Campbell Co. tops Scott 68-62 for 10th Region title

Reid Jolly scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Campbell County Camels to a 68-62 victory over the Scott Eagles tonight in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse.

It's Campbell County's third region title in five seasons.

The Camels led 32-21 with 3:20 left in the second quarter, but Scott pulled to within two at 34-32 at the end of the half and led 46-45 at the end of the third quarter. 

Campbell County scored the first four points of the fourth quarter and had the lead the rest of the game.

The Camels were up 65-56 with 38 seconds remaining after Nate Schaefer hit two free throws, but Scott guard Nelson Perrin made two three-pointers to make it interesting.

Perrin's second trey cut Campbell County's lead to four at 66-62 with 18 seconds to play, and the Camels committed a turnover trying to inbound the ball against the Eagles'press.

But Perrin was called for traveling while attempting to shoot another three-pointer.

Campbell County point guard Joel Day sank two free throws to seal the victory.

The Camels outshot the Eagles 54.8 percent to 45.3 percent and won the rebounding battle 33-20.

Tanner Clos scored 13 points including his 1,000th career point for Campbell County.

Day and Drew Wilson scored 11 points apiece.

Perrin led Scott in scoring with 19 points.

Trey Meister tossed in 16 points and Chad Ohmer added 14 points.

Jolly, Day, Clos, Wilson, Perrin, Meister and Ohmer were named to the All Tournament Team.

Campbell County will play 2nd Region champion University Heights Academy in the first round of  the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 at noon on Thursday, March 15 at Rupp Arena.

CC (28-5) Wilson 11, Jolly 21, Schaefer 6, Clos 13, Day 11, Lawrence 6

S (23-9) Ohmer 14, Hunter 4, Meister 16, Perrin 19, Pouncy 4, Joyce 5

Campbell Co, and Scott win in the semis, will meet in the championship game

The Campbell County Camels and the Scott Eagles will meet in the championship of the 10th Region Tournament for the second straight year.

In tonight's semifinals at The Fieldhouse, Campbell County blew a 16-point lead and trailed by three in the final minute of the fourth quarter, but pulled out a 76-71 victory over the Clark County Cardinals in overtime, and Scott outscored Paris 17-2 in the fourth quarter for a 46 -43 win over the Greyhounds.

Campbell County led 40-24 in the second quarter and was up 40-29 at the half, but Clark County rallied and took a 63-60 lead on an old fashioned three-point play by Will Philpot with 2:01 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Reid Jolly tied the game with a trey with 30 seconds to play.

The Cardinals played for the last shot and missed a three-pointer.

The Camels scored the first six points in overtime.

Clark County closed to within three points when Brennan Canada banked in a three-pointer with 1:20 to go.

Campbell County point guard Joel Day sank  2-of-3 free throws in a span of 13 seconds give the Camels a 74-68 lead with one minute to play.

After Clark County guard Chase Taylor drained a three-pointer with 20 seconds remaining, Day sealed the victory with two free throws with 15.9 seconds left.

Day scored a game-high 31 points. He hit four three-pointers and made 13-of-15 free throws, including 9-of-11 in overtime. 

Jolly scored 17 points and Drew Wilson added 12 points. 

Jordan Graham led Clark County in scoring with 24 points.

Philpot had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. He fouled out with 3:57 left in overtime.

Canada had a double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds.

Taylor added 10 points.

Graham and Philpot were named to the All-Tournament Team,

In the second game, Paris led 41-29 at the end of the third quarter, but Scott opened the fourth quarter on a 13-0 run.

The Greyhounds did not have a field goal in the fourth quarter. Their only points in the quarter were two free throws made by Jalen Byars to give Paris its final lead at 43-42 with 1:58 to play.

The Eagles regained the lead on a basket by Nathan Joyce with 1:35 remaining.

Scott junior guard Kyren Simpson  sank two free throws with 21 seconds left to give the Eagles a 46-43 lead.

Paris missed two three-point shots in the closing seconds.

The Greyhounds were 0-of-9 from the field and 2-of-7 on free throws in the fourth quarter.

The Eagles hit 9-of-12 shots from beyond the arc in the game 

Nelson Perrin was 4-of-4 on three-point shots and had a game-high 13 points for Scott.

Simpson made three treys and scored 11 points.

Eric Johnson led Paris in scoring with 11 points.

Byars had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds,

Travis Strings tossed in 10 points.

Johnson and Byars were named to the All-Tournament Team.

