Sunday, October 18, 2020

At A Glance: Rockets Travel to Russellville

 By: ANDY HUNT

2020 Russellville Results (3-2, 1-0)
Logan County (4A, 2-2) – 7-29 – LOSS
Franklin Simpson (4A, 1-3) – 14-12 – WIN
Somerset (2A, 5-1) – 9-41 – LOSS
Edmonson County (2A, 3-3) – 41-29 – WIN
Caverna (1A, 0-5) – 48-0 – WIN
Crittenden County (1A, 5-1)
Fulton County (1A, 0-4)
Todd County Central (2A, 3-2)

Russellville Series
Season - Result - Score - Location

1957 – Loss – 6-59 – Away
1958 – Loss – 7-32 – Home
1959 – Win – 19-7 – Away
1960 – Loss – 13-25 – Home
1961 – Loss – 0-39 – Away
1962 – Win – 24-14 – Home
1963 – Win – 27-19 – Home
1964 – Loss – 6-26 – Home
1965 – Loss – 6-25 – Away
1966 – Loss – 0-38 – Home
1967 – Loss – 0-15 – Away
1968 – Loss – 0-45 – Home
1969 – Loss – 8-52 – Away
1970 – Loss – 0-32 – Home
1971 – Loss – 8-20 – Away
1972 – Loss – 12-14 – Home
1973 – Loss – 6-32 – Away
1974 – Loss – 7-26 – Home
1975 – Win – 36-10 – Away
1976 – Loss – 7-22 – Home
1977 – Loss – 0-52 – Away
1978 – Loss – 14-43 – Home
1979 – Loss – 0-34 – Away
1980 – Loss – 20-51 – Home
1983 – Loss – 14-42 – Away
1984 – Loss – 0-13 – Home
1985 – Win – 18-13 – Away
1986 – Win – 10-8 – Home
1991 – Loss – 14-35 – Away
1992 – Loss – 3-35 – Home
1993 – Loss – 3-49 – Away
1994 – Loss – 0-54 – Home
1995 – Loss – 0-35 –  Away
1996 – Win – 14-6 – Home
1997 – Loss – 14-34 – Away
1998 – Win – 27-12 – Home
1999 – Win – 27-12 – Away
2000 – Win – 27-26 – Home
2001 – Win – 22-21 – Away – Overtime
2002 – Win – 19-3 – Home
2003 – Loss – 21-28 – Away
2004 – Win – 27-20 – Home
2005 – Win – 59-6 – Away
2006 – Win – 35-21 – Home
2006 – Loss – 28-34 – Home – Playoffs Round 1
2015 – Loss – 21-46 – Home
2016 – Loss – 7-49 – Away
2017 – Win – 22-21 – Home
2018 – Win – 28-12 – Away
2019 – Win – 21-14 – Home
2019 – Win – 41-3 – Home – Playoffs Round 2

CC trails in the series 19-32 (37.3% winning percentage)

CC has won 12 of the last 16 (75.0% winning percentage) 

In the last 10 matchups the series is 7-3 and CC leads the scoring in those games 289-226. 

The scoring in the entire series of 50 games is led by Russellville 1384-748. 

CC has been shutout in the series nine times and Russellville has never been shutout in the series. 

The last shutout by Russellville occurred in 1995. 

Biggest win in the series for CC, 59-6 in 2005 

Biggest loss in the series for CC, 0-54 in 1994

Most Games Played Against A Single Opponent

Opponent - Number of Contests (Minimum 35 Games)
Caldwell County – 53
Russellville – 51
Fulton City – 46
Webster County – 46
Trigg County – 42
Ballard Memorial – 42
Fulton County – 36

Crittenden County Single Game School Records Versus Russellville
(Some Statistical Categories Unavailable)
Passing Yards: 250, Nick Castiller, 2015
Passing Completions: 17, Nick Castiller, 2015
Passing Attempts: 38, Nick Castiller, 2015
Passing Touchdowns: 3, Austin Berry, 2004
Interceptions Thrown: 6, Jamie Curtis, 1992 (School Record)

Rushing Yards: 271, Jeramie Sorina, 2006
Rushing Touchdowns: 4, Jeramie Sorina, 2006
Rushing Attempts: 41, Jeramie Sorina, 2006 (School Record)

Receiving Yards: 149, Tyler Coleman, 2015                   
Receptions: 9, Tyler Coleman, 2015
Receiving Touchdowns: N/A, minimum 3

