Area Sports

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer Titans boys’ basketball team (9-7) wracked up their second district win Friday, Jan. 12, against the West Jessamine Colts (3-12). The Titans started very strong in the first half, but went cold on the 3-point shot in the third quarter. Fortunately, the Titans were able to hold onto their…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titan archery team opened its season last weekend, Saturday, Jan. 6 in Harrodsburg. This weekend, Saturday, Jan.13, the Titans traveled to West Jessamine Middle School where they would face the Colts and Lexington-area schools such as Lafayette, Tates Creek and Henry Clay. The varsity squad earned a…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans faced their tough­est opponent so far in the 2023-24 season when the Bryan Station Defenders traveled to Harrodsburg. In the Defenders’ 12 previous games, they scored 97 points or more on five different occasions while averaging 83 points per game. Bryan Station’s only loss came to…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The CU-Harrodsburg Pioneers (11-5) played three games of basketball this week­end beginning on Thursday, Jan. 4, in the Mideast versus Midwest crossover classic. The Pioneers began the tour­nament with a 92-87 victory over Great Lakes Christian College before falling to Grace Christian College the following evening. The series was capped…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs (3-12) faced West Jessamine (3-11) for the first time this season on Friday, Jan. 6, at the Jack Coleman Sr. Gymnasium. The Colts rep­resented the Bulldogs’ best chance at snagging a win in the 46th District, and the Bulldog fans came in droves to support their team.…

Samuel Warren/April Ellis Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Lady Titans (9-5) defeated Bourbon County 54-41 in the opening round of the Kentucky 2-A Section 5 tournament in Boyle County on Tuesday, Jan. 2. The following day, Mercer beat Western Hills 67-43. The Lady Titans won their section of the 2A tournaments each of the…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Lady Titans (7-4) faced Scott High School Lady Eagles (10-2) of Taylor Mill, in the opening round of  the 4 Bank Winter Classic hosted by Garrard County High School on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. Mercer began the game on a 4-0 run but Scott’s elite level of shooting behind the…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs hosted the Whitaker Bank Winter Classic for the second consecutive season, playing host to Louisville Collegiate (LC), Fort Knox (FK), Shawnee, Trinity Whitesville and Knox Central in a three day tournament beginning on Friday, Dec. 29, when the Bulldogs faced the Louisville Collegiate Titans (4-7) in a…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High boys basketball team hosted the Mercer Holiday Classic from Dec. 28-30. Seven teams traveled to Mercer for some post-Christmas basketball. Franklin County won the tournament after defeating Mercer in the first round. In their third game of the Mercer Holiday Classic, Mercer (7-6) defeated the Western…

April Ellis Herald Staff Last week, the Mercer County Titans struggled against tough competition in the Central Bank Jim Rose Classic. The Titans dropped all three games after com­ing off an impressive perfor­mance against a good Wayne County team just a few days prior. In the third round of the classic, Mercer fell to the…