The Mason County Royals open the pandemic-delayed 2020 football season Friday night at home against the Grant County Braves. Mason County has a 20-21 record in season openers. Here is a rundown of those games with a few highlights from the victories:
1979
Bath County 30, Mason County 0
1980
Mason County 27, Bath County 6
Greg Zeigler returned a fumble 41 yards for a touchdown. The Royals would finish the season with a 5-5 record.
1981
Mason County 28, Lawrence County 0
Willie Feldhaus threw three touchdown passes to Kelly Middleton.
1982
Bourbon County 13, Mason County 0
1983
Boyd County 32, Mason County 15
1984
Mason County 26, Boyd County 21
Tony Jackson returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and Chris O'Hearn threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter.
1985
Mason County 28, Williamsburg, Ohio 0
The only game between the two schools.
1986
Mason County 54, MMI 0
Jeff Frodge returned the opening kickoff 72 yards for a touchdown and rushed for two more touchdowns.
1987
Scott 15, Mason County 12
1988
Mason County 8, Scott 6 2 OT
Scott got the ball first in the second overtime and scored a touchdown, but the conversion pass failed. Brian McDowell threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Bryan Tolliver and the conversion pass to Jamey High for the win.
1989
Mason County 8, Scott 6
Brian McDowell and Bryan Tolliver connected on a 71-yard touchdown pass and a two-point conversion pass.
1990
Scott 39, Mason County 0
1991
Russell 28, Mason County 8
1992
Russell 22, Mason County 14
1993
Russell 34, Mason County 14
1994
Russell 41, Mason County 14
1995
Bath County 14, Mason County 0
1996
Mason County 24, Bath County 0
The first game of the Coach David Buchanan era.
1997
Rowan County 12, Mason County 7
1998
Rowan County 34, Mason County 29
1999
Mason County 40, East Carter 10
Harry Lewis threw three touchdown passes to Seth Faulkner.
2000
Mason County 48, East Carter 0
Harry Lewis ran for three touchdowns and threw two touchdown passes. Bryan Purcell had a 64-yard interception return for a touchdown.
2001
Mason County 20, Tates Creek 14
Dustin Grutza threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Nathan Myrick in overtime.
2002
Mason County 19, Rockcastle County 12
All of the scoring was in the first half in the Bob Allen Pigskin Classic at Danville.
2003
Mason County 48, Breathitt County 6
Dustin Grutza passed for more than 300 yards and three touchdowns (two to Chris Lofton) and rushed for another TD. Ty Sargent scored on a 51- yard interception return, and Andre Turner returned a fumble 30 yards for a TD in the Recreation Bowl at Montgomery County. Lofton had 254 receiving yards.
2004
Elizabethtown 35, Mason County 21
Recreation Bowl at Montgomery County.
2005
West Jessamine 14, Mason County 13
Recreation Bowl at Montgomery County.
2006
Lafayette 21, Mason County 6
Recreation Bowl at Montgomery County.
2007
Mason County 27, Paris 7
Jeremy Thompson rushed for three touchdowns in the Joseph K. Ford Bluegrass Bowl at Lexington Catholic.
2008
Mason County 20, Paris 6
Jeremy Thompson had two rushing touchdowns in the second half.
2009
Mason County 48, Danville 21
Josh Harris returned a fumble 99 yards for a touchdown and rushed for two more TDs. The Royals led 41-7 at the half.
2010
Danville 21, Mason County 14
2011
Lafayette 55, Mason County 0
2012
Lafayette 55, Mason County 6
Jacob Tompkins kicked two field goals for the Royals' only points.
2013
Mason County 34, Boyd County 16
The first of 12 straight wins to begin the season.
2014
Mason County 32, Newport 28
The game was stopped by lightning with 3:28 remaining in the first quarter. At 10:17 p.m., the decision was made to suspend the game until the next night.
2015
Somerset 33, Mason County 6
2016
Somerset 34, Mason County 7
2017
Mason County 68, North Adams 7
The Royals scored on each possession of the first half and led 44-0 at the end of the first quarter and 60-0 at halftime.
2018
Mason County 53, North Adams 0
The Royals led 40-0 at halftime.
2019
Russell 49, Mason County 13
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