Monday, March 18, 2024

Mason County's connection to Kentucky's first round opponent in the NCAA Tournament

Mason County has a connection to Oakland University, Kentucky's first round opponent in the NCAA Tournament.

The late Jim Mitchell, who was the head coach of the Mason County Royals for seven seasons, was a coach at Oakland for three seasons. He was the head coach for the 1976-77 and 1977-78 seasons and a co-head coach for the 1978-79 season.

Mitchell had a 27-56 record at Oakland when it was an NCAA Division II school in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Mason County tennis teams start season 2-0

The Mason County girls' and boys' tennis teams both went 2-0 in the opening week of the season with victories over Holy Cross and Nicholas County.

Here is the rest of the schedule:

March 18 Newport Central Catholic (B/G) Home 4:30 p.m.

March 19 Bracken County (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.

March 21 Harrison County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

March 25 Scott County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

March 26 Campbell County (B/G) Home 3:00 p.m.

April 2 Scott (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.

April 9 Beechwood (Girls) Home 4:30 p.m.

April 11 George Rogers Clark (B/G) Home 5:00 p.m.

April 15 Rowan County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

April 16 St. Patrick/Paris (B/G) Home 5:00 p.m.

April 18 Calvary Christian (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.

April 22 Woodford County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

April 23 Montgomery County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

April 25 Harrison County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

April 29 Great Crossing (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

April 30 Scott (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

May 2 Bourbon County (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.

May 3 Lawrence County (B/G) at Rowan County 5:30 p.m.

May 6 Campbell County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.

May 7 Nicholas County (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.

Friday, March 15, 2024

David White named Director of Instruction at Oak Ridge Golf Club

Mason County High School alum David White has accepted the position of Director of Instruction at Oak Ridge Golf Club, formerly Maysville Country Club.

"My top priority is to build one of the strongest junior golf programs in the state," White wrote in a Facebook post. "I will be providing private lessons, couples lessons, group lessons and clinics of all sorts."

White won the Junior Chippeways in 1990 and 1991 and the Chippeways in 1993.

He served as the pro at Maysville Country Club after playing collegiately at Morehead State University.

White is the golf coach at Great Crossing High School. He previously coached at Sayre School in Lexington and is the former Director of Instruction at Athens Golf Center.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

GRC falls to Sacred Heart in state tournament

The George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals got off to a terrific start in the opening round of the Mingua Beef Jerkey Girls' Sweet 16 on Thursday night at Rupp Arena but they could not overcome a scoreless second quarter and lost to three-time defending state champion Sacred Heart 57-46.

GRC (30-5) led 21-10 with 1:20 left in the first quarter and was up 21-12 the end of the quarter.

Sacred Heart (28-7) outscored GRC 14-0 in the second quarter to lead 26-21 at halftime.

After the Lady Cardinals closed to within 31-30, the Valkyries ended the third quarter on a 11-2 run to lead 42-32.

Sacred Heart opened the fourth quarter with five straight points for a 47-32 lead with 4:53 remaining in the game. The biggest lead was 55-39.

This is the third straight year that Sacred Heart has defeated GRC (30-5) in the state tournament.

Kennedy Stamper led GRC in scoring with 13 points. Anaya Chestnut added 11 points.

Lady Royals run-rule GRC is six innings

The Mason County Lady Royals ran their record to 2-0 with a 14-4 victory over the George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals in six innings on Wednesday in Winchester. Kenzie Gulley went 3-for-4 and scored four runs and Kylah Turner hit a home run, had two RBI and scored three runs. 

Olivia Hughes gave up nine hits, struck out two and walked three in recording her first win of the season. Only two of GRC's four runs were earned.

Mason County will host the Montgomery County Lady Indians today at 6 p.m.

Royals open the baseball season with a 6-5 win over Powell County

The Mason County Royals edged the Powell County Pirates 6-5 in their season opener on Wednesday in Stanton.

Cray Fite was the winning pitcher, allowing one run on one hit while walking four and striking out four. Landon Scilley picked up the save, striking out five in two innings of work.

Eli Porter had  double and three RBI. Fite had two RBI.

The Royals travel to Lexington today to play the Lafayette Generals at 6:30 p.m.