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Goalie Aaron Steele pulled double duty in the closing minutes of Mercer’s thriller overtime winner in the Hyundai Pulaski Challenge Cup Saturday night.

Steele cemented his title of defensive Player of the Tournament with several stops and the winning score in the shootout against Somerset as the Titans won in overtime.

The Lady Titans soccer team took home third place in the women’s side of the tournament with a win Friday night.

For more details on the games and pictures of the muddy action, check out this week’s edition of The Harrodsburg Herald.

Click here for pictures from the Mercer boys’ tournament win. If you’d rather view the slideshow, click here for the show.

The MCSH boys may be without one of their starters in this weekend’s Hyundai Pulaski Challenge Cup championship game this weekend. Assistant coach Tim Shannon said that Zach Bailes will miss the deciding game of the tourney with a severe concussion.

Bailes was originally injured Tuesday night in the Pulaski Hyundai Challenge Cup against North Laurel when he fell awkwardly on his neck and shoulders.

Bailes was taken to the hospital by ambulance. The team found out Thursday night that Bailes’ injury was a grade three concussion, the most severe type.

The MCSH girls soccer team may also be losing a key cog for the rest of the season after a 1-1 tie against Southwestern Thursday night.

According to assistant coach Chris Kehrt, Grant re-injured her knee during Thursday night’s game in the Pulaski Hyundai Challenge Cup and will be out for the rest of the season. Kehrt said Grant was playing with a partial tear in her ACL and that she further injured it when planting and turning on the field.

Mercer girls: Down 1-0 at the half, the Lady Titans surged for two goals in the second. They surrendered a goal for the tie score and were unable to score in extra time. Final score: 2-2 tie.

Mercer boys: The Titans ran away with the competition with two goals in the first half. After beating Pulaski by five in the season opener, Mercer stretched the lead to three and walked away with the shutout win. Final score: 3-0.

For pictures from both games, click here to check out The Harrodsburg Herald’s sports Flickr page.

After losing senior Sterling Shannon in the incident with John Hardin last week, the MCSH boys soccer team responded with an opening night 5-0 drubbing of Pulaski County.

The game was delayed nearly an hour because of engine problems on the Pulaski team’s ride down. The Titans still managed to hit the ground running despite the late start, leading 4-0 by half time.

For a full game report plus an update on a possibly serious injury on the team, check out this week’s issue of The Harrodsburg Herald. For pictures from the game, checkout The Harrodsburg Herald’s sports Flickr page.