Baylen Bauer signs with Lindsey Wilson College

St. Patrick senior Baylen Bauer signed today to play basketball at Lindsey Wilson College.

Bauer said he likes that Lindsey Wilson College has a lot of big men and international players and security with the coaching staff.

"Their coaches have been there 16 years, and I've been through four basketball coaches in my whole high school career, so that really drew me there and just the system they play and run," Bauer said.

Bauer made a school-record 10 three-pointers in a win over Silver Grove on February 8th. He held the previous school-record with nine treys in a game his junior season. 

"He's a small guy, but he's got the heart of an elephant, works hard," St. Patrick Coach Aaron Rigdon said. 

Rigdon said he challenged Bauer this season and he had to adjust to some role changes.

"He did that well and I think it peaked right at the district tournament."

Bauer averaged 10.4 points and 3.2 rebounds a game last season. 

He also played soccer and is a member of the Saints' baseball and tennis teams.

Bauer said he is going into nursing and plans to get his master's degree and become a nurse practitioner.

Saints suffer stunning loss in OT

The St. Patrick Saints rallied from a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to take the lead and appeared to have won the game when the buzzer sounded, but instead suffered a stunning 65-62 loss to the Bracken County Polar Bears in overtime tonight in the lower bracket semifinal game of the 39th District Tournament at The Fieldhouse.

With St. Patrick leading 57-55 in the closing seconds, Bracken County was unable to get off a shot.

The Polar Bears lost the ball out of bounds at the baseline and the fourth quarter buzzer sounded.

The officials decided to put two-tenths of a second back on the clock, and Bracken County junior Tad Fisher scored on a tip in shot on an underneath inbounds play at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. 

St. Patrick led 60-57 and 62-61 in the extra period, but Bracken County answered with four straight points.

The Saints missed a desperation three-pointer as time expired.

Mason Tucker had a game-high 18 points for Bracken County.

Trey Deaton tossed in 15 points and Tad Fisher added 10 points.

St. Patrick was led in scoring by Brevin Jones with 18 points.

Isaiah Garrison followed with 16 points and Baylen Bauer and Ben Swolsky scored 12 points apiece.

Bracken County and Mason County will meet in the championship game Thursday at 8 p.m.

BC (5-23) Deaton 15, Zornes 1 Tanner Fisher 8, Tucker 19, Cummins 1, Bishop 4, Tad Fisher 10, Tucker 7

SP (11-20) Garrison 16, Bauer 12, B. Swolsky 12, J. Swolsky 4, Jones 18

BC 15 14 17 11 08- 65

SP  11 12 10 24 05- 62

St. Patrick swept by Villa Madonna in girls and boys DH

The St. Patrick Lady Saints and Saints were swept by Villa Madonna Tuesday night at Villa Madonna.

The Lady Saints had their six-game winning streak snapped by a 47-35 loss.

Elizabeth McKay led St. Patrick in scoring with 11 points.

Allison Hughes added 10 points.

The Lady Saints will close out the regular season Thursday night at home against Bellevue.

The Saints were outscored 23-16 in the fourth quarter in a 79-70 loss to the Blue Lightning.

Brevin Jones hit six three-pointers and scored 21 points.

Baylen Bauer scored 13 points, Chandler Black tossed in 12 points and Ben Swolsky added 10 points.

The Saints travel to Carlisle Thursday to play the Nicholas County Bluejackets in their final game of the regular season.

Boys

SP (11-18) Bauer 13, McKay 3, Black 12, Muelhbauer 3, J. Swolsky 8, Jones 21, B. Swolsky 10

VM 19 23 14 23- 79

SP   16 22 16 16- 70

Girls

SP (12-13) Gallenstein 4, E. McKay 11, Klee 7, Hughes 10, C. McKay 3

VM 16 14 10 07- 47
SP   05 11 06 13- 35

(Updated to include the Lady Saints' individual scoring and the quarter scores for the girls' game.)

Saints hit a school-record 21 3s to cap off DH Sweep

The St. Patrick Saints hit a school-record 21 three-pointers to cap off a girls and boys doubleheader sweep over Silver Grove tonight at Silver Grove.

