion FG: 23 3-pointers: 10 (Evans 4, Hodge 3, Boone 2, Munday) FT: 16-20

LIVINGSTON - A.Leahy 5, Jennings 2, Joiner 14, Downey 8, Holman 2, T.Leahy 3, Ramage 14, Palmer, Doyle, Collins FG: 20 3-pointers 2 (Downey, T.Leahy) FT: 5-8

Friday Basketball Postponed

Friday Jan. 19th's 5th District matchup between Crittenden and Livingston is postponed. 

Girls will make up with Livingston on Monday at 6pm with boys playing Union County in the nightcap Monday. 

The date for CCHS boys vs Livingston makeup has yet to be determined.

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District DH canceled for tonight

Crittenden County's basketball doubleheader scheduled for this evening at Trigg County has been canceled due to weather and road conditions. 

A makeup date has been set for Monday, Feb. 5.

Back-to-Back 2REGION All A Champs

PRINCETON, Ky. – Leave it to the coach’s kid – the proverbial gym rat – to light up the sky when her team is reaching for the moon.

Eighth-grader Jordyn Hodge scored a career-high 26 points, including four three-pointers and 16 points in in the closing minutes as Crittenden County won its second straight Second Region All Classic championship Saturday by holding off Lyon County 60-57.

Jordyn Hodge (11) sank six of her
team's nine three-pointers.
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The daughter of 31-year Lady Rocket skipper Shannon Hodge, the middle school marksman drained six of her team’s nine treys as Crittenden struggled to score inside against Lyon’s zone defense.

“Before the game we had a really good shoot-around, did a bunch of good drills, then I guess it just fell when we needed it the most,” said the eighth-grade guard.

At times this season, Crittenden has struggled to find the bucket from the floor. The girls entered the championship game shooting 36 percent as a team, and Hodge 32 percent from long range.

“Coming in here playing Lyon County, obviously it’s a rival game, so you’re going to be nervous. But you just have to play to the best of your ability and I think that’s what we did,” said sophomore Anna Boone, the team’s leading scorer this season who dropped 17 in the regional final. “Jordyn scored a whole bunch of threes which helped us a lot.”

Neither team led by more than four points until the fourth period when Hodge got hot from the left corner and lifted the Lady Rockets to a nine-point lead with four minutes to play.

“It was a total team effort that’s for sure,” Coach Hodge said. “You don’t win when everybody hadn’t played hard, but Jordyn did come up big in the fourth quarter putting the ball in the basket for us. I’m proud of the entire team.”

A furious defensive buzz by Lyon got CCHS on its heels for a bit down the home stretch, but accurate foul shooting and a layup bucket in transition by sophomore Bristyn Rushing held off the Lyons.

Crittenden County, now 10-7, has won three of the last four All A regional titles and a Second-Region-best nine championships in tournament history. Lyon County drops to 12-6 and has lost six straight to CCHS since 2022.

The Lady Rockets will play 11th Region champion Lexington Christian at 7pm (CST) Wednesday, Jan. 24 at Corbin in the All A State Championship Tournament.

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Lyon County 21 28 34 57

Crittenden Co. 17 27 38 60

LYON – Taylor 18, Cotham 14, Collins 13, Holland 10, Perry 2. 

CRITTENDEN – Boone 17, Evans 4, Hodge 26, Federico 5, Rushing 6, Holeman 2, Stewart. FG 22. 3-pointers 9 (Hodge 6, Boone 3). FT 7-8.

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Lady Rockets headed to All A regional title game

Crittenden's Andrea Federico guards Caldwell's
Brylee Butts in Thursday semifinal.

PRINCETON, Ky. – Crittenden County will defend its regional All A title at 2 p.m., Saturday after knocking off tournament host Caldwell County 63-47 Thursday.

A cool start shooting the ball warmed up in the second period as CCHS went on a 21-10 scoring run and led by a dozen at the half. The Rocket girls led by as many as 21 in the second half.

Sophomore Anna Boone scored inside and out, finish gin with 29 points and moving to within 71 of her 1,000th career point. Sophomore guard Elliot Evans and eighth-grade guard Jordyn Hodge scored 10 apiece.

The Lady Rockets have won eight All A Classic Second Region titles, the most of any other team. The are also defending champion. CCHS will play Lyon County for the title this weekend. The Lyon girls smoked 1-10 Ft. Campbell 94-15 in the other semifinal Thursday.

