Augusta and Mason County semifinal winners in boys' 39th District Tournament

The Augusta Panthers and the Mason County Royals will meet in the championship game of the 39th District Tournament on Thursday night after picking up lopsided wins in the semifinals on Tuesday night.

Augusta 76, St. Patrick 39

Keeton Bach scored 18 points, Noland Young 17 and Will Kelsch 14 as Augusta picked up its 18th win of the season.

Amari Myrick scored 19 points for St. Patrick which ended the season with a 3-24 record.

Augusta (18-9) only led by four points late in the first quarter, but ended the first half on a 34-9 run and went to the locker room with a 48-19. The Panthers got the running clock with 6:04 remaining in the third quarter.

Augusta            18 30 17 11 — 76

St. Patrick        10 09 11 09 — 39

Augusta —   Kiskaden 5, Reynolds 6, Dean 2, Napier 4, Hamm 5, Carl 2, Kelsch 14, Hesler 3, Bach 17, Young 18

St. Patrick —  Teitelbaum 3, Reed 4, R. Ignacio 2, Myrick 19, Lopez 6, Watts 2, A. Ignacio 3 

Mason County 83, Bracken County 56

Braeden Myrick made six 3-pointers and led five Royals in double figures with 23 points as Mason County ran its winning streak to six games.

Teegin Routt scored nine of his career-high 16 points in the first quarter, Garryon McClain followed with 12 points and Cole Horch and Jace Merz each had 10 points.

Noah Nelson had an 18-point, 10-rebound double-double for Bracken County (10-21). Teegan Feldhaus tossed in 11 points and Greg Benedict added 10.

Mason County (15-13) jumped out to a 7-0 lead, was up 43-28 at the half and led by as many as 30 points in the second half.

Mason County            20 23 20 20 — 83

Bracken County         10 18 12 16 — 56

Mason County — Routt 16, McClain 12, Metts 6, Myrick 23, Horch 10, Garrison 3, Merz 10, B. Malone 3

Bracken County — Kirk 3, Buchanan 9, Nelson 18, Feldhaus 11, Benedict 10, Wallingford 2, Apolonio 3

Augusta sweeps St. Patrick in girls' and boys' DH

 Augusta swept a girls' and boys' doubleheader vs. St. Patrick on Friday night in Augusta.

Laci Tackett and Reagan Tackett each scored 20 points and Kenzington Hinson added 18 points to lead the Lady Panthers to a 77-34 win over the Lady Saints. Laci Tackett grabbed the 500th rebound of her career.

Lillian Klee scored a game-high 21 points for St. Patrick.

The final score in the boys' game was 87-45.

Maddox Hesler led four Augusta players in double figures with 13 points. Keeton Bach scored 12 including his 1,000th career point. Will Kelsch followed with 11 and Noland Young tossed in 10.

Rudy Ignacio and Abi Ignacio each scored 13 points for St. Patrick.

The Lady Panthers (9-12) will host the Boone County Lady Rebels on Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Hardwood Classic. 

The Lady Saints (3-14) will travel to Cynthiana on Tuesday night to play the Harrison County Fillies.

The Panthers (13-6) will host the Ryle Raiders on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the Hardwood Classic.

The Saints (2-16) will travel to Frankfort on Saturday to play Frankfort Christian at 3:30 P.M.

Girls

Augusta            21 10 29 17 — 77   

St. Patrick         08 10 06 10 — 34 

Augusta — R. Tackett 20, Ke. Hinson 18, L. Tackett 20, Ka. Hinson 5, Sergent 5, Bradford 2, Young 4, Bach 3

St. Patrick — Kimball 4, Gallenstein 9, Klee 21 

Boys

Augusta            35 27 15 10 — 87   

St. Patrick         14 08 13 10 — 45 

Augusta — K. Bach 12, Carl 8, Hesler 13, Young 10, Kelsch 11, Kiskaden 4, Dean 8, Hamm 6, Napier 2, Mers 3, Thomas 2, Schwitzer 3, C. Bach 2

St. Parick — R, Ignacio 13, Myrick 7, A. Ignacio 13, Teitelbaum 2, Dorantes 4, Samudio 2, Rechtin 2, Morris 2

St. Patrick swept by Augusta in 1/4 finals of 10th Region All "A" Classic

Both the St. Patrick Lady Saints and Saints were knocked out of the 10th Region All "A" Classic in quarterfinal round games on Monday night at The Shamrock.