Tackles: 20, David Belt, 1983
Tackles for Loss: 4, Sean O'Leary, 2018
Interceptions: 3, Mark Hamby, 1975 (Tied for School Record)
Sacks: 4, Mike Wheeler, 1979 (Tied for School Record)
Caused Fumbles: 3, Nathan Heady, 2001 (Tied for School Record)
Fumble Recoveries: 2, Noah McGowan, 2019

Longest TD Pass: 75 Yards, Glenn Jones from Turner Martin, 1980
Longest TD Run: 79, Dennis Mott, 1964
Longest Interception Return for a TD: 60 Yards, Xander Tabor, 2019 (Playoff)
Longest Fumble Return for a TD: 12 Yards, T.K. Guess, 2005
Longest Punt Return for a TD: 62 Yards, T.K. Guess, 2005
Longest Kickoff Return for a TD: 90, Shannon Epley, 2001
Longest Field Goal: 40 Yards, Jeremy Lander, 1993
Most Points Scored: 24, Jeramie Sorina, 2006 and Xander Tabor, 2019 (Playoff)

Crittenden County Single Game School Records Versus Fulton County Broken or Tied Last Week
No school records versus Fulton County were broken or tied last week.

Random Notes
This week’s matchup will be the 699th game to take place in the history of the Crittenden County High School football program.

In the last two games, Fulton County and Caverna have run 33 and 30 offensive plays, respectively.  In the last 383 Crittenden County football games dating back to 1987, there has only been one other occurrence of Crittenden County opponents having 33 or less offensive plays in back to back games (week 3 and 4 of the 2013 season).

Before the Fulton County game, the most points ever scored in five consecutive quarters of play by the Rockets was 99.  During the five consecutive quarters involving the entire Caverna game two weeks ago and the first quarter of the Fulton County game, the Rockets scored 104 points.

In the first quarters of the past two games, CC has scored 72 combined points.  Only one time in the history of Rocket football has CC scored more points in back to back games' first quarters which occurred in week 7 and week 8 of the 2010 season when 75 points were scored.

The Rockets had four rushing touchdowns and three passing touchdowns last week.  That is the sixth time in the past nine games the Rockets have recorded at least three rushing TDs and two passing TDs in the same game.  The Rockets have recorded at least three rushing TDs and two passing TDs in the same game 43 times in school history with only four of those occurring before the 2000 season.

CC opponents are attempting on average 25.0 passes a game this season.  In no other season have the Rockets’ opponents averaged more than 24.2 pass attempts per game.

The Rockets have not allowed a point to be scored in the second quarter this season.  That is six consecutive games without allowing a second quarter point which has not been done since weeks 1-6 of the 1975 season.

Over the past 49 games, the Rockets have only been held scoreless in the second quarter five times while the Rocket defense has held its opponent scoreless 24 times including last week.

Crittenden County has won eight homes games in a row dating back to last season.  The school record is eleven which the Rockets could tie during this season with home wins over Paducah Tilghman and in the first two rounds of the playoffs (assuming the Rockets are the district #1 seed).  Crittenden County won 11 home games in a row from the 1985 to the 1986 seasons.

Record Breakers to Watch This Week
Noah Perkins has made 91 career extra points and is now the all-time leader breaking a 15 year old record held by George Congenie.

Noah Perkins is tied with his brother, Will, for the longest streak of consecutively made PATs with 33.  This record has stood since 2016.

Lathen Easley has 17 sacks which ranks tied for 2nd on the all-time list.  Tied with Easley is Adam Beavers with 17 and all-time leader Sean O’Leary has 18.  This record has stood since 2018.

Lathen Easley is tied for second in career forced fumbles with nine.  Travis McKinney is the all-time leader with 10.  This record has stood since 2015.

Caden McCalister ranks tied for second in career fumble recoveries with eight.  Travis Fitzgerald with nine is the all-time leader.  This record has stood since 2015.

Tyler Boone is tied for third in career tackles for loss with 43.  Next up are Sean O’Leary with 44, and the all-time leader, Adam Beavers with 47.

Dylan Yates’ six sacks this season are edging close to the record of most sacks by a junior which is held by teammate Braxton Winders (2019), eight sacks.

Record Breaker Watch
Xander Tabor is 5th in career rushing yards with 2,966.  Next up are Jimmy Hopper with 3,028 and J.D. Gray with 3,222. 

Xander Tabor is 4th in career rushing touchdowns with 38.  Next up are Dennis Mott with 39, J.D. Gray with 40 and the all-time leader Devon Nesbitt with 54.

Xander Tabor recorded his 13th rushing TD last week.  He is tied for the 16th most in a single season.

