Area Sports

Mercer Drops Homecoming Game To West Jessamine Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team (5-16) lost, 44-39, late in their homecoming match-up against the West Jessamine Colts (9-8) on Friday, Jan. 24. It was an eventful night, including a double header with the Mercer Lady Titans playing first, a homecoming…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team outlasted the Louisville Collegiate Titans, 54-49, on Friday, Jan. 16. The Titans exploded in the fourth quarter with 24 points after averaging 10 points a quarter. Seniors Gage Phillips and Jackson Doughty led the Titans with a combined 35 points. Phillips was huge…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans girls basketball team lost to the Rowan County Vikings in the H&W Dukes Kentucky 2A Championships on Friday, Jan. 16. Played at the Owensboro Sportscenter, Mercer won the Section 5 tournament to earn a bid to play for the 2A champion­ship. Rowan County got off to…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs boys basketball team (4-11) fell, 81-53, to the Washington County Commanders (5-11) on Thursday, Jan. 15. The Bulldogs had a slow start that set the tone for the rest of the game. Washington County outscored Burgin by 22 points in the first quarter in a physical start…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans archery team traveled to Boyle County for two tournaments on Saturday, Jan. 17, with a traditional bullseye tournament and 3D tournament. The Mercer County high school team finished fourth in both tournaments with an overall score of 3265 in bullseye and a 1583 in 3D. The…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team (2-12) traveled to Russell Springs to face the Russell County Lakers (8-7) on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. It was a game of two halves for the Titans. The first half had shots falling and defensive structure; the second half was a breakdown of the…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans girls basketball team (8-5) defeated the Franklin County Flyers (4-8) 53-47 on Thursday, Jan. 8. Mercer cruised through the first half with great outside shooting and good ball movement to give them a double-digit lead at halftime. Franklin County fought back into the game late in…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs girls basketball team (2-4) came up short, 71-36, against the Somerset Christian Cougars (5-4) in the 12th Region All “A” girls’ basketball tournament on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Sophomore Leah Jenkins led the Bulldogs in scoring with 13 points, followed by senior Ashton Lester, who had 10 points…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin boys basketball team (4-9) went on the road to beat the Trinity Christian Titans (0-13), 70-57, on Friday, Jan. 9. Burgin scored a season high 70 points and had four players score in the double digits. Senior Phillip Becknell and sophomore Hudson Taylor both had 17 points, with…

April Ellis Herald Staff It was the first match-up of the season for cross-county rivals, the Mercer County Titans (2-11) and the Burgin Bulldogs (3-7) on Friday, Jan. 2, on their home floor. It was the first district matchup for the Titans and the second for the Bulldogs. It was tight throughout the game and…