Sports Headlines 6.29.11

FIVE RECENT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TOMORROW TO ANNOUNCE WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR ATHLETIC CAREERS COLLEGIATELY.

MITCHELL BLACKMON, TAYLOR WADE HANCOCK, ALEX DAVIE, ALLEN MARTIN AND SHAKIR MOORE WILL MAKE THEIR ANNOUNCEMENTS AT NOON IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HAS RECEIVED ITS 8TH COMMITMENT FOR THE CLASS OF 2012.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS JOSH APPLEBY—A PUNTER/KICKER FROM ATHENS, ALABAMA—MADE HIS DECISION TUESDAY. APPLEBY CHOSE LOUISVILLE OVER KENTUCKY, ALABAMA AND TEXAS.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY IS BEGINNING ITS SEARCH FOR A NEW BASEBALL COACH. THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED TUESDAY CURRENT WKU PITCHING COACH MATT MYERS WILL INTERVIEW FOR THE JOB.

A WKU SPOKESMAN ALSO SAYS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ROSS BJORK HAS STARTED IDENTIFYING CANDIDATES TO REPLACE CHRIS FINWOOD. FINWOOD LEFT LAST WEEK AFTER SIX SEASONS TO BECOME THE NEW COACH AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES FAILED TO GAIN SOME GROUND ON FIRST PLACE MARION IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE LAST NIGHT.

THE PIRATES LOST TO OWENSBORO 2-1. THE PIRATES HAVE NOW LOST NINE GAMES BY A TOTAL OF 15 RUNS. THE PIRATES PLAY AT OWENSBORO AGAIN THIS EVENING.

ELSEWHERE: FULTON AND MARION WERE RAINED OUT IN FULTON LAST NIGHT, WITH THE TWO TEAMS TO PLAY THIS EVENING IN MARION.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS PICKED UP THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN, SWEEPING NEW ORLEANS 3-2. AFTER AN OFF DAY, THE SOUNDS PLAY AT ROUND ROCK THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED GREAT LAKES 8-6. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY THE FINALE OF THEIR SERIES THIS EVENING.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY WILL PLAY IN THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN NEXT WEEK.

THE CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR TO BE AND UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA COMMITMENT LEARNED MONDAY SHE WILL BE IN THE FIELD. TALLEY WAS THE FIRST ALTERNATE AT HER QUALIFIER IN ILLINOIS A FEW WEEKS AGO.

TALLEY—WHO HAS WON THE LAST THREE AMERICAN JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION EVENTS—WITHDREW FROM THIS WEEK’S EVENT IN OREGON TO PREPARE FOR THE OPEN.

THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN WILL BE PLAYED IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.