Area Sports

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer Titans vol­leyball team (7-11) made quick work of the Casey County Lady Rebels (23-6) in two sets (25-20, 24-18) last Thursday, Sept. 28 after senior night ceremonies hon­oring Mia Wade and Jorga Sanford. The Titans have strug­gled some this season with the youth of the team, but with freshman…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County boys soccer (4-14-2) had two more opportunities to gain experience and practice between their 9-0 loss to West Jessamine and the first round of the 46th district tournament, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 3. The sec­ond of those was played on Thursday, Sept 28, when the Titans faced Model…

The Titans fishing team reeled in a third place finish in their first tournament, the Kentucky Bass Nation tour­nament, hosted by George Rogers Clark high school at Herrington Lake. Landyn Haynes and Hunter Wilham placed third overall and Brayton Ellis and Kaden Jones finished in the twentieth spot. “We are glad to see some of…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County boys soc­cer has been facing an uphill battle since their season kicked off on August 8. With an over­hauled coaching staff and a starting lineup that consists of seven to nine underclassmen at any given time, no one expected this team to be in the Region 12 championship…

Byron Collier Herald Staff The Titans volleyball team is now in the back stretch of their season and looking to turn things around against the Madison Southern Eagles. The Titans began the game with a back and fo1th battle, with back-to-back spikes fom both teams, with the Titans trailing, 3-2. They hen went on a…

Trevor Ellis Herald Staff The Burgin Bulldog volleyball team won three straight sets (25-5, 25-16, 25-9), Monday, Sept. 25, against the Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) before getting ready for post season play. In the first set, Burgin’s Samantha Foley served up a couple of aces for a 4-0 start for the Bulldogs. Foley…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Titan football (4-1) stood no chance against the physi­cal run game of the visiting Southwestern Warriors (2-2) this past Friday, Sept. 15. The Warriors amassed 526 total yards during Friday’s game. Southwestern set the tone from the opening kickoff as Kaeden Flores received the ball at the 34-yard…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Lady Titans soccer celebrated the playing careers of five seniors on Monday, Sept. 18, in a 2-1 win over the Southwestern Lady Warriors. Mercer started fast and physical but was questionably called for a handball shortly after kickoff. Southwestern junior Destiny Sadler stepped up to take a free…

  Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor Despite the lofty expec­tations for the team heading into 2023, the University of Kentucky Wildcats Football program has not looked great to open up the year. Sure, they are 2-0, and have even covered the spread in one of those two games, but they certainly have not played well to…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Titans football is now 4-0 for the first time since 2006 following their dominant 48-10 victory over Danville in Admiral Stadium this past Friday, Sept. 8. Danville football has had a rough go of it so far this fall. Between coaching changes and the transfers of several talented…