Rockets school Webster with algebraic equation

MARION, Ky. – Examining the numbers, Crittenden County’s opening football game of the 2024 season spelled a bad night for Webster County.

The algebraic equation of X plus Y plus Z equaled seven touchdown for the Rockets as they worked up a tough math lesson in a 46-18 victory Friday at Rocket Stadium.

CamRon Belcher gains yards after a catch

Quarterback Quinn Summers gave offensive coordinator Austin Berry some big props, too, for designing the Xs and Os that slashed Webster from head to toe. The Rockets scored five unanswered TDs in the first half, four on passing plays triggered by Summers, a junior in his first varsity start.

CamRon Belcher, a senior who plays the X receiver position in CCHS’s spread offense, caught four passes for 84 yards in the first two periods, and the Rocket Z receiver Caden Howard hauled in five catches for 78 yards. Howard scored twice and Belcher once in the opening half and Y receiver Dakota Sosh tacked on another. Summers rushed for a touchdown too just before the break to give his team a 33-0 lead.

“It was a great night, starting off with Coach Berry on the sideline. Game-planning every week he always has the best game plan setting us up to win,” said Summers. “And my receiving corps, they always make me look good. With Coach Berry’s awesome play calling and to have those receivers out there with the speed and hands that they do it creates mismatches on each side.”

Caden Howard caught 5 passes for 78 yards

In the second half, Belcher schooled Webster’s special teams with a lesson no one will ever forget when he returned a punt and kickoff back-to-back, both went for 83 yards and he finished the game with 250 all-purpose yards. The senior’s performance added a history lesson to the equation, too, as he became the first Rocket to score a punt return and kickoff return in the same game. His punt return was the third longest in history.

Summers was deadly accurate, shredding the Trojan secondary with 10 straight completions at one point. He didn’t throw a single pass in the second half and finished with 214 yards on 12-for-15 accuracy.

Adri Berry became the first female to score a point in a Rocket football game when she kicked an extra point in the first half. She hit another in the third period. Berry is the freshman daughter of Coach Berry.

For Webster, more was less when it came to the numbers game. Although the Trojans had more first downs and out-rushed the Rockets by a wide margin, they were sorely deficient on the scoreboard. Most of Webster’s yards were piled up late in the game under a running clock against Crittenden reserve defense.

The Trojans turned the ball over three times as Sosh intercepted a pass and Jantzen Fowler and Howard had fumble recoveries. The Rockets turned the ball over once.

Crittenden will be at home next week against Union County.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Webster Co. 0 0 6 12

Crittenden 8 25 13 0

SCORING PLAYS

C-Caden Howard 17 pass from Quinn Summers (Brayden Poindexter pass from Tyree McLean) 6:19, 1st

C-CamRon Belcher 63 pass from Summers (no attempt bad snap) 11;04, 2nd

C-Dakota Sosh 25 pass from Summers (Adri Berry kick) 8:27, 2nd

C-Howard 24 pass from Summers (kick blocked) 7:11, 2nd

C-Summers 6 run (kick failed) 4:46, 2nd

C-Belcher 83 punt return (Berry kick) 3;04, 3rd

W-Tyler Kautzman 1 run (run failed) 5:09, 3rd

C-Belcher 83 kickoff return (kick failed) 3:04, 3rd

W-Ty Phillips 6 run (run failed) 9:36, 4th

W-Preston Doepel 30 pass from Zander Synder, 0:00

TEAM TOTALS

First Downs: CCHS 4, WCHS 10

Penalties: CCHS 5-45, WCHS 6-41

Rushing: CCHS 6-19, WCHS 46-210

Passing: CCHS 12-16-0, 214; WCHS 2-7-1, 40

Total Yards: CCHS 233, WCHS 250

Fumbles/Lost: CCHS 1-1, WCHS 3-2

INDIVIDUAL STATSTICS

Rushing

CCHS: Jacob Carder 2-16, Brayden Mahnke 1-5, Michael Porter 1-0, Conner Poindexter 1-(-8), Summers 1-6. WCHS: Kautzman 4-10, Phillips 10-51, Derek Adams 12-83, Domi Starks 1-(-2), Doepel 10-36, Zander Snyder 2-9, Keaton Garrett 5-2, Dylan Poe 1-14, Connor Bloodworth 1-3, Josh Mills 1-4.

Passing

CCHS: Summers 12-15-0, 214; Conner Poindexter 0-1-0. WCHS: Garrett 1-3-1, 10; Snyder 1-4-0, 30.

Receiving

CCHS: Belcher 4-84, Howard 5-78, Carder 1-33, Sosh 1-25, McLean 1-(-6).

Defense

CamRon Belcher 2 solos, 3 assists; Jantzen Fowler assist, fumble recovery; Blake French 2 solos, 4 assist; Seth Henry solo, assist; Brayden Mahnke 5 solos, 5 assists; Tyree McLean solo; Micael Porter 2 solos, 1 assist; Kaiden Travis 3 solos, 2 TFLs; Riley Barker solo; Braydin Brandsassee solo, 3 assists; Jacob Carder 2 solos, 2 assists; Caden Howard 8 solos, 3 assists, 2 TFLs, fumble recovery; Colton McLean 3 solos, assist; Keegan Pierson assist; Brayden Poindexter 12 solos, 4 assists, 5 TFLs, caused fumble; Dakota Sosh solo, interception; Jay Stevenson assist; Trae Taylor 2 solos, TFL; Noah Byford 2 solos, 2 assists; Logan Nolan 2 solos, 2 assists; Davis Perryman 2 solos, 2 assists; Trent Todd 2 solos; Caden Blazina solos, TFL; Hunter Curnel assist; Eli Lovell 2 solos; Ethan Sosh assist; Dominic Walters solo.

Records

CCHS 1-0, WCHS 0-1