BY: ANDY HUNT
2023 Ohio County Schedule
- Week 1 – McLean County (3A, 5-2) – 48-14 – LOSS
- Week 2 – Todd County Central (2A, 3-4) – 19-0 – LOSS
- Week 3 – Hancock County (3A, 5-2) – 37-0 – LOSS
- Week 4 – Muhlenberg County (5A, 3-4) – 28-14 – LOSS
- Week 5 – Edmonson County (2A, 1-6) – 33-12 – WIN
- Week 6 – Bowling Green (5A, 5-2) – 57-0 – LOSS *
- Week 7 – Greenwood (5A, 5-2) – 56-7 – LOSS *
- Week 8 – Crittenden County (2A, 3-3)
- Week 9 – South Warren (5A, 5-1) *
- Week 10 – Butler County (2A, 3-3)
2023 Ohio County Season Leaders
- PASSING – Lucas Kramer (#14, JR) – 7/28, 84 yards, 0 TDs, 4 INTs
- RUSHING – Noah Phelps (#21, SR) – 59 attempts, 324 yards, 4 TDs
- RUSHING – Brady Cox (#10, SR) – 53 attempts, 172 yards, 2 TDs
- RUSHING – Carson Powers (#9, SO) – 54 attempts, 155 yards, TD
- RUSHING – Lucas Kramer (#14, JR) – 9 attempts, (-37) yards
- RECEIVING – One receiver has 2 receptions, five receivers have 1 reception
- KICKING – Luke Barton (#8, JR) – 7/8 PATs, 0/0 FGs
- DEFENSE – Dakota Blacklock (#57, SR) – 42 tackles, sack, caused fumble (CF)
- DEFENSE – Michael Truschke (#19, SR) – 38 tackles, 4 TFL, sack, CF, FR
- DEFENSE – Noah Phelps (#21, SR) – 30 tackles, TFL
- DEFENSE – Luke Barton (#8, JR) – 29 tackles, TFL, INT
Ohio County Series (0-2)
- 1969 – 19-14 – LOSS (Away)
- 1970 – 40-6 – LOSS (Home)
Crittenden County Single Game School Records
Versus Ohio County
(Almost
All Statistical Categories Unavailable)
- Rushing Touchdowns: 2, Mike Heffington, 1969
- Longest Kickoff Return for a TD: 85, Gary Winters, 1970
- Most Points Scored: 14, Mike Heffington, 1969
Last Week Review
- The CC offense produced 186 yards of total offense in the win against Murray. The last time the offense produced less than 186 yards of total offense AND won the game was against Caldwell County in week 1 of 2003.
- For the record that is 242 games ago.
- Interestingly, in the season before the last occurrence, which was 2002, this statistical anomaly occurred twice in 12 games.
- The fewest total yards ever in a Rocket win came in 1999 against Murray (113).
- CC has not scored a rushing touchdown in the last five games. That streak is the longest in school history. The previous longest streak of four games happened in 2012.
- The Rockets leading rusher had 32 yards last week. The only other time a leading rusher has had less yards in the last 220 games (since the 2004 season) was in 2022 against Fulton County (17).
Team Stat Review
- Opponents are averaging 12.7 first downs per game in 2023 which is the highest average ever by CC opponents. In 2014, opponents averaged 12.0 first downs for the season.
- Rocket opponents are averaging 10.8 penalties and 90.7 penalty yards per game. 9.3 penalties and 78.9 penalties yards per game are the previous highs (1999).
- The Rocket offense is averaging 14.3 completions per game which would be the most ever. The previous high was 14.1 in 2017.
Record Breaker Watch
- Micah Newcom
- Passing Yards – Career
- 1. Hunter Boone – 6,763
- 2. Luke Crider – 3,949
- 3. Austin Berry – 3,744
- 4. Micah Newcom – 3,379
- 5. Nick Castiller – 2,814
- 6. Jamie Curtis – 2,813
- 7. J.D. Gray – 2,172
- Passing Yards – Season
- 9. Luke Crider (2020) – 1,398
- 10. Jamie Curtis (1991) – 1,193
- 11. Jamie Curtis (1992) – 1,065
- 12. Sean Thompson (2003) – 1,009
- 13. Micah Newcom (2023) – 981
- 14. Taylon Polk (2006) – 975
- 15. Turner Martin (1980) – 971
- 16. Zach Brantley (2000) – 911
- With 19 more passing yards, Newcom will have the 13th season with 1,000 or more passing yards. He will also be the fourth quarterback to pass for 1,000 yards or more in multiple seasons.
