Royals basketball scdedule

The Mason County Royals open the basketball season Dec. 7 at Covington Holy Cross. The home opener is Dec. 11 vs. Scott. The Royals will play in the Bluegrass/Buckeye Challenge at the Bank of Kentucky Center, the Citizens First Holiday Classic in Bowling Green, the Ashland Invitational Tournament and the National Hoops Classic in Wellston, Oh. Mason County will host defending state champion Holmes in the Pepsi New Year's Classic Jan. 2 at 8 p.m. Deming and Menifee County will meet in the first game of the classic. The Pepsi Mason County Invitational Tournament has been discontinued. Here is the 2009-10 Mason County schedule:

Dec. 7 Covington Holy Cross Away 6:00/7:30
Dec. 11 Scott Home 6:00/7:30
Dec. 13 Dixie Heights in Bluegrass/Buckeye Challenge at the Bank of Kentucky Center 5:45
Dec. 18 Highlands Away 6:00/7:30
Dec. 20-22 Citizens First Holiday Classic in Bowling Green TBA
Dec. 28-30 Ashland Invitational Tournament TBA
Jan. 2 Holmes in Pepsi New Year's Classic Home 8:00
Jan. 5 Campbell County Home 6:00/7:30
Jan. 8 Dunbar Away TBA
Jan. 9 Ashland Home 6:00/7:30
Jan. 12 Pendleton County Home 6:00/7:30
Jan. 15 Madison Central Away 8:00
Jan. 16 LaSalle in National Hoops Classic in Wellston, Oh. 3:30
Jan. 22 Henry Clay Home 6:00/7:30
Jan. 23 Lafayette Away 6:00/7:30
Jan. 26 Fleming County Away 6:00/7:30
Jan. 29 Rowan County Home 6:00
Feb. 2 Montgomery County Away 6:00/7:30
Feb. 5 Clark County Home 6:00/7:30
Feb. 9 Covington Catholic Home 6:00/7:30
Feb. 12 Harrison County Away 6:00/7:30
Feb. 16 Bishop Brossart Home 6:00/7:30
Feb. 19 Bryan Station Home 6:00/7:30

Josh Harris is Mason County's Red Zone Player of the Week

Sophomore tailback/linebacker Josh Harris is Mason County's Red Zone Player of the Week. Harris ran for 114 yards and three touchdowns on three carries and returned an interception 47 yards for a TD in Mason County's 62-6 win over East Ridge Friday night. Every week, one player is selected as the Red Zone Player of the Week at each participating high school. At the end of the season, one player from each school will be nominated to represent their team for possible selection as a national finalist. From these local nominations, the Red Zone Player of the Year Awards Committee will select 50 finalists to be announced in February 2010 to coincide with national letter of intent signing day. This is the ninth year for this unique and inspiring program. The Red Zone Player of the Year program is nationally sponsored by Procter & Gamble Old Spice® Red Zone Deodorant. The program is created and managed by 360 Youth, LLC, an Alloy company.

Ten Mason Co. cross country runners are All Region

Ten Mason County cross country runners were voted to the All Region 6 teams by the coaches in the region:

Girls First Team
Julia Woods
Raylee Kirkland

Girls Second Team
Valerie Rice
Sara Bellingham
Sierra Anderson
Cara Woods

Boys First Team
Jim Myers
Nathan Woods

Boys Second Team
Nick Robinson
Dylan Banks

Woods and Lady Royals win region, Royals 2nd

Mason County freshman Julia Woods won her third straight individual regional title and the Lady Royals won the team title for the second consecutive year today at the Class AA Region 6 cross country meet at Boyd County. The Royals finished second in the boys' regional. Both teams advance to the state meet. It is the Mason County boys' first regional trophy since 1973. Woods won with a time of 20:35.90. Two other Lady Royals- freshman Raylee Kirkland and sophomore Valerie Rice- finished in the top 10. Kirkland was fourth and Rice was sixth.
The Royals were led by three top 10 runners- senior Jim Myers (6th), eighth grader Nick Robinson (7th) and junior Nathan Woods (8th). The state meet will be held next Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Here are links to the Region 6 results:

Girls

Boys


(Edited to correct that it is Julia Woods' third straight regional title.)

