Sports Headlines 6.27.11

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS SEARCHING FOR A NEW SOFTBALL COACH.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED SATURDAY EDDIE UNDERWOOD RESIGNED AS COACH LATE LAST WEEK. UNDERWOOD WAS HEAD COACH OF THE LADY TIGER PROGRAM TWICE—INCLUDING A 24-57 RUN THE LAST TWO SEASONS.

HOPKINSVILLE FINISHED WITH A 13-18 RECORD THIS PAST SEASON AND MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT SINCE 2008.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE RIVALRY BETWEEN FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA HEATS UP AGAIN THIS EVENING AT THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA.

THE TEAMS PLAY THE FIRST OF A BEST TWO OUT OF THREE SERIES TO DETERMINE A 2011 NATIONAL CHAMPION.

THE GATORS BRING A 53-17 RECORD INTO TONIGHT’S GAME, WHILE THE DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION GAMECOCKS ARE 53-14. SOUTH CAROLINA WON TWO OUT OF THREE GAMES PLAYED BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI WANTS GUARD DORON LAMB TO CARRY MORE PLAYMAKING RESPONSIBILITIES NEXT SEASON.

CALIPARI TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL LAMB IS A TERRIFIC TALENT AND CAN PLAY POINT GUARD AT TIMES FOR THE WILDCATS. LAMB ELECTED TO RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON AND NOT TEST THE WATERS OF THE NBA DRAFT.

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS REPORTS FORMER KENTUCKY GUARD BRANDON KNIGHT—SELECTED IN THE FIRST ROUND OF LAST WEEK’S N-B-A DRAFT—THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S DETROIT TIGERS GAME AGAINST THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS.

AFTERWARDS, KNIGHT SAID THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH WAS A LOT OF FUN AND HE WAS GLAD HE DID NOT BOUNCE IT TO HOME PLATE.

THE MILWUAKEE BUCKS SAY THEY WERE IMPRESSED BY THE MATURITY OF FORMER TENNESSEE GUARD TOBIAS HARRIS.

A MILWUAKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL STORY IN TODAY’S TENNESSEAN SAYS THE BUCKS WERE IMPRESSED WITH HARRIS IN MAY WHEN THEY SPOKE WITH HIM AT A PRE DRAFT CAMP. HARRIS HAD WORKED OUT FOR THE BUCKS JUST LAST WEEK, A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE HE WAS ACQUIRED IN A THREE WAY TRADE WITH SACRAMENTO AND CHARLOTTE—THE TEAM WHO ORIGINALLY DRAFTED HARRIS.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES WERE SCHEDULED TO PLAY A DOUBLEHEADER AT MARION SUNDAY, HOWEVER THE GAMES WERE RAINED OUT. ONE OF THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED THIS EVENING IN MARION, WITH THE OTHER TO BE MADE UP AT A LATER DATE.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS DEFEATED NEW ORLEANS 9-2 AT GREER STADIUM SUNDAY NIGHT, WITH GAME THREE OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING IN NASHVILLE.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST TO DAYTON 4-0 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. THE HOT RODS OPEN A SERIES AT GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING.