Area Sports

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Lady Titan soccer (3-5-1) faced off with a tenacious Shelby County (6-6) Lady Rockets side on Monday, Sept. 8, at the Mercer County Soccer Complex. Fans were treated to an energy-filled match that involved several shots that tested each goalkeeper in the opening minutes. The game continued to pick up…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Burgin Independent Cross Country has been hard at work gearing up for another competitive fall on the trails. The Bulldogs will be led by two seniors this season, each of which were the two highest finishers at last fall’s Class-A Region 5 meet. Raegan Taylor and Barron Bradshaw will be…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Much like the boys program, the Mercer County Lady Titan soccer team picked up the biggest win of their season thus far in the opening round of the Class-2A sectional tournament. The Lady Titans traveled all the way to Harrison County for the opening round of tournament play on Monday,…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Titan soccer had an eventful week playing host to the Class-AA section five tournament. Mercer County (4-4) earned their biggest win of the season in the opening round matchup with Harrison County (2-3), and were feeling confident ahead of the championship round against undefeated Bourbon County (5-1-0). The Titans dominated…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Titan football (0-2) hit the road for the first time this fall on Friday, Aug. 29, for a matchup with the Campbellsville Eagles (1-1), who were ready to make up for a close loss against 3-A favorite Bell County in week one. Mercer was stuffed on the initial…

Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High cross country teams have started off their season well. On the boys’ side, the team has earned consecutive second place finishes both last week at Marion County, and this week at the Shelby County Invitational. They ran an average team time of 20:02.  The girls finished first at…

Austin Cocanougher Contributing Writer With just hours remaining until football season officially kicks off in the bluegrass, the University of Kentucky is finalizing the puzzle of what the 2025 version of the Wildcats is going to look like. Coming off a fairly disap­pointing 2024 campaign, a “motivated” Mark Stoops claims this team is full of…

Mercer County Resident Xiomara Arias journeyed to Puerto Rico this summer to spend time learning more about the endangered horse breed, the Puerto Rican Paso Fino. Arias is a recent gradu­ate of the University of Kentucky, where she earned a bach­elor’s degree in Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology. She will continue her edu­cation by pursuing a…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans volleyball team (3-0) beat the Somerset Christian Lady Cougars (2-1) in an exciting 3-1 battle Thursday, Aug. 21. The Titans started strong, win­ning the first set easily with a 25-13 outcome, but lost the second set in a close battle, 23-25. They went on to secure…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans football team dropped their season opener, 29-66, to the Tates Creek Commodores in the Little Caesars Fort Harrod Bowl Saturday, Aug. 23. The Titans went toe to toe in the first half of the game and went into halftime with the lead, 29-26. The second half…