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THURSDAY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS

BOYS SOCCER:  HOPKINSVILLE AND HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYED TO A 2-2 TIE IN THE BOOTS AND BUTTS CLASSIC, CHRISTIAN COUNTY EDGED TODD CENTRAL 4-3, LONE OAK OVER FORT CAMPBELL 6-4, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 4-2, MADISONVILLE SHUT OUT UNION COUNTY 7-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER GLASGOW 5-1, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER MAYFIELD 4-1.

GIRLS SOCCER:  HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED MAYFIELD 7-1, HENDERSON COUNTY AND MADISONVILLE TIED AT TWO, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-1, BARREN COUNTY DEFEATED TODD CENTRAL 5-1 AND MARSHALL COUNTY OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY 7-1.

VOLLEYBALL:  RUSSELLVILE OVER HOPKINSVILLE TWO GAMES TO ONE, FORT CAMPBELL BEAT TRIGG COUNTY 2-0, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY BEATS FRANKLIN SIMPSON 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 2-0.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE BATTLE OF THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AS THE HENDERSON COUNTY COLONELS COME TO THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS TO TAKE ON CHRISTIAN COUNTY.  THE NORTHERN COLONELS ARE 1-1 ON THE SEASON, WHILE THE SOUTHERN COLONELS ARE 2-0.  KICKOFF AT SEVEN AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS, PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS LOOK TO BOUNCE BACK FROM LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO FRANKLIN HIGH AS THEY MEET TRIGG COUNTY IN THE WILDCAT CHEVROLET BOWL IN CADIZ.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW BEGINS AT EIGHT ON LITE 98.7 AND ONLINE AT LITE987WHOP.COM.

FORT CAMPBELL LOOKS TO GET ON THE WINNING WAYS THIS EVENING AS THE 0-2 FALCONS HOST PEARL COHN HIGH AT 7:30 IN FRYAR STADIUM.

OTHER GAMES TONIGHT INCLUDE:  TODD CENTRAL AT REIDLAND, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, CALLOWAY COUNTY MEETS GREENWOOD AT THE WILDCAT CHEVROLET BOWL IN CADIZ, MADISONVILLE IS AT UNION COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN TRAVELS TO MAYFIELD, HEATH AT BALLARD MEMORIAL, MURRAY HOSTS FULTON CITY, GRAVES COUNTY AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, OWENSBORO AT OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, APOLLO GOES TO WARREN CENTRAL, RUSSELLVILLE TRAVELS TO WARREN EAST, LOGAN COUNTY IS AT WEBSTER COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

FORT CAMPBELL HAS NAMED A NEW BOYS BASKETBALL COACH.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED THURSDAY JOHN CUNNINGHAM—WHO SERVES AS THE SCHOOL’S SOCCER COACH—WILL TAKE OVER FOR SHAWN BERNER.  CUNNINGHAM WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT TRIGG COUNTY FROM 2002-07 UNDER FORMER WILDCATS COACH BILL CHUMBLER.  THE FALCONS WERE 8-13 LAST SEASON.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE OPENED THEIR FOOTBALL SEASONS THURSDAY NIGHT.

AT GOVERNORS STADIUM, AUSTIN PEAY HAD MORE THAN 300 YARDS RUSHING IN ROLLING OVER CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY 38-6.  BUT THE GOVERNORS THREW FOR ONLY 39 YARDS AND HAD 17 PENALTIES FOR 187 YARDS.  THE WIN GAVE THE GOVERNORS THEIR FIRST BACK TO BACK SEASON OPENING VICTORIES SINCE THE 1987-88 SEASONS.  THE GOVERNORS PLAY AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE NEXT SATURDAY.

THE GOVERNORS WERE WITHOUT PLAYER JAMES BARKER AND ASSISTANT COACH DAINON SIDNEY.  THE SCHOOL ISSUED A NEWS RELEASE SAYING THE TWO WERE SUSPENDED AFTER AN NC-AA VIOLATION.  ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DAVE LOOS SAYS THE SCHOOL IS IN THE PROCESS OF SELF REPORTING AND IMPOSING SANCTIONS.  IT’S NOT KNOWN WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE CASE REMAINS OPEN WITH THE NC-AA AND OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE.  BARKER WILL REMAIN INELIGIBLE PENDING NC-AA REVIEW.

MURRAY STATE OPENED WITH A 41-10 LOSS AT KENT STATE.  THE RACERS WERE ONE BIG PLAY AWAY FROM TYING THE GAME LATE IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT KENT STATE’S SPECIAL TEAMS PROVED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE.  RACER QUARTERBACK JEFF EHRHARDT HAD A BIG NIGHT GOING 30-47 FOR 258 YARDS.  THE 30 COMPLETIONS WERE THE 7^TH MOST IN A SINGLE GAME FOR MURRAY STATE, WHO RETURNS TO ACTION NEXT SATURDAY HOSTING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

MURRAY STATE WAS WITHOUT FIVE PLAYERS INCLUDING FORMER FORT CAMPBELL STANDOUT DEXTER DURRANTE.  A MURRAY STATE NEWS RELEASE ISSUED THURSDAY SAID THE FIVE DID NOT PLAY AS THEY WAIT FOR THEIR ELIGIBILITY PAPERWORK TO BE PROCESSED.