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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.

The Mercer County Senior High band competed in the East Jessamine Marching Band Invitational Saturday September 12th.

Mercer won first place in Class AAAA. They also earned the overall Grand Champion and overall best color guard.

For more info on the band’s big win, check out the latest Harrodsburg Herald.

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.