Mason County and GRC advance to region finals

Terrell Henry scored 27 points and KG Walton had 25 points to lead the Mason County Royals to a 75-67 win over the Campbell County Camels in the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse on Monday night.

Mason County (29-5) will play the George Rogers Clark Cardinals in the championship game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. GRC jumped out to a 22-2 lead and defeated the Harrison County Thorobreds 69-56 in the second game.

Henry and Walton combined to score 21 of the Royals' 24 fourth quarter points.

Braylon Hamilton made three 3-pointers and scored 13 points.

Mason County led 37-26 at halftime. Campbell County opened the third quarter on an 11-3 run to cut the Royals' lead to four points. Mason County answered with an 11-4 run to lead 51-41 at the end of the third quarter. Carter McClanahan hit two 3-pointers and Hamilton made a 3-pointer during that run.

Hamilton hit another 3-pointer to give the Royals' their biggest lead 54-41 with 6:55 remaining in the game. Campbell County closed to within six points at 65-59, but Henry and Walton made back-to-back layups to push the lead back out to 10 points with 1:03 to play.

Aydan Hamilton scored 24 points, Connor Weinel followed with 12 points, Jaiden Combs 11 and Jake Gross 10 for the Camels who ended the season with a 22-12 record.

Mason County and GRC did not meet during the regular season.

Mason County            16 21 14 24 — 75

Campbell County        14 12 15 26 — 67

Mason County — Henry 27, Walton 25, McClanahan 6, Mastin 2, Hamilton 13, Bierley 2

Campbell County — Hill 3, Gross 10, Jackson 4, Smith 3, Hamilton 24, Weinel 12, Combs 11

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George Rogers Clark    24 17 12 16 — 69

Harrison County            06 13 15 22 — 56

George Rogers Clark (26-5) — Hampton 5, Craig 1, Morton 25, Parrish 16, Edwards 12, Maxwell 10

Harrison County (27-7) — Custard 19, Smiley 7, Harris 4, 

Wilson 5, Kendall 16, Furnish 5

Royals defeat Campbell County 77-73

The Mason County Royals held off Campbell County's late rally and beat the Camels 77-73 on Tuesday night at Campbell County.

After trailing by four points at halftime, the Royals outscored the Camels 28-14 in the third quarter. Mason County led 68-55 early in the fourth quarter. 

There were five ties and nine lead changes through the first three quarters.

Terrell Henry led Mason County in scoring with 23 points. Riley Mastin had 21 points and nine rebounds. KG Walton made four 3-pointers, scored 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out eight assists. Philip Bierley had 11 points and eight rebounds. 

Aydan Hamilton had 33 points and nine rebounds for Campbell County (9-7).

Mason County (14-2) ran its winning streak to four games. The Royals will play Magoffin County in the Kentucky 2A Championships state tournament in Owensboro on Friday night.

Mason County        19 18 28 12 — 77

Campbell County    20 21 14 18 — 73

Mason County — Henry 23, Walton 13, McClanahan 1, Mastin 21, Hamilton 8, Bierley 11 

Campbell County — Hamilton 33, Gross 15, Combs 3, Weinel 2, Smith 3, Jackson 11, Hill 6

Campbell County hangs on for a 71-67 win over Montgomery County

The Campbell County Camels had a 26-point lead at the half and held off a furious rally by the Montgomery County Indians for a 71-67 victory in the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament today at The Fieldhouse.

Campbell County guard Garrett Beiting scored 21 of his game-high 28 points in the first half. Eric Davie followed with 17 points and Aydan Hamilton added 15.

Montgomery County's dynamic duo -- Harrison Hagan and Rickey Lovette -- scored 20 points apiece. Eric Morgan tossed in 14 points.

Campbell County advances to the region championship game for the sixth time in the last eight seasons. The Camels will play the winner of tonight's game between Mason County and George Rogers Clark.

Campbell County        20 26 10 15 --71

Montgomery County   09 11 26 21 -- 67

Campbell County -- Gross 8, Davie 17, Beiting 28, 

Hamilton 15, Hegyi 3

Montgomery County -- Dyer 6, Woosley 7, Harrison 20, Lovette 20, Morgan 14

Campbell County holds off upset-minded Bracken County 71-64 in 2OT

The Campbell County Camels held off the upset-minded Bracken County Polar Bears 71-64 in double overtime in the opening game of the 10th Region Tournament today at The Fieldhouse.

Campbell County beat Bracken County by 33 points in the regular season and was a heavy favorite today, but the Polar Bears were able to dictate slow tempo and got 39 points from freshman guard Blake Reed to give the Camels all they wanted.

Reed hit a three-pointer to send the game into overtime, and Bracken County had a chance to win in the extra period but missed a shot at the buzzer.

The Camels outscored the Polar Bears 10-3 in the second overtime.

Aydan Hamilton made 16-of-17 free throws and led Campbell County in scoring with 22 points. Garrett Beiting followed with 21 points and Dane Hegyi added 11 points.

Campbell County    11 16 05 18 11 10 -- 71

Bracken County      10 13 12 15 11 03 -- 64

Campbell County -- Gross 9, Beiting 21, Hamilton 22, 

Hegyi 11, Jackson 5, Jones 2, Sorgenfrei 1

Bracken County -- B. Reed 39, Commodore 8, Reynolds 2,

C. Reed 9, Jefferson 6