The championship game tips off Tuesday at 7 p.m. at The Fieldhouse.

Campbell County beat Scott 84-73 in the regular season and 58-57 in the championship game of the 37th District.

The Eagles edged the Camels 78-77 on Jake Ohmer's three-pointer at the buzzer in the 10th Region Tournament championship game last year.

Campbell County (27-5) Day 31, Clos 10, Wilson 12, Jolly 17, Schaefer 2, Lawrence 4

Clark County (29-5) Graham 24, Taylor 10, Cooper 8, Philpot 13, Canada 11, Johnson 2, Wellman 3

Campbell County 21 19 13 10- 76

Clark County        17 11 19 16- 71

Scott (23-9) Hunter 5, Meister 8, Perrin 13, Simpson 11, Pouncy 2, Joyce 7

Paris (23-8) Strings 10, Clark 2, Maggard 4, Byars 10, Johnson 11, Ashford 1, Adams 5

S 09 13 07 17- 46

P 16 11 14 02- 43

Paris and Scott win nail biters in Boys 10th Region semifinals

The Paris Greyhounds and the Scott Eagles both won nail biters tonight in the Boys 10th Region Tournament at The Fieldhouse and will meet in the semifinals Monday night.

Eric Johnson hit a floater in the lane with nine seconds to play to give the Paris Greyhounds a 51-50 victory over the Pendleton County Wildcats.

Trey Meister sank a shot from the left elbow with three seconds remaining to lift the Scott Eagles to a 55-53 win over the Mason County Royals.

Mason County jumped out to a 9-0 lead and was up 16-6 at the end of the first quarter. 

Scott rallied and took its first lead in the third quarter and was up 49-45 with 2:47 to play.

The score was tied at 49-49 and 51-51.

The Eagles held the ball for more than a minute before Nelson Perrin scored to give Scott a 53-51 lead with 36 seconds remaining.

Leevi Dunaway sank two free throws to tie the game with 30 seconds left.

Scott took a timeout with 20 seconds to play.

The Eagles got the ball to Meister and he hit the turn around shot.

Mason County called timeout with 2.6 seconds left.

Dunaway's shot from behind the timeline at the buzzer hit the backboard and fell off the front of the rim.

"This is a tough one," Mason County coach Buddy Biggs said. "I'll take full responsibility for it. Our kids competed, played their hearts out. They listened to the game plan; they executed. We outshot 'em 45 percent to 37 percent, outrebounded 'em 33-28, shot more free throws than they did, shot better from the three than they did, and we still lost. I thought the one negative thing was the turnovers- we had 21 of them, they didn't really press us that much, just a couple of possessions, so that was out undoing. But, you know, to be shorthanded tonight (and) not have our point guard and our second leading scorer, leading rebounder, second leading assist guy to come out and compete like to did, I'm just so,so proud of these kids, very proud to be their coach."

The Royals were without junior point Jaylen Lofton who cut his hand while opening a window in the locker room at intermission of the district championship game.

There were seven ties and five lead changes in the second half.

Dunaway scored a game-high 23 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

Xylon Frey tossed in 13 points.

Dalton Perkins had 12 rebounds and blocked six shots to go along with his six points.

There were eight ties and 18 lead changes in the Paris vs. Pendleton County game. Seven of the lead changes were in the third quarter. The largest lead was six points.

After Johnson's go ahead basket, Pendleton County junior Dontaie Allen missed a long, contested jumper just before the buzzer sounded.

Allen scored a game-high 25 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

P (23-7) Strings 14, Clark 3, Maggard 4, Byars 10, Johnson 16, Ashford 2, Adams 2

PC (24-8) Yelton 8, Allen 25, Sullivan 9, Walsh 3, Antrobus 5

P    17 08 13 13- 51

PC 15 11 10 14- 50

S (22-9) Ohmer 18, Perrin 10, Pouncy 6, Hunter 2, Meister 8, Simpson 5, Joyce 6

MC (17-14) Dunaway 23, Perkins 6, Frey 13, Jones 5, Devine 2, Brammer 4

S      06 16 19 14- 55

MC  16 11 15 11- 53

Jonathan Thomas named District 7 Coach of the Year for the second straight season

Mason County coach Jonathan Thomas has been named the Class AAAA District 7 Coach of the Year by the Kentucky Football Coaches Association for the second straight season.

Thomas guided Mason County to a 7-4 record including a 2-2 mark in district play.

