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Season Tickets for Crittenden County girls' and boys' basketball are now available.

Tickets can only be purchased at this LINK electronically. However, once your ticket is purchased, school officials will provide the holder a paper ticket to present when entering Rocket Arena.

Tickets are available for adults at $38 for the entire regular season. Student season tickets are $15. These tickets are not good for postseason games. These are general admission season tickets, not chair-back seats. Those are sold out.

Deadline to purchase a season ticket is Dec. 12.

Rockets lose Pigg's Marshall homecoming

DJ Pigg played ball at Marshall
County. Tuesday night he was
there for the first time as coach.

First-year Crittenden County boys’ basketball coach D.J. Pigg’s debut was on the same floor where he was a star player only six years ago. The homecoming didn’t go too good for his Rockets as Marshall County won the season-opening matchup 66-29.

The Marshals jumped out early as Crittenden had very few rebounds in the first half and was unable to match Marshals’ shooting accuracy.

Pigg said he saw improvements, particularly the second half. He expects the transition from football to basketball will take some time for a few of the Rockets.

Jaxon Hatfield led CCHS’s scoring with 14 points, mostly from 3-point range, and Travis Champion scored 12.

Crittenden will have a key district matchup against Livingston Central Friday at Rocket Arena.

Crittenden    6 15 26 29
Marshall    23 43 60 66
CRITTENDEN - Travis Champion 12, Jaxon Hatfield 14, Levi Suddoth 1, Case Gobin 2, Bryson Walker, Zach Counts, Seth Guess, Turner Sharp, Gabe Keller, Kaiden Travis, Tyler Belt. FG 9. 3-pointers 7 (Hatfield 4, Champion 3). FT 4-10.
MARSHALL - Moore 7, Wall 11, Staples 5, Wallace 13, Phelps 12, Davis 4, Binkley 2, Thompson 2, Robertson 7, Wilson 1, Parker 2, Reynolds, Hall. FG 23. 3-pointers 7. FT 11-15.

Lady Rockets outgunned at Graves County

MAYFIELD, Ky. – The Lady Rockets were overmatched by Graves County in Monday’s season opener at Mayfield. The Lady Eagles were bigger and just as quick as Crittenden County and won the game 59-47.

The Eagle girls led by as many as 22, but settled for a 12-point win.

Crittenden senior Taylor Guess led all scorers with 26 points. CCHS missed 10 foul shots and didn’t shoot well from the floor either. 

Graves was a First Region finalist last season after posting a 24-7 record. Lady Eagels sophomore Hannah Glisson, one of region's best players, scored 20 for Graves and had double-digit scoring help from two teammates. 

Crittenden Co. 6 21 30 47
Graves Co.       15 30 51 59
CRITTENDEN - Taylor Guess 26, Natalie Boone 11, Anna Boone 6, Addie Hatfield 2, Elliot Evans 2, Andrea Federico, Elle McDaniel, Chloe Hunt. FG 13. 3-pointers 4 (N.Boone 3, Guess). FT 17-27.
GRAVES – Riley 6, Spann 13, Glisson 20, Alexander 11, Hayden 3, Thompson 2, Scott, Winfrey 2, Martin 2, Burgess, Fowler. FG 20. 3-pointers 8. FT 11-15.

Lady Rockets open season at Graves Monday

Crittenden County's Lady Rockets will open the new basketball season at Graves County at 7pm Monday in a varsity only matchup.

CCHS is ranked among the top five teams in the Second Region and Graves County is a regular top five team in the First Region.

This will be a key season-opening matchup for both squads that expect to be very successful this season.

DJ Pigg New Rocket Basketball Head Coach

Official Meet & Greet For New Rocket Skipper

DJ Pigg met with players, school personnel and the media

Friday, April 15 at Rocket Arena

Pigg chosen to be Rockets new head coach

It’s been several years since Crittenden County has gone outside the local school district to hire a basketball coach.

DJ Pigg of Benton has been hired as the Rockets’ 19th head coach since Marion and Crittenden County consolidated in 1957.

Pigg, 24, played at Marshall County, setting some three-point shooting records. He graduated from there in 2016 after a basketball career that netted almost 1,200 points. At John A. Logan College in Illinois, Pigg played collegiate golf for a time, then transferred to Murray State where he completed his degree. For the past four years, he’s been coaching in the Graves County School District. He is currently employed by Graves County Middle School as a language arts teacher. He has been the head freshman coach and a varsity assistant for the Eagles. 

Although his contract doesn’t end until June 30 at Graves County, Pigg will begin in earnest laying the groundwork for his basketball program here. He’s already developing a conditioning plan for spring and a schedule for summer league play. 

Pigg said he was attracted to Crittenden County because of what he was able to see from the outside looking in, as a player who competed against the Rockets and a sports fan who’s followed high school athletics in western Kentucky for years.

“The most attractive part of it is the idea of being part of a school with lot of pride in its student body and in its athletics programs,” he said. “It’s exciting to me. Although Crittenden County is a small school, when you walk into Rocket Arena you can see evidence of decorated programs and a successful culture.”

From the trophy cases in the gymnasium that testify to Rocket successes and CCHS teams that have made regional headlines, Pigg says he’s excited about being part of the program.

“The pride people have in the school district is exciting,” he added.

Pigg is single and currently resides in southern Marshall County. He plans to move closer to Marion.

As for coaching style, he likes strong man-to-man defense and being flexible.

“We will do whatever is best for us and whatever it takes to win,” he said.

He will replace Denis Hodge, who had been the CCHS skipper for the past 11 seasons. Hodge retired from the position after his team finished 14-17 this season. Hodge's basketball team won the Fifth District championship in 2018, only the second league title since Crittenden and Marion consolidated high schools in 1957. Hodge was 124-200 as head coach and he spent several more years as an assistant at CCHS.

Pigg will be a language arts teacher in the Crittenden County School District.

Superintendent Vince Clark said he likes the energy Pigg will bring to Crittenden County.

Lady Rocket award winners for 2021-22

Crittenden County High School’s Lady Rocket basketball team held its annual post-season awards ceremony last weekend. Among those honored were (front from left) Addie Hatfield, Warrior Award; Anna Boone, Impact Player Award; Alyssa Woodall, manager; Kady Parrish, manager; Chloe Hunt, JV Leadership Award; (back) Grace Driskill, senior awards and best field goal percentage; Elle McDaniel, Hustle Award; Natalie Boone, best three-point shooting percentage; Taylor Guess, Most Valuable Player Award and leading scorer, leading rebounder, most assists, most defections, most steals most blocks and  best field goal percentage; and Elliot Evans, Impact Player Award.