GOLF

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THE 43^RD ANNUAL BIG I GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BE PLAYED IN EARLY AUGUST IN MADISON, MISSISSIPPI. JONES SHOT A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 175 IN THE KENTUCKY QUALIFIER WHICH CONCLUDED FRIDAY AT THE WILDCAT CLUB IN LEXINGTON.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS PREPARING TO LEAVE FOR NEXT WEEK’S U-S WOMEN’S OPEN. PRACTICE ROUNDS FOR THE TOURNAMENT AT THE BRODMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO BEGIN MONDAY.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT GAME FRIDAY NIGHT TO FULTON BY THE SCORE OF 3-1. THE PIRATES ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING IN OWENSBORO AGAINST THE OILERS.

OWENSBORO DEFEATED FIRST PLACE MARION 7-3. THE BOBCATS MEET FULTON THIS EVENING IN MARION.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT GAME AT ROUND ROCK 5-3 WITH GAME THREE OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS WON THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT OVER DAYTON 7-3, WITH THE SERIES FINALE TONIGHT IN DAYTON.

NHL

THREE MEMBERS OF THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HAVE SIGNED NEW FREE AGENT DEALS WITH OTHER N-H-L CLUBS.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS JOEL WARD HAS SIGNED A THREE YEAR, THREE MILLION DOLLAR A SEASON DEAL WITH THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS. MARCEL GOC SIGNED A THREE YEAR DEAL WORTH ONE POINT SEVEN MILLION PER SEASON WITH THE FLORIDA PANTHERS.

LONGTIME PREDATOR STEVE SULLIVAN SIGNED A ONE YEAR DEAL WITH THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS WORTH ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

VANDERBILT HAS RECEIVED THREE COMMITMENTS FOR THE 2012 CLASS.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE STATE OF TENNESSEE’S TOP RECRUIT—MEMPHIS EAST RUNNING BACK BRIAN KIMBROW AND NASHVILLE AREA PLAYERS CALEB AZUBIKE OF MCGAVOCK HIGH AND ENSWORTH’S CORY BATEY COMMITTED TO THE COMMODORES FRIDAY.

AZUBIKE AND BATEY ARE THE FIRST NASHVILLE PLAYERS TO COMMIT TO VANDY FOR 2012.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

RECENT WARREN EAST GRADUATE MARK BIGGS—DRAFTED BY THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS—HAS DECIDED TO PUT HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER ON HOLD. WBKO REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE BIGGS WILL HONOR HIS COLLEGIATE COMMITMENT AND ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.

KENTUCKY’S MR. BASEBALL LED THE RAIDERS TO THE KHSAA BASEBALL QUARTERFINALS THIS PAST SEASON. BIGGS HIT 444 THIS PAST SEASON AND HAD A 5-0 PITCHING RECORD.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER WESTERN KENTUCKY WOMEN’S ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH DAVID GRAVES HAS FOUND A NEW JOB. OLE MISS SPORTS.COM REPORTS LADY REBELS COACH RENEE LADNER ANNOUNCED THURSDAY GRAVES HAS JOINED HER STAFF.

GRAVES SPENT NINE YEARS IN HIS SECOND STINT AT WKU. BEFORE THAT, HE WAS THE HEAD COACH FOR SIX SEASONS AT WOFFORD UNIVERSITY.