Five Mason County players advance in regional tournaments, three suffer losses

Five Mason County tennis players punched their tickets to the state tournament by advancing to the semifinals of the regional tournaments with wins while three players were eliminated on Wednesday. 

No. 2 seed Evan Smith won his quarterfinal singles match 6-0, 6-1.

The girls' doubles teams of Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire and the boys' doubles team of Sam Clarke and Alex Wood also advanced to the semifinals.

Boone and Abshire won 6-1, 7-5 while Clark and Wood pulled out a 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 victory.

Three singles players suffered losses. Tori Lavinder lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-10, Juan Carlos fell 3-6, 1-6 and Ellen Clarke lost 6-7, 2-6.

Several Mason County players advance in girls' 10th Region tennis tournament

The girls' 10th Region tennis tournament got underway on Monday with several Mason County players posting victories.

In singles matches, No. 3 seed Tori Lavinder won 6-0, 6-1 in the Round of 16 and Ellen Clarke won 6-1, 6-1 in the Round of 32 and 6-0, 6-0 in the Round of 16. 

In doubles, Olivia Jackson and Annabel Jackson advanced with a 6-0,6-0 victory in the Round of 32 and No. 3 seed Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire were 6-2, 6-4 winners in the Round of 16.

Royals lose to GRC in tennis team region semis; seeds announced for singles and doubles tournament

The Mason County Royals lost to the George Rogers Clark Cardinals 3-0 in the 10th Region tennis team tournament on Saturday at Bourbon County.

The individual and doubles region tournaments start on Monday.

According to Coach Clay Boone for the first time in program history, Mason County has seeded players in all girls' and boys' events.

Here are the seeds:

No. 2 boys' singles, Evan Smith

No. 3 girls' singles, Tori Lavinder

No. 3 girls' doubles, Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire

No. 4 boys' doubles, Sam Clark and Alex Wood

Boone and Lavinder go 1-1 in state tennis tournament, Smith goes 0-1

Mason County's girls' doubles team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder won in the Round of 64, but lost in the Round of 32 at the KHSAA Tennis State Championships presented by UK Healthcare on Tuesday.

Boone and Lavinder defeated Montgomery County 7-5, 6-2 before falling to Assumption 0-6, 0-6. 

Mason County junior Evan Smith lost 0-6, 0-6 in the Round of 64.

Boone and Lavinder lose to GRC doubles team

Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder lost to Cassie Lowe and Madelyn Settles of George Rogers Clark 1-6, 0-6 in the girls' doubles region championship match on Monday at Campbell County High School.

Boone and Lavinder have qualified for the state tournament.

Boone and Lavinder qualify for state, will play for region chmpionship

The Mason County girls' doubles team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder have quaified for the state tennis tournament and will play for a region championship on Monday.

Bailey and Lavinder, seeded No. 2 in the 10th Region Tournament, defeated Calvary Christian 6-0, 6-0 in their opening match on Friday.

In the quarterfinal round on Saturday, Bailey and Lavinder beat Campbell County 6-0, 6-1 to qualify for the state tournament, and then later on Saturday they won their semifinal match vs. Montgomery County 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the region championship match on Monday at 5:30 vs. George Rogers Clark.

Bailey and Lavinder lose in opening round of state tennis tournament

The Mason County girls' doubles tennis team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder lost 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round of the KHSAA State Championships presented by UK HealthCare this morning.

Boone and Lavinder, who completed their sophomore seasons, were the 10th Region runners-up. 

Boone and Lavinder fall to GRC in region final

Mason County's girls' doubles team of Bailey Boone and Tori Lavinder lost to Madelyn Settles and Cassie Lowe of George Rogers Clark 3-6, 4-6 in the championship match of the 10th Region Tournament at GRC Wednesday evening.

Both teams advance to the state tennis tournament.