Mason County's state qualifiers all lost in the opening round of the KHSAA Tennis State Championships presented by UK HealthCare on Tuesday in Lexington.
In boys' singles, Evan Smith lost 1-6, 5-7. In boys' doubles, Sam Clarke and Alex Wood lost 3-6, 3-6, and in girls' doubles, Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire lost 1-6, 6-4, 0-1 (6-10).
The brackets for the KHSAA Tennis Championships presented by UK HealthCare have been published.
Here are the matchups for the Mason County players:
Boys Singles
Evan Smith vs. Cooper Ostermeier of Southwestern, Tuesday at 8 a.m. at the Sayre Athletic Complex.
Boys Doubles
Sam Clarke and Alex Wood vs. Vincente Garcia and Alexios Cornwell of North Hardin, Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. at Lexington Christian Academy.
Girls Doubles
Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire vs. Gabrielle Browning and Hope Dupin of Simon Kenton, Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the University of Kentucky.
Tickets for the tournament are available online only at https://gofan.co/app/school/KHSAA . Tickets purchased before the day of the event are $15. Game day tickets will cost $18 per day. Tickets purchased for the first day of the tournament will be valid at all sites.
Mason County tennis players who advanced to the semifinals of the regional tournaments were defeated by George Rogers Clark players on Thursday.
Evan Smith lost his singles match 6-2, 5-7, 14-16.
In doubles, Alex Wood and Sam Clarke lost 4-6, 2-6, and Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire lost 2-6, 1-6.
All of the semifinalists have qualified for the state tournament.
Five Mason County tennis players punched their tickets to the state tournament by advancing to the semifinals of the regional tournaments with wins while three players were eliminated on Wednesday.
No. 2 seed Evan Smith won his quarterfinal singles match 6-0, 6-1.
The girls' doubles teams of Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire and the boys' doubles team of Sam Clarke and Alex Wood also advanced to the semifinals.
Boone and Abshire won 6-1, 7-5 while Clark and Wood pulled out a 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 victory.
Three singles players suffered losses. Tori Lavinder lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-10, Juan Carlos fell 3-6, 1-6 and Ellen Clarke lost 6-7, 2-6.
The girls' 10th Region tennis tournament got underway on Monday with several Mason County players posting victories.
In singles matches, No. 3 seed Tori Lavinder won 6-0, 6-1 in the Round of 16 and Ellen Clarke won 6-1, 6-1 in the Round of 32 and 6-0, 6-0 in the Round of 16.
In doubles, Olivia Jackson and Annabel Jackson advanced with a 6-0,6-0 victory in the Round of 32 and No. 3 seed Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire were 6-2, 6-4 winners in the Round of 16.
The Mason County Royals lost to the George Rogers Clark Cardinals 3-0 in the 10th Region tennis team tournament on Saturday at Bourbon County.
The individual and doubles region tournaments start on Monday.
According to Coach Clay Boone for the first time in program history, Mason County has seeded players in all girls' and boys' events.
Here are the seeds:
No. 2 boys' singles, Evan Smith
No. 3 girls' singles, Tori Lavinder
No. 3 girls' doubles, Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire
No. 4 boys' doubles, Sam Clark and Alex Wood
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.
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.
Mason County's girls' doubles team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder won in the Round of 64, but lost in the Round of 32 at the KHSAA Tennis State Championships presented by UK Healthcare on Tuesday.
Boone and Lavinder defeated Montgomery County 7-5, 6-2 before falling to Assumption 0-6, 0-6.
Mason County junior Evan Smith lost 0-6, 0-6 in the Round of 64.
Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder lost to Cassie Lowe and Madelyn Settles of George Rogers Clark 1-6, 0-6 in the girls' doubles region championship match on Monday at Campbell County High School.
Boone and Lavinder have qualified for the state tournament.
The Mason County girls' doubles team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder have quaified for the state tennis tournament and will play for a region championship on Monday.
Bailey and Lavinder, seeded No. 2 in the 10th Region Tournament, defeated Calvary Christian 6-0, 6-0 in their opening match on Friday.
In the quarterfinal round on Saturday, Bailey and Lavinder beat Campbell County 6-0, 6-1 to qualify for the state tournament, and then later on Saturday they won their semifinal match vs. Montgomery County 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the region championship match on Monday at 5:30 vs. George Rogers Clark.
The Mason County girls' doubles tennis team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder lost 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round of the KHSAA State Championships presented by UK HealthCare this morning.
Boone and Lavinder, who completed their sophomore seasons, were the 10th Region runners-up.
Mason County's girls' doubles team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder lost to Madelyn Settles and Cassie Lowe of George Rogers Clark 3-6, 4-6 in the championship match of the 10th Region Tournament at GRC Wednesday evening.
Both teams advance to the state tennis tournament.
Mason County's girls' doubles tennis team of Emily Wood and Bailey Boone won their first match but lost their second match today in the KHSAA State Championships presented by UK HealthCare today at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville.
Wood and Boone defeated Mercy Academy 6-1, 6-2 in the Round of 64. They lost to Mayfield 6-0, 6-1 in the Round 32.
The Mason County girls' doubles team of Emily Wood and Bailey Boone qualified for the state tennis tournament by reaching the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament in Alexandria Monday night.
Wood, a senior, and Boone, a freshman, defeated Montgomery County 6-3, 6-0 in the quarterfinals before losing to George Rogers Clark 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals.
Wood and Bailey received a first round bye. They were 6-1, 6-4 winners over Bracken County Friday night.
The Clark's Pump-n-Shop State Tennis Tournament begins Monday at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville.