Xander Tabor has become the fifth Rocket to carry the ball 400 or more times in a career.  Tabor is fifth in career rushing attempts with 415.  Next up are Rodney Robertson with 464 and J.D. Gray with 495.

Luke Crider has 1,527 career passing yards ranking him 8th in the category and next up are Sean Thompson with 1,757, Turner Martin with 1,840, and J.D. Gray with 2,172.

Luke Crider has 982 passing yards this season ranking him 10th in that category.  Next up are Sean Thompson with 1,009, Jamie Curtis (1992) with 1,065, and Jamie Curtis (1991) with 1,193.

Luke Crider has 100 career passing completions ranking him 11th on the list.  Next up are Zach Brantley & Al Simmons with 102, Sean Thompson with 110, and Travis Gilbert with 140.

Luke Crider has 56 completions this season.   He has recorded the 27th time a quarterback has had at least 50 completions in a season.

Luke Crider is 3rd in career touchdown passes with 25.  Next up is Austin Berry with 47 and the all-time leader Hunter Boone with 84.

Luke Crider has 14 passing TDs which is tied for the 7th most in a single season.  Next up Nick Castiller & Austin Berry (2005) with 17 and Hunter Boone (2016) with 18.

Luke Crider threw three TDs passes last week making that the third time in his career he has thrown at least three TD passes in a single game.  The only other Rocket QBs to throw three TD passes three or more times in a career are Hunter Boone and Austin Berry.

Luke Crider is 2nd in career completion percentage with 55.87%.  Austin Berry is the all-time leader with 57.32%.

Luke Crider is 2nd in career passer rating with 161.32.  Austin Berry is the all-time leader with 166.82.

Luke Crider is 2nd in career passing touchdowns to interceptions ratio with a 2.27 ratio.  Austin Berry is the all-time leader with 2.61.

Tyler Boone is 12th in career receiving yards with 605.  Next up are Jerry Jessup with 622 and Bobby Knox with 654.

Preston Turley is 8th in career receiving yards with 742.  Next up are Dylan Hollis with 828 and Denis Hodge with 874.

Preston Morgeson has 404 career receiving yards.  When he eclipses 500 yards for a career, we will be the 23rd Rocket to do so.

Tyler Boone is tied for 19th in career receiving touchdowns with seven.  Next up are six players with eight and four with nine receiving touchdowns.

Preston Turley is tied for 6th in career receiving touchdowns with 10.  Next up are Jamie Champion with 11 and Chad Perryman with 15.

Preston Morgeson is tied for 13th in career receiving touchdowns with 8.  Next up are four players with nine and three with 10.

Preston Morgeson, a sophomore, has six receiving TDs this season which ties the record for the most receiving TDs by a sophomore in a season is six by Jerry Jessup (1987) and Rodney Robertson (2008). 

Tyler Boone is 23rd in career receptions with 36.  Next up are Tyler Coleman (37), Grant Gardner (38), Preston Turley (39), and Tanner Nix, Shawnte Moss, & Jared Champion with 40.

Preston Turley is tied for 16th in career receptions with 41.  Next up are Maeson Myers with 42, Rodney Robertson & Gaige Courtney with 43, and Alex Cosby with 44.

Xander Tabor has 26 receptions as a Rocket which is the 32nd most in that category.  Next up are Curtis Franklin with 29, Gavin Dickerson with 30, and Brian Penn with 31.

With one more reception, Preston Morgeson will become the 34th Rocket to have 25 career receptions and only the fourth to accomplish that by the end of their sophomore season.  The other three were Chad Perryman, Branen Lamey, and Denis Hodge.

Xander Tabor is 9th in career yards of offense (rushing + passing) with 2,992.  Next up are Jimmy Hopper with 3,028, Jamie Curtis with 3,356, and Devon Nesbitt with 3,572.

Xander Tabor is 5th in yards from scrimmage (rushing + receiving) with 3,225.  Next up are Rodney Robertson with 3,381 and J.D. Gray with 3,411.

Xander Tabor is tied for 4th in career total touchdowns with 44.  Next up are T.K. Guess with 46, J.D. Gray with 48, and Devon Nesbitt with 61.

Xander Tabor is tied for 6th in “career touchdowns responsible for” with 44.  Next up are T.K. Guess with 48, Austin Berry with 57, and Devon Nesbitt with 61.

Xander Tabor is 6th in career scoring with 264 points.  Next up are Rodney Robertson with 268, Dennis Mott with 269, T.K. Guess with 288, and J.D. Gray with 304.

