Area Sports

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Some fans were surprised when the Titans took down the Taylor County Cardinals in week one. Again Mercer County proved its wo1th in week two, defeating a Class-6A team for the first time since 2016 when they outscored the Dunbar Bulldogs 42-17. The Titans stepped up a class again when…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The CU-Harrodsburg Pioneers men’s soccer team (6-6-2) prevailed over con­ference and state rival Aice Lloyd College Eagles (3-9- 2) on Friday, Nov. 3, in the opening round of the Mid­east Conference tournament played at Hilpp Family Field in Harrodsburg. The opening 15 minutes were played predominantly in the middle third…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The CU-Harrodsburg Pioneers men’s basketball team opened play for the 2023-24 season with a 98-65 win in a scrirmmage against Light University of Forest, Virginia, on Friday, Oct. 27. In the opening minutes of the game, Coach Austin Sparrow could see his team had opening night jitters, but it didn’t…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Titan foot­ball (10-1) has won 10 games for only the second time since 2006 following their 35-19 victory over Larue County (1-10) in the opening round of the KHSAA Class-3A State Football Finals. Larue County plays in arguably the toughest district in class-3A. Their match-­up against the Titans’…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Senior High football program (9-1) celebrated the football careers of 12 seniors before their game against Lincoln County (4-6) Friday, Oct. 27. Thaddeus Mays, Donovan Wright, Malachi Davis, Jackson Perry, Myles Haygood, Denim Griffieth, Byron Collier, Caden Semrau, Kingston Mays, Aiden McKinney, Mason Kirkland and Liam Potts…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Senior High alumnus Dillon Warren and the Georgetown College Tigers (6-1) defeated the Lindsey Wilson College Raiders (6-2) for the first time since 2014 on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Toyota Stadium. It was a low scoring affair with only one touchdown scored over the course of 60 minutes.…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Hunter Booth is a name many soccer fans from this area are accustomed to hearing, both as a Mercer County Titan, where he played in 67 games scoring 27 goals and assisting 10, and as a CU-Harrodsburg Pioneer, where he scored or assisted in multiple games during the 2020 and…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Campbellsville University ­Harrodsburg took time Saturday, Oct. 21, to celebrate the athletic careers of six soon-to-be graduates on the men’s and women’s soccer teams. The day began with a match-up between the Pioneer men (5-6-2) and Toccoa Falls College of Georgia (3-10-1). The Pioneers played with con­fidence and a team…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Senior High School volleyball (9-19) competed in the first round of District 46 play this past Tuesday, Oct. 17, when they faced off against a very tal­ented Trinity Christian squad (26-6). The young Titans were desperate to make a run after a rocky regular season. The starters for…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Titan foot­ball (8-1) has won its first district championship in eight years after its 48-20 thrashing of the Garrard County Golden Lions (3-6) this past Friday, Oct. 20. “It’s a great feeling,” said Head Coach Craig Yeast, who was able to sweep the district in his second year…