Union County pounds Rockets 56-15

Sophomore Banen Lamey had his
best night of the season, catching 3
passes for 40 yards.

MARION, Ky. - Crittenden County drew first blood, but the fearless Braves were undaunted by a first-period deficit and reeled off 56 straights points to easily beat the Rockets 56-15.

Ethan Hunt caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Rocket quarterback Hunter Boone on the game's third play and Crittenden celebrated briefly its 7-0 mark on Union County.

From there, the Braves (4-1) outmanned Crittenden (2-4) on every inch of the turf, piling up more than 500 yards of offense behind running back Dontae Smith's game-high 192 yards rushing and four touchdowns.

Boone finished the game with 147 yards passing on 13-of-31 accuracy, but he was picked off twice. One interception set up a Union touchdown in the first half. Union QB Jacob Winters was even more effective, completing a dozen passes on 22 tries and piling up 217 yards with help from four receivers. James Hutchison had more than half of those yards on three catches, one a 77-yard touchdown.

Maeson Myers (3) gets a little push
from teammate Charlie Johnson
on a kickoff return.

Crittenden backup quarterback Hunter Jones capped off the otherwise uneventful night by racing 79 yards for a late touchdown after the game's outcome was well established.

The Rockets open Class A First District play next week at Fulton City.


SCORE BY QUARTERS
Union County 16 20 20 0
Crittenden Co. 7 0 0 8

SCORING PLAYS
C-Ethan Hunt 24 pas from Hunter Boone (Will Perkins kick) 11:05, 1st
U-James Hutchison 77 pass from Jacob Winters (Dontae Smith run) 10:08, 1st
U-Smith 6 run (Gavin Nelson pass from Winters) 2:46, 1st
U-Smith 41 run (run failed) 9:51, 2nd
U-Damien Morgan 4 run (run failed) 5:33, 2nd
U-Smith 22 run (Smith run) :22, 2nd
U-Hutchison 17 pass from Winters (run failed) 10:11, 3rd
U-Smith 3 run (Winters kick) 9:16, 3rd
U-Dealynn Ricketts 26 run (Winters kick) :27, 3rd
C-Hunter Jones 79 run (Travis Guess run) 3:50, 4th

TEAM TOTALS
First Downs: Crittenden 9, Union 13
Penalties: Crittenden 1-5, Union 11-80
Rushing: Crittenden 15-119, Union 39-300
Passing: Crittenden 13-33-3, 147 yds., Union 12-22-1, 217 yds.
Total Yards: Crittenden 266, Union 517
Fumbles/Lost: Crittenden 0-0, Union 0-0

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing
Crittenden: Devon Nesbitt 5-32, Travis Guess 2-13, Charlie Johnson 1-2, Branen Lamey 1-3, Hunter Jones 2-77, Hunter Boone 3-(-4). Union: Smith 17-192, Braden McGraw 4-15, Nick Moberg 2-13, Damien Morgan 12-59, Dealynn Ricketts 2-30, Jacob Winders 2-(-9).
Passing
Crittenden: Boone 13-31-2, 147 yds., Jones 0-2-1. Union: Winders 12-22-1, 217 yds.
Receiving
Crittenden: Lamey 3-40, Maeson Myers 2-21, Nesbitt 3-9, Gavin Dickerson 1-1, Hunt 2-39, Johnson 2-37. Union: Hutchison 3-144, Ricketts 5-47, Nelson 3-25, Logan Thomas 1-31.
Defense
Beavers 3 solos, 4 assists, TFL, sack; Belt solo, 2 assists; Boone assist; Brown 3 solos, assist; Castiller solo, 2 assists; Dickerson 5 solos, 6 assists; Dobyns 2 assists; Guess 3 solos; Hayes 3 assists; Holeman 2 assists; Hunt 4 solos, 4 assists, TFL; Jackson solo, 4 assists; Jones solo, assist; Joyce 3 solos, 3 assists; Kemper 2 assists; Kinnis solo, 2 assists; Lamey 4 solos, 2 assists; Myers 3 solos, 4 assists; O’Leary solo, 3 assists; Smith 3 solos, 5 assists; Tucker assist; White solo, 2 assists; Wright solo, 2 assists.

Records: Crittenden 2-4, Union 4-1