Lady Royals win Area 7 Championship

The Mason County Lady Royals cross country team won the Area 7 Championship today at Boyd County.

Mason County's 40 points topped the nine-team girls' field. The second place team, Morgan County, had 93 points.

Eighth grader Paige Decker led Mason County with a second place finish in a time of 20:02.10.

Four other Lady Royals finished in the top 20- freshman Alyssa Bisotti 9th (21:35.28), Hayden Faris 13th (22:34.50), freshman Kylee Howe 17th (23:18.53) and 8th grader Morgan Carpenter 18th (23:21.75).

Bracken County seniors Brandon Cox and Jared Jefferson finished 1-2 in the boys' race to lead the Polar Bears to third place in the team standings.

With a time of 17:03.26, Cox edged Jefferson by just over 11 seconds.

Mason County junior Isaiah Riggs took ninth place (18:18.81) and Mason County sophomore Carson Adams finished in 14th place (18:34.70) to lead the Royals to a 7th place finish.

Boyd County won the boys' team championship.

Here are links to the complete results:

Girls Varsity

Boys Varsity

Lady Royals XC team opens the season with a win

The Mason County Lady Royals opened the cross country season with a win at the Bourbon County Invitational this morning.

Mason County 8th grader Paige Decker was the individual champion with a personal record time of 19:51.19.

Two other Mason County runners finished in the top 10- freshman Alyssa Bisotti 9th (21:45.61) and 8th grader Elizabeth Lavinder 10th (21:46.11).

Mason County sophomore Hayden Faris took 11th place (21:48.83).

The Mason County Royals finished in 11th place and were led by junior Isaiah Riggs in 17th place (18:35.31).

Bracken County senior Brandon Cox was the runner-up (17:19.81) and lead the Polar Bears to a 7th place finish.

Bracken County senior Jared Jefferson took 6th place (17:35.35).

Mason Co. girls 10th, boys 22nd, Jefferson 3rd, Bracken Co, boys 7th at XC state championships

The Mason County Lady Royals finished in 10th place and the Mason County Royals took 22nd place in the Class AA cross country state championships Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

Bracken County junior Jared Jefferson finished third in the Class A boys race in 16:35.92 and led the Polar Bears to a seventh place finish. 

Bracken County junior Brandon Cox took 13th place in 17:18.05

The Augusta boys were 33rd in Class A.

The Bracken County girls finished in 17th place in Class A.

Class A girls

Class A boys

Class AA girls

Class AA boys

Lady Royals, Polar Bears, Jefferson and Perry are Area 7 Champions

The Mason County Lady Royals, the Bracken County Polar Bears, Morgan County junior Kailee Perry and Bracken County junior Jared Jefferson won Area 7 championships Saturday at the Mason County cross country course.

The Mason County Lady Royals won the girls team title with 50 points. The Morgan County Lady Cougars finished second with 68 points. The Lady Royals were led by seventh grader Paige Decker with a fifth place finish in 20:06.61 and eighth grader Alyssa Bisotti in ninth place in 20:37.54.

Perry won the girls individual championship in 18:45.82.

The Bracken County Polar Bears took the boys team championship with 67 points. The Russell Red Devils were second, 10 points behind Bracken County.

Jefferson won the boys individual championship in 16:13.28.

Mason County sophomore Connor Linville finished sixth in 17:04.09 and Bracken County junior Brandon Cox was seventh in 17:18.80.

Girls Team Scores
1. Mason County 50
2. Morgan County 68
3. Montgomery County 103
4. Ashland 105
5. Bath County 108
6. Bracken County 123
7. Fleming County 160
8. Boyd County 192
9. Elliott County 207

Boys Team Scores
1.Bracken County 67
2.Russell 77
3. Montgomery County 98
4. Boyd County124
5. Mason County 143
6. Rowan County 164
7. Bath County 169
8. Elliott County 188
9. Augusta 235
10. Fleming County 259
11. Morgan County 261
12. Ashland 275

Individual Results

Lady Royals win Mason County XC Invitational,

The Mason County Lady Royals cross country team won the Mason County Invitational Saturday.

The Lady Royals edged the Bishop Brossart Lady 'Stangs 106-111. Eighteen schools competed in the girls race.

Seventh grader Paige Decker led the Lady Royals with a 10th place finish in 20:32.

Rounding out the scoring for Mason County were freshman Hayden Faris in 18th place (20:55.40),

eighth graders Kylee Howe 25th (21:21.60) and Alyssa Bisotti 26th (21:25.50) and seventh grader Elizabeth Lavinder 33rd (21:57.20).

Morgan County junior Kailee Perry won the girls race in 18:58.1.

Bracken County junior Jared Jefferson won the boys in 16:16.2.

Fairfield-Leesburg won the boys team title by 32 points.

Bracken County finished in sixth place and Mason County took 10th place.

Sophomore Conner Linville was Mason County's top runner with a sixth place finish (16:48.4).

Bracken County junior Brandon Cox took seventh place (16:52.9).

St. Patrick eighth grader Allison Hughes won the mixed 5K junior varsity race in 22:24.4.

Here are the varsity team standings:

Girls

1. Mason County 106

2. Bishop Brossart 111

3. Campbell County 124

4. Bourbon County 162

5. Morgan County 167

6. St. Henry 171

7. Russell 177

8. Cooper 207

9. Bath County 235

10. Montgomery County 236

11. George Rogers Clark 292

12. Bracken County 292

13. Faairfield-Leesburg 299

14. West Union 328

15. Scott 347

16. Holy Cross 391

17. Elliott County 406

18. Raceland 447

Boys

1. Fairfield-Leesburg 91

2. Bishop Brossart 123

3. Russell 129

4. Campbell County 130

5. Montgomery County 172

6. Bracken County 181

7. Bourbon County 222

8. Mason County 223

9. George Rogers Clark 246

10. Grant County 292

11. Rowan County 313

12. Elliott County 314

13. Pendleton County 323

14. West Union 402

15. Bath County 429

16. Holy Cross 435

17. Boone County 460

18. Newport Central Catholic 486

19. Raceland 491

20. Fleming County 496

21. Scott 516

22. Holmes 543

23. Lloyd Memorial 576

24. Ripley 628

Here are links for the complete varsity results:

Girls

Boys

(Updated to correct that Hayden Faris finished 18th)