Royals pulled away early in an 84-55 win over the Saints

The Mason County Royals scored 17 straight points in the first quarter on their way to an 84-55 victory over the St. Patrick Saints tonight in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at Bracken County. Jordan Gilbert scored a career-high 21 points for Mason County. Treg Setty and Bradley Lang scored 14 points apiece. Rheuben Bluford and Neal Pawsat each scored 10 points. Ryan Gallenstein led St. Patrick in scoring with 11 points. Josh Newman added 10 points. Mason County will play Bracken County in the championship game Thursday at 8 p.m.

MC (18-6) Gilbert 21, Bluford 10, Setty 14, B. Lang 14, King 4, Harris 3, Pawsat 10, Black 6, Osborne 2
SP (10-14) Yeary 9, Burton 2, R. Gallenstein 11, Mason 8, L. Gallenstein 6, Slack 6, Jodrey 3, Newman 10

MC FG 51.6% 3 PT FG 23.5% FT 60.9% REB 37 TO 7
SP FG 32.7% 3 PT FG 42.9% FT 68% REB 36 TO 17

MC 22 21 16 25-84
SP 05 14 15 21-55

Note: Stephen Mason moved past Kevin Pawsat into 6th place on the Saints' all-time scoring list. Mason ends his career with 1,452 points.

(Photo of Ryne King by David Gallenstein. Here is a link to Gallenstein's sport photos.

Saints lose to Lewis County 70-65

The St. Patrick Saints lost to the Lewis County Lions 70-65 Wednesday night in Vanceburg. Taylor Slack led the Saints in scoring with 15 points. Stephen Mason scored 14 points and passed Jordan Owens for seventh place on the Saints' all-time scoring list. Josh Newman scored a career-high 14 points. St. Patrick hosts Fleming County tonight on Senior Night.

SP (8-13) Mason 14, L. Gallenstein 6, R. Gallenstein 6, Slack 15, Burton 2, Yeary 8, Newman 14
LC (10-16) McCann 8, Enix 10, Pruitt 5, Cropper 4, Kilgore 21, Vaughn 3, Riley 19

Saints rout Paris 93-51 on Homecoming

The St. Patrick Saints celebrated Homecoming with a 93-51 victory over the Paris Greyhounds tonight. Stephen Mason scored a game-high 32 points and moved past Josh Owens and Kelly Greenwell into eighth place on the Saints' all-time scoring list. Taylor Slack and Josh Newman scored 11 points apiece. Lee Gallenstein added 10 points. The Saints will be back in action Monday night at home against the West Union Dragons.

SP (8-12) Mason 32, Slack 11, Newman 11, L. Gallenstein 10, Yeary 9, Burton 7, Cody Jodrey 7, Gruen 3, R. Gallenstein 2, Prudente 1
P (5-17) Maggard 15, Myers 10, Rankin 7, Jacobs 7, Enlow 6, Willoughy 3, Alamilla 2, Washington 1