Area Sports

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Lady Bulldogs (3-6) faced the West Jessamine Lady Colts (6-4) on Thursday, Dec. 21, just two days after their 37-20 victory over Brown. West Jessamine jumped out to an early 13-3 lead and Burgin proved unable to recover early on. Gabi Thomas was fouled while shooting a three…

Samuel Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Just two to three months, give or take a week, is all that Mercer County Lady Titan basketball starlet Anna Kate Drakeford lacks in being a part of the high school basketball program for seven straight years. Drakeford began her career with Mercer County basketball in the summer of 2017…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The CU-Harrodsburg Pioneers men’s basketball team (10-3) struggled in the opening minutes of their Friday, Dec. 15, match-up with the NCCAA Division-I 10th ranked Asbury Eagles (8-3). Sharpshooter Braden Smith made a three to cut the Eagle lead to four early on, but Asbury was shooting the lights out and…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Lady Bulldogs (2-3) battled to the wire with the East Jessamine Lady Jaguars (2-3) in what was Burgin’s first Region 12 test thus far. East Jessamine was searching for its first win since their season opener against Paris, and Burgin planned to redeem themselves of back-to-back losses to…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team (5-2) lost a heart-breaker in overtime to the Wayne County Cardinals (5-2), 73-71, on Friday, Dec. 15. In a hard-fought game between two of the 12th region’s top-ranked teams, a few key plays stopped what would have been a big win for Mercer. Before…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Titans girls basketball team (4-3) who beat the Danville Lady Admirals (1-4) last year for the Region 12 cha1npionship faced them again last week, on Tuesday, Dec. 12. While the game was close in the first half, the Titans pulled away for a 58-50 win. While many have…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The CU-Harrodsburg Pioneers (8-2) began the opening day of the Casey Sparrow Memorial Classic with a 87-71 triumph over the Southeastern Illinois College Falcons. The memorial for former Anderson County and Covington Holmes head basketball coach, principal of Bondurant Middle School and father of Pioneer Head Coach Austin Sparrow was…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team (4-1) played two games this past week. Western Hills (2-3) came to Harrodsburg on Thursday, Dec. 7, and the Titans traveled to South Laurel High School to face Jackson County in the Ted Cook Classic on Saturday, Dec. 9. Mercer started off slow…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Just two days after defeat­ing last season’s Region 6 champions Louisville-Mercy, the Mercer County Lady Titans ( 1-1) played the first game in a boy/girl double­header against Taylor County (2-1) on Thursday, Nov. 30 in Harrodsburg. Taylor County’s elite level of defense was on display from the moment of tip-off.…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs boys basketball team began their season with three games in three days from Thursday, Nov. 30 to Saturday, Dec. 2. A day after falling to the Anderson County Bearcats 48-35, the Bulldogs tipped off their Region 12 sched­ule when they took on the Somerset Christian School Cougars …