Tuesday, October 24, 2023

AT A GLANCE: CALLOWAY COUNTY

 BY: ANDY HUNT

Who Am I?

ABOVE: This Rocket holds five single game records versus Calloway County.  He was a 1980 All-District selection and a 1980 All-WKC First Team selection. Read this week's post to find out his identity?

Calloway County 2023 Schedule

  • Week 1 – Harrison County (4A, 5-4) – 40-33 – LOSS
  • Week 2 – Murray (2A, 6-3) – 35-14 – LOSS
  • Week 3 – Fulton County (1A, 1-8) – 47-14 – WIN
  • Week 4 – Marshall County (5A, 3-6) – 33-7 – WIN
  • Week 5 – Warren East (4A, 5-4) – 51-20 – LOSS*
  • Week 6 – Logan County (4A, 7-2) – 34-0 – LOSS*
  • Week 7 – Hopkinsville (4A, 1-8) – 43-0 – LOSS*
  • Week 8 – Allen County-Scottsville (4A, 4-5) – 41-20 – LOSS*
  • Week 9 – Paducah Tilghman (4A, 9-0) – 70-7 – LOSS*
  • Week 10 – Crittenden County (2A, 5-4)
    • * Denotes District Opponent

2023 Calloway County Stat Leaders (Thru 8 Games)
  • Passing
    • #1 - Wyatt Robbins (SO.) - 86/148, 1,269 Yards, 14 TDs, 10 INTs
  • Rushing
    • #31 - Shaun Phillips (SO.) - 57 Attempts, 269 Yards, TD
    • #23 - Price Aycock (SR.) - 23 Attempts, 176 Yards, 5 TDs
    • #15 - Logan Smith (SO.) - 42 Attempts, 138 Yards, TD
    • #1 - Wyatt Robbins (SO.) - 47 Attempts, (-35) Yards, 2 TDs
    • AS A TEAM: 193 Attempts, 727 Yards, 9 TDs,  3.8 YPC
  • Receiving
    • #23 - Price Aycock (SR.) - 35 Receptions, 601 Yards, 7 TDs
    • #19 - Austin Weatherford (SR.) - 12 Receptions, 243 Yards, TD
    • #24 - Jessie Esparza (SR.) - 15 Receptions, 154 Yards, 2 TDs
    • #12 - Joey Goucher (JR.) - 10 Receptions, 142 Yards, 2 TDs
  • Kicking
    • #20 - Oscar Avila (JR.) - 15/20 PATs, 0/0 FG
  • Defense
    • #15 - Logan Smith (SO.) - 78 Tackles, 2 TFL, FF, FR, INT
    • #31 - Shaun Phillips (SO.) - 56 Tackles, 5 TFL, INT
    • #23 - Price Aycock (SR.) - 46 Tackles, FR, 5 INTs, TD
    • #50 - Henry Byford (SR.) - 34 Tackles, 5 TFL, 2 FF
    • #18 - Carter Tudor (JR.) - 29 Tackles, 5 TFL, 2.5 Sacks, 2 FF
    • #19 - Austin Weatherford (SR.) - 19 Tackles, 4 INTs

Calloway County Series (4-6)

  • 1979 – Away – 22-6 – WON
  • 1980 – Home – 29-6 – WON
  • 1981 – Away – 40-8 – LOST
  • 1982 – Home – 29-26 – LOST
  • 2003 – Home – 34-7 – LOST
  • 2004 – Away – 49-15 – WON
  • 2005 – Home – 43-28 – WON
  • 2006 – Away – 32-0 – LOST
  • 2007 – Home – 49-7 – LOST
  • 2008 – Away – 28-6 – LOST
    • Scoring in the series is 267-197 in favor of Calloway County
    • 1979 was Calloway County’s first varsity season of football.
    • Calloway County was a district opponent from 1979 to 1982.

Crittenden County Single Game School Records Versus Calloway County
(Some Statistical Categories Unavailable)

  • Passing Yards: 232, Austin Berry, 2005
  • Passing Completions: 12, Austin Berry, 2004
  • Passing Attempts: 20, J.D. Gray, 2008
  • Passing Touchdowns: 3, Austin Berry, 2004
  • Interceptions Thrown: 2 (twice), Austin Berry, 2005 & J.D. Gray, 2008

  • Rushing Yards: 142, Greg Marret, 1980
  • Rushing Touchdowns: 3, Greg Marret, 1980
  • Rushing Attempts: 15, J.D. Gray, 2008

  • Receiving Yards: 140, T.K. Guess, 2005
  • Receptions: 4 (twice), T.K. Guess, 2005 & Gaige Courtney, 2008
  • Receiving Touchdowns: 1 (four times), Brad Hart, 2004, T.K. Guess, 2004, Blake Gardner, 2004 & Greg Marret, 1980

  • Tackles: 20, Billy Mills, 1982
  • Tackles for Loss: 4, Gaige Courtney, 2008
  • Interceptions: n/a, minimum 2
  • Sacks: 3, Von Summers, 1980
  • Forced Fumbles: 2, Mike Wheeler, 1979
  • Fumble Recoveries: 4, Steve Tinsley, 1982

