Lady Royals, Polar Bears, Jefferson and Perry are Area 7 Champions

The Mason County Lady Royals, the Bracken County Polar Bears, Morgan County junior Kailee Perry and Bracken County junior Jared Jefferson won Area 7 championships Saturday at the Mason County cross country course.

The Mason County Lady Royals won the girls team title with 50 points. The Morgan County Lady Cougars finished second with 68 points. The Lady Royals were led by seventh grader Paige Decker with a fifth place finish in 20:06.61 and eighth grader Alyssa Bisotti in ninth place in 20:37.54.

Perry won the girls individual championship in 18:45.82.

The Bracken County Polar Bears took the boys team championship with 67 points. The Russell Red Devils were second, 10 points behind Bracken County.

Jefferson won the boys individual championship in 16:13.28.

Mason County sophomore Connor Linville finished sixth in 17:04.09 and Bracken County junior Brandon Cox was seventh in 17:18.80.

Girls Team Scores
1. Mason County 50
2. Morgan County 68
3. Montgomery County 103
4. Ashland 105
5. Bath County 108
6. Bracken County 123
7. Fleming County 160
8. Boyd County 192
9. Elliott County 207

Boys Team Scores
1.Bracken County 67
2.Russell 77
3. Montgomery County 98
4. Boyd County124
5. Mason County 143
6. Rowan County 164
7. Bath County 169
8. Elliott County 188
9. Augusta 235
10. Fleming County 259
11. Morgan County 261
12. Ashland 275

Individual Results

Lady Royals win Mason County XC Invitational,

The Mason County Lady Royals cross country team won the Mason County Invitational Saturday.

The Lady Royals edged the Bishop Brossart Lady 'Stangs 106-111. Eighteen schools competed in the girls race.

Seventh grader Paige Decker led the Lady Royals with a 10th place finish in 20:32.

Rounding out the scoring for Mason County were freshman Hayden Faris in 18th place (20:55.40),

eighth graders Kylee Howe 25th (21:21.60) and Alyssa Bisotti 26th (21:25.50) and seventh grader Elizabeth Lavinder 33rd (21:57.20).

Morgan County junior Kailee Perry won the girls race in 18:58.1.

Bracken County junior Jared Jefferson won the boys in 16:16.2.

Fairfield-Leesburg won the boys team title by 32 points.

Bracken County finished in sixth place and Mason County took 10th place.

Sophomore Conner Linville was Mason County's top runner with a sixth place finish (16:48.4).

Bracken County junior Brandon Cox took seventh place (16:52.9).

St. Patrick eighth grader Allison Hughes won the mixed 5K junior varsity race in 22:24.4.

Here are the varsity team standings:

Girls

1. Mason County 106

2. Bishop Brossart 111

3. Campbell County 124

4. Bourbon County 162

5. Morgan County 167

6. St. Henry 171

7. Russell 177

8. Cooper 207

9. Bath County 235

10. Montgomery County 236

11. George Rogers Clark 292

12. Bracken County 292

13. Faairfield-Leesburg 299

14. West Union 328

15. Scott 347

16. Holy Cross 391

17. Elliott County 406

18. Raceland 447

Boys

1. Fairfield-Leesburg 91

2. Bishop Brossart 123

3. Russell 129

4. Campbell County 130

5. Montgomery County 172

6. Bracken County 181

7. Bourbon County 222

8. Mason County 223

9. George Rogers Clark 246

10. Grant County 292

11. Rowan County 313

12. Elliott County 314

13. Pendleton County 323

14. West Union 402

15. Bath County 429

16. Holy Cross 435

17. Boone County 460

18. Newport Central Catholic 486

19. Raceland 491

20. Fleming County 496

21. Scott 516

22. Holmes 543

23. Lloyd Memorial 576

24. Ripley 628

Here are links for the complete varsity results:

Girls

Boys

(Updated to correct that Hayden Faris finished 18th)