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Friday, September 13, 2024
Rockets blitz Storm in 2nd Half
MORTON’S GAP, Ky. – Half-staffed at Hopkins Central, Crittenden County turned to its most reliable weapons to put a running clock on the Storm in a 42-13 road win Friday.
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| Caden Howard scores one of his 3 TDs. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS |
The game was close early with CCHS taking a one-possession lead into the half.
That tenuous margin ballooned quite quickly when Rocket quarterback Quinn Summers started consistantly finding dependable handsmen Caden Howard and CamRon Belcher for scoring strikes. Most of them included impressive moves after the catch to outrun the Storm secondary.
Belcher had a first-half scoring catch and Howard scored on three pass plays in the third quarter as CCHS pulled away. By the fourth period, the Rockets had imposed a mercy-rule on their hosts to zip through the last 12 minutes. Still the game was not over until after 10 p.m., partly because of a lightening delay before kickoff.
Crittenden’s reserve defense scored a touchdown late when Trent Todd returned a Hopkins Central fumble, but it also gave up a late Storm touchdown. Rocket starters posted touchdowns on every possession of the last half.
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| Kaiden Travis closes in on the Storm QB CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTOS |
“We’ve had a lot of adversity,” the skipper said, “with injuries and sickness, a lot of guys out. It’s the next man up, and it was good to see at lot of guys get in and make plays and be able to handle the game.
“Our number one thing right now is to get healthy, get everybody well and kind of regroup for the second part of the season. It feels good to have a win before the bye for sure, because it’s long sitting on that bye after a loss,” Courtney added.
SCORE BY QUARTER
Crittenden Co. 8 6 27 6
Hopkins Central 0 6 0 7
SCORING PLAYS
C-Quinn Summers 7 run (Brayden Poindexter pass from Summers) 9:37, 1st
C-CamRon Belcher 59 pass from Summers (Adri Berry kick failed) 8:36, 2nd
H-Isac Earl 9 run (kick failed) :21, 2nd
C-Caden Howard 17 pass from Summers (pass failed) 11:08, 3rd
C-Summers 1 run (Berry kick) 8:09, 3rd
C-Howard 26 pass from Summers (Berry kick) 2:52, 3rd
C-Howard 74 pass from Summers (Berry kick) :02, 3rd
H-Issac Manning 44 pass from Earl (Blaze Whitkaer kick) 7:01, 4th
C-Trent Todd 31 fumble return (no attempt) :56, 4th
TEAM TOTALS
First Downs: CCHS 14, HCHS 12
Penalties: CCHS 7-85, HCHS 12-116
Rushing: CCHS 21-99, HCHS 30-114
Passing: CCHS 17-25-0, 297; HCHS 6-18-1, 105
Total Yards: CCHS 396, HCHS 219
Fumbles/Lost: CCHS 1-0, HCHS 4-2
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
CCHS: Brayden Mahnke 12-69, Summers 6-29, Michael Porter 1-0, Gaige Markham 2-1. HCHS: Michael McDaniel 3-8, Ty Barron 1-(-2), Zayden Parker 11-39, Isac Earl 10-62, Sylas Gunn 6-7.
Passing
CCHS: Summers 15-23-0, 282; Conner Poindexter 2-3-0, 15. HCHS: Gunn 2-2-0, 29; Earl 4-16-1, 76.
Receiving
CCHS: Belcher 6-128, Howard 6-129, Trae Taylor 1-8, Mahnke 2-17, Davis Perryman 2-15.
Defense
CamRon Belcher 3 solos; Blake French 3 solos, 2 assists; Brayden Mahnke 6 solos, 2 assists, TFL, sack; Michael Porter solo; Kaiden Travis 3 solos, assist, TFL; Riley Barker solo; TFL;, caused fumble; Michael Counts assist; Caden Howard 3 solos, 3 assists, caused fumble, interception; Keegan Pierson solo, fumble recovery; Brayden Poindexter 4 solos, 4 assists, 2 TFL; Trae Taylor solo, 3 assists; Noah Byford 3 solos, assist; Gaige Markham 2 solos, 2 assists; Logan Nolan solo, 2 assists; Trent Todd 2 solos, fumble recovery.
Players of the Game: Offense Caden Howard, Quinn Summers and CamRon Belcher, Defense Braydin Mahnke, Lineman Brayden Brandsasse, Special Teams Mitchell Brown.
Records: CCHS 2-2, HCHS 1-3
Thursday, September 12, 2024
WEEK 4 - The Storm
BY: ANDY HUNT
Turning Back the Clock to 50 Years Ago
The late Randy Poindexter (#33) was a senior linebacker on the 1974 Rocket Football Team. He was named team MVP and was on the ALL-WKC First Team. Poindexter is
Monday, September 9, 2024
Friday, September 6, 2024
Rockets wiped out at McCracken
PADUCAH, Ky. – When nothing was clicking Friday for the Rockets at McCracken County, it could have turned out to be a long night. Instead, the mercy-rule’s continuous clock came in clutch.
