Augusta and Mason County semifinal winners in boys' 39th District Tournament

The Augusta Panthers and the Mason County Royals will meet in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament on Thursday night after picking up lopsided wins in the semifinals on Tuesday night.

Augusta 76, St. Patrick 39

Keeton Bach scored 18 points, Noland Young 17 and Will Kelsch 14 as Augusta picked up its 18th win of the season.

Amari Myrick scored 19 points for St. Patrick which ended the season with a 3-24 record.

Augusta (18-9) only led by four points late in the first quarter, but ended the first half on a 34-9 run and went to the locker room with a 48-19. The Panthers got the running clock with 6:04 remaining in the third quarter.

Augusta            18 30 17 11 — 76

St. Patrick        10 09 11 09 — 39

Augusta —   Kiskaden 5, Reynolds 6, Dean 2, Napier 4, Hamm 5, Carl 2, Kelsch 14, Hesler 3, Bach 17, Young 18

St. Patrick —  Teitelbaum 3, Reed 4, R. Ignacio 2, Myrick 19, Lopez 6, Watts 2, A. Ignacio 3 

Mason County 83, Bracken County 56

Braeden Myrick made six 3-pointers and led five Royals in double figures with 23 points as Mason County ran its winning streak to six games.

Teegin Routt scored nine of his career-high 16 points in the first quarter, Garryon McClain followed with 12 points and Cole Horch and Jace Merz each had 10 points.

Noah Nelson had an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double for Bracken County (10-21). Teegan Feldhaus tossed in 11 points and Greg Benedict added 10.

Mason County (15-13) jumped out to a 7-0 lead, was up 43-28 at the half and led by as many as 30 points in the second half.

Mason County            20 23 20 20 — 83

Bracken County         10 18 12 16 — 56

Mason County — Routt 16, McClain 12, Metts 6, Myrick 23, Horch 10, Garrison 3, Merz 10, B. Malone 3

Bracken County — Kirk 3, Buchanan 9, Nelson 18, Feldhaus 11, Benedict 10, Wallingford 2, Apolonio 3

Royals top Greenup County 69-54

Braeden Myrick hit four 3-pointers and scored 18 points and Jace Merz made five 3-pointers and scored 17 points as the Mason County Royals beat the Greenup County Musketeers 69-54 on Saturday night at The Fieldhouse.

Garryon McClain tossed in 11 points and Cole Horch added 10 points.

Mason County led 42-19 at halftime and led by as many as 29 points in the third quarter.

Greenup County got to within 13 points at 65-52 with 3:15, but could get no closer.

The Royals shot 53.3% from the field (24-for-45) and 52% from 3-point range (13-for-25).

The Muskeeters shot well, too: 51.2% from the field (21-for-41) and 50% from beyond the arc (5-for-10), but Mason County scored 30 points off of Greenup County's 19 turnovers.

Teegin Routt dished out eight of the Royals' 18 assists.

Mason County (11-13) will travel to Alexandria on Monday night to play the Bishop Brossart Mustangs.

Mason County            22 20 16 11 — 69

Greenup County         14 05 17 18 — 54

Mason County — Routt 6, McClain 11, Metts 7, Myrick 18, Horch 10, Merz 17

Greenup County —  Harrington 3, Gammon 22, Chandley 19, Holbrook 2, Adkins 8

Merz makes 7 3s, scores 21 points as Royals snap losing streak

Jace Merz hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 21 points as the Mason County Royals snapped a six-game losing streak with an 83-57 win over the Pendleton County Wildcats on Friday night in Falmouth.

Braeden Myrick made four 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Garryon McClain chipped in 16 points and Cole Horch added 15.

Merz made his first five 3-point shots and finished 7 of 9 from beyond the arc and grabbed seven rebounds.

After leading 21-13 at the end of the first quarter, Mason County opened the second quarter with an 8-0 run was up 46-28 at halftime. Their largest lead was 28 points (71-43).

The Royals shot 52.5% from the field (32-for-61) and 48.4% from 3-point range (15-for-31). 

The Wildcats shot 48.9% from the field (23-for-47) and 23.1% from 3-point range (3-for-13).

Mason County outrebounded Pendleton County 36-20.

The Royals (10-13) will host the Greenup County Musketeers on Saturday night.

Mason County            21 25 20 17 — 83

Pendleton County       13 15 13 15 — 57

Mason County —  Routt 4, McClain 16, Metts 2, Myrick 18, Lang 3, Brookbank 1, Horch 15, Garrison 3, Merz 21

Pendleton County — Merrill 23, Nichols 7, Keeton 4, Gonzalez 2, O'Hara 8, Gregg 2, Biddle 2, Grayson 7, Marquardt 2