Decker and Royals are XC region champions, Overly and Royals are runners-up

Mason County senior Paige Decker was the individual champion and she led the Lady Royals to the team title today at the Class AA Region 6 cross country meet at Boyd County. It's the Lady Royals 10th regional team championship in the last 15 years.

In the boys' meet, Mason County sophomore Deshawn Overly was the individual runner-up and he led the Royals to a runner-up finish, their best finish since 2012.

The Lady Royals had 35 points. Boyd County was a distance second with 65 points and Russell was third with 66.

Decker crossed the finish line with a time of 19:02.06.

Layla Henderson was third (20:08.18), Elizabeth Lavinder was seventh (20:46.96), Morgan Carpenter was 12th (21:50.83), Ava Thompson was 13th (21:57.93), Alexis Decker was 22nd (22:47.56) and Hadley Maher was 31st (23:28.78)

Boyd County won the boys' meet with 34 points followed by Mason County with 66 and East Carter with 81.

Overly had a time of 17:24.23.

Peyton Ullery as seventh (17:36.15), Alex Brannon was 16th (18:37.61), Elijah Reed was 19th (19:19.45), Jackson Truesdell was 22nd (19:38.88), Keenan Galloway was 31st (20:32.88) and Casey Magee was 34th (20:46.06).

The Lady Royals and Royals both advance to the state meets next Friday at Bourbon County.

Lady Royals Paige Decker wins Region 6 AA individual XC title leading her team to the title over Boyd Co pic.twitter.com/fTbkbqaBSE

— Mason County XCTF (@MasonCountyXCTF) October 21, 2022

Lady Royals 4th, Royals 25th in Class AA State Cross Country Championships

The Mason County Lady Royals took fourth place today for their fourth straight podium finish at the KHSAA Class AA State Cross Country Championship.

Lexington Catholic won the state championship with 77 points. Scott was the runner-up with 132 points, followed by Boyd County with 142 points and Mason County with 153 points.

Paige Decker led the Lady Royals with a 17th place finish in a time of 20:32.74. Alyssa Bisotti was 21st (20:51.39), Layla Henderson was 25th (21:00.79), Elizabeth Lavinder was 45th (21:35.94) and Jennifer Buttery was 63rd (22:08.71).

The Mason County Royals finished in 25th place in the boys' meet. 

Peyton Ullery was the Royals' top finisher in 101st place with a time of 19:08.38. Rounding out the top five for the Royals were Dashawn Overly (107th, 19:12.,03), Cole Wright (148th, 19:57.64), Jackson Truesdell (157th, 20:09.45) and Elijah Reed (170th, 20:21..66).