Lady Rockets Coach's Show with Taylor Guess / Coach Hodge

Coach Hodge and Taylor Guess joins us to talk basketball and 2,000 points.

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Rockets get best of CCHS in physical game

MARION, Ky. – For about a half, the Rockets kept the game close Tuesday at home against Webster before the Trojans physical play won the battle. 

Champion scored 20 for the Rockets.

Play was a bit chippy at times, and there were technicals called on players from each team during the middle part of the contest.

The road doesn’t get any easier. On Friday CCHS will play a district game at Lyon County against perhaps the region’s top team.

Webster County 13 37 56 67
Crittenden Co.     8 25 35 42
WEBSTER – McDyer, Starks-Scott 5, M.Austin 11, T.Austin 2, Michlek  12, Davis, Gerrard 7, Ma.Austin 11, Alstadt, Gunn 2, Murphey 17. FG 27. 3-pointers 6 (M.Austin 2, Michlek 2, Gerrard, Ma.Austin). FT 7-11.
CRITTENDEN - Morgeson, Champion 20, Hatfield 2, Suddoth, Sharp, Keller 2, McLean, Gobin 6, Belt, Guess 6, Poindexter 2, Counts 4. FG 17. 3-pointers 1 (Champion). FT 7-15.

Guess scores 2,000th career point

Two grand and counting!

Lady Rocket senior Taylor Guess dropped 26 Tuesday night in a win at Caldwell County, ringing up her 2,000th career point in the third quarter.

In transition, Guess pulled up from the wing for a nothing-but-net trey to make her just the sixth female in Fifth District history to reach the milestone. She is already Crittenden County’s all-time leading scorer and will likely become the most prolific scorer in district history later this season. She needs just under 350 more points to catch Lyon County’s Saundra Oliver, who scored 2,351 in a career that ended in 1981.

CCHS easily beat Caldwell on the road 60-41.

Crittenden Co 16 35 46 60

Caldwell Co. 2 10 21 41

CRITTENDEN - Guess 26, N.Boone 6, A.Boone 8, Evans 6, Hatfield 4, Federico 2, McDaniel 4, Holeman 2, Rushing, Hunt, Stewart 2. FG 26. 3-pointers 2 (Guess 2). FT 6-9.

CALDWELL - Clark 3, M.Thomas 14, B. Thomas 3, Hollowell 8, Sykes 4, Copeland 4, McKinney 5, Ortt, Williams, Alexander. FG 14. 3-pointers 4 (M.Thomas 2, B.Thomas, McKinney). FT 9-22.

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.

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.

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.