Crittenden County Basketball

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Boys fall behind early in loss at McLean

CALHOUN, Ky. – The Rockets struggled early to get the ball in the basket and McLean County grabbed a lead it never relinquished as Crittenden lost 67-54 Monday on the road.

Junior guard Travis Champion scored 33 points, one the best outings of his career, including a dozen in the fourth period as CCSH rallied a bit but couldn’t cover the deficit.

Crittenden Co. 11 26 35 54
McLean Co. 23 41 55 67
CRITTENDEN – Morgeson 9, Champion 33, Walker, Hatfield 4, Suddoth, Sharp, Keller 2, Gobin 3, Guess, Travis, Poindexter 2, Counts 1. FG 15. 3-pointers 7 (Champion 4, Morgeson 2, Hatfield 1). FT 9-15.
MCLEAN – Lee, Cline 14, Floyd 26, C.Lee 4, Patrick, Scott, Baldwein, Ward 6, Algood, Revelett 15, Whitaker 2, Taylor. FG 30. 3-pointers 3. FT 4-6.

Rockets beat Tennessee boys on Saturday

MARION, Ky. – The Rockets won for the second straight game, beating Tennessee’s Stewart County 73-57 behind a strong performance by the Crittenden County backcourt tandem of Travis Champion and Preston Morgeson.

The two guards combined for 45 of a season-high 73 points scored by CCHS. Champion led the way with 27. Morgeson netted 18, including a couple of threes.

First-year Rocket head coach DJ Pigg went deep into the bench to get the win, running 14 players onto the floor during the Saturday matchup.

Stewart County, Tn. 13 26 42 57
Crittenden County 14 30 55 73
STEWART – G.Maria 5, S.Wallace 16, B.Brainard 5, D.Dennis 10, H.Wallace 10, J.Morgan 2, A.Fox 8, E. Ide 1. FG 16. 3-pointers 7. FT 16-23.
CRITTENDEN – Morgeson 18, Champion 27, Walker 4, Hatfield 8, Sharp, Keller 4, Atchison, Gobin 7, Belt, Guess 2, Travis, Poindexter, McLean, Counts 3. FG 24. 3-pointers 5 (Hatfield 2, Morgeson 2, Champion). FT 20-27.

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Lady Rockets win matinee game over Tennesseans

The Lady Rockets were command of its Saturday matinee basketball game against Stewart County, Tenn., from start to finish. CCHS won 53-34.

Senior Crittenden County guard Taylor Guess scored 25 points – which is her average through the first three games – and grabbed nine rebounds.

The Lady Rockets shot well, making almost 50 percent of its field goals, including 36 percent from behind the arc, and 64 percent from the foul line.

CRITTENDEN – Guess 25, Hatfield 8, Evans 7, McDaniel 5, N.Boone 3, A.Boone 3, Federico 0. FG 20. 3-pointers 4 (Guess, Evans, McDaniel, A.Boone). FT 9-14.

Friday, December 2, 2022

Pigg leads Rockets to Trifecta over Cards

MARION, Ky. – New Rocket basketball coach DJ Pigg hit the trifecta in his first game at Rocket Arena Friday, grabbing his inaugural victory as head coach, notching the team’s first Fifth District win of the season and beating perhaps Crittenden County’s greatest rival – Livingston Central – in front of a large crowd.

Preston Morgeson hit 6 three pointers.

The Rockets won 58-39 by being more physical, rebounding well and winning loose balls. Crittenden led start to finish after jumping out to a 15-0 edge in the first period. Livingston trimmed it back to single digits for a time, but by the third quarter CCHS was back head by 14 after senior guard Preston Morgeson led a 10-2 run with a couple of three pointers.

Morgeson finished with a 24 points, including six treys, to lift the Rockets to their ninth straight victory over the Cardinals dating back to 2019. Junior guard Travis Champion had 19.

CCHS improves to 1-1 overall and will host Stewart County, Tenn., Saturday afternoon.

Livingston 4 15 28 39

Crittenden 15 22 40 58

LIVINGSTON - Casen Render 4, Mason Hargrove, Drew Hosick 8, Logan Wring 9, Josh Turney 2, Eli Walton 5, Avery Zaim 4, Will Orr 7, Reese Davidson, Zion Mayers. FG 17. 3-pointers 4 (Hosick 2, Render, Orr). FT 1-3.

CRITTENDEN - Preston Morgeson 24, Travis Champion 19, Bryson Walker, Jaxon Hatfield 7, Gabe Keller 1, Turner Sharp, Case Gobin 4, Tyler Belt, Seth Guess, Zach Counts 3. FG 23. 3-pointers 8. (Morgeson 6, Champion, Hatfield). FT 4-12.

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.