Mason County and Bracken County winners in girls' 39th District Tournament semis

The Mason County Lady Royals and the Bracken County Lady Bears posted semifinal wins in the 39th District Tournament on Monday night at The Fieldhouse and will meet in the championship game on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Mason County 63, St. Patrick 25

Lexi Young had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Royals to their 21st win of the season. 

Emma Gallenstein and Lillian Klee each scored 11 points for the Lady Saints who closed out the season with a 4-19 record.

Mason County outscored St. Patrick 21-3 in the second quarter and 17-2 in the third quarter. The final 12:05 was played with a running clock.

Mason County 18 21 17 07 — 63

St. Patrick        10 03 02 10 — 25

Mason County — Reed 8, Kirk 5, Hughes 6, Downs-Perry 3, Young 18, Thomas 3, Pearson 2, Fox 5, Tye 4, Buttery 9

St. Patrick — Kimball 3, Gallenstein 11, Klee 11

Bracken County 62, Augusta 46

Nicole Archibald scored 22 points and the Lady Bears rallied from a 16-point deficit.

Savannah Kelsch added 10 points and Brianna Bauer had nine points and nine rebounds for Bracken County (21-10) which ran its winning streak to four games.

Augusta (11-17) was up 26-10 late in the first quarter, but only scored three points in the second quarter, and Bracken County led 34-29 at halftime.

Kenzington Hinson led the Lady Panthers with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Aryanna Davis chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds. Laci Tackett had nine points and nine assists.

Bracken County        12 22 12 16 — 62

Augusta                    26 03 10 07 — 46

Bracken County — Archibald 22, Colvin 2, Johnson 6, Sharp 9, Kelsch 10, Smith 4, Bauer 9

Augusta — Ke. Hinson 15, R. Tackett 9, Ka. Hinson 3, L. Tackett 9, Davis 10

Reed scores 25 to lead the Lady Royals to a 61-55 win over Bracken County

Amirah Reed hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points as the Mason County Lady Royals clinched the No. 1 seed in the district tournament with a 61-55 victory over the Bracken County Lady Bears on Thursday night at The Fieldhouse.

Olivia Hughes had 13 points and Adrienne Downs-Perry added 11 points for the Lady Royals who ran their record to 13-5.

Kailey Sharp scored 18 points while Nicole Archibald tossed in 16 points and Brianna Bauer added 13 points for the Lady Bears who fell to 9-6.

Mason County led 46-32 with 6:32 left in the game. Bracken County pulled to within 49-45 with 2:02 to go, but Reed hit back-to-back 3s to put the Lady Royals up 55-44 with 1:05 to play.

Mason County will play Parkersburg, West Virginia on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. at Eastern Brown.

Bracken County will host Augusta on Saturday night. 

Mason County        15 11 12 23 — 61

Bracken County      10 06 16 23 — 55

Mason County — Reed 25, Kirk 3, Hughes 13, Downs-Perry 11, Young 6, Buttery 3

Bracken County — Archibald 16, Colvin 2, Sharp 18, Kelsch 6, Bauer 13

Lady Bears beat Lady Saints 73-31

Nicole Archibald scored 26 points, Brianna Bauer added 16 

and the Bracken County Lady Bears defeated the St. Patrick Lady Saints 73-31 on Friday night at The Igloo in Brooksville.

Lillian Klee led St. Patrick in scoring with 14 points.

Bracken County 17 21 16 19 — 73

St. Patrick          10 02 06 13 — 31

Bracken County — Archibald 26, Bauer 16, Colvin 2, Kelsch 7, Sharp 8, Throughman 2, Burton 5, Johnson 5, Nickell 2

St. Patrick — Kimball 8, Gallenstein 9, Klee 14

Nicole Archibald scores 29 points to lead Bracken County to district championship

Nicole Archibald scored 29 points to lead the Bracken County Lady Bears to a 64-52 win over the Mason County Lady Royals on Thursday night in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament at Bracken County.

Brianna Bauer added 12 points for the Lady Bears (17-14) who are back-to-back district champions.

Mason County (20-11) was led in scoring by Lexi Young with 19 points. Amirah Reed followed with 14 points and Carlee Buttery tossed in 10.

There were three lead changes and five ties in the first half.

Bracken County took control of the game with a 13-0 run from late in the second quarter to the 4:25 mark of the third quarter to lead 40-27.

Mason County cut the gap to 52-47 with 4:29 left in the game, but Archibald made 12-of-14 free throws in a span of three minutes and six seconds to push the lead to 64-49.

Both teams advance to the 10th Region Tournament at Bourbon County.

Bracken County            10 20 14 20 — 64

Mason County              12 15  07 18 — 52   

Bracken County — Archibald 29, K. Johnson 4, Sharp 6 E. Johnson 6, Kelsch 2, Bauer 12

Mason County — Reed 14, Hughes 4, Downs-Perry 2, Young 19, Fox 3, Buttery 10