FIVE MEMBERS OF THE 2011 GRADUATING CLASS AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SIGNED PAPERS THURSDAY TO CONTINUE THEIR ATHLETIC CAREERS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL. BASEBALLER TAYLOR WADE HANCOCK SIGNED WITH KENTUCKY WESLEYAN. MITCHELL BLACKMON WILL PLAY COLLEGIATELY IN OWENSBORO FOR BRESCIA UNIVERSITY, WITH ALEX DAVIE TO PLAY AT KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY. 

TWO MEMBERS OF THE 2010 CLASS FIVE A STATE RUNNER UP FOOTBALL TEAM WILL PLAY COLLEGIATELY AT MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY. DEFENSIVE BACK SHAKIR MOORE AND OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ALLEN MARTIN WILL JOIN COACH CHRIS HATCHER’S PROGRAM.

OVER 20 STUDENT ATHLETES FROM THE 2011 GRADUATING CLASS OF COLONELS WILL PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

TWO WESTERN KENTUCKY SCHOOLS HAVE ANNOUNCED COACHING HIRES.

THE PADUCAH SUN REPORTED THURSDAY LIVINGSTON CENTRAL HAS HIRED JIM LARSON AS ITS NEW GIRLS COACH, REX BOOTH AS THE BOYS COACH.

REIDLAND ALSO ANNOUNCED GREG BUTLER AS ITS NEW BOYS COACH. BUTLER IS SERVING IN HIS SECOND STINT AS COACH OF THE GREYHOUNDS.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE QUARTERBACK HEATH SHULER CONFIRMED HIS LOVE FOR HIS ALMA MATER THURSDAY. THE NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HE IS FLATTERED TO BE MENTIONED ABOUT BECOMING MIKE HAMILTON’S REPLACEMENT AS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR.

SHULER SAID AT A BREAKFAST THURSDAY IN UNION CITY HE IS FOCUSED ON HIS JOB AS A U-S REPRESENTATIVE. A KNOXVILLE RADIO STATION REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK SHULER HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH U-T OFFICIALS ABOUT THE JOB.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY UNVEILED A NEW UNIFORM LOOK THURSDAY.

THE NEW BLUE UNIFORM IS NOT MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE CATS WORE LAST SEASON ACCORDING TO THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER. HOWEVER THE WHITE UNIFORM DOES HAVE A BLUE SLEEVE AND BOTH UNIFORMS FEATURE CHECKERBOARD TRIM ON THE SLEEVES PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SILKS SECRETARIAT WORE IN WINNING THE 1973 TRIPLE CROWN.

THE WILDCATS WILL ALSO HAVE BLUE AND WHITE HELMETS TO WEAR WITH THE NEW UNIFORMS NEXT SEASON.

FORMER MISSOURI QUARTERBACK TYLER GABBERT HAS TRANSFERRED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS GABBERT WILL HAVE THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY AFTER SITTING OUT THIS SEASON.

GABBERT’S OLDER BROTHER BLAINE—WHO SKIPPED HIS SENIOR YEAR AT MIZZOU—WAS DRAFTED AS THE 10^TH OVERALL PICK IN THE N-F-L DRAFT BY THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE’S BIG EAST CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WAS UNVEILED THURSDAY.

THE CARDS WILL PLAY PITTSBURGH, SYRACUSE AND DEPAUL BOTH AT THE KFC YUM CENTER AND ON THE ROAD.

OTHER CARDINAL CONFERENCE HOME GAMES INCLUDE: NATIONAL CHAMPION CONNECTICUT, GEORGETOWN, NOTRE DAME, RUTGERS, SOUTH FLORIDA AND VILLANOVA.

OTHER ROAD CONTESTS ARE AT CINCINNATI, MARQUETTE, PROVIDENCE, ST. JOHN’S, SETON HALL AND WEST VIRGINIA.

DATES FOR THE GAMES WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS SUMMER.

AUSTIN PEAY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH CARRIE DANIELS HAS ANNOUNCED THE FINAL COACH FOR HER STAFF.

A FORMER LADY GOVERNOR LEGEND—BROOKE ARMISTEAD—WILL RETURN TO CLARKSVILLE. ARMISTEAD PLAYED ON FOUR TEAMS WHICH WON OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS. ARMISTEAD WAS ALSO THE FIRST O-V-C PLAYER TO BE DRAFTED INTO THE W-N-B-A.

ARMISTEAD WILL REPLACE LAPHELIA DOSS WHO RESIGNED AT THE END OF LAST SEASON.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST AT FULTON 5-4, WITH THE SAME TEAMS TO PLAY THIS EVENING AT SEVEN AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

OWENSBORO EDGED MARION 4-3, WITH THE TEAMS TO PLAY TONIGHT IN MARION.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS HAD A SEASON BEST FIVE GAME WIN STREAK END WITH A 6-5 LOSS AT ROUND ROCK. THE TEAMS PLAY GAME TWO OF THEIR SERIES THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS WON 6-5 AT DAYTON, WITH GAME TWO OF THAT SERIES THIS EVENING.

THE CITY OF NASHVILLE WILL PAY A COMPANY MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A FEASABILITY STUDY FOR A NEW BALLPARK FOR THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS.

THE NASHVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL REPORTS KANSAS CITY COMPANY POPULOUS WILL STUDY POSSIBLE SPOTS FOR THE NEW PARK AS WELL AS ITS COST AND AVAILABLE FINANCING POSSIBILITIES. MAYOR KARL DEAN’S OFFICE HAS SAID IT WILL UTILIZE PLANS TO DETERMINE IF A NEW STADIUM IS NEEDED.

THE SOUNDS HAVE PLAYED AT HISTORIC GREER STADIUM SINCE 1978.

GOLF

THE GO JUNIOR SERIES CONTINUED THURSDAY AT CENTRAL CITY COUNTRY CLUB.

HOPKINSVILLE’S CAITLYN SHELTON FINISHED SECOND IN THE GIRLS 9-10 DIVISION, WITH JESSICA SHELTON WINNING THE GIRLS 11-12 DIVISION.

HOPKINSVILLE’S AUSTIN KNIGHT FINISHED 7^TH IN THE BOYS 13-15 DIVISION.

HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB HAD A HOLE IN ONE EARLIER THIS WEEK. LEE CRAWFORD ON TUESDAY HIT A SEVEN IRON INTO THE HOLE ON THE PAR 3 7^TH HOLE WHICH PLAYED 160 YARDS. WITNESSES WERE BILL ANDERSON, DANIEL GREEN AND GREG BICK.