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Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] Excitement is high for the Mercer County Senior High School Boys Golf team as they tee off on a new season. On Thursday, July 27, the team traveled to Old Bridge Golf Course in Danville, where they outplayed Boyle, Franklin, owen and Bourbon Counties before defeating Harrison County in a…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor The University of Kentucky Wildcats are yet again the “gold standard” of college basketball. Or at least they can now claim to be gold medal recipients. At the 2023 GLOBL Jam basketball tournament in Toronto, Canada last week, the Cats represented the USA in the 24-U Men’s division. Because John Calipari’s…

Sam Warren Herald Staff [email protected] The best opportunity soccer fans in Mercer County have to enjoy a professional game is the Lexington Sporting Club, which belongs to the United Soccer League, the largest professional soccer organization in the United States. The USL currently has more than 200 club members. USL League One announced in 2017…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor Harrodsburg is home to a living University of Kentucky legend and most people don’t even realize it. For the past 13 years, UK basketball and baseball alumni Dick Parsons has called Mercer County his home. After growing up in a small coal mining town called Yancey near Harlan, Parsons got used…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor Just a few short months after John Calipari hired a new assistant coach, John Welch, to be Kentucky Basketball’s Head of On Court Training and “offensive coordinator,” the Wildcats appear to be a totally different basketball team than anything fans have watched in several years. Typically a team that plays a…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor “Over,” “under,” “parlay,” and “moneyline” are just a few of the terms to be familiar with to take advantage of the newly passed Kentucky House Bill (HB) 551. Since passing both chambers of the state legislature on March 30, HB551 will officially legalize sports betting in the state of Kentucky. Despite…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor The NCAA made waves two summers ago when it approved a new NIL (Name Image and Likeness) policy for its collegiate athletes. For as long as college sports have been around, players have been unable to financially benefit from the licensing of their name or an artistic representation of them. This…

Sam Warren Herald Staff Mark Dunn is the new head coach for the Mercer County Senior High School boys soccer team. The program struggled to maintain consistent play under former Head Coach Jeremy Carlson. The Titans made it difficult for many Region 12 teams during Carlson’s two-year reign but were unable to dethrone district powerhouse…

Lane Mills Herald Staff [email protected] The 2023 NBA Summer League officially kicked off in Las Vegas this past weekend. Young stars from an array of teams compete to prove their talent before the regular season starts, and with it, fight for a chance to win the Summer League championship. Multiple newly acquired Kentucky Wildcats made…