MARION, Ky. – To celebrate opening day of basketball practice for KHSAA teams across the state, let's take a look at what fans can expect this season.
For starters, Crittenden County’s girls’ basketball program could make history this season, not just with wins, but with points. The Lady Rockets have their sights set on becoming the winningest team in history, and they're well primed and loaded under 33-year head coach Shannon Hodge.
Seniors Anna Boone and Elliot Evans and sophomore Jordyn Hodge are all climbing the Lady Rockets’ all-time scoring list. Boone currently ranks third with 1,754 points, Evans sits at 932, and Hodge, in just her third varsity season, already has 654.
Taylor Guess, now playing at Lindsey Wilson University, is the all-time scoring leader with 2,643 points.
If Evans and Hodge each reach the 1,000-point milestone this winter, it would mark the first time in school history three active players on the same team have scored 1,000 or more career points.
Boone, a starter since middle school, continues to close in on former standout Cassidy Moss, who is second on the all-time list with 1,829 points.
Meanwhile, Evans is within striking distance of the top 10, and Hodge – younger sister of Jessi Hodge, a 2011 senior – is poised to continue the family legacy. That 2011 season was also the only time Crittenden won a regional championship, a goal this year’s squad has firmly set in its sights.
With three potential 1,000-point scorers leading the charge, the Lady Rockets may be on the verge of another special run.
