RocketsFootball.com: AT A GLANCE: O'Cath Round 2

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

AT A GLANCE: O'Cath Round 2

BY: ANDY HUNT

ROCKET RECEIVER ROYALTY

(ABOVE: Ethan Dossett (2015-2018), T.K. Guess (2002-2005),
& Chad Perryman (1990-1993))

These three former Rockets would most likely be on the "Mount Rushmore" for receivers at Crittenden County. However, there looks to be a new face to discuss belonging with this group. Sophomore, Caden Howard is getting close to passing these three in several statistical categories. Click "Read More" below to find out where Howard may land in the receiving records after this week's game!

2023 Owensboro Catholic (11-0, 3-0)

Week 1 – Apollo (5A, 2-9) – 42-6 – WIN
Week 2 – Daviess County (6A, 6-5) – 50-0 – WIN
Week 3 – Greenwood (5A, 7-4) – 43-13 – WIN
Week 4 – Owensboro (5A, 7-4) – 33-28 – WIN
Week 5 – Henderson County (6A, 5-6) – 41-21 – WIN
Week 6 – Crittenden County (2A, 7-4) – 62 -12 – WIN
Week 7 – Todd County Central (2A, 5-6) – 57-7 – WIN
Week 8 – Edmonson County (2A, 2-9) – 48-7 – WIN
Week 9 – Fort Campbell (2A, 5-6) – 56-7 – WIN
Week 10 – North Hardin (6A, 1-10) – 37-14 – WIN * NH had to forfeit four wins
Week 11 – Caldwell County (2A, 1-9) – 61-14 – WIN

2023 Owensboro Catholic Statistics (11 Games)

Passing

Brady Atwell (#7, JR) – 219/302 (72.5% Completion Rate), 3,328 Yards, 51 TDs, 5 INTs

Rushing

Brady Atwell (#7, JR) – 46 Attempts, 469 Yards, 10.2 YPC, 11 TDs
Miles Edge (#22, SO) – 30 Attempts, 174 Yards, 1 TD

Receiving

William Carrico (#9, SR) – 63 Receptions, 1,245 Yards, 19 TDs
Noah Rhinerson (#8, SR) – 45 Receptions, 744 Yards, 10 TDs
Waryn Ebelhar (#5, JR) – 38 Receptions, 623 Yards, 10 TDs
Mitchell Sims (#2, SR) – 36 Receptions, 418 Yards, 6 TDs

Kicking

Andrew Garvin (#17, SO) – 50/57 PATs, 0/1 FGs

Defense

Vince Carrico (#4, JR) – 156 Tackles, 12.5 TFLs, 4 Sacks, 2 FF, FR, INT
William Carrico (#9, SR) – 81 Tackles, 9.5 TFLs, 0.5 Sack, 3 FF, FR, 4 INTs
Miles Edge (#22, SO) – 53 Tackles, 3 TFLs, 1.5 Sacks, FF, INT
Elijah Blair (#15, SR) – 52 Tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 1.5 Sack, INT
Chris Burns (#24, JR) – 47 Tackles, 4 TFLs, Sack, FR

Owensboro Catholic Series (0-10)

Season - Score - CC Result – Location
1961 - 7-19 - LOSS – HOME
1962 - 13-14 - LOSS – AWAY
1964 - 7-27 - LOSS – HOME
1965 - 0-33 - LOSS – AWAY
1966 - 7-67 - LOSS – AWAY
1967 - 12-68 - LOSS – HOME
2012 - 0-58 - LOSS – AWAY
2013 - 0-50 - LOSS – AWAY
2014 - 0-52 - LOSS – AWAY
2023 - 12-62 - LOSS – HOME

Crittenden County Single Game School Records Versus Owensboro Catholic

Passing Yards:

188, Micah Newcom, 2023

Passing Completions:

8 (twice), Travis Gilbert, 2012 (Playoff) & Micah Newcom, 2023

Passing Attempts:

20, Travis Gilbert, 2012 (Playoff)

Passing Touchdowns:

1 (three times), Rodney Travis, 1962, Butch McWilliams, 1966 & Micah Newcom, 2023

Interceptions Thrown:

2, Noah Dickerson, 2013 (Playoff)

Rushing Yards:

52 (twice), Brenden Phillips, 2012 & Nick Castiller, 2013 (Playoff)

Rushing Touchdowns:

