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Jake Combs pitched a five-inning shutout as Lincoln County defeated Burgin 10-0 Monday at Stanford. Combs allowed only five hits and one walk, and the Lincoln offense provided plenty of support after being shut out in its previous two games. “Jake Combs had a great pitching performance, and we strung together some hits to put some runs on the board,” Lincoln coach Brad McNew said. “It was good see us put the bat on the ball after being shut out twice this weekend.” Jared Robbins went 2-for-3 for Burgin (1-5)

BURGIN — A state police arson investigator has been asked to look into an early morning fire that heavily damaged Bullfrogs restaurant at 1489 Kennedy Bridge Road. Burgin Fire Chief Scotty Sexton and six of his firefighters arrived at the scene at 4:30 a.m. after receiving a call from a Burgin resident who lives near the restaurant. “When we arrived on the scene, the structure’s interior was completely engulfed in flames,” said Sexton. “It took us somewhere between 15 to 20 minutes to extinguish the fire.

HARRODSBURG – What can be better than watching the soccer Patriots beat Middlesboro 9-1 Saturday at LCHS? Watching the soccer Patriots rout host Burgin 9-1 Monday at Anderson-Dean Park in Harrodsburg. Burgin, playing its third season of full varsity soccer, was no match for Lincoln as the soccer Patriots controlled the ball from the opening kickoff and outshot the Bulldogs 49-12. “Eighteen goals in three days. That’s good for us,” said Lincoln coach Wendy Peters.

Burgin improved to 16-2 Thursday with a 25-19, 25-15 win at Danville. Burgin plays Allen County Central at 8 a.m. Saturday in the All “A”¿Classic in Paducah, then plays Bethlehem at 9:45 a.m. The Bulldogs will face Trimble County at 12:15 p.m.

East Jessamine earned its 19th win of the season Tuesday night by beating Burgin 79-63 at home. The Jaguars are just one win away from their third consecutive 20-win season. The victory over Burgin came relatively easily as East jumped out to any early 8-1 lead with the help of five points by Hayden Smith. Smith, a sophomore, scored 15 points on the night. East had raced out to a 15-5 lead by the end of the first quarter and led 20-5 in the first minute of the second. “At times, (we played)

Boyle County and Burgin have postponed boys basketball games scheduled for tonight due to winter weather. Boyle was to host Pulaski County, and coach Steve Adams said the game has been rescheduled for Jan. 10. Burgin was to play at Augusta as part of a two-day trip that included a game Saturday against Covington Latin. Coach Don Irvine said the Bulldogs will play Latin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Augusta as scheduled and will now play Augusta at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

LEXINGTON — A 2-year-old girl who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool in Burgin last Thursday died over the weekend at a Lexington hospital. The Fayette County Coroner’s Office confirmed that Anarae Lefau was pronounced dead at the University of Kentucky Hospital at 8:20 a.m. on Saturday. Lefau was found unresponsive at the bottom of an above-ground pool at 210 Cursdville Road in Burgin where she and her mother Nina had been staying temporarily. Lefau’s grandmother performed infant CPR with the assistance of a Jessamine County 911 dispatcher.

A Burgin woman died Saturday after a hayride accident on a Mercer County farm on Buster Pike. According to Mercer County deputy coroner Chuck Bugg, Terri Hurley, 44, was on a hayride when the tractor began to slide coming down a hill. The trailer jack-knifed and Hurley was thrown off and struck by the trailer wheel. She was taken to James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital in Harrodsburg, where she was pronounced dead with head and chest injuries, Bugg said Sunday. Information from http://www.

LOUISVILLE - Liz Marcinek never pictured herself as a pioneer. For that matter, Marcinek said she never imagined when she took up track and field just over a year ago that she could even compete at the state level, much less contend for a state title. But she made history for her school Saturday when she gave Burgin what is probably its first track and field championship by winning the Class A girls long jump title at the state meet at Owsley Frazier Cardinal Park. There are no records at the school or anywhere else that indicate that any Burgin athlete had ever won a state title before Saturday - it appears no one from the school had even scored a point at the state meet before 2008 - and Marcinek if she is the first champion, she's happy to shine the spotlight on her small school.

