Lady Royals win Ashland XC meet

The Mason County Lady Royals won the Ashland Invitational cross country meet Thursday night. The field included several ranked teams from West Virginia. Mason County placed five girls in the Top 10- Valerie Rice (4th), Julia Woods (5th), Rachel White (8th), Sara Bellingham (9th) and Raylee Kirkland (10th). Four other Lady Royals also medalled- Iretta Carpenter (16th), Renee Stewart (24th), Abby Huff (30th), and Carley Moore (31st). Jim Myers finished in 20th place to lead the Mason County boys to a ninth place finish. Nathan Woods (26th place) also medalled for the Royals.