Royals rout Greenup County 56-21

Teegin Routt passed for 238 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for two touchdowns and Joey Staggs ran for 126 yards and two touchdowns as the Mason County Royals routed the Greenup County Musketeers 56-21 in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs on Friday night at Mason County.

The Royals defense forced four turnovers.

Mason County outscored Greenup County 42-7 in the second half.

Routt threw touchdown passes to Jamarion Bluford, Ashayne Jones and Garryon McClain.

Jones also had an interception and a fumble recovery.

Micah Payne and Cole Horch each had an interception.

Hayden Horn's touchdown run and Staggs' conversion run started the running clock with 5:28 left in the game.

Greenup County quarterback Tyson Sammons rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns and passed for 188 yards as the Musketeers ended the season with an 8-3 record.

Mason County (8-3) will travel to Ashland next week to play the Ashland Tomcats who were 47-7 winners over Harrison County on Friday night.

GC 1st Q Tyson Sammons 4 yard run ((Tyson Sammons run) GC 8, MC 0

MC 1st Q 1:03 Teegin Routt 8 yard run (Micah Payne kick) GC 8, MC 7

MC 1st Q 00:07 Jamarion Bluford 50 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick)  MC 14, GC 8

GC 2nd Q 00:16 Tyson Sammons 3 yard run (run failed) MC 14, GC 14

MC 3rd Q 9:23 Ashayne Jones 39 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 21, GC 14

MC 3rd Q 8:38 Joey Staggs 10 yard run (Micah Payne kick) MC 28, GC 14

MC 3rd Q 7:00 Joey Staggs 14 yard run (Micah Payne kick) MC 35, GC 14

GC 3rd Q 4:44 Austin Walker 8 yard run (Carter Nunley kick) MC 35, GC 21

MC 3rd Q 00:11 Teegin Routt 4 yard run (Micah Payne kick) MC 42, GC 21

MC 4th Q 11:07 Garryon McClain 34 yard pass (kick failed) MC 48, GC 21

MC 4th Q 5:28 Hayden Horn 20 yard run (Joey Staggs run) MC 56, GC 21

Royals run winning streak to four games with a 35-6 road win over Grant County

Joey Staggs rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns and Teegin Routt passed for 173 yards and two touchdowns as the Mason County Royals ran their winning streak to a season-high four games with a 35-6 victory over the Grant County Braves on Thursday night in Dry Ridge.

On the third play of the game, Staggs ran 63 yards for a touchdown. Just over four minutes later, Staggs ran 10 yards for a touchdown.

Routt threw two touchdown passes to Jamarion Bluford in the second quarter.

Hayden Horn had a one-yard touchdown run and a conversion run with 3:04 left in the third quarter and the rest of the game was played with a running clock.

Mason County is 7-1 overall and 3-0 in the district. The Royals will close out district play next week vs. Covington Catholic in Park Hills.

MC 1st Q 10:52 Joey Staggs 63 yard run (Micah Payne kick) MC 7, GC 0

MC 1st Q 6:23  Joey Staggs 10 yard run (kick blocked) MC 13, GC 0

MC 2nd Q 8:46 Jamarion Bluford 14 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Joey Staggs run) MC 21, GC 0

MC 2nd Q 7:37 Jamarion Bluford 35 yard pass from Teegin Routt (kick failed) MC 27, GC 0

MC 3rd Q 3:04 Hayden Horn 1 yard run (Hayden Horn run) MC 35, GC 0

GC 4th Q 8:02 Josh Bantique 10 yard pass from Robert Pollitt (run failed) MC 35, GC 6

(Game statistics courtesy of Travis Scaggs and Drew Spangler of WFTM radio)

Royals open district play with a 60-0 win over Holmes on Homecoming

Teegin Routt passed for 162 yards and four touchdowns as the Mason County Royals opened district play and celebrated Homecoming with a 60-0 victory over the Holmes Bulldogs on Friday night.

The Royals led 34-0 in the first quarter and 48-0 at the half.

Routt threw two touchdown passes to Garryon McClain and one to Jamarion Bluford in the first quarter and another to Cole Horch in the second quarter.

Routt had 128 passing yards in the opening quarter.

Joey Staggs, Braylon Likins and Marquis Bluford each rushed for a touchdown.

Hayden Horn stripped the ball from a Holmes ball carrier and raced 30 yards for a touchdown.

Sophomore quarterback Camden Gregory threw a touchdown pass to Dalton Campbell.

Mason County (5-1) will host the Harrison County Thorobreds next week.

MC 1st Q 9:56 Joey Staggs 13 yard run (Micah Payne kick) MC 7, H 0

MC 1st Q 6:08 Garryon McClain 18 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 14, H 0

MC 1st Q 2:40 Garryon McClain 11 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 21, H 0

MC 1st Q 2:14 Jamarion Bluford 26 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 28, H 0

MC 1st  1:13 Hayden Horn 30 yard fumble return (kick failed) MC 34, H 0

MC 2nd Q 8:45 Cole Horch 34 yard pass from Teegin Routt (Micah Payne kick) MC 41, H 0

MC 2nd Q 00:36 Dalton Campbell 19 yard pass from Camden Gregory (Micah Payne kick) MC 48, H O

MC 3rd Q Braylon Likins 1 yard run (run failed) MC 54, H 0

MC 4th Q 3:48 Marquis Bluford 46 yard run (run failed) MC 60, H 0

After a dominating first half, the guys finished strong with a 60-0 victory.

Royals move to 5-1 on the year. pic.twitter.com/KOXmsI5dSD

— Mason Co. Athletics (@RoyalsAth1etics) October 5, 2024