1, Dennis Mott, 1964

Rushing Attempts:

13, Brenden Phillips, 2013 (Playoff)

Receiving Yards:

105, Tyler Belt, 2023

Receptions:

5, Bobby Knox, 2012 (Playoff)

Receiving Touchdowns:

1 (three times), Jamie Champion, 1962, Bill Towery, 1966 & Caden Howard, 2023

Tackles:

14, Dylan Hicks, 2014 (Playoff)

Tackles for Loss:

1 (twice), Brenden Phillips, 2013 (Playoff) & Ethan Hunt, 2014 (Playoff)

Interceptions:

1 (four times), Noah Dickerson 2013 (Playoff), Noah Dickerson 2014 (Playoff), Gabe Keller, 2023, & Brayden Poindexter, 2023.

Forced Fumbles:

1, Ethan Hunt, 2014 (Playoff)

Fumble Recoveries:

1, Dylan Hicks, 2014 (Playoff)

Longest TD Pass:

70 Yards, Caden Howard from Micah Newcom, 2023

Longest TD Run:

12 Yards, Dennis Mott, 1964

Longest Interception Return for a TD:

18 Yards, Gabe Keller, 2023

Longest Fumble Return for a TD:

N/A, none recorded

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:

6 (four times), Jamie Champion, 1962, Dennis Mott, 1964, Caden Howard, 2023, & Gabe Keller, 2023

Single Game Records Versus Todd County Central Set Last Week

Passing Completions: 25, Micah Newcom, 2023 (Previous: 14, Hunter Boone, 2016)
Passing Attempts: 39, Micah Newcom, 2023 (Previous: 28, Nathan Boone, 1994)
Passing Touchdowns: 1, Multiple Times
Receptions: 8, Caden Howard, 2023 (Previous: 4 (twice), Tyler Coleman, 2016 and Ethan Hunt, 2016)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, Several Times

Record Breaker Watch

Micah Newcom

Rushing TDs – Career

Micah Newcom is tied for 16^th in career rushing TDs with 18. With two more rushing TDs, Newcom will be in 14^th place.

Passing Yards – Career

1. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 6,763
2. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 4,346
3. Luke Crider (2018-2021) – 3,949
4. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 3,744
5. Nick Castiller – 2,814

Passing Yards – Season

With 52 more passing yards, Newcom will be only the second QB to have two seasons of 1,500 or more yards passing.

3. Micah Newcom (2022) – 2,208
4. Nick Castiller (2015) – 2,021
5. Austin Berry (2004) – 2,017
6. Luke Crider (2021) – 2, 006
7. Micah Newcom (2023) – 1,948
8. Hunter Boone (2016) – 1,801
9. Austin Berry (2005) – 1,486

Micah Newcom has 381 completions in his career which ranks 2^nd all-time. Hunter Boone with 489 is the all-time leader.
Passing Completions – Season

1. Micah Newcom (2023) – 189
2. Hunter Boone (2017) – 171
3. Micah Newcom (2021) – 168
4. Hunter Boone (2016) – 160
5. Nick Castiller (2015) – 155
6. Hunter Boone (2018) – 154
7. Luke Crider (2021) – 153

Micah Newcom has 554 career passing attempts during his time as Rocket which is the 2^nd most in that category. Next up is the all-time leader, Hunter Boone with 892.
Passing Completions – Season

1. Micah Newcom (2023) – 189
2. Hunter Boone (2017) – 171
3. Micah Newcom (2021) – 168
4. Hunter Boone (2016) – 160
5. Nick Castiller (2015) – 155
6. Hunter Boone (2018) – 154
7. Luke Crider (2021) – 153

Micah Newcom has 554 career passing attempts during his time as Rocket which is the 2^nd most in that category. Next up is the all-time leader, Hunter Boone with 892.
Passing Attempts – Season

1. Hunter Boone (2016) – 305
2. Hunter Boone (2017) – 298
3. Luke Crider (2021) – 292
4. Nick Castiller (2015) – 284
5. Micah Newcom (2023) – 283
6. Hunter Boone (2018) – 274
7. Micah Newcom (2021) – 248

Passing Touchdowns – Career

1. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 84
2. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 51
3. Luke Crider (2018-2021) – 49
4. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 47
5. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 24

