Mason County swim team meeting

The Mason County swim team will have a meeting for students and parents on Thursday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the party room at the Limestone Family YMCA.

For more information contact coach Brooke Perkins at bperkins0026@gmail.com.

Monday night is Senior Night for St. Patrick soccer teams

Monday night is Senior Night for the St. Patrick soccer teams.

The Lady Saints and Saints will play Covington Latin.

The girls' game is at 5 p.m. followed by the boys' game at 6:30 p.m.

Overly 4th at Saturday Night Lights

Mason County senior Deshawn Overly finished in fourth place in the varsity boys 5000 meter run finals at Saturday Night Lights presented by Runners Plus 2024 in Centerville, OH on Saturday night.

Overly ran the muddy course in 18:18.10. Fellow senior Ed Brannon finished in 12th place with a time of 18:56.70.

The Royals finished 14th out of 23 teams in their division.

Kolby Galloway, in 48th place (24:08.10), led the Lady Royals to a 19th place finish.

Saturday Night Lights, with around 3,800 runners, is one of the largest cross country events in the United States

There were 10 divisions for the 5000 meter races.

De'Sarae Chambers Perry named grand marshal of the Mason County Schools' Homecoming Parade

Former Mason County basketball and track star De'Sarae Chambers Perry has been named grand marshal of the Mason County Schools' 2024 Homecoming Parade scheduled on October 3.

Perry is Mason County's all-time leading scorer (girls and boys) with 2,967 career points and holds the school record for the triple jump (35' 2.25"). Perry played college basketball at the University of Dayton.

Perry is the Director of Workforce Solutions at Maysville Community and Technical College.

The parade begins at 6 p.m. at the corner of East Second Street and Main Street, travels westbound on East Second and ends at the Mason County Health Department parking lot. Line up begins at 5:15 p.m.

Students from through out the Mason County School system will participate in the parade.

The Mason County Royals will host the Holmes Bulldogs on Homecoming on October 4. 

Royals blank Harrison County 3-0

The Mason County Royals soccer team shutout the Harrison County Thorobreds 3-0 on Thursday night at home for their fifth win in their last six matches.

Noah Gardner had a goal and an assist. Landon Lake and Jeremiah Bisotti each scored a goal and Talence Jarrell had two assists.

Goalkeeper Cade Pugh had three saves in recording his fourth shutout of the season.

Mason County (7-4-1) will play the Paris Greyhounds on Tuesday night in Paris.

KHSAA will conduct a basketball shot clock survey

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association will survey schools again this year to see if they want to implement a shot clock for basketball.

Commissioner Julian Tackett told the Board of Control on Thursday that 28 states have a shot clock, and this is the year for the survey in Kentucky.

Tackett said several members of the coaches' association "are a little more vocal in support (of the shot clock).

The commissioner said the KHSAA would conduct the survey after the November Board of Control meeting.

Tackett added that a decision on who the survey will go to would have to made at the November meeting, "because for the first time, you might get a pretty good difference if you surveyed the coaches versus if you survey the (athletic directors).

2021 was the last time the KHSAA conducted a shot clock survey.

Mason County finishes third at girls' region golf tourney, Ullery and Shepherd qualify for state as individuals

Mason County golfers Sydney Ullery and Bentley Shepherd have qualified for the state tournament as individuals.

Mason County had a team score of 382 and took third place at the Region 12 Tournament on Wednesday at Irish Hills Golf Course in Mt. Sterling.

Region Champion Montgomery County (321) and the runner-up Boyd County (374) are the team qualifiers for state.

Ullery shot an 83 and Shepherd carded a 94. They move on to the Leachman Buick-Cadillac/KHSAA State Golf First Round at Eagles Nest Country Club in Somerset on Tuesday.

Taylor Schroer shot a career-best 95 and first-year golfer Kenzie Gulley added a 110 to round out the Lady Royals' scoring.

The region tournament was originally scheduled on Tuesday but was pushed back a day due to rain.

