Lady Bears beat Lady Royals for third straight district title

Kailey Sharp and Nichole Archibald combined for 48 points as the Bracken County Lady Bears claimed their third straight 39th District championship with a 63-48 victory over the Mason County Lady Royals on Thursday night at The Fieldhouse.

Sharp, a freshman guard, made five 3-pointers on six attempts and scored 26 points. Archibald was 12 of 14 from the free throw line and finished with 22 points and six assists.

Amirah Reed scored 26 points including her 1,000th career point for Mason County which had its five-game winning streak snapped.

The Lady Bears (22-10) ran their winning streak to five games and avenged two regular season losses to the Lady Royals (21-9).

Bracken County shot 55.3% from the field and 50% from beyond the arc.

Mason County shot 36.7% from the field and 27.3% from 3-point range.

Both teams will advance to the 10th Region at Campbell County Middle School.

Bracken County        17 20 12 14 —  63

Mason County           08 12 13 15 — 48

Bracken County — Archibald 22, Colvin 2, Johnson 2, Sharp 26, Kelsch 6, Bauer 5

Mason County — Reed 25, Hughes 5, Downs-Perry 5, Young 4, Tye 7, Buttery 2

Your 2025 39th District Champion

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— Mason Co. Athletics (@RoyalsAth1etics) February 28, 2025

Reed scores 25 to lead the Lady Royals to a 61-55 win over Bracken County

Amirah Reed hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points as the Mason County Lady Royals clinched the No. 1 seed in the district tournament with a 61-55 victory over the Bracken County Lady Bears on Thursday night at The Fieldhouse.

Olivia Hughes had 13 points and Adrienne Downs-Perry added 11 points for the Lady Royals who ran their record to 13-5.

Kailey Sharp scored 18 points while Nicole Archibald tossed in 16 points and Brianna Bauer added 13 points for the Lady Bears who fell to 9-6.

Mason County led 46-32 with 6:32 left in the game. Bracken County pulled to within 49-45 with 2:02 to go, but Reed hit back-to-back 3s to put the Lady Royals up 55-44 with 1:05 to play.

Mason County will play Parkersburg, West Virginia on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. at Eastern Brown.

Bracken County will host Augusta on Saturday night. 

Mason County        15 11 12 23 — 61

Bracken County      10 06 16 23 — 55

Mason County — Reed 25, Kirk 3, Hughes 13, Downs-Perry 11, Young 6, Buttery 3

Bracken County — Archibald 16, Colvin 2, Sharp 18, Kelsch 6, Bauer 13

Lady Bears beat the Lady Saints

Ella Johnson scored 14 points and Kailey Sharp added 13 points to lead the Bracken County Lady Bears to a 62-24 win over the St. Patrick Lady Saints on Friday night at The Shamrock.

Lillian Klee scored a game-high 18 points for St. Patrick.

The Lady Bears led 18-6 at the end of the first quarter, 30-14 at the half and 50-17 after three quarters.

Bracken County (11-12) will host Robertson County on Saturday afternoon.

St. Patrick (2-11) will be at home vs. Robertson County on Tuesday night.

The Lady Bears and Lady Saints will meet again on February 26 in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at Bracken County.

Bracken County        18 12 20 12 — 62

St. Patrick                 06 08 03 07 — 24

Bracken County — Archibald 7, K. Johnson 5, E. Johnson 14, Sharp 13, Kelsch 4, Lippert 8, Burton 2, Bauer 7, Bachman 2

St. Patrick — Kimball 5, Klee 18, Gallenstein 1