BY: ANDY HUNT
Cam'Ron Gets Loose!
In this week's post, read about what Cam'Ron Belcher accomplished last week that no one else has ever done before.
Union County Series
- CC is behind in the series 8-29 (21.6% win pct.).
- Union County leads the scoring in the series 1137-460.
- The 2004 matchup with Union County had the second highestcombined amount of points in a single game, 101, in CC football history.
- Biggest CC win - 38-3 in 2018
- Biggest UC win - 54-7 in 2006
- Season - Location - Score - CC Result
- 1964 - HOME - 6-30 – Loss
- 1965 - AWAY - 0-19 – Loss
- 1966 - HOME - 0-38 – Loss
- 1967 - AWAY - 0-28 – Loss
- 1968 - HOME - 0-40 – Loss
- 1969 - AWAY - 16-54 – Loss
- 1970 - HOME - 8-38 – Loss
- 1971 - AWAY - 0-8 – Loss
- 1972 - HOME - 6-41 – Loss
- 1973 - AWAY - 0-41 – Loss
- 1979 - AWAY - 0-42 – Loss
- 1980 - HOME - 0-42 – Loss
- 1981 - AWAY - 8-21 – Loss
- 1982 - HOME - 6-33 – Loss
- 1985 - HOME - 12-6 – Win
- 1986 - AWAY - 0-23 – Loss
- 2001 - AWAY - 13-22 – Loss
- 2002 - HOME - 41-12 – Win
- 2003 - AWAY - 6-12 – Loss
- 2004 - HOME - 49-52 – Loss
- 2005 - AWAY - 46-40 – Win
- 2006 - HOME - 7-54 – Loss
- 2007 - AWAY - 42-22 – Win
- 2008 - HOME - 25-16 – Win
- 2011 - AWAY - 16-41 – Loss
- 2012 - HOME - 35-6 – Win
- 2013 - AWAY - 6-43 – Loss
- 2014 - HOME - 12-42 – Loss
- 2015 - AWAY - 21-42 – Loss
- 2016 - HOME - 15-56 – Loss
- 2017 - AWAY - 6-33 – Loss
- 2018 - HOME - 38-3 – Win
- 2019 - AWAY - 0-14 – Loss
- 2020 - AWAY - 28-12 – Win
- 2021 - HOME - 22-50 – Loss
- 2022 - AWAY - 6-25 – Loss
- 2023 - AWAY - 0-36 – Loss
2024 Union
County 3A (0-1, District 0-0)
- Week 1 – Madisonville North Hopkins (5A) – Lost – 26-6
- Week 2 – Crittenden County (2A)
- Week 3 – Caldwell County (2A)
- Week 4 – Murray (2A)
- Week 5 – Hopkins County Central (3A)*
- Week 6 – McLean County (3A)*
- Week 7 – Trigg County (3A)*
- Week 8 – Hancock County (3A)*
- Week 9 – Webster County (3A)*
- Week 10 – Greenwood (5A)
- Union County has 52 players on its roster (33 in 2023, 43 in 2022, 39 in 2021, 38 in 2020).
UC Key Stats
from Week 1:
- Passing – Caton Wilson (#10, SR) – 4/6, 39 Yards, INT
- Rushing – Jarren Johnson (#1, SR) – 13 attempts, 93 yards, TD
- Rushing – William McPeake (#0, JR) – 6 attempts, 59 yards
- Defense – Amare Black (#9, SR) – 11 tackles
- Defense – Jarren Johnson (#1, SR) – 10 tackles, 1.5 TFL
- Defense – Kamden Davis (#3, SR) – 11 tackles, TFL
- Defense – Luke Thomas (#8, JR) – 11 tackles
- Team Stats – 309 rushing yards allowed, 124 passing yards allowed
Crittenden
County Single Game School Records Versus Union County
(Some
Statistical Categories Unavailable)
- Passing Yards: 246, Austin Berry, 2005
- Passing Completions: 21 (twice), Nick Castiller, 2015 and Hunter Boone, 2017
- Passing Attempts: 38, Nick Castiller, 2015
- Passing Touchdowns: 4, Hunter Boone, 2018
- Interceptions Thrown: 4 (twice), Hunter Jones, 2019 and Luke Crider,
2021
- Rushing Yards: 185, Grant Gardner, 2011
- Rushing Touchdowns: 4, Rodney Robertson, 2007
- Rushing Attempts: 32, Xander Tabor, 2020
- Receiving Yards: N/A, minimum 125
- Receptions: 8, Billy Mills, 1981
- Receiving Touchdowns: 3, Branen Lamey, 2018
- Tackles: 19, Von Summers, 1979 (16 in the second half)
- Tackles for Loss: 9, Sean O’Leary, 2018 (School Record)
- Interceptions: N/A, minimum 2
- Sacks: 4, Sean O’Leary, 2018
- Caused Fumbles: N/A, minimum 2
- Fumble Recoveries: 2, Lucas Mick, 2001
- Longest TD Pass: 54 Yards, Branen Lamey from Hunter Boone,
2018
- Longest TD Run: 79 Yards, Hunter Jones, 2016
- Longest Interception Return for a TD: 74, Branen Lamey, 2018
- Longest Fumble Return for a TD: No Fumbles Returned for a TD against UC by CC ever.
