Area Sports

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans girls basketball team (18-13) hoisted the 46th District trophy for the 15th year in a row after defeating West Jessamine (13-16) 52-39 Thursday, Feb. 23. Junior Anna Drakeford and freshman Teigh Yeast led the scoring charge against the Colts in the championship game, with a combined…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans boys basketball (14-17)  team competed in the finals of the 46th District champions game in search of their first 46th District title since 2018  against West Jessamine (21-10)  Friday Feb. 24. The district final was the third time this season that Mercer and West Jessamine squared…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer County senior Lindsay Jessie signed her official letter of intent with Centre College on Friday, Feb. 24. Jessie, a standout athlete in both basketball and track and field, inked her signature to continue her playing days for the Lady Colonels. Jessie spoke about her commitment and why Centre was…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] If you happened to glance at the Burgin Lady Bulldogs record around the new year’s (2-9) the assumption could be made they were in for a very long season. The possibility of having the best record in 10 years seemed unrealistic, however that is what the 2022-2023 Lady Bulldogs were…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team took on fellow 12th Region foe Southwestern Pulaski on senior night last Thurs Feb 16. The contest began with a heartfelt moment as Senior Seth Caton made his final start. Southwestern graciously allowed Caton to record one final basket before checking off the…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] Mercer Archery competed at Boyle County High School this past weekend. The Elementary team placed third and shot a new season team high of 2779. Jimmy Johnson led the team placing eighth, with a score of 250/300. Westin Mills and Tori Weatherly both placed tenth in their division, shooting 248/300…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin boys basketball teams’ season came to a painful and abrupt end Monday night Feb. 20. The Bulldogs displayed their fighting spirit until the final buzzer, fighting tooth and nail to cut a 14 point, fourth quarter deficit down to four. Burgin did not complete the comeback, but went…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The 12-16 Lady Bulldogs welcomed 4-19 Eminence out of the eighth region on Burgin’s senior night. Despite the Lady Warriors hanging tough until late, The Lady Bulldogs thoroughly controlled their opponents, defeating Eminence 57-32. Picking up their fourth consecutive victory. In support of their Lady Bulldogs, Burgin residents filled Jack…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] In front of a packed house on senior night, the Lady Titans delivered quite possibly their best performance of the year as they defeated the reigning 12th region champion Southwestern Lady Warriors, 55-42. Thursday, Feb. 16, was undoubtedly a date the Lady Titans have been eyeballing ever since suffering a…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin boys basketball team welcomed Nicholas County into the Jack Coleman Sr. Gymnasium on Thursday, Feb 9. The Bulldogs started strong but went through a cold shooting streak that led to an insurmountable deficit. Nicholas County defeated Burgin 61-45. The season to this point has not played out the…