Brevin Jones made nine three-pointers and scored 34 points and Baylen Bauer hit a school-record 10 three-pointers and scored 30 points in the Saints' 104-48 victory over the Big Trains. 

Patrick McKay added two treys and Jake Swolsky tossed in 10 points.

Libby Gallenstein scored 11 points and Allison Hughes followed with 10 points to lead the Lady Saints to a 38-25 win.

The Lady Saints have won five straight games. They play at Rose Hill Christian Saturday afternoon.

The Saints host Ryle Saturday night.

Boys

SP (11-16) Bauer 30, McKay 8, Black 4, Mastin 8, Muehlbauer 6, Williams 2, J. Swolsky10, Jones 34, Klee 2

SG (2-20) Rittenhouse 5, Turcios 27, Nobel 2, Noble 14

SP 30 22 40 12- 104

SG 08 17 14 09- 48

Girls 

SP (11-12) Gallenstein 11, Allison Hughes 10, E. McKay 8, Klee 4, C. McKay 4, Roush 2


(Updated to correct that Jake Swolsky had 10 points instead of Chandler Black.)

St. Patrick and Robertson Co. split a DH

St. Patrick and Robertson County split a girls and boys doubleheader tonight on St. Patrick's Senior Night.

In the girls game, the St. Patrick Lady Saints ran their winning streak to four games with a 40-36 victory.

The Lady Saints trailed 14-7 at the end of the first quarter, but rallied to within two at the end of the first half and outscored the Lady Devils 24-18 in the second half including 10-6 in the fourth quarter.

Libby Gallenstein and Elizabeth McKay led St. Patrick in scoring with 11 points apiece.

In the boys game, the Robertson County Black Devils held off St. Patrick's late rally for an 80-73 win.

The Saints trailed by 17 points in the first quarter before rallying to tie the game at 69-69 with 2:37 to play, but the Black Devils made 9-of-10 free throws down the stretch.

Brevin Jones hit six three-pointers and scored a game-high 25 points for the Saints.

Jake Swolsky made four three-pointers and followed with 22 points.

Baylen Bauer added 11 points.

St. Patrick and Silver Grove play a girls and boys doubleheader Thursday night at Silver Grove.

Girls

SP (10-12) Gallenstein 11,Klee 7, Hughes 6, Roush 3, Hedgecock 2, McKay 11

RC (8-14) Green 10, Heser 3, Courtney 17, Linville 2, Maybrier 4

SP  07 09 14 10- 40

RC 14 04 12 06- 36

Boys

RC (17-8) Dixon 10, J. Becker 20, Dotson 6. R. Becker 4, Schalch 19, Burden 21

SP (10-16) Bauer 11, McKay 5, Black 4, Muehlbauer 2, B. Swolsky 4, J. Swolsky 22, Jones 25

RC 24 14 17 25- 80 

SP  08 24 18 23- 73

(Updated to correct point totals for Schalch and Burden.)

Saints pummeled by Anderson County

The St. Patrick Saints' three-game winning streak was snapped by a 77-44 loss to the Anderson County Bearcats tonight in Lawrenceburg.

St. Patrick led 19-18 at the end of the first quarter, but the Bearcats outscored the Saints 16-4 in the second quarter and 25-7 in the fourth quarter.

Ben Swolsky led St. Patrick in scoring with 13 points.

Baylen Bauer added 11 points.

The Saints play at Calvary Christian Saturday night.

Saints derail Trains in girls and boys doubleheader

Justina Klee scored 15 points and Libby Gallenstein tossed in 10 points to lead the St. Patrick Lady Saints to 41-21 victory over the Silver Grove Lady Trains, and the St. Patrick Saints hit 15 three-pointers in a 76-34 win over the Silver Grove Big Trains 76-34 tonight at The Shamrock.

Patrick McKay made seven three-pointers for a game-high 21 points, Baylen Bauer hit six three-pointers and followed with 20 points and Chandler Black added 19 points including a trey.

The Saints outscored the Big Trains 28-2 in the second quarter.

St. Patrick will host Berea for a girls and boys doubleheader Saturday.

