Lady Rockets beat Livingston by 33

Crittenden's Anna Boone defends against
Livingston Central's Aubrey Leahy.

MARION, Ky. – Lady Rocket senior Taylor Guess scored 25 points as Crittenden County took control early and ran away late in an early Fifth District showdown Friday at Rocket Arena.

CCHS beat the Lady Cardinals for the 14th time in the last 15 tries and captured a key league win in the season’s first week. Crittenden will be back in district action next Friday at Lyon County. 

The team's all-time leading scorer, Guess needs just 49 more to reach the 2,000 point plateau. She was the catalyst behind Crittenden’s win, although Livingston stayed close for almost three periods. LCHS played within 10 or so most that time, but CCHS outscored their guests 19-1 in the final period to make it a blowout. 

Senior Natalie Boone and her freshman sister Anna Boone added 26 points – 13 apiece including three treys each – for the Lady Rockets. CCHS nailed half of its long-range goals in the fourth period when it pulled away for a lopsided win. 

Crittenden improved to 1-1 on the season after losing their opener at Graves County earlier in the week.

Livingston, which had just seven players dressed for the game because of sickness on the team, had no one in double-figure scoring. The Lady Cardinals are now 1-1.

Livingston 8 23 31 32
Crittenden 19 30 46 65
LIVINGSTON – Nevaeh Jennings, Maggie Downey 5, Taylor Leahy 2, Victoria Joiner 9, Aubrey Leahy 8, Emersyn Ramage 8, Mikaela Holman. FG 12. 3-pointers 1 (Downey). FT 1-3.
CRITTENDEN – Taylor Guess 25, Natalie Boone 13, Anna Boone 13, Elliot Evans 8, Addie Hatfield 2, Andrea Federico, Elle McDaniel, Chloe Hunt, Bristyn Rushing, Georgia Holeman, Jordyn Hodge, Morgan Stewart, Charlee Munday 2. FG 26. 3-pointers (A.Boone 3, N.Boone 3). FT 7-9.

Rocket Basketball Show with DJ Pigg

Coach DJ Pigg and crew joins us to talk about the 2022-23 basketball season.

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Crittenden Community Hospital

Lady Rocket Basketball Coach's Show

Coach Shannon Hodge joins us to talk about the 2022-23 basketball season.

PRESENTED BY

Frazer Law Firm in Marion 

First United Bank in Marion

Rocket Tire, Oil & Lube

Farmers Bank & Trust Co. of Marion

C-Plant Federal Credit Union in Marion

H&H Home & Hardware

The Heritage Golf & Pool

Clark's Marion True Value

YTG Insurance of Marion

Crittenden Community Hospital

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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.