Mason County boys 2nd in XC region

The Mason County Royals finished second in the Class 2A Region 6 Championship today at Mason County and qualified for the state meet. Freshman Nick Robinson led the Royals with a third place finish in a time of 16:54.79. Mason County senior Nathan Woods also won a medal with a seventh place finish with a career-best time of 17:42.42. Ashland won the region. Ashland senior Jon Renneker won the individual title (16:34.98). Rowan County took third place and Rowan County was fourth. The top four teams qualified for the state meet.

Lady Royals 2nd, Royals 4th in GRC Coaches Classic

The Mason County Lady Royals finished second and the Mason County Royals took fourth place in the GRC Coaches Classic Saturday at Lykins Park in Winchester. Julia Woods led the Lady Royals with a second place finish. Valarie Rice was fifth and Cara Woods was eighth. Nick Robinson led the Royals with a second place finish. Nathan Woods was third. Here are links to the results:

Girls Varsity

Boys Varsity

Girls Middle School

Boys Middle School

Mason County girls 5th, boys 10th in Scott Classic

The Mason County girls took fifth place and the Mason County Royals finished 10th in the Scott Classic Saturday. Mason County sophomore Julia Woods finished second in the individual competition, nine seconds behind the winner in a time of 20:56.23. Cara Woods also medalled. Freshman Nick Robinson led the Royals with an 11th place finish. Nathan Woods also medalled. Here are links to the results:

Girls Varsity

Boys Varsity

Middle School Girls

Middle School Boys

Lady Royals varsity and middle school take first place in Blue Jay XC Invitational

The Mason County Lady Royals varsity and middle school teams opened the season Saturday with first place finishes in the Blue Jay Cross Country Invitational in Ripley. All five varsity girls medalled- Valerie Rice in second place, Julia Woods third, Sarah Bellingham 10th, Raylee Kirkland 11th and Carley Moore 12th. The girls middle school team was led by Sierra Anderson in third place and Cara Woods in fourth place. The boys varsity was led by Nick Robinson's second place finish and Nathan Woods in ninth place.

Adkins 2nd in the 55m and 3rd in the 400m, four new school records set at Mason-Dixon Games

Mason County senior Seth Adkins finished second in the 55 meters (6.81) and third in the 400 meters (53.43) Saturday in the 50th Annual Mason-Dixon Games in Louisville. Adkins' time in the 400 meters is a new school record. Sophomore Valerie Rice finished 8th and set a new school record in the 800 meters in a time of 2:35.20. Two Mason County relay teams also set school records- the boys' 4x800 meter relay team of junior Connor Appelman, senior Jim Myers, 8th grader Nick Robinson and junior Nathan Woods (9:17.23), and the girls' 4x800 meter relay team of freshman Sarah Bellingham, freshman Raylee Kirkland, sophomore Valerie Rice and freshman Julia Woods (11:01.38). The Lady Royals' fifth place finish in the team standings is the best in school history. Mason County was ninth in the boys' meet. Here is a link to the results.

Lady Royals 8th, Royals 26th in state XC meets

The Mason County girls took eighth place and the Mason County boys finished in 26th place in the Class 2A state cross country meets today at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Freshman Julia Woods led the Lady Royals with a 14th place finish in a time of 20:58.56. Junior Nathan Woods had the Royals' best finish- 71st place- in a time of 18.44.74. Here are links to the complete results:

Girls

Boys

Ten Mason Co. cross country runners are All Region

Ten Mason County cross country runners were voted to the All Region 6 teams by the coaches in the region:

Girls First Team
Julia Woods
Raylee Kirkland

Girls Second Team
Valerie Rice
Sara Bellingham
Sierra Anderson
Cara Woods

Boys First Team
Jim Myers
Nathan Woods

Boys Second Team
Nick Robinson
Dylan Banks

Woods and Lady Royals win region, Royals 2nd

Mason County freshman Julia Woods won her third straight individual regional title and the Lady Royals won the team title for the second consecutive year today at the Class AA Region 6 cross country meet at Boyd County. The Royals finished second in the boys' regional. Both teams advance to the state meet. It is the Mason County boys' first regional trophy since 1973. Woods won with a time of 20:35.90. Two other Lady Royals- freshman Raylee Kirkland and sophomore Valerie Rice- finished in the top 10. Kirkland was fourth and Rice was sixth.
The Royals were led by three top 10 runners- senior Jim Myers (6th), eighth grader Nick Robinson (7th) and junior Nathan Woods (8th). The state meet will be held next Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Here are links to the Region 6 results:

Girls

Boys


(Edited to correct that it is Julia Woods' third straight regional title.)