Girls

SP (5-10) Klee 15, Gallenstein 10, C. McKay 8, Hughes 6, L. McKay 2

SG (1-10) Rittenhouse 8, Rurpert 8, Acree 3, Stull 2

Boys

SP (6-10) Bauer 20, Mastin 2, Black 19, Swolsky 9, Williams 5, McKay 21

SG (0-11) Turcios 20, Weber 3, Rittenhouse 2, Gray 3, R. Noble 4, E. Noble 3

Saints fall to Augusta in All “A”

Autsin Eichenberger scored 19 points to lead the Augusta Panthers to a 70-53 win over the St. Patrick Saints Saturday in the 10th Region All “A” Classic.

St. Patrick senior Brevin Jones scored 27 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Baylen Bauer added 11 points for the Saints and received the Academic Award.

St. Patrick hosts Silver Grove Tuesday night.

A (7-7) Mains 9, Ripato 13, Crodle 11, Philpot 6, Appleman 7, Eichenberger 19

SP (5-11) bauer 11, McKay 3, Black 6, Williams 2, Swolsky 4, Jones 27

A   13 15 19 23- 70
SP 08 11 18 16- 53

Saints lose to Eminence 80-67 in Louisville Collegiate Classic

The St. Patrick Saints lost to the Eminence Warriors 80-67 today in the fifth place game of the Louisville Collegiate Classic after being outscored 46-30 in the second half.

The Saints led 37-34 at halftime, but were outscored 26-18 in the third quarter and 20-12 in the fourth quarter.

Jake Swolsky had a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

Baylen Bauer hit four three-pointers and scored 17 points.

Patrick McKay added 11 points.

St. Patrick's next game is Thursday night against the Robertson County Black Devils at Robertson County.

E (8-7) Hinkley 19, Saunders 2, Richardson 19, Armstrong 10, Dotson 9, Wright 19, Sipes 2

SP (4-9) Bauer 17, McKay 11, Black 8, Williams 4, Swolsky 21, Jones 6

E   17 17 26 20- 80
SP 17 20 18 12- 67

Jones' last second shot pushes Saints past Brown 77-75

Brevin Jones made a last second shot to give the St. Patrick Saints a 77-75 win over the Brown Bears tonight in the consolation bracket of the Louisville Collegiate Classic.

The Saints outscored the Bears 23-18 in the fourth quarter.

St. Patrick had balanced scoring as Baylen Bauer and Jake Swolsky each logged 24 points, while Jones tossed in 15 points and Chandler Black added 12 points.

St. Patrick will play Eminence in the fifth place game Saturday at 4:15 p.m.

SP (5-8) Bauer 24, Black 12, Williams 2, Swolsky 24, Jones 15

B (4-9) Ja. Bibb 12, Jo. Bibb 7, Bynum 20, Moore 13, Doram 19, P. Hodge 2, D. Hodge 2

Saints are champions of Rose Hill All Private School Invitational

The St. Patrick Saints defeated the Rose Hill Royals 70-56 today to win the championship of the Rose Hill All Private School Invitational.

The Saints led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter and 38-14 at halftime.

Baylen Bauer hit five three-pointers and led St. Patrick in scoring with 22 points.

Jake Swolsky followed with 16 points and Brevin Jones added 14 points.

SP (4-7) Bauer 22, McKay 5, Black 6, Mastin 3, Williams 4, Swolsky 16, Jones 14

RH (5-5) Phelps 4, Keller 1, Wilburn 22, Trogdon, Hamilton 7, Barker 6

SP   21 17 12 20- 70

RH 06 08 19 23-  56

Saints go 1-1 in Rose Hill All Private School Invitational

The St. Patrick Saints lost to June Buchanan 78-70 and defeated Piarist School 72-37 today in the Rose Hill All Private School Invitational in Ashland.

Brevin Jones hit six three-pointers and scored 24 points in the loss.

Baylen Bauer scored 15 points and Jake Swolsky added 12 points.

Jones scored 20 points in the victory over Piarist School.

Owen Williams scored a career-high 12 points and Chandler Black tossed in 10 points.