Trey Cracraft finishes T2 at Roger Merb Invitational

Shawnee State University sophomore Trey Cracraft tied for second place and was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Roger Merb Invitational hosted by Shawnee State.

Cracraft had a 36-hole total of 4-over par 148 at Elks Country Club on Monday.

Shawnee State finished third in the team standings.

The Bears will play in the River States Conference Fall Preview on Monday and Tuesday in Daniels, West Virginia.

Lady Royals beat West Carter on Senior Night

Eden Abshire, Hailey Henderson and Bailey Boone each scored a goal as the Mason County Lady Royals celebrated Senior Night with a 3-1 victory over the West Carter Lady Comets on Monday night at home.

Kambria Thomas, Madie Grutza and Harley Durham-Campbell each had an assist.

Mason County (9-2-2) had won three of its last four matches.

The Lady Royals will host the Pendleton County Lady Wildcats on Monday night at the intermediate school field.

Royals third at region golf tourney, Burkhart and Owens qualify for state

The Mason County Royals' streaks of four straight region golf championships and five consecutive trips to state were snapped by a third place finish at the Region 12 Tournament on Monday at Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead.

Two Royals—Grant Burkhart and Cole Owens—are individual qualifiers for the first round of the state tournament.

Mason County had a team score of 317. In the team competition, only the winner and runner-up advance to state.

Burkhart tied for third place with a 75. Owens tied for 11th place with a 79. Noah Gardner shot an 81 and Jaxen Crabtree followed with an 82 to round out the Royals' team score. Slate Brammer shot a 92.

The 2024 Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac KHSAA State Golf First Round is scheduled September 30 and October 1 at Eagle's Nest Country Club in Somerset.

Mason County Lady Royals soccer Senior Night is tonight

Tonight is Senior Night for the Mason County Lady Royals soccer team.

The Lady Royals will play the West Carter Lady Comets on the turf field.

The varsity match is at 6 p.m. followed by the junior varsity at 7:30 p.m.

The senior recognition is scheduled at 5:30 p.m.

Region golf tournaments scheduled this week

Region golf tournaments are scheduled this week across the state.

The Region 12 boys' tournament is set for Monday at Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead while the Region 12 girls' tournament is scheduled on Tuesday at Irish Hills Golf Course in Mt. Sterling. 

Region 12 teams include Ashland, Bath County, Boyd County, East Carter, Elliott County, Fairview, Fleming County, Greenup County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Mason County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Raceland, Rose Hill Christian, Rowan County, Russell, St. Patrick and West Carter.

Routt throws five TD passes and the Royals rout Rowan County 40-16

Teegin Routt passed for 263 passing yards and five touchdowns and the Mason County Royals routed the Rowan County Vikings 40-16 on Friday night at Mason County.

Routt passed for 205 yards and four touchdowns in the first quarter.

He threw three touchdown passes to Cole Horch and two touchdown passes to Garryon McClain. 

Joey Staggs rushed for a touchdown.

The Royals led 33-0 at the end of the first quarter and 40-7 at halftime.

Mason County heads into its bye week with a 4-1 record. The Royals will host the Holmes Bulldogs on Homecoming on October 4.

MC 1st Q 9:33 Cole Horch 55 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 7, RC 0

MC 1st Q 7:31 Cole Horch 63 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 14, RC 0

MC 1st Q 5:59 Joey Staggs 3 yard run (Micah Payne kick MC 21, RC 0

MC 1st Q 5:34 Garryon McClain 7 yard pass from Teegin Routt (kick blocked)

MC 1st Q 00:14 Cole Horch 27 yard pass from Teegin Routt (run failed) MC 33, RC 0

MC 2nd Q 3:58 Garryon McClain 10 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 40, BC 0

RC 2nd Q 2:36 Will Richardson 73 yard run (Luke Schroeder kick) MC 40, RC 7

RC 3rd Q 5:50 Will Richardson  5 yard run (pass failed) MC 40, RC 13

RC 4th Q 10:12 No. 12 24 yard field goal MC 40, RC 16

What a grab by McClain from Routt.