The girls' game score was 81-30. The boys' game score was 82-51.

Kenzington Hinson scored a game-high 25 for Lady Panthers (6-8), while Laci Tackett followed with 19 and Reagan Tackett had 11.

Lillilian Klee led the Lady Saints (1-9) with 17 points.

Keeton Bach had a game-high 19 points for the Panthers (8-5) while Ross Carl scored 15, Will Kelsch 14, Noland Young 12 and Maddox Hesler 10.

Glenn Reed led the Saints (1-11) with 17 points, Amari Myrick followed with 14 and Abi Ignacio added 10.

Both the Augusta girls and boys advance to the semifinals to play Bishop Brossart at Robertson County. The boys' game is Tuesday night, the girls' game is on Wednesday.

The Lady Saints will travel to Vanceburg on Tuesday night to play the Lewis County Lions.

The Saints' next game is on Thursday night vs. Mason County at the Lady Royals Gym.

Girls

Augusta        21 24 18 18 — 81     

St. Patrick    04 05 11 10 — 30

Augusta — R. Tackett 11, Ke. Hinson 25, L. Tackett 19, Reynolds 8, Davis 4, Ka. Hinson 6, Sergent 4, Young 2, Jett 2

St. Patrick — Kimball 2, Brannen 2, Tucker 2, Gallenstein 7, Klee 17

Boys

Augusta        21 25 20 16 — 82

St. Patrick    14 16 13 08 — 51

Augusta —  Bach 19, Carl 15, Hesler 10, Young 12, Kelsch 14, Kiskaden 3, Dean 4, Napier 5

St. Patrick — Reed 17, R. Ignacio 8, Myrick 14, Lopez 2, A. Ignacio 10

Royals cruise past Augusta 80-52

Braeden Myrick made six 3-pointers and scored 30 points to lead the Mason County Royals to an 80-52 win over the Augusta Panthers on Saturday at Augusta.

Mason County outscored Augusta 34-9 in the third quarter to lead 73-38.

The Royals shot 70.8% from the field in the second half and 56.9% for the game.

Myrick was 9-of-14 from the field including 6-of-9 from behind the arc. He made 6-of-8 free throws.

Garryon McClain scored a career-high 19 points and had five rebounds and four steals for Mason County. Cole Horch followed with 12 points and Nazir Metts added a career-high 11 points and pulled down five rebounds.

Keeton Bach scored 16 points for Augusta. Will Kelsch tossed in 12 points and Noland Young added 10.

Mason County (2-1) will host the Scott Eagles on Friday night in the Mike Murphy Classic.

Augusta (3-1) will be back in action on Tuesday night at Nicholas County.

Mason County 17 22 34 07 — 80

Augusta           08 21 09 14 — 52

Mason County — Routt 2, Conner 2, McClain 19, Metts 11, Myrick 30, Jones 2, Brookbank 2, Horch 12

Augusta — Kiskaden 2, Carl 3, Hesler 9, Kelsch 12, Bach 16, Young 10

Panthers beat Saints 95-36

The Augusta Panthers had a 20-0 run early in the game and led 35-7 at the end of the first quarter and 60-17 at halftime on their way to a 95-36 victory over the St. Patrick Saints in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at The Fieldhouse on Tuesday night. 

Augusta scored 42 points off St. Patrick's 27 turnovers.

Conner Snapp scored a game-high 22 points for the Panthers including his 1,000th career point. Kylan Hinson followed with 16 points. Will Kelsch had 12 points and LJ Conner and Chan Conner each scored 10 points. 

Amari Myrick led St. Patrick in scoring with 16 points.

Augusta (18-12) will play Mason County in the championship game on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

St. Patrick ends the season with a 2-20 record.

 Augusta        35 25 22 13 — 95

St. Patrick     07 10 11 08 — 36

Augusta — L. Conner 10, C. Conner 10, Tr. Potts 2, Tu. Potts 2, E. Johnson 3, Hinson 16, Kelsch 12, J. Johnson 4, Bach 8, Russell 3, Parrish 2, Snapp 22, Appleman 3

St. Patrick — Brookbank 9, R. Ignacio 3, Myrick 16, Tesmer 4, 

A. Ignacio 4