Mason County All-Comers track and field meet

Despite some rain and strong winds, the Mason County All-Comers track and field, took place Thursday. Darkness prevented completion of the boys high jump.

Mason County won the girls meet; Bath County captured the boys meet.

First place finishes by local athletes include:

• Mason County junior Jordan Frodge in the girls 300 meter hurdles (52.86) and the girls high jump (4-08.00)
• Mason County junior Rheagan Sizemore in the girls pole vault (8-00.00)
• Augusta senior Camryn Snapp in the boys 1600 meter run (5:00.1)
• Bracken County freshman Jared Jefferson in the boys 3200 meter run (10:59.57)
• Mason County senior Brendan Garrison in the boys 300 meter (42.34) and the boys triple jump (38-04.50)
• Mason County senior Jay Stanley in the boys shot put (46-10.00) and boys discus throw (134-01)
• Mason County girls 4x100 meter relay
• Mason County girls 4x200 meter relay
• Mason County girls 4x400 meter relay
• Mason County gorls 4x800 meter relay
• Bracken County boys 4x400 meter relay
• Bracken County boys 4x800 meter relay

Girls Team Rankings

1. Mason County 154

2. Nicholas County 102

3. West Carter 73

4. Rowan County 51

5. Bath County 48

6. Holmes 45

7. Bracken County 17

8. Lewis County 11

Boys Team Rankings

1. Bath County 115

2. West Carter 115

3. Mason County 83

4. Bracken County 64

5. Nicholas County 56.5

6. Rowan County 64

7. Holmes 37.5

8. Augusta 18

9. Lewis County 5

Augusta comes from behind to beat Scott

The Augusta Panthers rallied from a 12-point third quarter deficit to beat the Scott Eagles 72-71 today in the quarterfinal round of the 10th Region Tournament at Montgomery County High School Arena.

Augusta junior Jack Laycock, pressed into action after two starters fouled out, made the game-winning layup with five seconds left in the game.

Laycock missed two free throws with 13 seconds remaining, but Camryn Snapp ran down the rebound after the second miss, The Panthers got to the ball to Laycock who scored his only two points of the game on the layup. Scott missed two shots in the final seconds, and Augusta had its 10th straight victory.

Augusta shot 65.2% from the field in the second half (15-of-23) and 58.7% for the game.

Connor Maddox scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter. Snapp scored 14 points and Owens Crawford added 12.

Jake Ohmer scored 30 points for Scott.

Augusta will play the Montgomery County Indians in Monday night's semifinals. Montgomery County defeated Pendleton County 48-41 in the today's second game.

A (23-6) Crawford 12, Maddox 29, Pugh 5, Snapp 14, Shoemaker 8, Staggs 2, Laycock 2

S (13-17) Perrin 8, Ohmer 30, Trame 15, Say 9, 4, Dumlao 4, Englemon 2, Pusateri 3

A 16 15 13 28- 72

S 12 27 14 18- 71

Augusta rallies to beat Mason County on Tanner Pugh's buzzer beater

Tanner Pugh picked up a loose ball and hit a buzzer beater to give the Augusta Panthers a 63-61 win over the Mason County Royals in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament tonight at Bracken County.

Mason County was in control for three and a half quarters. The Royals had a 14-point lead in the second quarter and were up 57-44 with 4:38 to play and 59-50 with 3:50 left in the game.

Conner Maddox scored five straight points on a fast break layup and a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to four points. 

Conner Sweeney's layup made it 61-55 with 1:21 to play. 

After two missed 3-point shots and two offensive rebounds by the Panthers, Maddox hit a 3-pointer with one minute to play.

Mason County turned the ball over and Owens Crawford tied the game with a trey from the right wing with 40 seconds to go.

The Royals were playing for the last shot when they committed another turnover with 16 seconds left. 

It was Augusta's turn to go for the final shot. Jaylen Lofton tipped the ball away from Crawford, but the ball went to Pugh who swished the game-winning basket from just inside the three-point arc on the left wing.

It's Augusta's third district championship in four years. The Panthers have won nine straight games.

Antwavon "Pig" Williams and  Isaiah Garrison scored 20 points apiece for Mason County.

Maddox scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. Camryn Snapp kept Augusta in the game by scoring nine of his 19 points in the third quarter.