27-0 with 4 minutes left in the 1st pic.twitter.com/Oq3vNkmYPV

— Mason Co. Athletics (@RoyalsAth1etics) September 20, 2024

Another win.

Great night with a great crowd and great football.

Congrats to the Football team moving to 4-1 headed into the bye week. pic.twitter.com/QZAVzWGOQd

— Mason Co. Athletics (@RoyalsAth1etics) September 21, 2024

Durham-Campbell with four goals and three assists in Lady Royals' win over Ludlow

Harley Durham-Campbell had four goals and three assists and Sarah Payne had two goals and one assist as the Mason County Lady Royals ran their winning streak to three matches with an 8-1 road victory over Ludlow on Wednesday night.

Hailey Henderson and Madison Thomas each scored a goal.

Jayden Stahl, Bailey Boone and Cadence Garrison each had an assist.

Durham-Campbell leads the Lady Royals in goals (20) and assists (8).

Mason County will play at Villa Madonna on Saturday at 10 a.m.

Royals host Rowan County on Friday night

After three straight road games, the Mason County Royals will host the Rowan County Vikings on Friday night for just their second home game of the season.

Mason County opened the season with three consecutive wins before losing to Boyd County 3-0 last week.

Rowan County lost back-to-back games to Lawrence County (28-6) and East Carter (30-19) before bouncing back with victories over Bath County (40-14) and Fleming County (7-0).

Mason County routed Fleming County 54-20 two weeks ago.

Rowan County has a balanced offense, rushing for 448 yards and passing for 516 yards. 

Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

St. Patrick Lady Saints Bria Bauer collects her 1,000th career dig

Here are a few local sports notes for your Wednesday reading:

• Centre College freshman Keshaun Thomas had three solo tackles including one tackle for a loss (five yards) in the Colonels' 17-14 victory over Maryville on Saturday. Centre (2-0) will travel to Virginia this week to play Hampden-Sydney.

• St. Patrick senior Bria Bauer collected her 1,000th career dig in the Lady Saints' match vs. the Paris Lady Hounds on Tuesday night at The Shamrock. The Lady Saints will host Ludlow on Wednesday night.

• The Mason County Royals' home game vs. the Rowan County Vikings on Friday night is a Rae of Sunshine Football Game to raise awareness about mental health. The theme is Yellow Out.

Mason County is No. 17 in the first Class 4A RPI rankings of the football season

The Kentucky High School Athletics Association on Monday released the first RPI rankings for high school football teams and the Mason County Royals are No. 17 in Class 4A.

The rankings don't mean much this early in the season, but the RPI at the conclusion of the regular season will determine home field advantage for the third round of the playoffs and the state semifinal games.

Mason County's RPI is .59039. The Royals' opponent this week, Rowan County, has an RPI of .37167. That's 35th in Class 4A.

The RPI formula uses the team's winning percentage, the opponent's winning percentage and the opponents' opponents' winning percentage.

Here is a link to the complete Class 4A RPI rankings.

Jake Feldhaus is the runner-up at the All-State Championships

Madison Central junior Jake Feldhaus was the runner-up at the All-State Championship hosted by the Kentucky Golf Coaches Association at the University Club of Kentucky in Lexington.

Feldhaus had a 36-hole total of 3-under par 140, two shots behind the champion, Lexington Catholic senior Charlie Spiller.

Feldhaus shot a 2-under 69 on the Wildcat Course on Saturday and a 1-under 71 on the Big Blue Course on Sunday.

St. Xavier beat Madison Central in a two-hole playoff for the team title after the two squads ended regulation play tied at 4-over 576.

Mason County boys fifth, girls 10th at Giovanni's Boyd County Invitational

The Mason County Royals cross country team finished fifth while the Lady Royals took 10th place at the Giovanni's Boyd County Invitational on Saturday.

The Royals had two runners in the top ten: Deshawn Overly in fourth place (16:24.35) and Ed Brannon in seventh place (16:47.88).

