Area Sports

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County base­ball Titans ( 11-10) faced a Jessamine County school for the first time this spring on Monday, April 15, when they traveled to Nicholasville to face the East Jessamine Jaguars (9-8). Sophomore Ayden Stephens started on the mound and struggled with the Jaguar lineup early. Jaguar juniors…

April Ellis Herald Staff Despite a late rally, the third-seed University University of the Cumberlands Patriots women’s basketball team fell to the number one seeded Dordt University Defenders, 83-73, in the national semifinals. UC closed out this historic season with a 26-10 record after earn­ing their first trip to the NAIA Fab Four. Helping contribute…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Staff John Calipari ‘s time at Kentucky has finally come to an eclipse. After yet another first round NCAA tourna­ment exit, Coach Cal has opted to leave the University of Kentucky for intra-con­ference foe, the Arkansas Razorbacks. With an over­all record of 410-123 (77 percent), the long-tenured coach at UK should be…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Georgetown College Tigers softball team (7-16) played back-to-back double­headers with Mid-south con­ference opponent Cumberland University (17-13), of Lebanon, Tennessee, on Friday, Apr. 5, and the following Saturday. Former Mercer County standouts Elle Prewitt and Stevie Shepherd have both played significant roles for the Tigers this spring with Prewitt earnjng…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High Lady Titans softball team (1 0-5) traveled to Cocoa Beach, Fla. dur­ing spring break. The team went 3-3 for the trip, and Head Coach Darren Ransdel I considered it a successful trip after facing off against ranked teams he feels con­fident will help prepare his team…

April Ellis Herald Staff Mercer County Senior High senior Peyton Boyd may not have started her high school career as a Titan. Still, she ended her strong high school softball career as one before signing her letter of intent to become an Eagle at Carson Newman University. This past Saturday, March 30, Boyd’s family, friends,…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County’s Byron Collier signed to continue his student-athlete career at University of the Cumberlands on Wednesday, March 27. Collier was a standout for the Titan football team each of the last two seasons and always dreamed of one day playing a sport in college; he just always expected it…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs baseball team (0-9) made the short drive to Harrodsburg on Monday, April 1, where they played back-to-back games against the Mercer County Titans (9-6). The Bulldogs failed to score a run over their first three games, but have shown significant improvement over the last two weeks, scoring…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titan baseball team (7-6) pushed their record back over .500 this weekend following two extremely tight wins over Wayne County and Scott High School. Vs Collins (3/30) The Titans lone loss of the weekend was their final contest. The Collins High Titans (9-4) earned five walks in…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Lady Titans softball team (8-2) won four games in three days this past week, including a 16-5 rout of Rockcastle County (4-7) on Thursday, March 28. Vs Rockcastle County (3/30) The Lady Titans played a rematch with Rockcastle County two days after their 16-5 win, on Saturday…