A (22-6) Crawford 9, Maddox 20, Pugh 5, Snapp 19, Shoemaker 8, Staggs 2

MC (20-10) A. Williams 20, Garrison 20, Lofton 2, Sweeney 4, D. Williams 2, Dunaway 6, Henry 3, Perkins 4

A     13 13 15 22- 63

MC 17 17 17 10- 61

Augusta pulls away from St. Patrick

The Augusta Panthers held off the upset minded St. Patrick Saints 62-50 tonight in a semifinal game of the boys 39th District tournament.

The Panthers routed the Saints 77-44 on February 12, but they didn't pull away in tonight's game until the closing minutes.

Augusta senior Connor Maddox scored a game-high 24 points. He was 12-of-13 from the free-throw line. Camryn Snapp added 22 points.'

Brennan Bauer led St. Patrick in scoring with 17 points. Ben Swolsky tossed in 10 points.

Augusta, with eight straight wins, advances to the championship game to play the winner of Tuesday night's semifinal game between Mason County and Bracken.

A  (21-6) Maddox 24, Snapp 2, Crawford 6, Pugh, Staggs 3, Shoemaker 3

SP (14-15) Br. Bauer 17, Swolsky 10, Frey 8, McCall 6, Walton 6, Ba. Bauer 3

A  13 10 15 24-  62

SP 06 12 17 15- 50

Bracken Co. Boys 10th, Mason Co. Girls 13th, Mason Co. Boys 26th in XC State Meets

Bracken County finished 10th in boys Class A while Mason County took 13th place in girls Class AA and 26th in boys Class AA at the KHSAA cross country state meets today at the Kentucky Horse Park.

Bracken County was led by Jared Jefferson with a 22nd place finish in a time of 17:11.48 and Jacob Hamilton in 25th place with a time of 17:16.72.

Rheagan Sizemore was the Mason County Lady Royals' top runner with a 33rd place finish in a time of 20:50.09.

The Mason County boys were led by Tanner Kirkland who finished in 129th place in a time of 18:44.34.

Augusta senior Camryn Snapp was 31st (17:22.21) in the boys Class A meet, Bracken County freshman Heather Ebert was 39th (21:40.14) in the girls Class A meet, Fleming County junior Olivia Leet was 18th (20:16.92) in the girls Class AA meet and Fleming County sophomore Robert Applegate was 117th (18:34.24)  in the boys Class AA meet.

Here are links to the complete results:

Boys Class A

Girls Class A

Boys Class AA

Girls Class AA

Mason Co. Girls Second, Augusta Boys 6th in Roy Wright Invitational

The Mason County girls cross country team took second place in Rowan County's Roy Wright Invitational Saturday. The Lady Royals were led by junior Rheagan Sizemore who finished fourth in a time of 20:53.70.

Four other Lady Royals finished in the top 20- freshman Abigail Dawson was 14th (22:24.90), seventh grader Hayden Faris was 15th (22:33.08), freshman Chloe Adams was 17th (22:53.40) and sophomore Reagan Bierley was 20th (23:01.90).

The Augusta Panthers finished in sixth place in the boys race and were led by senior Camyrn Snapp with a second place finish in a time of 17:49.40.  Fleming County sophomore Robert Applegate was 13th (18:57.80), Augusta sophomore David Reed was 16th (19:10.60) and St. Patrick freshman Paco Franco was 19th (19:16.50).

Girls Results

Boys Results

Mason County All-Comers XC Meet No. 2

The Mason County girls and boys varsity teams won the second Mason County All-Comers cross country meet of the season Tuesday evening. Mason County junior Rheagan Sizemore won the girls' race (21:54) and Augusta senior Camryn Snapp won the boys's race (17:52). Here are the links to the varsity results:

Girls

Boys 

Mason County Girls, Grant County Boys Win Mason County All-Comers Meet

The Mason County girls and the Grant County boys were the winners in the Mason County All-Comers cross country meet Tuesday night. Nicholas County junior Shelby Watkins won the girls' race. Mason County junior Rheagan Sizemore was second and Fleming County junior Olivia Leet was third. Augusta senior Camryn Snapp was fifth in the boys' race. Here are the links to the results:

Girls results

Boys results