Area Sports
Boyle All-Comers Results
The Mercer County Titans and the Burgin Bulldogs track teams competed at the Boyle All-Comers meet Tuesday, April 17, at Boyle County High School. Listed below are the full results for both the Titans and the Bulldogs. The results will be separated by school and results with the Titans first, followed by the Bulldogs. MERCER COUNTY Girls…
Read MoreWest bats scorch Titans
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com If the first two innings were any indication of how the rest of the game was going to play out, the Mercer County Titans (5-2) were looking pretty good. Unfortunately, the West Jessamine Colts’ (3-6) bats came to life in the third inning on their way to a 21-9 victory…
Read MoreFour Titans to play in girls/boys Kentucky vs. Indiana All-Star Game
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com Winning state championships and individual awards in your senior year comes with a lot of perks. Miss Kentucky Basketball Seygan Robins, along with her two teammates Emma Davis and Emmy Souder were named to the Girls Kentucky vs. Indiana All-Star Classic roster this past weekend. They are the first three…
Read MoreTitans compete at Clash of the Classes
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com It was a good day to be a Mercer County Titan on the track. This past Saturday, April 14, at the Clash of the Classes meet in Bardstown, the girls finished sixth out of 22 teams with 118.50 points while the boys finished 11th with 85.50 points. The girls team…
Read MoreMercer softball dominates district foe
April Ellis Herald Staff aellis@harrodsburgherald.com The Mercer County Lady Titans (4-4) softball team took down district rival West Jessamine (5-5) last Thursday in an overwhelming win. Freshman Brooklin Burgess ended the game when she hit a walk-off home run ending the game, 18-2, in four innings. “I’m happy to make quick work of it,” said…
Read MoreDanville All-Comers Results
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com Listed below are the results for the Mercer County Titans and Burgin Bulldogs at the Danville All-Comers track meet on Tuesday, April 10. MERCER COUNTY Girls 4×800 Meter Relay 1st place: Jai Maria Piazza, Channing Lewis, Haley Blevins and Clayra Darnell (10:46.08) 5th place: Erin Darland, Katherine Schroeder, Emily Steele and Emma…
Read MoreTitans earn first district win over Jaguars
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com In their first district match up of the season, the Mercer County Titans (4-2) defeated the East Jessamine Jaguars (1-2) by a final score of 8-1 on Tuesday, April 10. Sophomore Mason Smith earned the win over the Jaguars pitching a complete game. Smith gave up one run on three…
Read MoreFormer Titan excelling on and off the field at UK
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com Going from a town with less than 10,000 people to a college campus with almost 30,000 students at the University of Kentucky can be a big change for some, and for former Mercer County Titan Donald “D” Smith, the adjustment was hard, but worth it. “The hardest adjustment for me…
Read MoreBryan Station too much for Lady Bulldogs
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com It’s been a frustrating start for the Burgin Lady Bulldogs (0-3) softball team at the beginning of the 2018 campaign. They were defeated by the Bryan Station Lady Defenders (0-5) by a final score of 19-5 in four innings on Monday, April 9. Senior pitcher Grace Osbourn took the loss…
Read MoreStratton’s walk off single wins it in the seventh; Burgin off to best start in school history
Arpan Dixit Herald Staff sports@harrodsburgherald.com The Burgin Bulldogs baseball team has never started the season with four straight wins before. The 2018 season is a different story. The Bulldogs (3-0) defeated the Frankfort Christian Royals (0-1) by a final score of 7-6 on Monday, April 9, for their best start in school history. Junior Eli…
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