Three Mason County basketball players Kolby Jones, Xylon Frey and Chandler Black

Mason County seniors Kolby Jones, Xylon Frey and Chandler Black have announced where they play at the next level.

Jones committed Thursday to Southern States Community College in Hillsboro, Ohio.

Frey announced on Friday that he will attend Advance Prep Academy in Auburnville, Florida.

Last month, Black committed to Virginia University of Lynchburg.

Jones averaged 5.4 points and 2.9 rebounds a game before suffering a season-ending injury on January 25.

Frey averaged 11.6 points and 5.6 rebounds a game.

Black averaged 2.2 points a game.

Royals lose season opener to Lexington Catholic 68-33

The Mason County Royals had more turnovers (17) than points (13) in the first half on the way to a 68-33 season-opening loss to the Lexington Catholic Knights Monday night in Lexington.

The Knights scored 31 points off the Royals' 29 turnovers and shot 59.6 percent from the field. 

Mason County shot 33.3 percent from the field including 4-of-21 on three-pointers.

Jaylen Lofton led the Royals in scoring with 11 points. Chandler Black added 10 points.

Mason County plays its home opener Friday night against the Simon Kenton Pioneers.

LC (1-0) Wedding 3, Geoghegan 13, Johnson 12, Vaughn 5, Gowing 4, Gohman 2, Hawkins 1, Poulton 8, Rothbauer 3, Russell 6, Scott 6, Simms 2, Huckabay 3

MC (0-1) Lofton 11, May 3, Swolsky 3, Frey 2, Brammer 4, Black 10

LC  09 18 23 18- 68

MC 07 06 10 10- 33

(Updated to correct the final score in the opening paragraph.)

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 fall to Ryle in final home game

The St. Patrick Saints lost to the Ryle Raiders 70-59 Saturday night in the final game of the season at

The Shamrock.

Ryle led 22-9 at the end of the first quarter and 41-22 at the half.

The Saints outscored the Raiders 23-14 in the third quarter to make it interesting, but Ryle outscored St. Patrick 15-14 in the fourth quarter.

Jake Swolsky led St. Patrick in scoring with 18 points.

Chandler Black tossed in 15 points and Ben Swolsky add 13 points. 

The Saints play at Villa Madonna Tuesday night.

R (10-16) A. Tarvin 5, Overkamp 5, J. Tarvin 25, Benton 18, Robinson 2, Schmitt 13

SP (11-17) Bauer 6, McKay 5, Black 15, Muehlbauer 1, B. Swolsky 13, J. Swolsky 18, Jones 1

R   22 19 14 15- 70

SP 09 13 23 14- 59

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.)

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

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 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

St. Patrick sweeps DH vs. Silver Grove

St. Patrick swept a girls and boys doubleheader against Silver Grove Wednesday night in Silver Grove.

The Saints snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 55-34 victory over the Big Trains.

Josh Walton scored a game-high 16 points.

Jake Swolsky scored 14 points and Chandler Black added 12 points.

The Saints host Rose Hill Christian tonight.

The Lady Saints defeated the Lady Trains 43-16 for their second straight win.

The Lady Saints' next game is January 21 at Berea.

Boys

SP (5-12) Walton 16, Swolsky 14, Black 12, McKay 8, Bauer 5
SG (2-10) Cox 9, Kersey 7, Taylor 7, Turcios 6, Smith 5

Saints go 1-2 in Rose Hill tournament

The St. Patrick Saints went 1-2 in the Rose Hill All Private School Invitational Tournament.

The Saints lost to Whitefield Academy 68-63 and defeated Riverside Christian 72-51 in pool play Thursday.

St. Patrick lost to Rose Hill Christian 61-56 in overtime in the semifinals today.

Chase Burton scored 16 points in the loss to Whitefield Academy. 

Baylen Bauer followed with 13 points, Chandler Black scored 12 points and Pat McKay added 10 points.

Five Saints scored in double figures in the victory over Riverside Christian- Burton with 18, 

Black 11, Bauer 12, Josh Walton 11 and Jake Swolsky 10.

St. Patrick (4-6) will host Menifee County Wednesday night.

Vs. Whitefield Academy

bauer 13, McKay 10, Black 12, Walton 8, J. Swolsky 4, Burton 16

Vs. Riverside Christian

Bauer 12, McKay 8, Black 13, Walton 11, J. Swolsky 10, Burton 18