Area Sports

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High Titans (7-9) faced 12th region favorite Pulaski County (16-2) Saturday night, Jan 21 in a close, hard-fought game that almost ended in an upset. With three minutes to play and only up one point, the Maroons pulled away from the Titans, 71-64, who continue to struggle…

Wesley Bird Herald Staff [email protected] On the heels of a State 2A tournament final-four appearance, head Coach Hayley Spivey and her Lady Titans (12-11) were successful in continuing to build positive momentum. Mercer defeated East Jessamine (2-15) on Jan. 17, 50-28 maintaining a perfect 46th district record in the process. Junior Anna Drakeford made a…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] In front of a packed crowd, the Burgin Lady Bulldogs (6-10) delivered a homecoming-worthy performance in quite possibly their best all-round game of the season, earning 53-21 victory over North Hardin Classical (3-8). Just minutes before tip-off, Head Coach Keith Monson escorted his only senior, Baleigh Turner, as the 2023…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Bulldogs (4-13) picked up the 52-12 victory over (1-5)Kentucky School for the Deaf  (KSD) Thursday,  Jan. 12. Head Coach Todd Claunch elected to give his junior varsity the opportunity to gain some valuable experience. Junior Jake Taylor has made headlines for the Bulldogs this season, but on this night it was…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Burgin Lady Bulldogs (4-9) picked up victories over Cloverport (0-13) and Waggener (1-16) to win the Candy’s Mile Marker 711 Autism Awareness Shootout tournament Saturday, Jan.14. In the championship game, Baleigh Turner, Avery Gray and Gabby Thompson all finished with double digit points. Gray had a double-double finishing with…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Titans boys basketball team (7-8) traveled to West Jessamine (10-8) Friday, Jan. 13, in search of their first true road win of the season. Despite three quarters of solid play, the Colts pulled away from Mercer in the final quarter to earn a double-digit victory over the…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County archery team traveled to Boyle County, Saturday, Jan. 14 for an elementary, middle and high school competition. The Mercer Elementary team came out strong earning a new season high score of 2606, up 100 points from their previous competition, to place third.  Wyatt Robinson placed seventh shooting…

Mercer’s Win Streak Ends At 2A Tournament Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Lady Titans (11-11) had very high expectations heading into the 2022-2023 season. Injury to senior leader Timberlynn Yeast forced the Lady Titans to adjust on the fly. The stacked first portion of the schedule truly proved to be trial by…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Archery program hosted their Titan Tournament over the weekend Saturday Jan 7. Elementary, middle school and high school teams were all in attendance. Coach Bailey and Coach Miller described the event as a great atmosphere, which saw multiple of Mercer’s archers set new personal best. The elementary…

April Ellis Herald Staff Mercer (7-7) fell to Bourbon County in the first round of the Class 2A sectional last Thursday, Jan. 5, 60-55. The score stayed close throughout the game and the Titans’ struggle with free throws cost them down the stretch hitting eight of 17. After coming off the Bourbon loss, the Titans…