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| CamRon Belcher scores at TD |
McCracken, winless coming into the contest, scored early and often en route to a 42-12 win over the now 1-2 Rockets.
A CCHS fumble deep in its own territory on the opening series let the Mustangs gallop in for the event’s first touchdown. Then the hosts caught their guests napping and covered an onside kick that led to another TD, making it 13-0 two and half minutes into the show.
With the Rocket defense poor on pursuit and missing tackles against the more physical 6A opponent, McCracken built an insurmountable 27-6 lead by first quarter’s end. The only bright spot was a 74-yard scoring pass from CCHS quarterback Quinn Summers over the middle to Caden Howard, who finished with four catches for 137 yards. Summers completed 13-of-20 passes for 191 yards, but the CCHS running game was non-existent, finishing in a negative figure.
Inability of the CCHS offense to move the chains and a couple of short punts allowed the Mustangs fortuitous field position in the first half. Crittenden had just three first downs, one in the first half against the McCracken regulars. The Mustangs had 15, all but one in the first half.
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| CCHS's defense tackles a ballcarrier |
After trailing 42-6 at intermission, Crittenden scored the last half’s only touchdown when CamRon Belcher snatched a ball away from a MCHS defender in the end zone for a 29-yard touchdown.
“Things started to crumble from the start,” said CCHS coach Gaige Courtney. “They outplayed us offensively, defensively, on special teams and out-coached us. It’s on me. I have to get our guys better.”
The coach felt like his team was flat out of the chute and that never bodes well in an atmosphere like McCracken County, in a stadium that looks more like a small college than a high school.
“You have to be ready to play. It seemed like we were hoping it would just come to us. You have to go out and take a game like this,” he added. “They’re very physical, a very good team and have a lot of weapons.”
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Crittenden County 6 0 0 6
McCracken County 27 15 0 0
SCORING PLAYS
M-Landon Newman 6 run (Brock Wilson kick) 10:40, 1st
M-Cooper Falconite 31 pass from Maddox O’Neal (kick blocked) 9:56, 1st
M-Newman 12 run (Wilson kick) 4:11, 1st
C-Caden Howard 74 pass from Quinn Summers (kick failed) 3:51, 1st
M-Falconite 10 pass from O’Neal (Wilson kick) 1:01, 1st
M-Dawson Hayden 7 run (Wilson kick) 11:24, 2nd
M-Reed Brookshire 22 pass from O’Neal (Newcom run) 5:19, 2nd
C-CamRon Belcher 29 pass from Summers (bad snap) 9:37, 4th
TEAM TOTALS
First Downs: CCHS 3, MCHS 15
Penalties: CCHS 0-0, MCHS 5-30
Rushing: CCHS 9-(-10), MCHS 31-184
Passing: CCHS 13-20-0, 191; MCHS 16-19-0, 175
Total Yards: CCHS 181, MCHS 359
Fumbles/Lost: CCHS 1-1, MCHS 0-0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
CCHS: Michael Porter 2-4, Gaige Markham 1-4, Braydin Mahnke 4-(-2), Summers 2-(-16). MCHS: Newcom 9-83, Logan Alaimo 9-14, Hayden 1-7, Kayden Wahl 6-23, Ethan Atkison 1-(-1), O’Neal 5-58.
Passing
CCHS: Summers 13-20-0, 191. MCHS: O’Neal 14-17-0, 166; Brady Lynch 2-2-0, 9.
Receiving
CCHS: Howard 4-137, Belcher 3-38, Tyree McLean 2-11, Eli Lovell 2-2, Mahnke 1-0, Markham 1-3. MCHS: Daivon Dunbar 1-14, Falconite 6-78, Brookshire 4-69, Jakari Matchem 1-(-2), Newman 2-3, Alaimo 1-5, Bentley Gregory 1-4.
Defense
CamRon Belcher 4 solos, 2 assists; Landon Curry 3 solos; Blake French solo; Brayden Mahnke 3 solos; Tyree McLean 3 solos, TFL; Michael Porter 3 solos; Kaiden Travis solo, assist, TFL; Braydin Brandsasse 3 solos, TFL; Michael Counts solo; Caden Howard 5 solos, 2 assists; Brayden Poindexter 7 solos, 3 assists, TFL; Jay Stevenson solo, sack; Trae Taylor 3 solos, 2 assists; Noah Byford solo; Gaige Markham 2 solos, 4 assists; Logan Nolan assist; Eli Lovell assist.
Records: CCHS 1-2, MCHS 1-2
Thursday, September 5, 2024
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