Passing Touchdowns – Season

1. Hunter Boone (2018) – 33
2. Hunter Boone (2017) – 32
3. Austin Berry (2004) – 29
4. Micah Newcom (2022) – 27
5. Micah Newcom (2023) – 21
T-6. Luke Crider (2020) – 19
T-6. Luke Crider (2021) – 19

Completion Percentage – Career

1. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 66.49% (371/558)
2. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 57.32% (227/396)
3. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 54.82% (489/892)
4. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 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) – 65.85% (189/287)
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 (2002-2005) – 166.82
2. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 156.34
3. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 137.48
4. Hunter Jones – 132.85
5. Taylon Polk – 131.39

TD:INT Ratio – Career

1. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 3.19 (51/16)
2. Austin Berry (2002-2005) – 2.61 (47/18)
3. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 1.60 (24/15)
4. Brian Berry – 1.57 (11/7)
5. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 1.56 (84/54)

TD:INT Ratio – Season

1. Micah Newcom (2023) – 7.00 (21/3)
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

1. Hunter Boone (2015-2018) – 7,060
2. J.D. Gray (2006-2009) – 5,394
3. Micah Newcom (2020-Present) – 4,959
4. Luke Crider (2018-2021) – 4,502
5. David Beverly (1994-1997) – 3,938

Yards of Offense (Passing and Rushing Yards) – Season

5. Hunter Boone (2018) – 2,537
6. Micah Newcom (2023) – 2,156
7. Austin Berry (2004) – 2,078
8. J.D. Gray (2008) – 2,000
9. J.D. Gray (2009) – 1,924
10. Hunter Boone (2016) – 1,806

Micah Newcom has been responsible for 69 total TDs in his career. This ranks him 3^rd in that category. Next up are J.D. Gray with 72 and Hunter Boone with 92.

Caden Howard

Receiving Yards – Career

6. Branen Lamey (2015-2018) – 1,070
7. Denis Hodge (1982-1985) – 874
8. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 849
9. Dylan Hollis (2012-2015) – 828
10. Preston Turley (2017-2020) – 821

Receiving Yards – Season

5. T.K. Guess (2005) - 753
6. Kaleb Nesbitt (2022) - 675
7. Chad Perryman (1991) - 624
8. Caden Howard (2023) - 601
9. Jared Champion (1996) - 594
10. Preston Morgeson (2022) - 572

TD Receptions – Career

3. Kaleb Nesbitt (2019-2022) – 19
T-4. T.K. Guess (2002-2005) – 17
T-4. Branen Lamey (2015-2018) – 17
6. Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 15
7. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 15
8. Jamie Champion (1961-1964) – 11

TD Receptions – Season

1. Ethan Dossett (2017) – 13
2. T.K. Guess (2004) – 12
T-3. Ethan Dossett (2018) – 10
T-3. Preston Morgeson (2022) – 10
T-3. Caden Howard (2023) – 10
T-6. Ethan Hunt (2016) – 9
T-6. Preston Morgeson (2020) – 9

Receptions – Career

4. T.K. Guess (2002-2005) – 95
5. Ethan Hunt (2013-2016) – 86
6. Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 85
T-7. Branen Lamey (2015-2018) – 78
T-7. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 78

Receptions – Season

1. Ethan Dossett (2017) – 70
2. Caden Howard (2023) – 59
3. Ethan Hunt (2016) – 56
4. Ethan Dossett (2018) – 50
5. Preston Morgeson (2022) – 46
6. T.K. Guess (2004) – 45

Consecutive Games with a Reception

1. Ethan Dossett - 26
2. Ethan Hunt – 25
3. T.K. Guess – 22
4. Caden Howard – 20 (9- '22; 11- '23)
5. Kaleb Nesbitt – 17

Caden Howard has 94 career points. With six more points, he will be the 38^th player to score 100 points.
Most Career Points After the Conclusion of the Player’s Sophomore Season

102 – Ronnie Moss (1986-1987)
102 – Jeramie Sorina (2005-2006)
98 – J.D. Gray (2006-2007)
96 – Preston Morgeson (2019-2020)
94 – Caden Howard (2022-Present)

Tyler Belt

Career Receiving Yards

Tyler Belt is ranks 18^th in career receiving yards with 588. Belt can crack the top 15 with 35 more receiving yards.

Receiving Yards in a Season

Tyler Belt is 24^th for receiving yards in a season with 424. With 67 more receiving yards, Belt with be in 15^th.

