Girls open district with victory at Trigg

Crittenden County’s girls opened Fifth District action Tuesday with a 60-34 victory at Trigg County, setting a positive course for their campaign toward another district crown.

Now, the Lady Rockets turn their attention to completing a sweep of the first run through the district’s regular-season round-robin over the next week, hosting Livingston Central Friday and going to Eddyville Tuesday to face the Lady Lyons.

CCHS went up early by nearly 20 points then Trigg trimmed it back to nine at one point in the third period before the Rocket girls pulled away behind a one-two scoring punch from Anna Boone and Elliot Evans, who had 21 and 14, respectively. Center Bristyn Rushing added 13 points and 8 rebounds. 

Trigg County 6 17 32 34
Crittenden County 17 28 47 60
CRITTENDEN – Boone 21, Evans 14, Hodge 4, Federico 2, Rushing 13, Stewart 4, Matthews 2, Berry, Holeman. 3-pointers 5 (Boone 3, Evans 2). FT 11-14.
TRIGG – Norwood 2, Navarrd 10, Bush 9, Grinols 7, Jones 6, McGee, Mayes. 3-pointers 1 (Bush) FT 7-10.