Crittenden's Shawn Farmer (34) makes a diving stop on Calloway's Trey Travis (1).
Rockets rip Lakers 43-28
Berry passes for 232, Guess 140 receiving
MARION, Ky. (Sept. 16, 2005) - Running back Blake Gardner scored three touchdowns and quarterback Austin Berry threw for two as Crittenden County (3-1) dispatched winless Calloway County 43-28 Friday in a game that was not as close as the final score.
The Rockets got another stellar performance from its senior quarterback. Berry, despite throwing his first two interceptions of the season, was poised in the pocket and riddled the Laker secondary for 232 yards passing. Senior receiver T.K. Guess did a great deal of the damage, catching four balls for 140 yards. Gardner caught three passes for 83 yards.
The game was sloppy at times. The two teams combined for 24 penalties. Crittenden drew nine flags in the contest - seven were in the second half. Calloway had almost 150 yards in penalties.
Crittenden blew the game open with 22 points in the second period, but Calloway bounced back in the second half.
It was fairly close early in the game until defensive end George Congenie wrestled the ball away from a Calloway running back and raced 37 yards to the end zone early in the second quarter. His touchdown and extra point gave Crittenden a comfortable 22-7 lead. The teams swapped scores before halftime and Calloway drew close in the third period on one of two Logan Seay touchdown passes. That pulled the Lakers to within a touchdown, but Crittenden reeled off the next two TDs courtesy of Gardner and led 43-21 early in the fourth period.
The Rocket defense, which has been suspect at times, stopped Calloway on six of 10 possessions, forcing three turnovers, two punts and a fourth-down. Meanwhile, Calloway was never able to slow down the high-powered Crittenden offense. The Rockets scored at will, punting only once during game. Calloway scored in the final minute on a long running play against the Rocket defensive reserives. Other than that, Crittenden had shut the door on Calloway in the final period.
Crittenden has scored 130 points in its last three games, winning each of them.
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SCORE BY QUARTERS
Calloway County...17...8...6...7
Crittenden County...7..22...7...7
SCORING PLAYS
Critt-Blake Gardner 23 run (George Congenie kick) 7:20, 1st
Call-Trey Travis 25 pass from Logan Seay (Seth Asher kick) 3:34,
1st
Critt-Josh Franklin 9 pass from Austin Berry (Cory Hamby pass
from Berry) 11:53, 2nd
Critt-Congenie 37 fumble return (Congenie kick) 11:34, 2nd
Call-Tyler Brockman 31 pass from Seay (Wes Tucker pass from Seay)
7:28, 2nd
Critt-T.K. Guess 1 run (Congenie kick) 2:42, 2nd
Call-Brockman 9 pass from Seay (run failed) 2:20, 3rd
Critt-Gardner 61 pass from Berry (Congenie kick) 1:04, 3rd
Critt-Gardner 4 run (Congenie kick) 10:47, 4th
Call-Aaron Dossey 77 run (Asher kick) :44, 4th
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TEAM TOTALS
First Downs: Crittenden 13, Calloway 11
Penalties: Crittenden 9-95, Calloway 15-146.5
Rushing: Crittenden 31-139, Calloway 30-176
Passing: Crittenden 9-14-2, 232 yds., Calloway 7-17-2,
100 yds.
Total Yards: Crittenden 371, Calloway 276
Fumbles/Lost Crittenden 1-0, Calloway 1-1.
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INDIVIDUAL STATS
Rushing
Crittenden-Gardner 6-80, Jeramie Sorina 3-26, Guess 7-21, Congenie
4-10, Berry 1-9, Franklin 6-5, Shawn Farmer 1-(-1), Taylon Polk
1-(-11). Calloway-Dossey 8-84, Travis 10-45, Jon Young 5-35, Chase
Chrisman 3-15, Seay 7-(-3).
Passing
Crittenden-Berry 9-14-2, 232 yds. Calloway-Seay 7-16-2, 100
yds., Douglas Willis 0-1-0.
Receiving
Crittenden-Guess 4-140, Gardner 4-83, Franklin 1-9. Calloway-Brockman
4-60, Travis 1-25, Wes Tucker 1-10, Chrisman 1-5.
Defense Berry solo; Congenie 3 solos, assist, TFL, caused
fumble, fumble recovery; S.Farmer 10 solos, 3 assists; Franklin
solo; Gardner 6 solos, 3 assists, TFL; Guess 3 solos, 6 assists,
interception; Hamby 7 solos, 2 assists; Lanham 4 solos, TFL; Sherer
solo, assist; Stone assist; Threlkeld solo; Watson 2 solos, assist;
Ja.Asbridge 2 solos, 2 assists; Ju.Asbridge assist; Polk solo;
Thompson 3 solos, 4 assists, TFL; G.Courtney 2 solos; Robles solo;
Sorina solo, interception; Jennings fumble recovery.
Players of the Game: Defense S.Farmer, Offense Gardner,
Lineman Thompson.
Records
Crittenden 3-1, Calloway 0-5.