CCHS teams win on road Thursday

Crittenden County's basketball teams both won the road Thursday, the Lady Rockets at Trigg County and Rockets at Carlisle County.

 
Crittenden Co. 16 31 45 58
Trigg County 15 27 38 50
CRITTENDEN - Guess 32, Smith 10, Moss 13, Duncan, Woodward 3, Perryman, Long. FG 21. 3-pointers 1 (Guess). FT 15-30.
TRIGG - Noffsinger 5, Hyde 3, K.Grubbs 2, Barbee, I.Grubbs 10, Phillips 10, Reynolds 20. FG 21. 3-pointers 3. FT 5-17.

Crittenden Co. 15 39 50 66
Carlisle County 7 22 34 45
CRITTENDEN - Morgeson 15, Champion 5, Winders, Mott 13, Beverly 1, Davidson, Boone 11, Adamson, Dobyns 13, Derrington, Guess, Turley 8. FG 23. 3-pointers 7 (Morgeson 2, Dobyns 4, Champion). FT 13-18.
CARLISLE – Elder 13, Latham, Bowles 2, Williams 2, Sasseen, Oliver 4, Grogan 5, Hayden 19, Martin, Kelling, Draper, Newsome. FG 12. 3-pointers 3. FT 18-22.

Rockets complete Brave sweep

Crittenden improved to 10-8 overall Monday with a 60-54 win at Union County as CCHS beat the Braves for the second times this season.

The Rockets have won three of their last four games and will play two more late this week to wrap up the unusual pandemic season. The boys play at Carlisle County on Thursday and at McLean County Friday. 

The Fifth District Tournament opens Monday at Cadiz.

Crittenden Co. 18 33 47 60
Union County 14 24 41 54
CRITTENDEN - Morgeson 11, Champion 9, Winders, Mott 17, Boone 4, Dobyns, Turley 19. FG 22. 3-pointers 6 (Champion 2, Morgeson 2, Mott, Turley). FT 10-13.
UNION – Corbett 9, Manuel 6, Mayes 2, Mackey 15, Hughes 2, King 4, Kanipe 8, Johnson 8. FG 21. 3-pointers 3 (Corbett, Mackey). FT 9-15.

Lady Rockets win Monday at Livingston

The Lady Rockets led from start to finish en route to sweeping Livingston Central in Fifth District play this season. CCHS led 23-6 out of the gate and won 51-36 Monday at Smithland.

Senior Chandler Moss led the way with 15 points while senior Nahla Woodward added 11. Lauren Wring had 23 for Livingston.

Crittenden is now 14-4 and Livingston 6-9.

Crittenden 23 37 44 51
Livingston 6 13 23 36
CRITTENDEN - Guess 7, Smith 4, Moss 15, Duncan 6, Woodward 11, Hatfield 2, Perryman 2, Easley 2, Conyer 2, Long. FG 21. 3-pointers 3 (Guess, Woodward 2). FT 6-10.
LIVINGSTON - Wring 23, Downey 9, Joiners 4, Croft, Ramage, Quertermous, Hargrove. FG 17. 3-pointers 2 (Wring, Downey). FT 0-1.

Rockets open up in 3Q at Livingston

Preston Morgeson hit 4 threes and scored
a season-high 20 points.

SMITHLAND, Ky. – Sophomore Preston Morgeson scored a season-high 20 points as Crittenden County opened up in the second half to beat Livingston Central 71-54.

The Rockets finish the regular-season Fifth District schedule with a 4-2 record. They will have the No. 2 seed when post-season play begins in a little over a week at Trigg County.

Morgeson scored eight points in the third period when Crittenden County went went on a 26-6 run to blow open a game that was close at the half. The Rockets led by two at halftime.

Senior guard Gabe Mott scored 15, senior center Preston Turley a dozen and freshman guard Travis Champion had 11. Crittenden made eight three-pointers. Morgeson nailed four of them.

