Ashton Feldhaus has been hired as the women's basketball coach at Morehead State University.
She is the daughter of former Mason County Royal and current Madison Central boys' basketball coach Allen Feldhaus Jr.
An introductary press conference is scheduled Thursday at noon in the south lobby of the Academic Athletic Center.
Here is a link to the press release.
Mason County archers Dillon Mitchell and Laurelle Setters have qualified for the KHSAA state tournaments.
Mitchell won the KHSAA Region 7 Boys/Coed Tournament at Fleming County on Saturday. He had a score of 288 with 21 Tens and edged Joseph Eggleston of Robertson County by one point.
Setters qualified for the state tournament with an 11th place finish in the KHSAA Region 7 Girls' Tournament also at Fleming County.
Harrison County won the Boys/Coed region team championship with a score of 1,969. Fleming County was the runner-up (1,931 with 91 Tens) and Mason County finished third (1,931 with 90 Tens).
Harrison County also won the Girls' Region Tournament (2,019). Fleming County was the runner-up (1,918). Mason County finished in sixth place (1,848).
The Mason County girls' and boys' track and field teams opened the outdoor season on Saturday by sweeping the Rowan County All Comers meet.
The Lady Royals finished with 212 points. Ignite Athletes were the runners-up with 128 points.
The Royals totaled 149 points. The Fleming County Panthers took second place with 80 points.
"The wind was a challenge but our athletes performed very well under the circumstances," coach Mark Kachler wrote in an email messagec
First place finishes by Mason County athletes include:
The Mason County Lady Royals beat the Bracken County Lady Bears 7-3 on Friday and the Elliott County Lady Lions 15-1 in five innings on Saturday to run their record to 3-1.
Reese Hardeman had three hits, two RBI and scored three runs, Olivia Hughes was the winning pitcher and had two hits and two RBI and Aubrey Gross hit a solo home run in Friday's win.
Mason County scored 12 runs in the second inning of Saturday's game. Kylah Turner had three hits, three RBI and scored three runs and Hughes picked up her third win and went 3 for 4, drove in four runs and scored a run.
The Lady Royals play at Robertson County on Monday.
The Mason County Royals fell to 0-2 with a 3-1 loss to the Scott Eagles in Taylor Mill on Friday.
Mason County is scheduled to play its home opener on Monday vs. the Bishop Brossart Mustangs.
The 10-Miler and 5K Run/Walk are scheduled on Saturday, April 19 at 8 a.m.
The 10-Miler route includes both the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge and the William Harsha Bridge.
Participants in the 5K Run/Walk will cross the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge twice.
Awards will be given for 1st and 2nd in each age division as well as overall winners in male and female divisions.
All 10-Miler finishers who register by April 1 will receive a custom medal. Every participant who signs up during the early registration period will receive a race shirt.
Here is link for registration information.
The high school baseball and softball seasons are underway.
The Mason County Royals opened the baseball season with a 12-10 loss to the Franklin County Flyers in Frankfort on Tuesday.
Cole Messer hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to give the Royals a 6-2 lead. Mason County was up 10-4 after scoring four runs in the sixth inning, but Franklin County rallied by scoring eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The Royals will play at Scott on Friday.
In softball, the Mason County Lady Royals routed the Augusta Lady Panthers 16-0 in four innings on Tuesday in Augusta. Olivia Hughes went 2 for 2 with three RBI and was the winning pitcher, giving up one hit while walking one and striking out seven.
The Lady Royals were held to two hits in a 5-0 loss to the Campbell County Lady Camels on Wednesday in Claryville.
Mason County's home opener vs. Paris on Thursday is canceled. The Lady Royals are scheduled to play at Bracken County on Friday and host Elliott County on Saturday.
Cayden Reed banked in a 3-pointer from the left wing at the buzzer to give the Montgomery County Indians a 59-56 win over the George Rogers Clark Cardinals in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament on Wednesday night at Montgomery County.
GRC led 53-43 early in the fourth quarter after trailing by nine points in the first quarter.
There were six ties and 10 lead changes in the game.
Luke Fawns led Montgomery County (22-10) in scoring with 18 points. Reed finished with 16 and Andrew Terry added 12.
Malachi Ashford led GRC (27-6) with 19 points. Maddox Hager scored 15 points and Montez Gay tossed in 10.
Montgomery County will play 15th Region champion Lawrence County on March 27 at 1:30 p.m. in the UK HealthCare Boys' Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena.
