Area Sports

April Ellis Herald Staff The Burgin Bulldogs volleyball team celebrated its two seniors, Cloey Henson and Kacey McCray before a hard fought game against the Model Patriots on Thursday, Sept. 7. Burgin lost the match, three sets to one, but fought until the bitter end in each (21-25, 25-15, 23-25, 16-25). Over the last few…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] University of Kentucky football has had more hype around their program the last two summers than nearly any year in the history of the team. Most of that can be explained by two of the program’s four 10 win seasons coming in the last five years. After last fall’s shortcomings,…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans (3-0) played at home on Friday, Sept. I, in what was set to be their toughest matchup yet. The Rockets of Shelby County (1-2) came to Alvis Johnson Field, with much to prove after their one-point loss the previous week to a very good Oldham County…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Senior High School soccer players have been adjusting to a new system and completely over­hauled coaching staff. Most of the starting 11 are young and many had never played against high school aged ath­letes until this fall. Freshmen Landon Steele, Ian Alcorn, Mijiah Dunn, and Tanner Ison have…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Lady Titans volleyball (4-4) faced the Burgin Lady Bulldogs (4-5) in the most anticipated matchup between the two programs in several years. Burgin, having won its last four matches was certainly hopeful of a huge upset on Tuesday, Sept. 5, but the Lady Titans were too much to…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Cross Country had more than a dozen entries across all grades at the North Laurel XC Invitational this past Saturday, Sept. 2. Junior Marshall Hart led the Titans by finishing third out of 112 in the boys varsity run. Hart ran five kilometers in 18:15.24 with his teammate,…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County Lady Titans soccer season has been a bit of a roller coaster so far this fall. After beginning the season with a 3-0 loss to Nelson County they bounced back with 6- I and 5-1 wins over Model and Lincoln County respectively. District foe West Jessamine then dis­mantled…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor This past Saturday, Sept. 2, the University of Kentucky Wildcats brought football back to the Commonwealth in a big way. Set for a noon kickoff at Kroger Field, Mark Stoops and the latest version of his Cats had a lot to prove if they were going to live up to fans’…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans football team’s (2-0) game against Paul Laurence Dunbar (0-2), scheduled for Friday, Aug. 25, was rescheduled due to lightning. The game meant to be played in Woodford County, was moved to Harrodsburg and scheduled to kickoff at 1 p.m. the next day. The Titans faced 6A…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County boys soccer (3-5) had an exciting week of play, first facing the Colonels of Bourbon County (2-4) this past Tuesday, Aug. 22, in the opening round of the Class 2A sectional tournament. Bourbon County were terrific on the ball, completing pass after pass and holding onto possession for…