Royals lose to Fleming County

Mason County was unable to slow down Fleming County's high powered offense and the Royals lost to the Panthers 93-72 on Saturday night at The Fieldhouse.

There were 53 fouls and 76 free throws. Fleming County was 39-for-53 on free throws. Mason County was 11-for-23 from the charity stripe.

Seth Hickerson scored a game-high 32 points for Fleming County. Four other Panthers scored in double digits. Kaine Roberts scored 18 points, Lucas Jolly 16, Preston Cropper 15 and Bradley Robinson 11.

Garryon McClain scored a career-high 27 points for Mason County. Braeden Myrick tossed in 17 points.

Mason County (7-7) led 18-11 at the 4:16 mark of first quarter, but Fleming County (12-4) went on a 22-4 run to lead 33-22 with 6:32 left in the second quarter.

The Panthers took their first 20-point lead at  56-36 with 4:44 to go in the third quarter. Less than two minutes later, the Royals trimmed the deficit to 12 at 62-50. Fleming County answered with a 13-5 run to push the lead back out to 20. The Panthers were up by as many as 26 points in the fourth quarter.

Mason County will travel to Paris on Tuesday night to play the Bourbon County Colonels.

Fleming County will host Cooper next Saturday night.

Fleming County        27 18 30 18 — 93

Mason County          22 14 21 15 — 72

Fleming County — Cropper 5, Jolly 16, Hickerson 32, Robinson 11, Kielman 5, Smith 3, Earlywine 3, Roberts 18

Mason County — Routt 5, McClain 27, Myrick 17, Jones 4, Horch 4, Garrison 6, Merz 8, Jackson 1

Royals lose to Fleming County in 2A section quarterfinals

Mason County controlled the tempo and led 13-5 early in the game, but Fleming County heated up from 3-point range and defeated the Royals 65-54 on Friday night in the quarterfinal round of the Kentucky 2A Championships Section 6 Tournament at The Fieldhouse.

Bradley Robinson made seven 3-pointers and scored a game-high 31 points for Fleming County. Seth Hickerson added 12.

Braeden Myrick led Mason County with 17 points. Cole Horch contributed 16 points and nine rebounds and Garryon McClain added 13 points and five rebounds.

Fleming County scored 10 straight points to take a 15-13 lead early and outscored Mason County 10-4 in the second quarter to lead 23-17 at halftime.

The Panthers outscored Mason County 21-14 in the third quarter and led by as many as 16 points.

Fleming County outscored Mason County 36-12 from 3-point range. The Panthers were 12-of-16 from beyond the arc including 7-of-13 in the second half.

Mason County was 4-of-17 (23.5%) on 3-point shots.

Fleming County (10-3) moves on to the semifinals to play the Rowan County Vikings on Monday night at Rowan County.

Mason County (6-5) will be back in action on January 11 at home vs. the Greenup County Musketeers.

Fleming County    13 10 21 21 — 65

Mason County      13 04 14 23 — 54

Fleming County — Cropper 3, Jolly 9, Hickerson 16, Robinson 31, Roberts 3, Johnson 3

Mason County — Routt 6, McClain 13, Metts 2, Myrick 17, Horch 16

Lady Saints lose to Villa Madonna; Saints fall to Fleming County

The St. Patrick Lady Saints lost to the Villa Madonna Vikings 58-46 and the St. Patrick Saints fell to Fleming County 81-29 in a doubleheader on Friday night at The Shamrock.

Lillian Klee led the Lady Saints in scoring with 23 points. Emma Gallenstein tossed in 16.

Abi Ignacio was the Saints' top scorer with 14. Amari Myrick added 10.

Seth Hickerson scored 21 points for Fleming County. Bradley Robinson followed with 18 points and Kaine Roberts added 12.

The Lady Saints will be back in action on December 20 vs. the Bluegrass Blazers in the Somerset Christian School 2-Day Christmas Tournament.

The Saints will travel to Ironton, Ohio on December 20 to play St. Joseph Central.

Fleming County will play Bracken County on Saturday at 5 p.m. in the Mike Murphy Classic at The Fieldhouse.

Girls

Villa Madonna    05 28 10 15 — 58

St. Patrick          06 04  18 18 — 46

Villa Madonna — Bennett 3, Nine 10, Gorman 2, Chadwick 10, Mahaney 6, Gibbs 23, Gifford 2

St. Patrick — Kimball 7, Gallenstein 16, Klee 23

Boys

Fleming County 33 29 14 05 — 81

St. Patrick         08 04 08 09 — 29

Fleming County — Robinson 18, Jolly 6, Hickerson 21, Cropper 7, Johnson 4, Roberts 12, Kielman 6, Conley 2, Smith 3, Pollitt 2

St. Patrick — Reed 2, Hazelrigg 3, Myrick 10, A. Ignacio 14