Area Sports

April Ellis Herald Staff Terry Yeast, longtime track coach and assistant principal at Mercer County High School, has effectively resigned from all positions. He announced on Facebook that he has accepted a new position as assistant principal and athletic director at George Rogers Clark (GRC) High School in Winchester. Yeast started his 20-year tenure in…

April Ellis Herald Staff In the last couple of years Sara Dunn, a student at Mercer County Senior High,  has been close to winning a women’s singles tennis regional title. Going into her senior year, her focus is on bringing home the championship. Dunn has been playing tennis since she was 6 years old. Her parents,…

Lane Mills Herald Staff [email protected] This year’s NBA Draft took place on Thursday, June 22, featuring some of the most highly-touted prospects the league has seen in years. Big names like Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson and Brandon Miller dominated the headlines. Though Kentucky was right in the mix as always, seeing four players enter the…

Timberlynn Yeast Herald Contributor Two Mercer County Senior High track athletes traveled to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia last week to compete in the New Balance Nationals Outdoor competition. Beau Brown, a 2023 graduate, and Teigh Yeast, who just completed her freshman year, qualified after exceptional performances at the KHSAA state competition. The competition…

Timberlynn Yeast Herald Contributor The Lady Titans traveled to Pulaski County for their last summer ball game, Thursday, June 22. The team has a had a good summer and has been competitive despite not having their full team. They are looking strong and hoping to repeat their 12th region championship. The Lady Titans have some…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor Hard-nosed, defensive football has become a staple of Mark Stoops’ Kentucky football program. Since promoting linebackers’ Coach Brad White to defensive coordinator in 2019, the Wildcat defense has consistently been regarded as one of the toughest groups, not only in the SEC, but in the entire country. Coming off of a…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High Titans wrapped up their summer play against the Boyle County Rebels Thursday, June 22. The game went back and forth, but the Rebels ended with the upper hand winning the game by one, 53-52. The game started out 2-2 and John Lincoln Perry had a layup…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Lady Titans have been in the gym this summer putting the work in to defend their 12th Region championship title. This past Monday, June 19, they traveled to Rockcastle to face the Lady Rockets. Summer ball is played a little differently with two halves and the scoreboard reset. The Lady…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Staff College football is just over 70 days away, and with that, there will be a brand new Kentucky football team for fans to fall in love with. This year’s edition of the Wildcats will be much different from the teams of previous years. Due to a lot of player turnover, coaching…

Andrew Tatum Herald Staff The Burgin Bulldogs hosted the Marion County Knights Thursday, June 15, at Jack Coleman Sr. Gymnasium. This was Burgin’s first summer ball game of the year. Summer ball gives the opportunity for players to get in the gym in the off-season and the lets the coach see what the incoming freshman…