When Caden McCalister scores two more points, he will be the 33rd player in school history to record 100 career points scored.

When Noah Perkins scores nine more points, he will be the 33rd player in school history to record 100 career points scored.

Noah Perkins is 2nd in career extra points attempted with 98.  Next up is the all-time leader, George Congenie, with 113.

Noah Perkins is tied for the 13th in extra points attempted in a season with 28.  Next up Brad Madden with 30, Aaron Summers with 32, and Will Perkins (2016) with 35.

Noah Perkins is 11th in extra points made in a season with 28.  Next up Micah Hollamon with 29, Will Perkins (2016) & George Congenie with 33, and J.R. Adams (2008) with 36.

Caden McCalister and Xander Tabor are tied for second in career interceptions returned for a touchdown with two along with Branen Lamey and Butch McWilliams.  T.K. Guess is the all-time leader with four.

Tyler Boone is fourth in career tackles with 322.  Gaige Courtney (345), Gavin Dickerson (372) and the all-time leader Adam Beavers (375) are ahead of Boone.

Caden McCalister is 9th in career tackles with 278.  Next up are Sean O’Leary with 281 and Blake Gardner with 289.

Braxton Winders is 12th in career tackles with 272.  Next up are Billy Mills with 274, Caden McCalister with 276, Aaron Berry with 277, and Sean O’Leary with 281.

Lathen Easley is 26th in career tackles with 203.  Next up are Travis Fitzgerald with 208, Travis McKinney with 215, and Brian Berry with 218.

Tyler Boone has recorded ten Tackles of Loss for the third time in his career.  He is the only Rocket to ever accomplish this statistic.

Lathen Easley is 6th in career tackles for loss with 30.  Next up are Dylan Clark with 35 and Tyler Boone with 41.

Dylan Yates is tied for 12th in career tackles for loss with 21.  Next up are Brian Penn with 22, Gavin Dickerson & Gaige Courtney with 24, and Bobby Knox with 25.

Caden McCalister has nine career interceptions which ranks him fifth on the all-time list.  Next up are Mike Taylor with 10 and Denis Hodge with 14.

Xander Tabor has seven career interceptions which rank him tied for seventh on the all-time list.  Next up are Chad Perryman & Caden McCalister with eight and Mike Taylor with 10.

When Preston Morgeson records his next interception, he will become the 15th player to record six interceptions in a career.

Tyler Boone is fifth in career sacks with 12.  Next up is Zack Beverly with 15.

Braxton Winders and Dylan Yates are tied for sixth in career sacks with 10.  Next up are Tyler Boone with 12 and Zack Beverly with 15. 

Dylan Yates is tied for 12th in sacks for a single season with 6.  Next up are five players with 7 and two with eight.

Noah Perkins currently has a 92.86% (91/98) career made PAT percentage.  The school record is currently held by Cody Belt with a 91.67% (44/48).

Noah Perkins is perfect on the year in extra points (28/28).  The percentage made of PATs in a season is 94.29% (33/35) by Will Perkins in 2016.

Preston Turley and Xander Tabor recorded the 38th and 29th instance of a player having a streak of at least five consecutive games with at least one reception.

Luke Crider is tied for the seventh longest streak of games with a TD pass with 5.  Next up are Nick Castiller & Austin Berry with six and Mike Sutton with seven.

Noah Perkins has recorded the 48th occurrence of kicking at least 33 consecutive extra points in Kentucky High School football history.  Noah’s streak dates back to last season.

Below is an excerpt of the KHSAA record book for consecutive extra points made.

40 - Jesse Hankins (Scott County) 2005-08
38 - Preston Freeman (Ashland Blazer) 2006
37 - Trey Gronotte (Covington Catholic) 2019
37 - Christian Seger (Simon Kenton), 2017
37 - Jared Dougherty (Highlands) 2015
37 - Max Oldham (Bowling Green) 2006-07
37 - Sam Erny (DuPont Manual) 1999-00
37 - Matthew Kerley (Paducah Tilghman) 1992
35 - Jared Dougherty (Highlands) 2013
35 - Brent Brunelle (Lincoln County) 1999-00
34 - Adam Mercer (Bowling Green) 2000-01
33 - Will Perkins (Crittenden County) 2015-16
33 - Cody Hill (Bourbon County) 2009-10
33 - Chris Gibson (Fern Creek) 1995
33 - Crad Jaggers (North Hardin) 1994-95
33 - Matt Shrewsberry (Owensboro) 1993-94
33 - David Bradshaw (Owensboro) 1990-91
33 - Noah Perkins (Crittenden County) 2019-Present