  • Longest TD Pass: 69 Yards, T.K. Guess from Austin Berry, 2004
  • Longest TD Run: 75, Greg Marret, 1980
  • Longest Interception Return for a TD: 77 Yards, Shawnte Moss, 2004
  • Longest Fumble Return for a TD: 37 Yards, George Congenie, 2005
  • Longest Punt Return for a TD: N/A, none recorded
  • Longest Kickoff Return for a TD: N/A, none recorded
  • Longest Field Goal: N/A, none recorded
  • Most Points Scored: 26, Greg Marret, 1980

Single Game Records Versus Caldwell County Set Last Week

  • Passing Completions: 25, Micah Newcom, 2023 (Previous: 17, Luke Crider, 2021)
  • Passing Touchdowns: 3 (twice), Hunter Boone, 2017 & Micah Newcom, 2023
  • Receptions: 11, Caden Howard, 2023 (Previous: 9, Preston Morgeson, 2021)

Last Week Review

  • Caden Howard set the record for receptions by a sophomore in a season.  He now has 45 receptions.  The previous record holder was Chad Perryman with 34.  Howard is also approaching the record for receiving yards (624) and receiving TDs (9) by a sophomore.  Howard has 500 yards receiving and eight receiving TDs.
  • Micah Newcom
    • Newcom, passed for 260 yards last week which is the 15th highest total for a single game.
    • Newcom became the 2nd QB to have 300 career completions
    • Newcom, regardless of how the rest of the season plays out, will hold onto his lead for highest career completion percentage category.  He literally could go 0-for-64 passing and still have the highest career completion percentage
    • Newcom recorded the 15th time a player has had 1,500 or more yards of total offense in a season.  Newcom becomes the fourth player to be on the list twice.  
      • Only one player has had 2,000 or more yards of offense twice (Hunter Boone) and Newcom needs 362 to reach that threshold.

Record Breaker Watch

  • Micah Newcom
    • Passing Yards – Career
    • With 130 more passing yards, Micah Newcom will be just the second Rocket QB to have 4,000 or more career passing yards.
      • 1. Hunter Boone – 6,763
      • 2. Luke Crider – 3,949
      • 3. Micah Newcom – 3,870
      • 4. Austin Berry – 3,744
      • 5. Nick Castiller – 2,814
    • Passing Yards – Season
      • With 28 more passing yards, Newcom will be only the third QB to have at least two seasons of 1,500 or more yards passing.
      • 7. Hunter Boone (2016) – 1,801
      • 8. Austin Berry (2005) – 1,486
      • 9. Micah Newcom (2023) – 1,472
      • 10. Luke Crider (2020) – 1,398
      • 11. Jamie Curtis (1991) – 1,193
    • Micah Newcom has 318 completions in his career which ranks 2nd all-time.  Hunter Boone with 489 is the all-time leader.

    • Passing Completions – Season
      • 1. Hunter Boone (2017) – 171
      • 2. Micah Newcom (2021) – 168
      • 3. Hunter Boone (2016) – 160
      • 4. Nick Castiller (2015) – 155
      • 5. Hunter Boone (2018) – 154
      • 6. Luke Crider (2021) – 153
      • 7. Micah Newcom (2023) – 136
      • 8. Austin Berry (2004) – 122
    • Micah Newcom has 484 career passing attempts during his time as Rocket which is the 3rd most in that category.  Next up are Luke Crider with 538 and Hunter Boone with 892.
    • Passing Attempts – Season
      • 3. Luke Crider (2021) – 292
      • 4. Nick Castiller (2015) – 284
      • 5. Hunter Boone (2018) – 274
      • 6. Micah Newcom (2021) – 248
      • 7. Micah Newcom – 213
    • Passing Touchdowns – Career
      • 1. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 84
      • 2. Luke Crider (2018-2021) – 49
      • 3. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 47
      • 4. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 47
      • 5. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 24
    • Passing Touchdowns – Season
      • 4. Micah Newcom (2022) – 27
      • T-5. Luke Crider (2020) – 19
      • T-5. Luke Crider (2021) – 19
      • 7. Hunter Boone - 18
      • T-8. Micah Newcom – 17
    • Completion Percentage – Career
      • 1. Micah Newcom – 65.70% (318/484)
      • 2. Austin Berry – 57.32% (227/396)
      • 3. Hunter Boone – 54.82% (489/892)
      • 4. J.D. Gray – 54.38% (174/320)
      • 5. Brian Berry – 54.35% (75/138)
    • Completion Percentage – Season
      • 1. Micah Newcom (2022) – 67.74% (168/248)
      • 2. Micah Newcom (2023) – 63.85% (136/213)
      • 3. Austin Berry (2004) – 60.10% (122/203)
      • 4. Luke Crider (2019) – 57.89% (44/76)
      • 5. Hunter Boone (2017) – 57.38% (171/298)
    • Passer Rating – Career
      • 1. Austin Berry – 166.82
      • 2. Micah Newcom – 158.30
      • 3. Hunter Boone – 137.48
      • 4. Hunter Jones – 132.85
      • 5. Taylon Polk – 131.39
    • TD:INT Ratio – Career
      • 1. Micah Newcom – 2.94 (47/16)
      • 2. Austin Berry – 2.61 (47/18)
      • 3. J.D. Gray – 1.60 (24/15)
      • 4. Brian Berry – 1.57 (11/7)
      • 5. Hunter Boone – 1.56 (84/54)
    • D:INT Ratio – Season
      • 1. Micah Newcom (2023) – 5.67 (17/3)
      • 2. J.D. Gray (2008) – 5.00 (10/2)
      • 3. Austin Berry (2004) – 4.83 (29/6)
      • 4. Luke Crider (2019) – 3.67 (11/3)
      • 5. Micah Newcom (2022) – 2.70 (27/10)
    • Yards of Offense (Passing and Rushing Yards) – Career
      • 2. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 5,394
      • 3. Luke Crider (2018-2021) – 4,502
      • 4. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 4,441
      • 5. David Beverly (1994-1997) – 3,938
      • 6. Nick Castiller (2012-2015) – 3,894
      • 7. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 3,849
      • 8. Devon Nesbitt (2015-2018) – 3,572
    • Yards of Offense (Passing and Rushing Yards) – Season
      • 8. J.D. Gray (2009) – 1,924
      • 9. Hunter Boone (2016) – 1,806
      • 10. Xander Tabor (2019) – 1,642
      • 11. Micah Newcom (2023) – 1,638
      • 12. Jimmy Hopper (1963) – 1,581