JB Dotson 26, Hill 21, Tackett 1, Cox 8, Caudill 22

SP (2-7) Bauer 15, McKay 8, Black 7, Williams 4, Swolsky 12, Jones 24

JB 14 22 13 29- 78
SP 11 18 21 20- 70

SP (3-7) Bauer 3, McKay 7, Black 10, Mastin 4, Blust 3, Klingelhoeffer 4, Williams 12, Swolsky 6,
Jones 20, Klee 3

St. Patrick and Augusta split a girls and boys DH in the Hoops for Hope

St. Patrick and Augusta split a girls and boys doubleheader tonight in the Hoops for Hope at St. Patrick.

In the boys' game, the Augusta Panthers scored the first 11 points of the game, but the St. Patrick Saints rallied and scored the last 10 points of the game for a 63-53 victory that snapped a four-game losing streak.

St. Patrick rallied from the 11-0 deficit to lead 31-28 and was up 42-33 in the third quarter.

Augusta stormed back to tie the score at 53-53 midway through the fourth quarter but did not score the rest of the game.

Baylen Bauer hit back-to-back layups, Chandler Black followed with a basket and Jake Swolsky hit four free throws in the 10-0 game-ending run.

Four St. Patrick players scored in double figures with Brevin Jones leading the way with 21 points. Jones hit five three-pointers. Swolsky followed with 14 points. Bauer scored 11 points and  Black added 10 points.

Augusta sophomore Preston Philpot hit seven three-pointers and scored 26 points.

In the girls' game, the Lady Panthers led the whole game in a 50-45 win over the Lady Saints.

The Lady Panthers built an 11-point lead in second quarter and were up by seven points at halftime.

St. Patrick outscored Augusta 10-6 in the third quarter and scored the first two points of the fourth quarter to pull within a point at 32-31. 

Augusta increased the lead to five points.

St. Patrick 7th grader Caroline McKay hit a three-pointer to cut the deficit to two at 45-43 with 39 seconds left, but the Lady Panthers closed out the game with a 5-2 run.

Augusta senior Kaitlyn Stanton scored a game-high 24 points.

Alexis Shields added 14 points for the Lady Panthers.

St. Patrick was led in scoring by Allison Hughes with 11 points.

Libby Gallenstein tossed in 10 points.

Girls

A (4-6) Kelsch 7, H, Arthur 2, Young 2, N. Arthur 1

SP (3-5) Hughes 11, Gallenstein 10, C. McKay 7, Tesmer 7, Klee 4, E. McKay 3, Roush 3

A  14 12 06 18-  50

SP 12 07 10 16- 45

Boys

SP (2-6) Bauer 11, McKay 5, Black 10, Mastin 2, Swolsky 14, Jones 21

A (4-5) Eichenberger 6, Mains 6, Appelman 6, Cordle 3, Philpot 26, Ripato 6

SP 08 23 18 14- 63
A   15 13 16 09- 53

Allen leads Pendleton Co. to a 94-50 win over the Saints

Pendleton County junior guard Dontaie Allen scored 23 of his game-high 38 points in the first quarter and led the Wildcats to a 94-50 victory over the St. Patrick Saints Tuesday night at St. Patrick.

Brevin Jones led St. Patrick in scoring with 20 points.

Baylen Bauer added 10 points.

The Saints host Trimble County Friday night.

Pendleton Co. (5-1) Allen 38, Monroe 9, Sullivan 9, Neltner 7, Antrobus 14, Walsh 7, Thomas 5, Nordheim 2, Smith 2, Yelton 1

St. Patrick (1-5) Jones 20, Bauer 10, Black 6, McKay 5, Swolsky 3, Mastin 2, Klingelhoffer 2, Williams 2

Saints lose to Model 72-51

The St. Patrick Saints lost to the Model Patriots 72-51 Saturday in the Central Bank Heroes Classic at Model.

Four Saints scored in double figures- Baylen Bauer, Brevin Jones and Jake Swolsky with 12 points apiece and Chandler Black with 10 points. 

St. Patrick  hosts Pendleton County Tuesday night.

SP (1-4) Bauer 12, Jones, Swolsky, 12, Black 10, McKay 3, Williams 2

Royals defeat Saints 80-31 in season opener

The Mason County Royals defeated the St. Patrick Saints 80-31 tonight at The Fieldhouse in the season opener for both teams.

After leading 38-14 at the half, the Royals opened the third quarter on a 14-0 run.

Mason County outrebounded St. Patrick 63-27.

