Area Sports

Mercer middle and high school archery teams competed in their first state qualifying tournament this past weekend in Boyle County. King Middle School was hanging in third place for most of the day but fell to fifth with a team score of 3022. “King Middle did better than expected in my opinion, it let’s me…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] Head coach Todd Claunch led his Burgin Bulldogs to their first district win, 58-55, of the season over Trinity Christian Academy, Thursday night, December 15. The Bulldogs managed to pull off the nail biter without the services of  leading scorer Jacob Qualls, he who averaged 13.5 points per game before…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Titans had a hard week of basketball ending in a big win, 89-63, over Somerset Christian Academy in the Kenny Davis Classic held at Wayne County High School Saturday, Dec. 17. The Titans faced three good teams in the past week including Danville High School, Wayne County High…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] Intercounty rivals Burgin Lady Bulldogs (0-2) and Mercer County Lady Titans  (2-5) met up this past Thursday, Dec. 15. Both teams were coming off losing efforts in their previous games. The Lady Bulldogs fell on the road at Model in a highly competitive matchup which saw Burgin come up just short…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] The Mercer County Lady Titans traveled to South Laurel Saturday, Dec. 10, to battle Letcher County Central in the Lisa Collins Classic to earn their first win of the season, 56-27. Coach Hayley Spivey’s team came into the season with very high expectations and after an unfortunate injury to team…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] Coming into last Thursday’s contest versus the Berea Pirates, the Burgin Bulldogs boys basketball team brought a new sense of optimism and confidence after defeating Francis Parker in the final minutes of the game the previous week. However, Berea and Burgin were evenly matched and while the Bulldogs carried the…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High School Titans boys basketball team had two big wins this past week against Nelson County at home, 88-67, and on the road in the Mike Murphy Classic where they faced Pendleton County, 81-54. With a few players out with the flu, the Titans had two teammates…

Mercer held their first home archery tournament this weekend, a contest specifically for elementary teams. The event was the first taste of real competition for many of the participants. It was a 10 meter tournament (normal is 10/15 meter) designed to help the young archers gain experience in a tournament setting. Stanford, Frankfort and Taylorsville…

Casey Roberts Herald Staff [email protected] First year Head Coach Todd Claunch has his Burgin Bulldogs team off to a solid start to the season. Coming into the season he wanted his team to compete and improve. So far the Bulldogs have done exactly that. Burgin kicked off the season against a tough Anderson county squad.…

April Ellis Herald Staff The Mercer County Senior High Titans boys basketball team faced the Harlan County Black Bears Saturday, Dec. 3, in their season opener on the road at South Laurel High School as part of the 12th versus 13th Region challenge. The Titans struggled with turnovers and the Bears capitalized on it, beating…