Crittenden Co. 12 33 47 63
Caldwell County 9 21 33 47
CRITTENDEN – Boone 29, Evans 10, Hodge 10, Frederico 8, Rushing 8, Rushing 4, Holeman. FG 22. 3-pointers 6 (Boone 3, Hodge 2, Evans). FT 13-15.
CALDWELL – Clark 10, Thomas 3, Butts 9, Sykes 12, Thompson 2, Copeland 5, Williams 2, Williams 4. FG 20. 3-pointers none. FT 7-15.

No. 2 Lyons outgun short-handed Rockets

Rocket junior Kaiden Travis comes down with
a rebound, but his hair was slow to catch up.

MARION, Ky. – Grossly overmatched by No. 2 Lyon County, Crittenden County played shot well and punched above its weight at times despite having four of its top six players out for various reasons. Still, the Rockets lost 104-55 in the opening round of All A Classic Tuesday at Rocket Arena.

Lyon senior Travis Perry, a UK commit, scored a game-high 32, including eight 3-pointers. Lyon dropped 17 threes in the game with senior Jack Reddick getting three and scoring 21 points.

Sophomore Bryson Walker led CCHS with 22 points, including four three-pointers.

Local fans will have an opportunity to get more looks at Lyon’s stellar lineup later this week as Crittenden County hosts the semifinals and championship of the All A on Friday and Saturday. 

With the All A loss, Crittenden County’s record drops to 2-10 while Lyon improved to 16-1.
Lyon County 37 65 83 104
Crittenden 19 26 40 55
LYON – Perry 32, Shoulders 10, Reddick 21, Kirk 18, Breedlove 3, Ca.Collins, Defew 8, Crawford 3, Burchett 9, Co.Collins. FG 40. 3-pointers 17 (Perry 8, Reddick 3, Burchett 3, Crawford, Defew, Kirk). FT 7-10.
CRITTENDEN – Walker 22, Hatfield 6, Dayberry 3, Sharp 9, Travis 8, Poindexter 4, LaRue, Young. FG 23. 3-pointers 8 (Walker 4, Sharp 2, Dayberry, LaRue). FT 1-3.

Tribute to Coach Shannon Hodge's 400th win

Crittenden County Lady Rockets shared a tribute to Coach Shannon Hodge after her 400th win Jan. 4 at Webster County. For more about Hodge's career, see the Jan. 11 full edition of The Crittenden Press. 

Lady Rockets win, advance to All A semis

MARION, Ky. – Crittenden County, the winningest Second Region team in All A Classic history, punched its ticket to the semifinal round on Monday with a 50-18 blowout over Dawson Springs.

The Lady Rockets, who have won eight small-school regional championships including last year's crown, will play final-four host Caldwell County at 6pm in Thursday’s semifinal. Caldwell beat Heritage Christian in similar fashion 52-3 in its opening round contest at Princeton on Monday.

Lyon County knocked off Livingston Central 56-42 in an opener at Lyon and will play Ft. Campbell in Thursday’s 7:30pm semifinal at Caldwell County. The Lady Falcons received a first-round bye because UHA did not field a team this season. 

Dawson Springs was terribly outmanned against the Lady Rockets, who led from the jump. Sophomore Anna Boone sank a couple of first-quarter threes to help CCHS race out to a 20-4 lead in the first period. Boone and Lady Rocket sophomore center Bristyn Rushing led all scorers with a dozen points apiece. Rushing had five fielders in the post and two free throws. 

CCHS moved back above .500 at 8-7 on the season. Dawson fell to 2-8. The Lady Rockets have beaten the Panther girls in 17 straight meetings dating back to 2013.

Dawson Springs 4 4 9 18
Crittenden County 20 30 44 50
DAWSON – Hoover 10, Swatzell 2, Bock 6, Lowe, Hunter. FG 8. 3-pointers 2 (Hoover). FT 0-1.
CRITTENDEN – Boone 12, Evans 6, Hodge 8, Federico 1, Rushing 12, Holeman, Walker 2, Stewart 7, Munday, Champion 2. FG 19. 3-pointers 2 (Boone 2). FT 10-12.

All A Classic Pairings | Perry coming to RA

 The All A Classic starts tonight at Crittenden County with the girls hosting Dawson Springs for the opening round. The semifinals and championship will be at Caldwell County.

The boys' All A Classic will bring Lyon County star and UK signee Travis Perry to Rocket Arena. The boys open play Tuesday with Crittenden playing Lyon. 