The Saints shot just 20.4% from the field and only 8.7% from three-point range.

Xylon Frey led Mason County in scoring with a career-high 15 points. 

Leevi Dunaway followed with 12 points and Jaylen Lofton added 11 points.

Baylen Bauer was St. Patrick's leading scorer with 10 points.

Mason County plays at Simon Kenton Friday night.

St. Patrick hosts Ironton St. Joseph Friday night in the Catholic Classic.

MC (1-0) Dunaway 12, Lofton 11, Perkins 2, Boyd 7, Steward 8, Jackson 3, Devine 3, Muse 4, Frey 15, Brammer 7, Jones 7, Riggs 1

SP McKay 2, Bauer 10, Swolsky 5, Jones 4, Black 6, Muehlbauer 3, Klingelhoffer 1

MC 17 21 22 20- 80

SP   06 08 08 09- 31

Saints snap a 7 game losing streak with a 77-55 win over Rose Hill Christian

The St. Patrick Saints snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 77-55 win over the Rose Hill Christian Royals tonight in Ashland.

The Saints outscored the Royals 25-10 in the fourth quarter.

St. Patrick junior Ben Swolsky scored a game-high 26 points including his 1,000th career point.

Pat McKay and Baylen Bauer both scored 11 points.

The Saints close out the regular season Friday night at Estill County.

SP (8-21) B. Swolsky 26, McKay 11, Bauer 11, Walton 8, J. Swolsky 9, Black 6

RH (11-19) N. Hamilton 25, Boyd 8, Hale 8, E. Hamilton 8, Barber 6

Saints fall to Nicholas Co. 77-70

The St. Patrick Saints started strong and finished strong in their final home game of the season, but were outscored 42-19 in the second and third quarters in a 77-70 loss to the Nicholas County Bluejackets tonight.

The Saints led 20-12 at the end of the first quarter and outscored the Bluejackets 31-23 in the fourth quarter, but a 15-point deficit after three quarters was too much to overcome.

St, Patrick has lost seven straight games.

Five players scored in double figures for Nicholas County.

Ben Swolsky had a game-high 26 points for the Saints.

Baylen Bauer hit four three-pointers and scored 15 points.

Chase Burton added 12 points.

St. Patrick plays at Rose Hill Christian Monday night.

NC (13-11) Letcher 17, Hamilton 15, Stafford 13, Morris 12, Davis 11, Sapp 5, Fryman 4

SP (7-21) B. Swolsky 26, McKay 9, Bauer 15, Burton 12, Black 6, J. Swolsky 2

NC 12 20 22 23- 77
SP  20 09 10 31- 70

Augusta uses big 3rd quarter to beat St. Patrick 71-63

The Augusta Panthers outscored the St. Patrick Saints 25-12 in the third quarter for a 71-63 win tonight at St. Patrick.

Jared Shoemaker and Jack Laycock both scored 18 points for Augusta.

Preston Philpot added 11 points.

Ben Swolsky scored a game-high 29 points for the Saints who played their third game in as many nights.

Baylen Bauer hit five three-pointers and scored 19 points.

St. Patrick travels to Menifee County Thursday night.

A  (10-9) Shoemaker 18, Laycock 18, Philpot 11, Appelman 9, Cordle 8, Johnson 6, Mains 1
SP (7-16) Black 2, McKay 2, Bauer 19, B. Swolsky 29, Burton 5, Walton 3, J. Swolsky 3

Baylen Bauer hits 9 3's to lead Saints to a 52-51 win

Baylen Bauer made a school-record nine three-pointers to lead the St. Patrick Saints to a 52-51 win over the Rose Hill Royals last night at St. Patrick.

Bauer hit three three-pointers in the first and third quarters, two in the second quarter and one in the fourth quarter.

Josh Walton added 13 points for the Saints who avenged a 61-56 overtime loss to Rose Hill on December 23 in the Rose Hill All Private School Invitational.

St. Patrick's next game is Thursday at home against Riverside Christian.

SP (6-12) Bauer 27, Black 3, Walton 13, J. Swolsky 7, Burton 2
RC () Boyd 16, Barber 3, Hale 5, N. Hamilton 20, E. Hamilton 3, Barker 4