Mason County and Bracken County winners in girls' 39th District Tournament semis

The Mason County Lady Royals and the Bracken County Lady Bears posted semifinal wins in the 39th District Tournament on Monday night at The Fieldhouse and will meet in the championship game on Thursday at 6 p.m.

Mason County 63, St. Patrick 25

Lexi Young had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Royals to their 21st win of the season. 

Emma Gallenstein and Lillian Klee each scored 11 points for the Lady Saints who closed out the season with a 4-19 record.

Mason County outscored St. Patrick 21-3 in the second quarter and 17-2 in the third quarter. The final 12:05 was played with a running clock.

Mason County 18 21 17 07 — 63

St. Patrick        10 03 02 10 — 25

Mason County — Reed 8, Kirk 5, Hughes 6, Downs-Perry 3, Young 18, Thomas 3, Pearson 2, Fox 5, Tye 4, Buttery 9

St. Patrick — Kimball 3, Gallenstein 11, Klee 11

Bracken County 62, Augusta 46

Nicole Archibald scored 22 points and the Lady Bears rallied from a 16-point deficit.

Savannah Kelsch added 10 points and Brianna Bauer had nine points and nine rebounds for Bracken County (21-10) which ran its winning streak to four games.

Augusta (11-17) was up 26-10 late in the first quarter, but only scored three points in the second quarter, and Bracken County led 34-29 at halftime.

Kenzington Hinson led the Lady Panthers with 15 points and 11 rebounds and Aryanna Davis chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds. Laci Tackett had nine points and nine assists.

Bracken County        12 22 12 16 — 62

Augusta                    26 03 10 07 — 46

Bracken County — Archibald 22, Colvin 2, Johnson 6, Sharp 9, Kelsch 10, Smith 4, Bauer 9

Augusta — Ke. Hinson 15, R. Tackett 9, Ka. Hinson 3, L. Tackett 9, Davis 10

Lady Bears defeat Lady Saints in district semis

Nicole Archibald scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Bracken County Lady Bears to a 73-27 win over the St. Patrick Lady Saints on Monday night in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at Bracken County.

Savannah Kelsch added 10 points for the Lady Bears (16-14) who have won three straight games and seven of their last nine.

Emma Gallenstein led St. Patrick (2-15) in scoring with 14 points and Lillian Klee added 10 points.

Bracken County led 19-2 at the end of the first quarter and 39-7 at halftime. The running clock began when the Lady Bears led 47-11 with 5:02 remaining in the third quarter. The biggest lead was 68-21 with 2:22 left in the game.

Bracken County advances to the championship game to play the winner of Tuesday night's game between Augusta and Mason County.

Bracken County        19 20 15 19 — 73

St. Patrick                02 05 12 08 — 27

Bracken County — Archibald 17, Colvin 2, K. Johnson 4, E. Johnson 8,  Ahrens 4, Sharp 3, Bachman 1, Kelsch 10, Lippert 9, Burton 2, Smith 4, Bauer 9

St. Patrick — Kimball 3, Klee 10, Gallenstein 14