Thursday, February 23, 2023

Royals defeat Augusta 87-46 for district championship

The Mason County Royals led wire-to-wire in an 87-46 win over the Augusta Panthers in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament at The Fieldhouse on Thursday night.

It is Mason County's seventh consecutive district championship.

The loss snapped Augusta's seven-game winning streak.

The Royals jumped out to an 8-0 lead and were up 20-6 at the end of the first quarter and 44-19 at halftime.

Mason County led 65-30 with 2:46 remaining in the third quarter and the rest of the game was played with a running clock.

The largest lead was 44 points at 87-43.

Terrell Henry had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Royals (27-5). Braylon Hamilton hit four 3-pointers and scored 15 points. Riley Mastin had 14 points and six rebounds.

LJ Conner led Augusta (18-13) in scoring with 17 points. Keeton Bach followed with 12 points and Kylan Hinson had 10 points and nine rebounds.

Both teams move on to the 10th Region Tournament.

Mason County        20 24 26 17 — 87
Augusta                  06 13 19 08 — 46               

Mason County — Routt 5, Henry 19, Butler 2, Walton 4, Feldhaus 2, McClanahan 5, Mastin 14, McClain 2, Owens 8, Hamilton 15, Gibbs 2, Bierley 9

Augusta — LJ Conner 17, C. Conner 1, Hinson 10, Kelsch 3, Bach 12, Appleman 3

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