Area Sports

The Titans tennis team dropped back-to-back matches against Elizabethtown and Southwestern last week. The teams are preparing for the regional competition to begin on May 15. The Mercer girls fell short with a score of 1-3 against Elizabethtown on Wednesday, May 3. Junior Sara Dunn lost her number one singles match 1-6, 4-6. Senior Hope…

Jordan Axsom Herald Staff On Friday, May 5,  the Burgin Lady Bulldogs faced the Somerset Christian Lady Cougars in a one-sided 15-0 loss. Sophomore Jemma Jenkins started in the circle for Burgin. She took a few minutes to warm up but threw a strikeout to get the Bulldog’s defense going. Freshman third baseman Hayley Hurst…

Jordan Axsom Herald Staff On Saturday, May 6, 2023, the Mercer County Lady Titans lost the lead late in a 15-6 defeat to the Western Hills Lady Wolverines. Western Hills trailed 6-5 in the top of the fifth inning when Alli Jones doubled on the first pitch of the at-bat, scoring two runs. Mercer struggled…

Burgin Honors Seniors Jordan Axsom Herald Staff On Wednesday, May 3, the Burgin Bulldogs faced Fort Knox on their senior night celebration that honored seniors Jacob Qualls, Landon Oakes, David Lynn and Eli Newby. The game did not start as planned with two errors early on. The Bulldogs turned it around with three straight outs…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor On Monday night, May 1, Mercer County Senior High School announced the hiring of their new head basketball coach, Keith Adkins. Following a month-long search to fill the head coaching vacancy, the school feels confident that they have found the man for the job. Adkins comes to Mercer after a brief…

April Ellis Herald Staff Mercer County Lady Titans were able to exact revenge on the Garrard County Golden Lions for a one-point loss earlier in the season and won in their Thursday, April 27 match-up at home,  7-3 Freshman Ella Davis started in the circle for Mercer. The Lady Titans wasted no time, retiring three…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor On Monday, May 1, the Mercer County Titans took on the Yellow Jackets of Woodford County in  a must-watch re-match between two high-level programs. Having lost a home game to the Titans earlier in the season, Woodford was out to exact revenge while Mercer County was looking to jump back into…

Jordan Axsom Herald Staff The Bulldogs fell behind early and couldn’t come back in a 17-0 loss to Mercer County Titans on Wednesday, April 27. The Bulldogs struggled to contain Mercer’s high-powered offense and senior Jonathon  “Jono” Logdon’s no-hitter. Evan Hart led the Mercer County Titans to victory by driving in four runs. Hart went…

Timberlynn Yeast Herald Staff On Friday, April 28, the Mercer boys and girls track teams found success at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational at West Jessamine High School, competing amongst some of the top 3A schools in the state. Freshman Teigh Yeast was named the girls high point scorer. Yeast accumulated 33 points with her first place…

Austin Cocanougher Herald Contributor This past weekend, Mercer County baseball hosted its first annual Griffin Baker Memorial Tournament. The tournament welcomed three highly ranked high school teams, Taylor County, Collins and Ballard High Schools, and followed a “round-robin” style of play with each team playing two of the three. From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.…