- Micah Newcom has 263 completions in his career which ranks 3rd all-time. Next up are Luke Crider with 283 and Hunter Boone with 489.
- Passing Completions – Season
- 7. Austin Berry (2004) – 122
- 8. Jamie Curtis (1991) – 88
- 9. Luke Crider (2020) – 86
- 10. Sean Thompson (2003) – 83
- 10. Austin Berry (2005) – 83
- 12. Micah Newcom (2023) – 81
- 13. Nick Castiller (2014) – 77
- 14. Al Simmons (1983) – 72
- 15. Taylon Polk (2006) – 68
- Micah Newcom has 403 career passing attempts during his time as Rocket which is the 5th most in that category. Next up are Jamie Curtis (1989-1992) with 426 and Nick Castiller with 426.
- 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) – 40
- 5. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 24
- Yards of Offense (Passing and Rushing Yards) – Career
- 4. Luke Crider (2018-2021) – 4,502
- 5. Nick Castiller (2012-2015) – 3,894
- 6. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 3,890
- 7. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 3,849
- 8. Devon Nesbitt (2015-2018) – 3,572
- Micah Newcom has been responsible for 53 total career TDs in his career. This ranks him 6th in that category. Next up are Luke Crider with 55 and Austin Berry with 57.
- Caden Howard
- Career Receiving Yards
- Caden Howard became the 26th player to have 500 receiving yards in their time as Rocket this past week. He is believed to be the youngest player to achieve this feat.
- 12. Shawnte Moss (2001-2004) – 697
- 13. Bobby Knox (2009-2012) – 654
- 14. Jerry Jessup (1986-1989) – 622
- 15. Tyler Boone (2017-2020) – 615
- 16. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 597
- 17. Jared Champion (1996) – 594
- 18. Kayle Malcom (1981-1984) – 586
- Career TD Receptions
- Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 15
- Jamie Champion (1961-1964) – 11
- Ethan Hunt (2013-2016) – 10
- Jerry Jessup (1986-1989) – 10
- Preston Turley (2018-2020) – 10
- Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 10
- Career Receptions
- 12. Denis Hodge (1982-1985) – 50
- 12. Brysen Baker (2018-2021) – 50
- 14. Preston Turley (2018-2020) – 49
- 15. Bobby Knox (2009-2012) – 48
- 16. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 46
- 17. Alex Cosby (2012-2015) – 44
- 18. Gaige Courtney (2005-2008) – 43
- 18. Rodney Robertson (2005-2008) – 43
- Consecutive Games with a Reception
- 4. Kaleb Nesbitt – 17 (4- ’21; 13- ’22)
- 5. Alex Cosby – 15
- 5. Caden Howard – 15 (9- '22; 6- '23)
- 7. Dylan Hollis – 13
- 7. Cody Belt – 13
- 7. Payton Riley – 13
- 7. Kaleb Nesbitt – 13
- Tyler Belt
- Career Receiving Yards
- Tyler Belt is 30 yards away from being the 30th player to have at least 500 career receiving yards.
- Career Receptions
- Tyler Belt is 10 receptions away from being the 15th Rocket player to have 40 career receptions.
- Receptions in a Season
- Tyler Belt is 10 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 nine receptions from the being the 30th player to have 25 receptions in a season.
- Interceptions in a Career and Season
- Gabe Keller needs two more interceptions to qualify for the record lists for interceptions in a Career and a season.
Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) – Trying to
Figure it Out
Currently, Crittenden County ranks 6th in RPI for 2A (0.94834). Our RPI went up after the win but only marginally.
Murray drop from 6th to 7th but had a large drop in their RPI score.
Crittenden County is the highest ranked team with a 0.500 or losing record. The closest team is Danville at 0-6 in 11th at 0.75952.
Obviously, a win against Ohio County (5A) will raise CC's winning percentage for RPI purposes.
However, when you consider the win-loss record of Ohio County and add it into our “opponents’ winning percentage” portion of the RPI calculation, that portion of our RPI calculation will drop (even with the class size multiplier for OC) as they have a poor record.
Ohio County’s “opponents' winning percentage” may provide a slight boost to CC’s “opponents’, opponents’ winning percentage” as Ohio County’s OWP is higher than CC’s OOWP in that category.
Big games to watch for our RPI will be:
- Webster County (5-2) vs. McLean County (5-2)
- Hopkins Central (2-5) vs. Hancock County (5-2)
- Calloway County (2-5) vs. Allen-County Scottsville (2-5)
This is a link to KHSAA webpage which explains the RPI calculation.
