Area Sports

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County football Titans ended their season on Friday, Nov. 15, in the second round of the Class-3A KHSAA State Playoffs after Christian Academy of Louisville (9-3) scored 21 second half points and won, 49-22. Mercer’s offense got off to as good of a start as it could, and…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs basketball team struggled to find wins last season and ended the regular season with a 6-24 record. On several occasions, especially in the early part of the season, the Bulldogs fell victim to close losses. On five different occasions the Bulldogs lost games by less than four…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Lady Bulldogs basketball program has come a long way in ten years time. Ten seasons ago Burgin won one game, but this season Head Coach Keith Monson and the Lady Bulldogs have high hopes. The program’s 33 wins over the last three seasons is the most successful period…

Austin Cocanougher Contributing Writer What’s your favorite color? Well, if your answer to that question is an emphatic “blue and white,” I have good news for you. Kentucky basketball is back in a big way. The 2024-2025 college basketball season has officially tipped off, and the first edition of the Mark Pope-led Wildcats looks to…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The 2024 Campbellsville University-Harrodsburg Pioneers Women’s soccer team achieved a feat no other men’s or women’s soccer team in the program’s five-year history ever has on Monday, Nov. 4, when they outplayed the Alice Lloyd Eagles (0-12) in the NCCAA MidEast Regional Championship game. The men’s program won three MidEast…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans football team (7-4) did exactly what was expected of them on Friday, Nov. 8, when they thumped the Larue County Hawks (0-11) 51-14 in the opening round of the KHSAA Class-3A state tournament. The Titans entered the matchup on a four-game winning streak, while Larue County…

Austin Cocanougher Contributing Writer Mark Stoops is the single most successful coach in the history of Kentucky football. He has accomplished more in Lexington than many ever thought possible. Beyond having multiple 10-win seasons, taking UK to eight straight bowl games, and creating a real talent pipeline from our program to the NFL, perhaps no…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans football team (6-4) played the final regular season game of their 2024 season on Friday, Nov. 1, against the Lincoln County Patriots (4-6). In his first season as Lincoln’s head coach, Levi Rogers led the Patriots to a 4-0 start, but Class-4A District-7 is a gauntlet,…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Georgetown College Tigers football team (6-2) went down 7-0 after the initial drive from MidSouth Conference rivals University of the Cumberlands (5-4) on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown. The Tigers have recently got back on track after dropping two of their first three games of the…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Senior High School cross country team has been on an outstanding run over the last two seasons. Last fall, the boys’ third place finish at the Class-2A Region 5 meet was the highest in Titan Cross Country’s history (post ‘06). In 2024, the Titan boys knocked 24…