Area Sports

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County track and field team hosted the AJ’s Heart of the Bluegrass track Classic on Saturday, April 11. The boys’ team took a narrow victory with 108.5 points, winning by 1.5 points over Huntington. The girls’ team placed third behind Woodford County and Madison Central. The Titans earned…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans softball team (7-6) lost 2-3 to the Frederick Douglas Broncos (9-2) on Monday, April 13. The game was low scoring, with five strikeouts from both teams and only 11 hits in the game. Senior Ella Davis started at pitcher for the Titans and pitched five innings,…

  Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs track and field team participated in the AJ’s Heart of the Bluegrass track Classic on Saturday, April 11. The Bulldogs girls’ track team placed 16th out of 25 schools, scoring 22.5 points. Burgin came away with a pair of bronze medals at the meet. Senior Raegan…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs softball team (0-6) lost 1-16 to the Danville Admirals (10-2) on the road Monday, April 6. Burgin’s lone run was scored by Baleigh Thompson in the third inning on a line drive to center field from fellow Sophomore Leah Jenkins. Senior Ashton Jenkins started the game pitching…

  Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans softball team (7-4) beat the Rockcastle Rockets (4-9), 12-2, in five innings on Monday, April 6. Senior Mia Floro drove in four runs on three hits to help the Titans take a commanding lead early. Sophomore Ava Musick pitched all five innings and struck out…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs track and field team participated in the Boyle All-Comers on Thursday, April 2. The Bulldogs were again not at full strength, having only three boys and six girls. The shorthanded girls team still finished seventh out of 11 schools and made the podium four times. Neither of…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County track and field team participated in the Boyle All-Comers on Thursday, April 2. The boys’ team took first place, and the girls’ team placed second behind Boyle County. The Titans earned 34 medals and took first place in seven different events. The Mercer boys’ track team lapped…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans (8-3) beat the Richland Center Hornets, 4-3, on Friday, April 3. The Titans jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning and held on to win the game, shutting out the Hornets in the final three innings. It was a team effort on the…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County track and field team participated in the Lincoln County Patriots Games on Saturday, March 28. The Titans were coming off a sweep from the Shelby County Invitational just two days prior. The boys team took first place, and the girls team placed third behind East Jessamine and…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans softball team (4-2) beat the Anderson County Bearcats (2-4), 7-1, on Thursday, March 26. Senior Ella Davis pitched the whole game for the Titans and only gave up one run. Sophomore Ava Musick and junior Jaley Bowman combined for five hits and batted in four runs…