Lady Rockets fall to Henderson in 2nd Region

A somewhat remarkable season for the Lady Rocket basketball team came to a less than attractive end Tuesday in the first round of the Second Region Tournament at Rocket Arena.

DeAsia Outlaw, the region’s Player of the Year, and No. 2 Henderson County whitewashed Crittenden County 73-19. 

Coach Shannon Hodge’s girls won 16 games and lost a dozen this year, making this among the best seasons in her 22 years... READ MORE IN THIS WEEK'S PRINTED EDTION OF THE PRESS.

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Possible weather-related basketball scenarios

According to athletic directors and school officials overseeing this week's Second Region high school basketball tournaments at Marion and Morganfield, here are some possible scenarios based on weather:

If games can be played Thursday:

THURSDAY Boys Opening Round Game 6:00 PM Henderson-Crittenden

THURSDAY Boys Opening Round Game 7:30 PM Webster-Madisonville

FRIDAY Boys Opening Round Game 6:00 PM Hopkinsville-Caldwell

FRIDAY Boys Opening Round Game 7:30 Trigg-UHA

FRIDAY Girls Semifinal 6:00 PM Hopkins Central-Webster

FRIDAY Girls Semifinal 7:30 PM Henderson/Crittenden-Madisonville/Christian

SATURDAY Girls Championship 7:00 PM

MONDAY and TUESDAY as scheduled.

If games can be played Friday but not Thursday:

FRIDAY Girls Semifinal 6:00 PM Hopkins Central-Webster

FRIDAY Girls Semifinal 7:30 PM Henderson/Crittenden-Madisonville/Christian

SATURDAY Boys Opening Round Game11:00 AM Henderson-Crittenden

SATURDAY Boys Opening Round Game 12:30 PM Webster-Madisonville

SATURDAY Boys Opening Round Game 4:00 PM Hopkinsville-Caldwell

SATURDAY Boys Opening Round Game 5:30 Trigg-UHA

SATURDAY Girls Championship 8:00 PM

MONDAY and TUESDAY as scheduled.

If games can be played Saturday but not Thursday or Friday:

SATURDAY Girls Semifinal 11:00 AM Hopkins Central-Webster

SATURDAY Girls Semifinal 1:00 PM Henderson/Crittenden-Madisonville/Christian

SUNDAY Girls Championship 2:00 PM

MONDAY Boys Opening Round Game 6:00 PM Hopkinsville-Caldwell

MONDAY Boys Opening Round Game 7:30 PM Henderson-Crittenden

TUESDAY Boys Opening Round Game 6:00 PM Trigg-UHA

TUESDAY Boys Opening Round Game 7:30 Madisonville-Webster

THURSDAY Boys Semifinal 6:00 PM Hopkinsville/Caldwell-Henderson/Crittenden

THURSDAY Boys Semifinal 7:30 PM Trigg/UHA-Madisonville/Webster

FRIDAY Boys Championship 7:00 PM

Rockets draw Henderson County in boys' 2nd, too

SECOND REGION BOYS
Basketball Tournament

Games at Morganfield

Wednesday, March 4
Hopkinsville vs Caldwell Co., 6pm
Crittenden vs Henderson Co., 7:30pm
Thursday, March 5
Trigg Co. vs University Heights, 6pm
Madisonville vs Webster Co., 7:30pm

Monday, March 9
Semifinal Round, 6pm
Semifinal Round, 7:30pm

Tuesday, March 10
Championship 7pm

Second Region Basketball Girls Pairings

At Rocket Arena, Marion, Ky.

SECOND REGION GIRLS TOURNAMENT

Monday

Lyon County vs. Hopkins Central, 6pm

University Heights vs. Webster County, 7:30pm

Tuesday

Madisonville vs Christian County, 6pm

Crittenden County vs Henderson County, 7:30pm

Semifinals Friday

Championship Saturday

Lady Rockets stumble in Fifth District finale

CCHS coach Shannon Hodge was frustrated
by her team's inability to score vs. Lyon.

Crittenden County stumbled out of the gate and was never able to make a serious run at Lyon County in the Friday's Fifth District championship game at Smithland.

Although the Lady Rockets shot poorly for three periods and fell behind by as many as 20 points, the girls did manage to score more points in the fourth period than they had the previous three quarters, which kept fans in their seats as the game closed. Crittenden pulled to within six points with seconds remaining, but Lyon won 45-37.

Chelsea Oliver scored 17 for Crittenden and had 7 rebounds. Becca Somers had 20 for Lyon and Barrett Blackburn 14.

Wacky finish lets Trigg slip away

Crittnden was a bit frustrated with its narrow loss to Trigg County.

The game was tied in the closing minutes, but Trigg County pulled away 40-37 to take the Fifth District
Tournament championship from Crittenden County for the second straight season.

It was a close one from start to finish with neither team ever having more than a 7-point lead. Trigg actually led by a slight margin most of the way, but Crittenden County tied it down the wire.

Some missed shots and a timeout mistake were among the stumbling blocks CCHS had to overcome in the final seconds to get off a half-court desperation shot at the buzzer that just missed.

Both teams will qualify for next week's Second Region Tournament at Morganfield. See next week's printed edition of The Press for more on this exciting and highly-contested district championship matchup.

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Lady Rockets not celebrating too soon

Although Crittenden County easily knocked off Trigg County Tuesday in the first round of the Fifth District Tournament – guaranteeing the girls a spot in the district championship game and a berth in the Second Region Tournament next week at Rocket Arena – there are no corks popping yet.

Lady Rocket coach Shannon Hodge says her team wants it all. See this week's printed edition of The Crittenden Press for the story. The newspaper will be on sale this afternoon.