    • Micah Newcom has been responsible for 62 total TDs in his career.  This ranks him 3rd in that category.  Next up are J.D. Gray with 72 and Hunter Boone with 92.
    • Micah Newcom is three points away from being the 37th player to score 100 or more points during his time as a rocket.
  • Caden Howard
    • Receiving Yards - Career
      • 8. Dylan Hollis (2012-2015) – 828
      • 9. Preston Turley (2017-2020) – 821
      • 10. Preston Turley (2017-2020) - 821
      • 11. Brysen Baker (2018-2021) – 771
      • 12. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 748
      • 13. Shawnte Moss (2001-2004) – 697

    • Receiving Yards – Season
      • 9. Preston Morgeson (2022) – 572
      • 10. Shawnte Moss (2004) – 561
      • 11. Cody Belt (2017) – 531
      • 12. Brysen Baker (2021) – 518
      • 13. Jerry Jessup (1987) – 503
      • 14. Caden Howard (2023) – 500
      • 15. Chad Perryman (1992) – 490

    • TD Receptions - Career
      • 6. Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 15
      • 7. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 13
      • 8. Jamie Champion (1961-1964) – 11
      • 9. Ethan Hunt (2013-2016) – 10
      • 10. Jerry Jessup (1986-1989) – 10
      • 11. Preston Turley (2018-2020) – 10

    • Receptions - Career
      • 5. Ethan Hunt (2013-2016) – 86
      • 6. Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 85
      • 7. Branen Lamey (2015-2018) – 78
      • 8. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 64

    • Receptions – Season
      • 1. Ethan Dossett (2017) – 70
      • 2. Ethan Hunt (2016) – 56
      • 3. Ethan Dossett (2018) – 50
      • 4. Preston Morgeson (2022) – 46
      • T-5. T.K. Guess (2004) – 45
      • T.5. Caden Howard (2023) - 45
    • Consecutive Games with a Reception
      • 1. Ethan Dossett - 26
      • 2. Ethan Hunt – 25
      • 3. T.K. Guess – 22
      • 4. Caden Howard – 18 (9- '22; 9- '23)
      • 5. Kaleb Nesbitt – 17
      • 6. Alex Cosby – 15
  • Tyler Belt
    • Career Receiving Yards
      • Tyler Belt is four yards away from being the 30th player to have at least 500 career receiving yards.
    • Receiving Yards in a Season
      • With 68 more yards, Tyler Belt will record the 26th time a player has had 400 or more yards receiving in a season.
    • Career Receptions
      • Tyler Belt is 7 receptions away from being the 15th Rocket player to have 40 career receptions.
    • Receptions in a Season
      • Tyler Belt is seven receptions from the being the 30th player to have 25 receptions in a season.
    • Interceptions in a Season
        • Tyler Belt needs one interception to be the 16th player to have six or more career interceptions.
  • Gabe Keller
    • Receptions in a Season
      • Gabe Keller is three receptions from the being the 30th player to have 25 receptions in a season.
    • Interceptions in a Career and Season
      • Gabe Keller needs one interception to be the 16th player to have six or more career interceptions.  He also needs just one interception to record the 12th time a player has had 5 or more interceptions in a season.
  • Gattin Travis
    • Scoring - Career
      • Gattin Travis is nine points away from having 100 points in his career.  He would be the 37th rocket to surpass the century mark in career scoring.