Mason County's state qualifiers all lost in the opening round of the KHSAA Tennis State Championships presented by UK HealthCare on Tuesday in Lexington.
In boys' singles, Evan Smith lost 1-6, 5-7. In boys' doubles, Sam Clarke and Alex Wood lost 3-6, 3-6, and in girls' doubles, Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire lost 1-6, 6-4, 0-1 (6-10).
The brackets for the KHSAA Tennis Championships presented by UK HealthCare have been published.
Here are the matchups for the Mason County players:
Boys Singles
Evan Smith vs. Cooper Ostermeier of Southwestern, Tuesday at 8 a.m. at the Sayre Athletic Complex.
Boys Doubles
Sam Clarke and Alex Wood vs. Vincente Garcia and Alexios Cornwell of North Hardin, Tuesday at 10:15 a.m. at Lexington Christian Academy.
Girls Doubles
Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire vs. Gabrielle Browning and Hope Dupin of Simon Kenton, Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. at the University of Kentucky.
Tickets for the tournament are available online only at https://gofan.co/app/school/KHSAA . Tickets purchased before the day of the event are $15. Game day tickets will cost $18 per day. Tickets purchased for the first day of the tournament will be valid at all sites.
Mason County tennis players who advanced to the semifinals of the regional tournaments were defeated by George Rogers Clark players on Thursday.
Evan Smith lost his singles match 6-2, 5-7, 14-16.
In doubles, Alex Wood and Sam Clarke lost 4-6, 2-6, and Bailey Boone and Eden Abshire lost 2-6, 1-6.
All of the semifinalists have qualified for the state tournament.
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.
Mason County seniors Evan Smith and Juan Carlos advanced to the quarterfinals of the 10th Region boys' singles tennis tournament at Boubon County with victories in the Round of 16 matches on Tuesday.
Smith, the No. 2 seed, cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 victory and Carlos won his match 6-1, 4-6, 10-8 (1-0).
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.
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
The Mason County Royals beat the Montgomery County Indians 3-0 in the quarterfinal round of the 10th Region tennis team tournament on Friday.
The Royals will play the George Rogers Clark Cardinals in the semifinals on Saturday at 10:15 a.m. at Bourbon County.
The Mason County girls' and boys' tennis teams celebrated Senior Night on Monday with victories over Nicholas County.
The Lady Royals beat the Lady Jackets 4-1 and the Royals swept the Bluejackets 5-0.
The Region 10 girls' and boys' tournaments begin on Friday at Bourbon County and Harrison County.
Matches will be played this Friday and on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of next week.
The Mason County girls' and boys' tennis teams split matches with George Rogers Clark on Saturday.
Olivia Jackson won a third set tiebreaker 10-8 to give the Lady Royals a 3-2 win.
GRC won the boys' match 3-2.
Mason County will travel to Paris on Monday to play Bourbon County.
The Mason County girls' and boys' tennis teams swept Harrison County in home matches on Wednesday.
Both Mason County squads won 4-1.
Friday's match vs. Rowan County is canceled. Coach Clay Boone is trying to schedule another match.
The Mason County tennis program will host the Roger Hendrickson Memorial Showcase today at the new tennis facility across the street from the Mason County baseball field and Straub Elementary School.
"Really excited to honor Roger as he gave so much time & committment to this community," Mason County tennis coach Clay Boone wrote in a post on X.
The Royals will scrimmage Bracken County.
Here is the schedule:
3:40 p.m. players warmup
4:15 p.m. presentation in memory of Hendrickson
4:30 p.m. match play vs. Bracken County
March 6th @ 4:15 pm Mason County Tennis program is hosting the Roger Hendrickson Memorial showcase at the new tennis facility as Bracken County will be participating in a scrimmage match. Really excited to honor Roger as he gave so much time & commitment to this community. pic.twitter.com/XBurYHl2tA
— Clay Boone (@clay223) March 6, 2025
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.
The four local teams were eliminated from the 10th Region team tournaments in their first matches.
The Mason County girls' and boys' tennis teams both lost 3-2 in the quarterfinal round.
The Lady Royals lost to Montgomery County while the Royals fell to Campbell County. Both were decided by a third set match tiebreak.
The St. Patrick Saints lost to Pendleton County Lady Wildcats 3-0 in the Round of 16.
The St. Patrick Lady Saints fell to Harrison County 3-0 in the Play-in Round.
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association this year revived the team regional tournaments which are separate from the individual and doubles tournaments.
Mason County junior Evan Smith qualified for the state tennis tournament.
Smith, the No. 3 seed, advanced to the semifinals of the 10th Region Tournament where he lost to eventual champion Noah Earlywine of Bourbon County 0-6, 0-6 on Saturday.
Smith won 6-0, 6-0 in the Round of 16 and 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
All semifinalists qualify for the state tournament.
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.
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.
Here is the remainder of the St. Patrick tennis schedule:
March 26 Harrison County/Paris at Harrison County
March 27 Lewis County Home
March 28 Augusta Away
April 11 Campbell County Away
April 16 Mason County/Paris Home
April 23 Bracken County Home
April 24 Augusta Home
April 26 Pendleton County Away
May 1 Nicholas County Home
May 6 Montgomery County Away
May 7 Bracken County Away
The Mason County girls' and boys' tennis teams both went 2-0 in the opening week of the season with victories over Holy Cross and Nicholas County.
Here is the rest of the schedule:
March 18 Newport Central Catholic (B/G) Home 4:30 p.m.
March 19 Bracken County (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.
March 21 Harrison County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
March 25 Scott County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
March 26 Campbell County (B/G) Home 3:00 p.m.
April 2 Scott (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.
April 9 Beechwood (Girls) Home 4:30 p.m.
April 11 George Rogers Clark (B/G) Home 5:00 p.m.
April 15 Rowan County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
April 16 St. Patrick/Paris (B/G) Home 5:00 p.m.
April 18 Calvary Christian (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.
April 22 Woodford County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
April 23 Montgomery County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
April 25 Harrison County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
April 29 Great Crossing (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
April 30 Scott (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
May 2 Bourbon County (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.
May 3 Lawrence County (B/G) at Rowan County 5:30 p.m.
May 6 Campbell County (B/G) Away 5:30 p.m.
May 7 Nicholas County (B/G) Home 5:30 p.m.
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.