Jessica Batey scores 2 goals, Rebecca Batey named to All Conference Team

Jessica Batey scored two goals to lead the Asbury College Eagles to a 3-1 win over Midway College Friday in a semifinal game of the KIAC Tournament. The Eagles play Brescia in the championship game today at 2 p.m. Rebecca Batey was named to the All Conference Team.
Rebecca has scored 15 goals and has seven assists. The Batey twins are freshmen.

Royals let loose the Hog and roll past East Ridge 62-6

Josh Harris scored four touchdowns in the first half and Malcolm Jones scored a touchdown in each half as the Mason County Royals routed the East Ridge Warriors 62-6 tonight in the first round of the Class 3A football playoffs. Harris ran for three touchdowns and returned an interception for another touchdown. Jones ran for a touchdown out the Hog formation and had a touchdown reception. Harris' first TD was out of the Hog formation. (Mason County calls the Wildcat formation the Hog). Brad Lang, normally a receiver, scored a touchdown from the tailback position. It was 35-0 at the end of the first half. After Mason County went up 49-0 in the third quarter, the rest of the game was played with a running clock. East Ridge scored on a kickoff return as time expired. East Ridge quarterback Bryan Casey suffered an injury in the closing minute of the first half and missed the rest of the game. Colt Fearis, making his first start at quarterback for Mason County, completed 6-of-8 passes for 122 yards and one touchdown with an interception. Mason County (11-0) will host Pike County Central in the second round. Pike County Central defeated Fleming County 78-50.

MC 1st Q 5:01 Josh Harris 51 yard run (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 7, ER 0
MC 1st Q 00:06 Josh Harris 61 yard run (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 14, ER 0
MC 2nd Q 10:10 Malcolm Jones 71 yard run (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 21, ER 0
MC 2nd Q 8:25 Josh Harris 2 yard run (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 28, ER 0
MC 2nd Q 2:33 Josh Harris 47 interception return (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 35, ER 0
MC 3rd Q 10:03 Brad Lang 7 yard run (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 42, ER 0
MC 3rd Q 7:02 Malcolm Jones 56 yard pass from Colt Fearis (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 49, ER 0
MC 3rd Q 1:53 Akeem Jackson 5 yard run (Jordan Gilbert kick) MC 56, ER 0
MC 4th Q Tyler McFarland 48 yard run (run failed) MC 62, ER 0
ER 4th Q 00:00 Dalton Lewis 86 yard kickoff return MC 62, ER 0

(Edited to correct Pike County Central-Fleming County score)

Chris Morris ends the season ranked No.1 in the region

Centre College junior Chris Morris of Maysville finished the fall golf season ranked No. 1 in the South Region by Golfstat. Here is a link to the story on Centre's website.

Royals host East Ridge in playoff opener tonight

The Mason County Royals host the East Ridge Warriors tonight in the opening round of the Class 3A football playoffs. Mason County is 10-0. East Ridge, a Pike County school, is 3-7 overall and went o-4 in district games, but qualified for the playoffs for the first time in its eight-year history because there are only four teams in District 8. The Warriors have been outscored by their opponents 439-178 and have been shutout three times. Senior Colt Fearis will make his first start at quarterback for Mason County. Fearis rushed for 118 yards and four touchdowns after Neal Pawsat suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first quarter of last week's win over Greenup County. Fearis has completed 3-0f-3 passes this season. The winner of tonight's game will play the winner of the Fleming County at Pike County Central game.

Class AA Region 6 cross country meet Saturday

The Mason County girls and boys cross country teams will compete in the Class AA Region 6 meet Saturday at Boyd County. The Lady Royals are favored to win their second straight region title. The Royals are picked to finish second in the region. That would be good enough to qualify for the state.

Royals No. 3 in final Bluegrasspreps.com Class 3A Football Rankings

The final Bluegrasspreps.com football rankings were released this morning. Mason County moved up one spot to No. 3 in the Class 3A rankings. Here are the rankings and this week's opponents for the ranked teams:

Class 3A
1. Central vs. Spencer County
2. Somerset vs. Magoffin County
3. Mason County vs. East Ridge
4. Belfry vs. Lewis County
5. Sheldon Clark at #10 Russell
6. Breathitt County vs. Wayne County
7. Union County vs. Adair County
8. Henry County vs. Moore
9. Western Hills vs. Shawnee
10. Russell vs. #5 Sheldon Clark