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Burgin Softball Looks To Build On Last Spring

Samuel Warren Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com The Burgin Lady Bulldogs softball team have been working hard this off­-season as they prepare for the 2023-24 season. Russell Jenkins is entering his sec­ond season as the leader of the program and his biggest focus in practice the off­-season has been pitching. In addition to Jemma Jenkins and Gracie…

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Batting Bulldogs Begin New Baseball Season

Samuel Warren Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com The Burgin Bulldogs baseball team has been work­ing hard over the last month in preparation for the 2024 season. Burgin struggled last season to finish games but there were several bright spots in Phillip Dean’s first season leading the dugout.  Dean has addressed effort in practice and feels the Bulldogs…

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Lady Bulldogs’ Season Ends In 46th District Opening Round

Samuel Warren Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com The Burgin Lady Bulldogs’ (12-18) season came to an end in the open­ing round of the 46th District tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at East Jessamine High School. The West Jessamine Lady Colts (24-8) have sur­prised fans in the area with electrifying offensive dis­plays tlroughout this season, and they put…

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Rockets Burn Out Lady Titans Region Hopes

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer Lady Titans’ (18-14) season ended in a heartbreaker to the Rockcastle County Lady Rockets (21- 11) on Monday, March 4, in Lincoln County. The game went down to the wire and in the final minutes Mercer’s shots wouldn’t fall and Rockcastle made a final surge to win the game,…

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Burgin’s Valiant Effort Falls Short Against Colts

April Ellis Herald Staff The Burgin Bulldogs (6-25) fought hard to upset the West Jessamine Colts (8-20) in the play-in game of the 46th District tourna­ment on Monday, Feb. 26. The Bulldogs led at half­time and even after West took the lead in the second half, Burgin stayed in the game. A few key turnovers…

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Wrestling club wraps up successful inaugural season

Samuel Warren Herald Staff Sports@harrodsburgherald.com The Mercer County Board of Education recently heard a report from the creator and inspiration for the Mercer County Wrestling Club, Craig Hampton, who recently led the team composed of first through eighth graders, through its inaugural season. The club got a bit behind at the beginning of the season…

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