The Royals lost three games in the regular season by a total of 11 points.

Scott running back Nelson Perrin is the Class AAAA District 7 Player of the Year.

Fleming County coach Bill Spencer is the Class AAA District 5 Coach of the Year and Fleming County quarterback Josh Crump is the Class AAA District 5 Player of the Year.

Spencer and Crump will receive their awards at halftime of the Class AAA state championship game between Boyle County and Corbin Friday at 7 p.m.

Thomas and Perrin will receive their awards at halftime of the Class AAAA championship game between Johnson Central and Franklin-Simpson Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

All six state championship games will be played at Kroger Field in Lexington.

Royals fall to Scott 27-21 in overtime

Nelson Perrin rushed 10 yards for a touchdown on Scott's first play in overtime to give the Eagles a 27-21 victory over the Mason County Royals tonight at Mason County in the district opener for both teams.

Mason County, which rallied from a 21-7 first quarter deficit, got the ball first in overtime but failed to score. 

Malkolm Devine returned the opening kickoff of the game with a school record-tying 90 yards for a touchdown, but Scott answered with 21 straight points.

The Royals tied the game in the second half on a five-yard run by Devine and a 22-yard touchdown reception by Caleb Boyd.

Both teams threatened to score in the closing minutes. Mason County stopped Scott on the Royals' 10 yard line with 2:18 to play. The Royals drove to the Scott 23 yard line, but on 2nd down and three, quarterback Chandler Dunaway was sacked. Dunaway spiked the ball on third down, and his pass on fourth down fell incomplete in the end zone with 31 second remaining.

Scott had 473 yards of total offense including 342 rushing yards.

Mason County had 366 total yards with 287 rushing yards

Nelson Perrin rushed for 164 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries.

Quincy Perrin had 20 carries for 119 yards and one touchdown.

Devine rushed for 164 yards and one touchdown on 28 carries.

Mason County falls to 3-2. The Royals will host the Bourbon County Colonels on Homecoming next week.

Mason Co.1st Q 11:45 Malkolm Devine 90 yard kickoff return (Brock Gilligan kick) MC 7, S 0

Scott 1st Q 8:17 Quincy Perrin 1 yard run (Kai Ellison kick) MC 7, Scott 7

Scott 1st Q 6:46 Aerik Barbour 40 yard pass from Chad Ohmer (Kai Ellison kick) S 14, MC 7

Scott 1st Q 00:19 Nelson Perrin 43 yard run (Kai Ellison kick) S 21, MC 7

Mason Co. 3rd Q Malkolm Devine 5 yard run (Brock Gilligan kick) S 21, MC 14

Mason Co. 4th Q Caleb Boyd 22 yard pass from Chandler Dunaway (Brock Gilligan kick) S 21, MC 21

Scott OT Nelson Perrin 10 yard run S 27, MC 21

Mason Co. host Scott in district opener tonight

The Mason County Royals, coming off their bye week, host the Scott Eagles tonight in the district opener for both teams.

Mason County routed Morgan County 67-14 on September 8th to run its record to 3-1.

Scott is 2-2 with wins over Dixie Heights (42-27) and Holy Cross (62-13), and losses to Newport Central Catholic (17-7) and Conner (47-27).

The Eagles have rushed for 1,263 yards this season with the Perrin brothers leading the way.
Quincy Perrin has racked up 550 yards and five touchdowns on 54 carries. Nelson Perrin has rushed for 273 yards and three touchdowns.

David Patrick has rushed for 222 yards and five touchdowns.

Chad Ohmer, the brother of former Scott basketball standout Jake Ohmer, is the Eagles' starting quarterback. Chad Ohmer has only attempted 36 passes this season.

In the last two games, Mason County quarterback Chandler Dunaway has passed for 548 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Here are a few game notes:

• Mason County's win over Morgan County in West Liberty was the 100th road victory in the history of the program. The Royals' all-time road record is 100-112.
• The Royals' 10 touchdowns in the win over Morgan County tied the school record.
• Mason County leads the series with Scott 5-3. The Royals beat the Eagles 21-15 in Taylor Mill last season.
• Tonight's game is sponsored by US Bank.
• The 1967 Maysville Bulldogs football team will be recognized at halftime.

Ohmer's 3 at the buzzer sends the Scott Eagles to state

Jake Ohmer hit a contested three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Scott Eagles a 78-77 win over the Campbell County Camels in the championship game of the 10th Region Tournament tonight at the Mason County Fieldhouse.