The Rockets (9-8) will close out the regular season this week with road games at Union County, Carlisle County and McLean County.

Livingston, winless in district play this season, falls to 3-19 and will be the four-seed in the district tournament, facing Lyon County in the first round. Max Downey led the Cardinals with 25 points.

Crittenden 17 23 49 71
Livingston 5 21 27 54

CRITTENDEN - Morgeson 20, Champion 11, Winders, Mott 15, Beverly, Davidson, Boone 5, Adamson, Dobyns 6, Derrington, Guess, Turley 12. FG 26. 3-pointers 8 (Morgeson 4, Champion, Mott, Dobyns 2). FT 11-18.
LIVINGSTON - Kitchens 10, Barnes 3, Schutte, Calendar 6, Schmitt, Downey 25, Joyce, Zaim 2, Wring 8. FG 18. 3-pointers 6 (Downey 3, Wring 2, Barnes). FT 12-13.

Lady Rockets fall in state semifinal to Bethlehem

CCHS guard Taylor Guess drew plenty of
attention from Bethlehem's defense.

RICHMOND, Ky. – Bethlehem used its quickness and long arms and legs to control Friday’s All A Classic State Tournament semifinal, defeating the Lady Rockets 80-54.

Lady Rockets named to the All A Classic Tournament team were Jaelyn Duncan, Taylor Guess and Nahla Woodward.

Crittenden's girls made school history by winning two games in the All A Classic State Tournament for the first time in school history. It was their first ever appearance in the All A Classic final four, held on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University.

Bethlehem capitalized on two dozen Crittenden turnovers in the first half and took a 46-21 lead at halftime.

Crittenden leading scorer Taylor Guess led the Lady Rockets with 26 points. The Lady Rockets had difficulty getting the ball inside to Woodward, but she finished with 11 points, one below her season average.

Bethlehem played quickly, shot accurately and pounded the glass offensively and defensively. 

Bethlehem is the defending All A Classic state champion.

Crittenden        9 21 39 54
Bethlehem 29 46 65 80

CRITTENDEN - Guess 26, Smith 2, Moss 8, Duncan 7, Woodward 11. FG 15. 3-pointers (Guess 3, Woodard). FT 20-24.
BETHLEHEM – Smalley 15, Clayton 2, Hodges 17, Thompson 18, Miles 2, Thurmond 9, Hurst 3, Spalding 4, Miles 2, Young, Fillatreau 4, Bishop 4. FG 35, 3-pointers 3 (Thompson, Thurmond, Hurst). FT 7-11.

The Lady Rockets are presented a trophy for 
being an All A Classic state semifinalist.

Lady Rockets tipoff at 11am in All A Classic final four

 

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A live stream for a broadcast of Friday's All A Classic final four is being provided on the tournament's official website CLICK HERE.

Crittenden County's girls are involved in their seventh All A Classic State Tournament. This has been an historic run for the girls, earning an appearance in the final four. 

Complete post-game coverage will be provided on this website, and in-game updates will be available on the Crittenden Press Twitter feed.

Lady Rockets win fourth straight

 MARION, Ky – Crittenden Count beat Caldwell County 51-48 Tuesday for their fourth straight win.

The Lady Rockets are now 15-3 and No. 1 in the region RPI.

Taylor Guess scored 21 against Caldwell and Nahla Woodward added a dozen.

Caldwell Co. 13 21 38 48
Crittenden Co. 12 26 43 51

CALDWELL - Hollowell 4, McDaniels 2, Jaggers 14, Parker 4, Gray 10, Tyler, Butts 1, Smiley 8, AJ.Hollowell 3, Aikins, McKinney. FG 20-44. 3-pointers 4-12 (Gray 2, Jaggers, Smiley). FT 4-10.
CRITTENDEN - Guess 21, Smith, Moss 12, Duncan 6, Woodward 12, Perryman, Easley, Long. FG 21-45. 3-pointers 3-9 (Woodward 2, Guess). FT 6-7.