Area Sports

          The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team (6-17) crushed the Trinity Christian Ti tans (0-21) 70-37 on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Mercer was in control the whole game and didn’t give up a basket until the final minute of the first quarter. Nine different Mercer Titans scored, and four players ended…

          The Mercer County Titans archery team participated in the 4th Annual Briar Jumper Shootout in Somerset, Saturday, Feb. 7, coming in second place in the high school meet with an overall score of 3195. The King Middle School team also took third place, with an overall score of 3045. Mercer…

          The Mercer County Titans girls basketball team (11-10) lost a heated matchup 69-57 to the Bardstown Tigers  (14-6) on  Monday, Feb. 9 The Tigers led the whole game despite 31 points from Junior Izzie Carlton. The game became chippie in the second half and continued after both teams received technical…

            The Burgin Bulldogs girls basketball team (6-6) beat the Cornerstone Christian Bulldogs 53-34 on Friday, Feb. 6. The girls team participated in the Bulldogs homecoming double-header with the boys team matching up with Mercer. Burgin had four players score double digits, with seniors Hayley Hurst and Ashton Lester both…

          The Burgin Bulldogs boys basketball team (6-14) fell 41-45 late to the Mercer County Titans (7-17) on Friday, Feb. 6. The district matchup was part of Burgin’s double-header homecoming night, with the girls team beating Cornerstone Christian. Junior Micah Mayes led the Bulldogs in scoring with 12 points and two…

April Ellis Herald Staff From tying cleats in kindergarten to signing college letters as Mercer County seniors, Ayden Stephens and Jackson Doughty have spent nearly their entire lives side by side on a baseball field — and now, they’ll take that journey to the next level together. The two Mercer County High School standouts recently…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Senior High Junior Izzie Carlton was recently recognized before Mercer’s homecoming game versus West Jessamine for two big milestones in her basketball career as a Titan, 1000 points and 750 rebounds. Starting with the two points she scored as a seventh grader, to now averaging 18.9 points and…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High School cheerleaders recently represented their school and community on one of the biggest stages in the sport, traveling to Disney World to compete at the UCA National Cheer and Dance Championship. For head coach Amanda Foster, the trip carried special meaning, not only as a coach…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs boys basketball team (5-13) lost, 64-48, to the Brown Bears (8-11) on Thursday, Jan. 22. Burgin had a good start to the game, but couldn’t dial it from behind the arc, and the Bears’ 3-pointers were falling. A quiet night from leading scorer Hudson Taylor and an…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans girls basketball team (10-8) lost, 55-43, to the West Jessamine Colts (12-10) on Friday, Jan. 23. The district matchup was part of a double-header with the Mercer boys team to celebrate homecoming, with West Jessamine getting the best of both teams. It was a rough shooting…