Receptions in a Career

Tyler Belt is two receptions away from being the 25^th Rocket player to have 40 career receptions or more.

Receptions in a Season

Tyler Belt is two receptions from the being the 32^nd player to have 25 receptions in a season.

Interceptions in a Season

Tyler Belt needs one interception to be the 17^th player to have six or more career interceptions.

Gabe Keller

Receptions in a Career

Gabe Keller is one reception away from being the 25^th Rocket player to have 40 career receptions or more.

Receptions in a Season

Gabe Keller has 33 receptions this season which is the 17^th most in a season. With four more receptions, Keller would be in 11^th.

Gattin Travis

Scoring – Career

Gattin Travis is nine points away from having 100 points in his career. He would be the 38^th rocket to surpass the century mark in career scoring.

Casey Cates

Two-Point Conversions – Season

Casey Cates has five, two-point conversions this season which is tied for the third most in a season. Ahead of Cates are Mike Heffington (1969) with six and Ronnie Moss with seven.

Crittenden County Playoff Game School Records

Passing Yards: 279, Luke Crider, 2021 vs. Fulton County (Round 1)
Passing Completions: 25 (twice), Hunter Boone, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2) and Micah Newcom, 2023 vs. Todd County Central (Round 1)
Passing Attempts: 39 (twice), Hunter Boone, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2) and Micah Newcom, 2023 vs. Todd County Central (Round 1)
Passing Touchdowns: 5 (twice), Hunter Boone, 2016 vs. Fort Knox (Round 1) and Luke Crider, 2021 vs. Fulton County (Round 1)
Interceptions Thrown: 4, Hunter Boone, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Highest Completion Percentage: 75.00% (18/24) , Hunter Boone, 2016 vs. Fort Knox (Round 1) *min. 14 attempts
Rushing Yards: 252, Devon Nesbitt, 2017 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Rushing Touchdowns: 6, Rodney Robertson, 2008 vs. Ballard Memorial (Round 2) School Record
Rushing Attempts: 40, Devon Nesbitt, 2017 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Receiving Yards: 125, Ethan Hunt, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Receptions: 12, Ethan Hunt, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Receiving Touchdowns: 3, Ethan Hunt, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2) and Preston Morgeson, 2020 vs. Russellville (Round 2)
Tackles: 22 (twice), Blake Gardner, 2005 vs. Mayfield (Rd 2) and Adam Beavers, 2017, vs. Campbellsville (Rd 3)
Tackles for Loss: 4 (five times), Shawn Lanham, 2002 vs. Fulton City (Round 1); Adam Beavers, 2016 vs. Bethlehem; Tyler Boone, 2018 vs. Campbellsville (Round 3); Tyler Boone, 2020 vs. Russellville (Round 2); Sam Impastato, 2021 vs. Fulton County (Round 1).
Interceptions: 2 (twice), Denis Hodge, 1985 vs. Carroll County (Rd 4) and Caden McCallister, 2017 vs. Caverna (Rd 1)
Sacks: 3, Braxton Winders, 2019 vs. Caverna (Round 1)
Caused Fumbles: 2, Sean O’Leary, 2018 vs. Caverna (Round 1)
Fumble Recoveries: 3 (three times), Andrew Freeman, 2008 vs. Kentucky Country Day (Round 1); Devin Hopper, 2015 vs. Caverna (Round 1); Ethan Hunt, 2016 vs. Fort Knox (Round 1)
Longest TD Pass: 75 Yards, Blake Gardner from Austin Berry, 2005 vs. Fulton County (Round 1)
Longest TD Run: 78 Yards, Luke Crider, 2021 vs. Fulton County (Round 1)
Longest Interception Return for a TD: 60 Yards, Xander Tabor, 2019 vs. Russellville (Round 2)
Longest Fumble Return for a TD: 21 Yards, Andrew Freeman, 2008 vs. Kentucky Country Day (Round 1)
Longest Punt Return for a TD: 63 Yards, J.D. Gray, 2008, vs. Ballard Memorial (Round 2)
Longest Kickoff Return for a TD: 92 Yards, Alex Cosby, 2015 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Longest Field Goal: 26 Yards, Will Perkins, 2016 vs. Bethlehem (Round 2)
Most Points Scored: 36, Rodney Robertson, 2008 vs. Ballard Memorial (Round 2)