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The Mercer County boys golf team will be honoring their senior members during the second day of the Bruce Brown Cup. The golf team’s senior leaders are Hagan Southworth and Nicholas Souder.

The Brown Cup is a two-day event involving Danville and Boyle County. Saturday at Brightleaf will be day two of the competition.

Souder will also be taking part in a unique event at Sweetbrier Golf Course, the home of radio personality Rick Dees, Thursday, September 24 starting at 5:00 p.m. The event will be a match play event.

BURGIN: The Burgin Lady Bulldogs played Garrard about as close as a team can, but couldn’t take the extra step for a win.

Burgin pushed the Lady Lions but lost both sets 26-24. Burgin is now 1-3 in extended sets this season.

For pictures from Burgin’s match against Burgin, click here to view the gallery.

MERCER: The Titans dropped a match Tuesday to Boyle County, falling to 1-5 in the month of September. It was the first match in a week for the Lady Titans.

Mercer was playing back-and-forth on the scoreboard with Boyle in game one, taking the lead at 13-12 at one point.

Boyle soon took the reins and beat Mercer 25-14 in set one and followed that up with a 25-11 set two.

Rees McShara burned Mercer for 215 yards on five carries in the first half.

Boyle County had no possessions longer than four plays and only two that didn’t result in a score.

Mercer coach Bill Mason said after the game that he’s seeing improvement in each of the team’s games that will bode well soon come district play.

For a complete report, check out next week’s issue of The Harrodsburg Herald.

Click here to view the gallery from the game.

Mercer County as a whole had several runners step up big and represent at the 2009 Boyle County Invitational Thursday night.

The Burgin boys were the top team at the meet, while freshman runner Alex Beckerson earned his first winning time of the season. The Bulldogs now have four wins in four meets while Beckerson has finished 2nd, 2nd, 2nd and 1st individually. Beckerson’s mother and assistant coach Darla Beckerson said the team had a special nickname for Alex after his string of “close but no cigar” finishes.

“He has been placing 2nd so often lately, that we’ve started calling him silver,” Beckerson joked.

Burgin’s Mackenzie Kibler took first place in the girls middle school run, covering 1.9 miles in 12:53. Mercer eighth grader Jacob Crowell won the boys middle school race with a time of 11:29, while teammate Dean Tyler picked up third with 11:57.

Mercer girls soccer: The Lady Titans lost to Boyle County 10-0 at home Thursday night.

Mercer boys soccer: The Titans lost to Western Hills (4-2-1) on the road 5-2.

Burgin coed soccer: Burgin got a win on the road over KSD 2-1.

Mercer volleyball: The Lady Titans lost in two sets to visiting Russell County, 25-21 and then 25-11.

Burgin volleyball: The Lady Bulldogs were in it until the end, but lost in the deciding third set against Danville. The scores were 25-18, 24-26 and 25-20.

Head coach David Welsh says his team was just plain beaten by district foe Boyle County Monday night.

“Their high ranking is well-deserved,” Welsh said. “They’re a very, very talented team.”

Boyle took the early lead and Mercer answered back to tie with a goal 15 minutes into the game. Boyle responded with two goals within 2 minutes of each other near half time. The Rebels’ momentum carried into the second half as they shutout the Titans and scored another pair for the 5-1 win.

Mercer is looking forward to its third district game against Marion at home Thursday night.

For the full report, check this week’s edition of The Harrodsburg Herald. For pictures, check out The Harrodsburg Herald sports Flickr page, or the slideshow from the game.

Mercer: The Lady Titans dove into the deep end of pool play in the Boyle County Invitational Tournament and came out with one win last weekend.

Burgin: The Lady Bulldogs were put through the gauntlet last Saturday, playing seven matches in one day at the McCreary Central Invitational Tournament. Though the tourney left Burgin with a win, two ties and four losses, McKnight said it was an important test for her team.

For more info on these two teams, check out The Harrodsburg Herald. For pictures, check out The Harrodsburg Herald’s Sports page on Flickr. If you’d like to buy a photo, give The Herald a call at 859-734-2726

The Burgin Lady Bulldogs will be heading to the two-day McCreary Central Invitational this weekend. Burgin has no games scheduled on Friday, but they’re set to take on Estill County Saturday at 8:45 a.m. and then a game against Clinton County slated for 11:45 a.m.

Mercer County will be taking part in the Boyle County Invitational, held on the campus of Centre College in the Alumni and Bowman gymnasiums. They’ll take part in two pool play games in the Alumni Gym Saturday morning, scheduled at 10 a.m. and 12 noon. Teams that advance from pool play will then take part in the championship tournament with games at 2:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon in both gyms. Matches begin immediately after another finishes, according to the tournament’s documents.