Lady Royals three-peat as XC Region champions

The Mason County Lady Royals are cross country region champions for the third straight year. The Lady Royals won the Class 2A Region 6 Championship today at the Mason County course. Mason County sophomore Julia Woods was the runner-up in a time of 20:23.99. Three other Lady Royals also medalled- sophomore Valerie Rice (6th place, 21:23.71), eighth grader Cara Woods (7th place, 21:32.83) and eighth grader Sierra Anderson (10th place 22:02.94). Fleming County finished second, East Carter third and Russell fourth. The top four teams advance to the state meet next week. East Carter freshman Macy Dyer was the individual region champion in a time of 20:03.59.

Class 2A Region 6 XC All-Region teams

The Class 2A Region 6 Cross Country All-Region teams were announced today during the awards ceremony following the region championship at Mason County.

Girls 1st Team

Katie Coldiron, Greenup County

Macy Dyer, East Carter

Abby Fearin, Fleming County

Jennifer Miller, Russell

Valerie Rice, Mason County

Cara Woods, Mason County

Julia Woods, Mason County

Girls 2nd Team

Sierra Anderson, Mason County

Olivia Ball, Greenup County

Kelsey Dillon, Fleming County

Emily Hanson, Russell

Kirstain Jordan, East Carter

Raylee Kirkland, Mason County

Julie Perkins, Fleming County

Boys 1st Team

Taylor Bradley, Ashland

Brennan Kizziare, Ashland

Daulton Leet, Fleming County

Zachery Martin, Fleming County

Jon Renneker, Ashland

Nick Robinson, Mason County

Nathan Woods, Mason County

Girls 2nd Team

Jacob Adams, Ashland

Clady Adkins, Rowan County

Austin Craft, Ashland

Shelly Dehart, Rowan County

Jacob Heyerly, Russell

Rakesh Iyer, Ashland

Brandon Yates, Russell

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.

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