Area Sports

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Lady Bulldogs softball team have been working hard this off­-season as they prepare for the 2023-24 season. Russell Jenkins is entering his sec­ond season as the leader of the program and his biggest focus in practice the off­-season has been pitching. In addition to Jemma Jenkins and Gracie…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs baseball team has been work­ing hard over the last month in preparation for the 2024 season. Burgin struggled last season to finish games but there were several bright spots in Phillip Dean’s first season leading the dugout.  Dean has addressed effort in practice and feels the Bulldogs…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Titans (22-12) lost in the second round of 12th Region play to the Pulaski County Maroons (22-10) on Monday, March 11. It was a hard-fought game with the lead swinging in both direc­tions, and it was in the final minutes that Pulaski showed why they were the reigning…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Lady Bulldogs’ (12-18) season came to an end in the open­ing round of the 46th District tournament on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at East Jessamine High School. The West Jessamine Lady Colts (24-8) have sur­prised fans in the area with electrifying offensive dis­plays tlroughout this season, and they put…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Lady Titans eas­ily defeated East Jessamine 69-39 in the first round of 46th district play last Tuesday, Feb. 27. In their second game, they faced West Jessamine, who had beaten them twice by a com­bined 15 points in the regular season. While some doubted the Lady Titans’ ability to continue…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer Lady Titans’ (18-14) season ended in a heartbreaker to the Rockcastle County Lady Rockets (21- 11) on Monday, March 4, in Lincoln County. The game went down to the wire and in the final minutes Mercer’s shots wouldn’t fall and Rockcastle made a final surge to win the game,…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Burgin Bulldogs (6-25) fought hard to upset the West Jessamine Colts (8-20) in the play-in game of the 46th District tourna­ment on Monday, Feb. 26. The Bulldogs led at half­time and even after West took the lead in the second half, Burgin stayed in the game. A few key turnovers…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County High School boys basketball team (21-1 I) won their first 46th District Championship in six years on Friday, March 1 , when they defeated the Trinity Christian Titans (20- 12) in the newest member of the 46th Districts first ever appearance in the champion­ship. Sophomore Kaleb Murray…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Board of Education recently heard a report from the creator and inspiration for the Mercer County Wrestling Club, Craig Hampton, who recently led the team composed of first through eighth graders, through its inaugural season. The club got a bit behind at the beginning of the season…

April Ellis Herald Staff Thursday, Feb. 22, was not a good night for Mercer County basketball. Both the girls’ (16-13) and boys’ (19-11) teams were beat in a double header against the Southwestern Warriors of Pulaski County. The Titans Emotions ran high for the Warriors (13-15) on their senior night and they parlayed that into…