Kolby Galloway was the Lady Royals' top runner with a 43rd place finish (23:00.44).

Mason County finished fourth at Kentucky Shootout

The Mason County Royals finished fourth at the Kentucky Shootout on Saturday at Henry County Country Club with a team score of 317.

Mason County and Bullitt East co-hosted the first year event.

Noah Gardner led the Royals with a 76. Jaxen Crabtree shot a 77. Grant Burkhart carded a 79 and Cole Owens followed with an 85 for the team total. Slate Brammer shot an 88.

It was Mason County's final tournament of the regular season. The region tournament is scheduled on September 23 at Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead.

Royals shutout by Boyd County 3-0

The Mason County Royals' season-opening three-game winning streak was snapped by a 3-0 loss to the Boyd County Lions on Friday night in Cannonsburg.

Each team committed two turnovers in the first half. 

Boyd County (3-1) kicked a 25-yard field goal late in the first quarter.

Mason County threatened to score in the second quarter. The Royals drove from their own 12 yard line to the Boyd County five yard line, but the drive ended with an interception on a halfback option pass.

The Royals drove to the Lions' 20 yard line midway through the fourth quarter before turning it over on downs, and their final drive of the game ended on the Boyd County 39 yard line.

After three straight road games, Mason County will be at home next week vs. the Rowan County Vikings.

BC 1st Q 2:23 Layton Henry 25 yard field goal  BC 3, MC 0

Mason County softball workouts begin next week

Mason County High School students interested in playing softball should attend workouts next week at the Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club.

The workouts are scheduled Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Royals hit the road again to play the Boyd County Lions

The Mason County Royals, off to a 3-0 start, will travel to Cannonsburg on Friday to play the Boyd County Lions in their third road game in as many weeks.

Boyd County is 2-1 with victories over South Point, OH (38-0) and East Carter (36-14) sandwiched around a 36-31 road loss to Bell County.

Mason County and Boyd County both prefer to move the ball through the air. The starting quarterbacks—Teegin Routt for the Royals and Rhett Holbrook for the Lions—are ranked No.4 and No. 5, respectively, in passing yards per game in Class 4A.

Routt has completed 42 of 71 passes for 751 yards with 10 touchdowns and two interceptions. He passed for 333 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions in Saturday's victory over Fleming County.

Rhett has completed 49 of 76 passes for 744 yards with eight interceptions and no interceptions. Holbrook threw for 269 yards and three touchdowns in last week's win over East Carter.

Boyd County defeated Mason County twice last season:  45-21 in the regular season and 14-7 in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs.

Royals among Class 4A football statistics leaders

The Kentucky High School Athletics Association has released the first football statistics reports of the season.

Several Mason County Royals are listed among the Class 4A report:

• Teegin Routt is fourth in passing yards per game (250) 
• Micah Payne is tied for fifth in PATs per game (4.3)
• Cole Horch is eighth in receiving yards per game (250) and 31st in points scored per game (8.7)
• Garryon McClain is 23rd in receiving yards per game (170)
• Jamarion Bluford is 40th in receiving yards per game (137)
• Bryce Moran is 47th in points scored per game (6.7)
• Will Dotson, Joey Staggs and K'vaughn Young are tied for sixth in forced fumbles (1)
• Payne and Moran are tied for third in interceptions (2)

In team stats, Mason County is first in team interceptions (2.7 ipg), second in pass defense (57 ypg), fifth in team passing (256 ypg), ninth in offense (39.7ppg), seventh in fumbles forced (3), 10th in rushing defense (104 ypg), 11th in scoring margin (23.7 ppg), 16th in defense for points allowed per game (16).

Lady Royals take sixth place at Kentucky 2A Championships state golf tournament

Playing in the Kentucky 2A Championships state golf tournament for the third time in four years, the Mason County Lady Royals finished in sixth place on Monday.

The Lady Royals, the Section 6 champions, had a team score of 419 at Owensboro Country Club. 