Following are brackets for each tournament. 

UPDATE ON GIRLS' BRACKET

The GIRLS All A Championship game is being moved

 to 2pm on Saturday, Jan 13 at Crittenden County High School.  

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UPDATE ON BOYS' BRACKET

The boys All A Championship game is being moved

 to 5pm on Saturday, Jan 13 at Crittenden County High School.  

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Champion scores 25 before going down again

UPDATE: Corrects Champion's career scoring.

MARION, Ky. – In a bitter-sweet return to Rocket Arena for the first time since mid December, Crittenden County posted its first home win of the season 59-50 Friday over Muhlenberg County.

Travis Champion drives toward the basket
in the fourth period just before re-injuring
the knee he originally hurt in December.

On the up side, senior star Travis Champion – who suffered an ACL tear in his knee last month – scored 25 points to lead the way on his 18th birthday. However, the jubilance of his return in a heavy knee brace was smothered with a minute to go in the game when he went down in the front court making a move toward the basket. 

Champion was helped off of the floor and coach Matt Fraliex said afterwards that the senior will undergo further evaluation to determine the extent of damage to his injured knee.

Champion’s valiant effort and 18 points from sophomore Bryson Walker led CCHS to its second win of the season against nine losses. Muhlenberg dropped to 5-9.

The Rocket boys will be back in action Tuesday at home against Lyon County in the All A Classic.

Champion has been chasing the Rockets' all-time scoring record. He has netted 56 points this season and 1,421 in his career, which is 401 from tying the record. 

Muhlenberg County 10 24 30 50

Crittenden County 13 23 38 59

MUHLENBERG – Gavin 2, Brannon 4, Sommers 16, Edwards, Coats 5, Milburn, Jernigan 11, Hardin, Morris 6, Jarvis 6. FG 18. 3- pointers 3. FT 11-17.

CRITTENDEN – Champion 25, Walker 18, Hatfield 7, Sharp 4, Candelario, Travis 2, Poindexter 3. FG 21. 3-pointers 3 (Champion). FT 14-25.

Champion returns, but Rockets fall at Ft. Campbell

 FT. CAMPBELL – Senior Travis Champion returned to the floor for the first time since early in the season, but Crittenden County lost 57-53 on the road to Fort Campbell.

Champion scored 8 points in his first game back, playing in a brace on a partially torn ACL. Turner Sharp led the Rocket scoring with a dozen points while Bryson Walker and Jaxon Hatfield had 11 apiece.

A scuffle broke out in the fourth period and five players were ejected, including two Crittenden County boys.

CCHS (1-9) led by six at the half, but the Falcons (3-3) took the lead with a 16-5 run in the third period. 

The Rockets will be at home Friday night to entertain Muhlenberg County (5-8).

Crittenden County 17 30 35 53
Fort Campbell 12 24 40 57
CRITTENDEN – Champion 8, Belcher 7, Walker 11, Hatfield 11, Sharp 12, Reddick 3, Poindexter 1. FG 20. 3-pointers 5 (Hatfield 2, Champion, Belcher, Sharp). FT 8-16.
FT CAMPBELL – Greene 2, Moore 21, Perriman, Wilson 7, Tate 6, Smith 4, Smiley 10, Arnold 7. FG 25. 3-pointers 3. FT 4-10.

Coach Shannon Hodge gets Win No. 400!

DIXON, Ky. – From the jump Thursday at Webster County, the Lady Rockets had a solid bead on Coach Shannon Hodge’s 400th career win.

Crittenden led wire to wire, by double figures much the way, as the 31-year skipper became one of fewer than three dozen girls’ coaches in Kentucky high school history to reach the 400-win plateau. 

Hodge’s overall record over more than three decades as the Lady skipper is now 400-420 as her team improved to 7-7 on the season behind Anna Boone’s 28 points. Crittenden got another 13 from center Bristyn Rushing, plus double-digit rebounding. 

Webster County, in a rebuilding season for a storied Second Region program, fell to 1-11.

Crittenden County 14 29 41 56

Webster County 4 15 31 38

CRITTENDEN. – Boone 28, Evans 8, Federico 2, Rushing 13, Hodge 5, Holeman. FG 19. 3-pointers 3 (Boone 2, Hodge). FT 15-21.

WEBSTER – Wright 17, Thompson 3, Cates 6, Dunn 3, Yates 4, Austin 5. FG 16. 3-pointers 4 (Wright 3, Thompson). FT 2-4.