LOUISVILLE - Two things were working against Nick Beckerson on Saturday at the state track and field championships, but he didn't get too upset about it. Beckerson was seeded first in the Class A boys discus Saturday, but he got neither the mark or the place he was looking for. Instead, he finished third with a throw of 150 feet, 4 inches that was about 2 feet less than his best. The two boys who finished ahead of him got off impressive throws before Beckerson stepped into the ring for his final attempt, and a scratch on that attempt denied him the chance to match them.

Burgin had one of its best offensive games of the season but lost 26-16 to Frankfort on Wednesday at Burgin. It was the second-highest run total of the season for Burgin (2-16), which scored 22 runs in a May 3 win over Monticello. The Bulldogs led 4-3 after two innings, but Frankfort (6-16) scored four in the third inning and never trailed again. The Panthers scored 18 runs in their last three at-bats. Six players combined for Burgin's six hits. Grace Osbourn scored five runs, Julia Hagen scored four and Kae-Lynn Bradshaw scored three.

The power of persuasion worked wonders on Taylor Sanders, and she couldn't be happier that it did. In her three years in track and field, Sanders has gone from novice to regional champion to future college athlete - all because a teammate talked her into giving the sport a try. The Burgin senior will compete in the Class A girls discus and shot put Saturday at the state track and field meet in Louisville, and she could bring home a medal in...

BURGIN - It's been quite the turnaround year for the Garrard County softball team. A year ago, the Golden Lions were in the midst of a two-win season with a team full of freshmen and eighth-graders. But after their 18-0 win Tuesday over Burgin, the Lions are one of the hottest teams in the 12th Region, having won five straight nine of their last 10 to sit at 23-12. “They've just got a lot more confidence and they're grown up as ball players. They're doing a million times better than I thought they would, and we're just becoming a better team,” said Garrard's only senior, outfielder Sydney Pozzuto, who drove in two runs Tuesday.

Burgin scored four runs in the third inning but couldn't keep pace with Lexington Christian in a 21-5 loss Monday at Burgin. LCA (11-12) led 5-1 after two innings and 8-1 before Burgin (2-14) had its big inning, and the Eagles put the game away with a 13-run fifth inning. Kae-Lynn Bradshaw went 3 for 3 for Burgin, and Grace Osbourn, Julia Hagen and Elizabeth Adams had two hits each. Monday's Area High School Linescore Lexington Christian    050    0(13)    -     21    13    0 Burgin                         104          00    -       5    10    6 W - James.

The way Chris Beckerson saw it, the Burgin boys had one shot. With four of the 10 athletes on the team only days away from graduation, the Burgin coach didn't figure his team would be in position to contend for a regional track and field title a year from now. So he and the Bulldogs went all in Saturday, working out the math before the meet and stockpiling points during the meet to win their first regional championship. Burgin won only three of the 18 boys events but scored in 16 events to finish far out in front in the Class A, Region 5 championships at Admiral Stadium.

Amber Wesley tossed a perfect game Thursday, striking out four and walking none as Casey County beat Burgin 12-0 in five innings. Allson Clark was 4-for-4 with a run, Abby Cravens was 3-for-4 and scored three times and Kyra Eads was 2-for-4 with two runs for the Rebels. Wesley also doubled. Casey led 4-0 before scoring eight times in the top of the fifth inning. Casey County    300    18    -     12    15    0 Burgin               000    00    -     0    0    4 W - Wesley.

Burgin took advantage of 18 walks and five hit batters Friday to pound out a 22-7 win over visiting Monticello. Kae-Lynn Bradshaw scored twice and drove in a run, Olivia may scored twice and had an RBI, Audrey frederick scored three times, Elizabeth Adams and Julia Hagen each had three runs and an RBI, Hannah Lawson scored twice, and Allison harlow scored four times for the Bulldogs. Burgin led 12-7 before scoring 10 runs in the bottom of the fourth to end the game. Adams picked up the win, striking out five and walking five over four innings.

LEXINGTON - Liz Marcinek knows the competition she'll see at next week's Class A regional meet will be nothing like what she saw at Friday's Central Kentucky Conference meet at Henry Clay. And that competition made for a good night for the Burgin junior. She set personal records while placing second in the triple jump (32-11 1/2) and long jump (16-1). She also ran her best time in the 200 (27.97) to place fourth and took fourth in the 100. “Going against these girls, especially in the 200 and 100, being behind these fast sprinters makes me go faster.