Mason County sophomore Sydney Ullery shot a 15-over par 87 and tied for 13th place.

Crabtree finished T10 at Kentucky 2A Championships state golf tournament

Mason County junior Jaxen Crabtree shot a 3-over-75 and tied for 10th place at the Kentucky 2A Championships state tournament on Monday at Owensboro Country Club.

Crabtree was an individual qualifier from Section 6. 

Fleming County, the Section 6 team champion, finished in fourth place at the state tournament.

Jaxen Crabtree represented Mason County the best way he knows how.

Crabtree (JR) with the 3rd best score in program history at 2A State Championship. Finished Top 10 in his biggest golf tournament of his career so far!

Future is bright for this young star!@MCHSRoyals1 pic.twitter.com/L0tgipGeQm

— Mason Co Boys Golf (@RoyalsBoysGolf) September 9, 2024

Brannon and Overly finish 1-2 at Mason County XC Invitational

Mason County seniors Ed Brannon and Deshawn Overly finished first and second, respectively, and the Royals took fourth place at the Mason County Cross Country Invitational on Saturday.

Brannon set a new school record with a time of 16:16.00, and Overly followed with a time of 16:17.90 which is faster than the previous school record he had set.

Lexington Catholic swept the boys' and girls' team titles. 

Kolby Galloway in 32nd place (22:20.97) led the Mason County Lady Royals to an 11th place finish.

Royals beat Fleming County for third straight victory

The Mason County Royals outscored the Fleming County Panthers 40-6 in the second half and ran their record to 3-0 with a 54-20 victory on Saturday in Flemingsburg.

Hayden Horn ran four yards for a touchdown on the Royals' first drive of the game and were up 14-2 with 4:34 left in the second quarter after Teegin Routt threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Cole Horch.

Fleming County (0-3) tied the game with back-to-back touchdowns in the final 3:32 of the first half.

Mason County regained control of the game by scoring touchdowns on its first two possessions of the third quarter on a 20-yard pass from Routt to Garryon McClain and a three-yard run by Joey Staggs.

The Royals added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter. K'vaughn Young recovered a fumble in the end zone and Routt threw a 43-yard TD pass to Lennie Avery.

The Panthers stopped Mason County's 26-0 run by scoring a touchdown with 6:09 remaining in the game.

The Royals added to the cushion when Routt hit Horch on a 21-yard touchdown pass and Avery returned an interception 45 yards for a touchdown.

Routt completed 15 of 26 passes for 333 yards and four touchdowns. Horch had five receptions for 140 yards and two touchdowns.

Mason County will play its third straight road game on Friday at Boyd County.

MC 1st Q 6:31 Hayden Horn 4 yard run (Micah Payne kick) MC 7, FC 0

FC 1st Q 2:06 safety MC 7, FC 2

MC 2nd Q  4:34 Cole Horch 46 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 14, FC 2

FC 2nd Q 3:32 Jordan Harn 12 yard run (kick failed) MC 14, FC 8

FC 2nd Q 00:18 Aiden Johnson 21 yard pass from Owen Lowe (kick failed) MC 14, FC 14

MC 3rd Q  10:33 Garryon McClain 20 yard pass from Teegin Routt (kick failed) MC 20, FC 14

MC 3rd Q  7:45 Joey Staggs 3 yard run (run failed) MC 26, FC 14

MC 4th Q 10:21 K'vaughn Young fumble recovery in the end zone (Micah Payne kick) MC 33, FC 14

MC 4th Q 7:16 Lennie Avery 43 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 40, FC 14

FC 4th Q 6:09 Evan Conley 2 yard run (kick failed) MC 40, FC 20

MC 4th Q 3:51 Cole Horch 21 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 47, FC 20

MC 4th Q 2:50 Lennie Avery 45 yard interception return (Micah Payne kick) MC 54, FC 20

(Game statistics courtesy of Travis Scaggs and Drew Spangler of WFTM radio)

Royals golf T13 at Danny Spillman BGIT

The Mason County Royals golf team tied for 13th place at the Danny Spillman Bowling Green Invitational Tournament on Saturday at Bowling Green Country Club.

