Saints fall to St. Joseph Central

The St. Patrick Saints lost to the St. Joseph Central Flyers 77-32 on Friday night in Ironton, Ohio.

Rudy Ignacio and Amari Myrick scored 10 points apiece for the Saints.

St. Patrick (0-7) will be back on the road on Saturday to play Covington Latin at 1 p.m.

St. Joseph Central    23 17 23 14 —  77

St. Patrick                 10 11 05 06 —  32

St. Joseph Central —  Whaley 12, Rowe 9, Weber 4, Neal 20, Dressler 15, Willis 4, Johnson 11, Clark 2

St. Patrick —  R. Ignacio 10, Myrick 10, Lopez 2, A. Ignacio 8, Teitlebaum 2

Lady Royals edge Great Crossing 59-56 in OT

Amirah Reed and Lexi Young both scored 16 points as the Mason County Lady Royals ran their record to 8-0 with a 59-56 victory over the Great Crossing Warhawks in overtime on Friday night in the Gateway Holiday Classic at Montgomery County.

The Lady Royals will play in the semifinals on Saturday at 6 p.m. against the winner of the South Laurel vs. Raceland game.

Mason County     09 16 19 10 05 — 59

Great Crossing    14 10 13 17 02 — 56

Mason County — Reed 16, Hughes 9, Downs-Perry 7, Young 16, Turner 3, Buttery 8

Great Crossing — Kearney 9, Tierney 21, Corrigan 2, Brown 9, Je. Henderson 3, Ja. Henderson 12

Lex Turner back coaching the St. Patrick Saints

Twenty years after stepping down as the St. Patrick boys' basketball coach, Lex Turner is back on the Saints' bench.

Turner and Chris Bauer have taken over the interim coaching duties in the absence of Tony Moore who is sidelined by a health issue.

Daniel Sammons was the interim coach for the first five games of the season.

Turner was the Saints' head coach for twenty-eight seasons. His teams won 365 games, two district championships and two All "A" 10th Region championships.

Turner coached both the Saints and the Lady Saints during the 1987-88 season.

Bauer has coached at St. Patrick at various levels for many seasons.

Turner and Bauer were the guests on WFTM's SportsTalk show on Friday morning. Here a link to the podcast of the show.

Random notes

Here are a few local sports notes for your Thursday:

• The Mason County boys' and girls' wrestling teams split their Duals vs. Montgomery County on Wednesday night in Mt. Sterling with the boys coming away with a win. The Lady Royals will be back in action on Friday at Lafayette. The Royals will wrestle at George Rogers Clark on Saturday.

• Mason County senior Layla Crews-Taylor signed last week to continue her academic and cheerleading careers at Georgetown College.

• Mason County senior runners Cece Hiatt and  Deshawn Overly have a dual signing ceremony scheduled on January 7 at 4 p.m. at the indoor track facility. They both will be signing with Lindsey Wilson College.

• The Mason County Lady Royals basketball team, off to a 7-0 start, had some dazzling statistics in two wins last week. They were 23-of-24 from the free throw line in the win over Eastern Brown and had 15 assists on their 19 field goals in the victory over Greenup County. 

• The Lady Royals will play Great Crossing on Friday at 5 p.m. in the Gateway Holiday Classic at Montgomery County. Great Crossing (3-3) is coming off an 88-22 win over Frankfort.

Royals top Polar Bears 81-55 for fourth straight win

The Mason County Royals ran their winning streak to four games with an 81-55 road victory over the Bracken County Polar Bears on Tuesday night.

Braeden Myrick led the Royals in scoring with 26 points and dished out six assists. Cole Horch had 24 points, six rebounds and four steals. Garryon McClain added a career-high 20 points.

Noah Nelson poured in 28 points for Bracken County. Teegan Feldhaus added 13 points.

Mason County (5-1) will be back in action on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. vs. Conner at the Scott Winter Classic.

Bracken County (3-5) will host Bishop Brossart on Wednesday night.

Mason County  25 17 20 19 — 81

Bracken County 08 17 19 11 — 55

Mason County — Routt 9, McClain 20, Myrick 26, C. Malone 2, Horch 24

Bracken County — Buchanan 6, Nelson 28, Feldhaus 13, Benedict 2, Whitten 4, Burton 2

Lady Royals rally for a 57-47 victory over Bracken County

Amirah Reed scored 15 of her game-high 19 points in the fourth quarter and Lexi Young finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds to propel the undefeated Mason County Lady Royals to a 57-47 come-from-behind win over the Bracken County Lady Bears on Tuesday night in Brooksville.

Mason County (7-0) trailed by nine points in the second quarter and was down 42-39 with 5:55 remaining in the fourth quarter. 

A 13-1 run with Reed scoring all 13 of Mason County's points gave the Lady Royals a 52-43 lead with 2:33 left.

There were four ties and nine lead changes in the game.

Nichole Archibald led Bracken County (4-2) in scoring with 15.

The Lady Royals will travel to Mt. Sterling on Friday to play Great Crossing in the Gateway Holiday Classic at Montgomery County.

The Lady Bears will play at St. Henry on Friday night.

Mason County 07 10 20 20 — 57

Bracken County 11 12 15 09  — 47

Mason County — Reed 19, Kirk 5, Hughes 8, Downs-Perry 5, Young 14, Buttery 6

Bracken County — Archibald 15, Johnson 6, Sharp 8, Bachman 6, Throughman 1, Kelsch 2, Bauer 9

Miners suffer fourth straight loss

The Maysville Miners lost to the Indiana Lyons 140-114 on Sunday at the Limestone Family YMCA extending their losing streak to four games.

The Miners beat the Lyons 110-108 in the season opener on October 20.

The Miners will travel to Columbus, Ohio on Saturday to play the Columbus Wizards.