Scott had a 20-point lead in the second quarter and was up 43-31 at the half.

Campbell County, which shot 76 percent from the field in the second half, rallied and took its first lead at 65-64 with 4:21 left in the game.

The Camels were up 72-67 with 2:30 to go, but Scott made back-to-back layups off steals to get to within a point.

Campbell County point guard Joel Day hit two free throws to push the lead back out to three.

After Vincent Dumlao scored for Scott, Day made two more free throws and the Camels were up 76-73 with 30 seconds left.

Nelson Perrin made a layup for Scott with 20 seconds to play.

Cole Hegyi made one of two free throws to give Campbell County a 77-75 lead with 13 seconds left.

After a timeout, Scott drove into front court and Jaycob Pouncey missed a long three-pointer. 

Ohmer ran down the rebound, drove into the right corner and shot the game winner.

The ball bounced on the rim and fell through, giving Scott its first 10th Region championship.

The Eagles won the 9th Region championship in 1989.

Ohmer scored 21 of his game-high 30 points in the first half.

Hegyi led Campbell County in scoring with 20 points.

Scott will play 13th Region champion Harlan County in the first round of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 Wednesday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Rupp Arena.

S (21-12) C. Ohmer 12, J. Ohmer 30, Jolley 13, Perrin 12, Pouncey 1, Dumlao 10

CC (30-5) Day 17, Bertsch 12, Wilson 3, Hegyi 20, Clos 13, Jolly 10, Geiman 2

S    23 20 15 20- 78

CC 13 18 20 26- 77

Mason Co. at Scott in district opener

The 1-3 Mason County Royals play the 1-4 Scott Eagles Friday night in Taylor Mill in the district opener for both teams. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Here are a few fast facts:

• Mason County is coming off an open date. The Royals lost to North Laurel 28-10 in London in two weeks ago.
• The Royals went 0-4 in district games last season.
• Scott routed Newport 56-16 in the third game of the season. The Eagles have lost lopsided games to Newport Central Catholic (47-21), Dixie Heights (34-7), Conner (60-8) and Holy Cross (27-0).
• Scott junior quarterback Nelson Perrin has not played in the Eagles' last two games due to an injury.
• In the first three games of the season, Perrin rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns, and passed for 178 yards and four touchdowns.
• Mason County leads the series 4-3. The Eagles defeated the Royals 43-7 last year.

Scott Outscores Mason County 33-0 in 2nd Half for a 43-7 Win

For the second straight game the Mason County Royals played with a top 10 team for a half, and for the second consecutive game the opponent dominated the second half. 

After leading 10-7 at halftime, the Scott Eagles scored 33 unanswered points in the second half for a 43-7 victory at Mason County tonight in the district opener for both teams .

Mason County fumbled the opening kickoff and Scott scored a touchdown three plays later. The Royals had a chance to tie the game but could not score after Luke Morgan threw a 28-yard pass to Andrew Thacker to set up a first and goal from the seven yard line.

Scott took a 10-0 lead on a field goal in the second quarter. Mason County answered with a seven-play, 76-yard drive that included a 55-yard run by Leevi Dunaway and was capped off by a 14-yard touchdown pass from Luke Morgan to Jaylen Lofton.

On the next play, Thacker intercepted a pass. The Royals drove to the one-yard line, but Scott sacked Morgan on the final play of the half.

There was no stopping Scott's rushing attack in the second half as the Eagles scored on all five possessions in the half.

Scott had 403 yards of total offense for the game. Mason County had 188 yards in the first half, but had minus 16 yards in the second half.

"The guys fought their hearts out," Mason County coach Jonathan Thomas said. "That's what they do every week."

The Royals, 0-5, host Bourbon County next Friday.

S 1st Q 10:27 Danny Fitzgerald 7 yard run (C.J. Seay kick)

S 2nd Q 6:57 C.J. Seay 27 yard field goal

MC 2nd Q 2:53 Jaylen Lofton 14 yard pass from Luke Morgan (Travis Whisman kick)

S 3rd Q 5:43 Roberto London 5 yard run (kick failed)

S 3rd Q 2:42 Nelson Perrin 26 yard run (C.J. Seay kick)

S 4th Q 9:12 Nelson Perrin 18 yard run (C.J. Seay kick)

S 4th Q 6:15 Deondre Pleasant 53 yard run (C.J. Seay kick)

S 4th Q 2:22 David Patrick 29 yard run (run failed)