- Longest Punt Return for a TD: N/A, minimum 60 yards
- Longest Kickoff Return for a TD: 86 Yards, T.K. Guess, 2005
- Longest Field Goal: 37 Yards, Parker Johnson, 2018
- Most Points Scored: 30, Rodney Robertson, 2007
2024 Class
2A, District 1 Review
- Mayfield (0-1) – Lost to Graves County, 35-28. No stats available. This week: Hopkinsville (0-1).
- Murray (1-0) – Lost to Union City (TN), 35-28. Senior quarterback, Wyatt Robbins threw for 358 yards and four TDs. He was 24/37 passing with an interception. Senior receiver, Isaiah Martin had nine receptions for 190 yards and three TDs. This week: Calloway County (0-1)
- Caldwell County (1-0) – Beat Hopkins Central, 42-6. No stats available. This week: Madisonville-North Hopkins (1-0)
Playoff
Preview Class 2A, District 2
- Owensboro Catholic (1-0) – Beat Apollo, 50-13. This week: Daviess County (0-1).
- Todd County Central (0-1) – Lost to Monroe County, 44-13. This week: Ohio County (0-1).
- Edmonson County (0-1) – Lost to Grayson County, 0-35. This week: Metcalfe County (0-1).
- Fort Campbell (0-1) – Lost to Clarksville Northwest (TN), 35-16. This week: Hopkins County Central (0-1).
Most Games Played Against A Single
Opponent
Opponent - Number of Contests (Minimum 25 Games)
- 56 - Russellville
- 56 - Caldwell County
- 50 - Webster County
- 46 - Fulton City*
- 43 - Trigg County
- 42 - Ballard Memorial
- 39 - Fulton County
- 37 - Union County
- 27 - Reidland*
- 26 - Murray
- *School or football program no longer in existence.
Record Breaker Watch
CADEN HOWARD
- Receiving Yards – Career
- 4. Kaleb Nesbitt (2019-2022) – 1,402
- 5. Ethan Hunt (2013-2016) – 1,191
- 6. Branen Lamey (2015-2018) – 1,070
- 7. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 952
- 8. Denis Hodge (1982-1985) – 874
- Caden Howard has averaged 36.6 yards receiving per game for his 26-game career. If he plays 23 more games as a Rocket and maintains only his career average to date, he would end up with 1,794 receiving yards which would be the second most ever (2,130, Ethan Dossett 2015-2018).
- Caden Howard averaged 52.2 yards receiving per game last season. If he plays 23 more games as a Rocket and maintains only his sophomore average, he would end up with 2,152 receiving yards which would be the most ever.
- If Caden Howard increases his average to 80 yards receiving per game over 23 more games as a Rocket, he would end up with 2,792 receiving yards. This would be the 30th most in a career for all of Kentucky high school football.
- TD Receptions – Career
- 1. Preston Morgeson (2019-2022) – 25
- 2. Ethan Dossett (2015-2018) – 23
- 3. Kaleb Nesbitt (2019-2022) – 19
- T-4. T.K. Guess (2002-2005) – 17
- T-4. Branen Lamey (2015-2018) – 17
- T-4. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 17
- 7. Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 15
- Howard averaged 0.83 TD receptions per game during his sophomore campaign. If he were to maintain that average over 23 more games as a Rocket he would end his career with 36 TD receptions. This would be the tied for 25th most in a career for all of Kentucky high school football.
- Receptions – Career
- 1. Ethan Dossett (2015-2018) – 127
- 2. Preston Morgeson (2019-2022) – 113
- 3. Kaleb Nesbitt (2019-2022) – 101
- 4. T.K. Guess (2002-2005) – 95
- T-5. Ethan Hunt (2013-2016) – 86
- T-5. Caden Howard (2022-Present) – 86
- 7. Chad Perryman (1990-1993) – 85
- Howard averaged just over five catches a game during his sophomore campaign, if he keeps that up over 23 more games as a Rocket he would end his career with 205 career receptions. This would be the 11th most in a career for all of Kentucky high school football.
- Consecutive Games with a Reception
- 1. Ethan Dossett – 26
- 2. Ethan Hunt – 25
- 3. T.K. Guess – 22
- 4. Caden Howard – 22 (9- '22; 12- '23;1- ‘24)
- 5. Kaleb Nesbitt – 17
- Caden Howard has 106 career points and is now the 38th player to score 100 points during their time as a Rocket.