The Royals had a team score of 47-over par 335.

St. Xavier won at 10 over 298.

Jaxen Crabtree led Mason County with an 80. Noah Gardner followed with an 81. Cole Owens carded an 85. Grant Burkhart shot an 89 and Slate Brammer finished with a 95.

Mason County at Fleming County football postponed, rescheduled for Saturday

Lightning forced the postponement of the Mason County at Fleming County football game on Friday night.

The game never got started and the decision to postpone it was made a little before 9 p.m.

The game was rescheduled for Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

According to a post on the Fleming County High School Athletics Facebook page fans must present their ticket from Friday night to gain entry to Panther Field on Saturday. If you don't have a ticket, you will need to purchase a new one.

Mason County XC Invitational is Saturday

One of the largest annual local sports events, the Mason County Cross Country Invitational, will take place on Saturday. 

The cross country course is located on the grounds of the Carmeuse/Mason County Schools Indoor Athletic Complex.Here is the schedule:

9:00 a.m. Girls varsity

9:30 a.m. Boys varsity

10:00 a.m. Mixed junior varsity

11:15 a.m. Girls middle school

11:45 a.m. Boys middle school

1:00 p.m. Girls elementary

1:20 p.m. Boys elementary

1:40 p.m. Girls primary

2:00 p.m. Boys primary

Mason County at Fleming County on Friday night

The Mason County Royals football team will go to Flemingsburg on Friday to play the Fleming County Panthers. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Mason County is off to a 2-0 start with victories over Russell (21-12) and Montgomery County (44-16).

Fleming County is 0-2 with road losses to Lafayette (27-14) and Nicholas County (28-27).

Fleming County leads the series 26-24, but Mason County has won the last three meetings including a 49-21 victory last season here in Maysville.

Lady Saints and Saints sweep Greenup County in soccer DH on Saturday

The St. Patrick girls and boys soccer teams both picked up their first wins of the season on Saturday by sweeping a doubleheader vs. Greenup County at Wald Park.

Karlee Mellenkamp scored the lone goal and goalkeeper Lillian Klee had 14 saves in the Lady Saints' 1-0 victory.

Juan Antonio Briseno scored two goals and had two assists and Rudy Ignacio scored two goals as the Saints beat the Musketeers 4-1.

Two teams tie for first place in the Super Scramble at KSGC

Two teams tied for first place in the Super Scramble at Kenton Station Golf Course over the weekend at 29-under par 76 for 27 holes.

The opening round on Saturday was shortened to nine holes because of heavy rain.

The team of BJ Knox, Josh Stafford, Terron Routt, Gary McKinney, David Mitchell and Dylan Mitchell and the team of Allen Feldhaus Jr., Will Harden, Chad Homan, Chris Minter, Dale Murray and Brandon Fritz both shot 24 on Saturday and 52 on Sunday.

Three teams tied for third place at 28 under 77:

• Jackson Frame, Logan Shepherd, JD Shepherd, Blake Shepherd, Jeff Shepherd and Joey Shepherd (25-52);
• AJ Hamilton, Jordan McCann, Ian O'Cull, Shawn Johnson, Kevin Darnell and Brad Pritchard (26-51);
• Corey Richmond, Rob Allison, Jon Sandlin, Chris Linback, Eric Richmond and Gerald Humphrey (26-51).

The 2024 Limestone Cycling Tour is Saturday

The 2024 Limestone Cycling Tour, the fifth and final event stage of the Kentucky Cycling Challenge takes place this Saturday at 8 a.m.

The event begins and ends at Limestone Landing in downtown Maysville.

The tour offers four routes:

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Metric Century
• Century

A free but unsupported 26.1 mile social ride will be offered on Friday at 6 p.m. beginning at Limestone Landing.

Proceeds from the tour will help Rotary International defeat polio.

Registration is online.