Augusta and Mason County semifinal winners in boys' 39th District Tournament

The Augusta Panthers and the Mason County Royals will meet in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament on Thursday night after picking up lopsided wins in the semifinals on Tuesday night.

Augusta 76, St. Patrick 39

Keeton Bach scored 18 points, Noland Young 17 and Will Kelsch 14 as Augusta picked up its 18th win of the season.

Amari Myrick scored 19 points for St. Patrick which ended the season with a 3-24 record.

Augusta (18-9) only led by four points late in the first quarter, but ended the first half on a 34-9 run and went to the locker room with a 48-19. The Panthers got the running clock with 6:04 remaining in the third quarter.

Augusta            18 30 17 11 — 76

St. Patrick        10 09 11 09 — 39

Augusta —   Kiskaden 5, Reynolds 6, Dean 2, Napier 4, Hamm 5, Carl 2, Kelsch 14, Hesler 3, Bach 17, Young 18

St. Patrick —  Teitelbaum 3, Reed 4, R. Ignacio 2, Myrick 19, Lopez 6, Watts 2, A. Ignacio 3 

Mason County 83, Bracken County 56

Braeden Myrick made six 3-pointers and led five Royals in double figures with 23 points as Mason County ran its winning streak to six games.

Teegin Routt scored nine of his career-high 16 points in the first quarter, Garryon McClain followed with 12 points and Cole Horch and Jace Merz each had 10 points.

Noah Nelson had an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double for Bracken County (10-21). Teegan Feldhaus tossed in 11 points and Greg Benedict added 10.

Mason County (15-13) jumped out to a 7-0 lead, was up 43-28 at the half and led by as many as 30 points in the second half.

Mason County            20 23 20 20 — 83

Bracken County         10 18 12 16 — 56

Mason County — Routt 16, McClain 12, Metts 6, Myrick 23, Horch 10, Garrison 3, Merz 10, B. Malone 3

Bracken County — Kirk 3, Buchanan 9, Nelson 18, Feldhaus 11, Benedict 10, Wallingford 2, Apolonio 3