Last Week
in Review
- In his first career start, Quinn Summers had quite the debut. Below see where some of the stats rank performances by QBs in their first start.
- Passing Yards – 214 – Rank: 2nd (Prior Recordholder: Hunter Boone, 227, Todd County Central, 2016)
- Passing Completions – 12 – Rank: 3rd (Prior Recordholders: Micah Newcom, 18, Murray, 2022 and 14, Hunter Boone, Todd County Central, 2016)
- Passing Touchdowns – 4 – Rank: 1st (Prior Recordholder: Micah Newcom, 3, Murray, 2022)
- Passing TD to INT Ratio – 4:0 – Rank 1st (Prior Recordholder: Micah Newcom, 3:1, Murray, 2022)
- Summers is the first Rocket QB to throw more than 2 TDs and have no interceptions in their debut as a starter.
- Completion Percentage – 80% (12/15) – Rank 1st (Minimum: 14 Attempts)
- Completed Passes in a Row – 10
- Cam’Ron Belcher was the first player to return a kickoff and a punt for TD in the same game. Both returns were for 83 yards. Only two other players, J.D. Gray and T.K. Guess have returned a punt and kickoff for TDs in the same season (2009 and 2005, respectively).
- Crittenden County, like last week, has only had two other games where they have scored two special teams TDs in a game (1987, Ballard Memorial & 2019, Ballard Memorial).
- Cam'Ron Belcher had a career high 250 all-purpose yards on Friday. All-Purpose Yards in a not a statistic tracked by the record book but here are some other all-purpose yard totals. These figures should be considered minimums as punt return and kickoff return yards are only tracked when a scoring play occurs.
- 369 - Jimmy Hopper (1963, Sturgis)
- 349 - Ethan Dossett (2017, Ballard Memorial)
- 318 - Jeramie Sorina (2006, Caverna)
- 271 - Jeramie Sorina (2006, Russellville)
- Longest Punt Returns for TDs
- 90 Yards – Tim Binkley (1989, Webster County)
- 85 Yards – J.D. Gray (2008, Caldwell County)
- 83 Yards – Cam’Ron Belcher (2024, Webster County)
- 82 Yards – Jeramie Sorina (2006, Caldwell County)
- 74 Yards – T.K. Guess (2004, McLean County)
- Players with a Kickoff Return for a TD and a Punt Return for a TD in their Careers
- Cam’Ron Belcher (2021-Present)
- David Beverly (1994-1997)
- J.D. Gray (2006-2009)
- T.K. Guess (2002-2005)
- Denis Hodge (1982-1985)
- David Hunt (1998-2001)
- Preston Morgeson (2019-2022)
- Brayden Poindexter recorded only the sixth occurrence of a player having five or more tackles for loss in a game.
- 9 - Sean O'Leary - 2018, Union County
- 5 - Josh Cozart - 1998, Fulton City
- 5 - Adam Beavers - 2017, Fulton City
- 5 - Tyler Boone - 2019, Fulton County
- 5 - Sean O'Leary - 2018, Fulton City
- 5 - Brayden Poindexter - 2024, Webster County
- Brayden Poindexter's 15 tackles were a new career high for him. His previous best mark was ten.
- Crittenden County had 22 total offensive plays last week. No team has scored 42 or more points in a game with less offensive plays in history of CC football.
- Since 2009, only twice has a Rocket offense put more points on the scoreboard in a season opener than last week’s 46. (53, Webster County, 2021 & 62, Stewart County (TN), 2017)
- Crittenden County scored 25 points in the second quarter against Webster County. In the prior 42 games dating back to week 6 of the 2020 season, CC scored more than 25 points in the second quarter only once (33, Fulton County – Playoff, 2021).
- Crittenden County had four first downs last week in the win. The last time a Rocket team had fewer than four first downs and was victorious was week 3 of the 2003 season versus Muhlenberg County (3 first downs). That was 245 games ago.
- Webster County rushed the ball 46 times and Crittenden County only six. The 40 rushing attempt difference in the two teams would seem quite large but larger differences in rushing attempts have occurred and as recently as two times in the 2021 season (Madisonville-NH 69-14 & Russellville-Playoff 77-22).
- CC has won 15 games in-a-row against Webster County and 18 of the last 19.
- When CC scores at least 14 points against Webster County, it has never lost (36 Wins).
Records
Versus Webster County Broken or Tied Last Week
- Passing Touchdowns: 4 (three times), Austin Berry, 2004; Hunter Boone, 2018; Quinn Summers, 2024
- Tackles for Loss: 5, Brayden Poindexter, 2024 (Previous Record: 4 (four times), Adam Beavers, 2017, Brady Birk, 2017, Dylan Yates, 2021, & Case Gobin, 2021)
- Longest Kickoff Return for a TD: 83 Yards, Cam’Ron Belcher, 2024 (Previous Record: 82 Yards, Rodney Robertson, 2007)
