Sports Headlines 7.8.11

GOLF

RAIN HALTED PLAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN AT THE BROADMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY WAS AT FOUR OVER PAR WITH ONE HOLE TO GO WHEN PLAY WAS STOPPED. TALLEY HAS CARDED FIVE BOGIES—INCLUDING THREE IN A ROW ON THE FRONT NINE—AND HAS BIRDIED 16.  

TALLEY WILL GO BACK OUT EARLY THIS MORNING TO PLAY HER LAST HOLE OF THE OPENING ROUND, THEN TEE OFF LATER IN THE DAY FOR HER SECOND ROUND. GLASGOW’S WHITNEY WADE IS ALSO PLAYING IN THE TOURNAMENT, AND OPENED WITH A NINE OVER 80.

2007 OPEN CHAMP CRISTIE KERR AND AMATEUR AMY ANDERSON WERE LEADING THE TOURNAMENT AT TWO UNDER WHEN PLAY WAS STOPPED.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES FINISHED TIED FOR SECOND AT THE KENTUCKY JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AT FORT KNOX THURSDAY.

JONES FIRED A 74, FOR A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 144, THREE STROKES BEHIND THE WINNER ASHTON VAN HORNE IN THE BOYS 17-18 DIVISION.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH’S T-J FERRY FINISHED TIED FOR 28TH IN THE BOYS 15-16 DIVISION WITH A TWO DAY SCORE OF 159.

U-H-A’S CAMERON ALLEN WITHDREW FROM THE EVENT.

U-H-A’S ANNA MOORE FINISHED 23RD AT THE GIRLS JUNIOR STATE AM WHICH CONCLUDED THURSDAY AT MAYWOOD GOLF CLUB IN BARDSTOWN. MOORE HAD A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 187.

THE GO JUNIOR GOLF TOUR HAD ITS HOPKINSVILLE CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY AT HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JESSICA SHELTON WAS NAMED THE HOPKINSVILLE CHAMPION OF THE GIRLS 11-12 DIVISION AFTER SHOOTING 52 THURSDAY.

CAITLYN SHELTON WON THE 9-10 GIRLS DIVISION WITH A 44.

HOPKINSVILLE’S BRYAN CAMPBELL WON THE BOYS NINE HOLE 13-15 CHAMPIONSHIP.

IN THE BOYS 18 HOLE 13-15 CHAMPIONSHIP, AUSTIN KNIGHT WAS FOURTH WITH AN 87, DYLAN HENDERSON 5TH WITH AN 88, T-J JANES 6TH WITH A 91, FOLLOWED BY JAY CAMP IN 7TH PLACE AND GRANT STAMPER IN 8TH.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER WON THE BOYS 16-18 CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 79.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS YET TO BEGIN INTERVIEWS FOR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON’S REPLACEMENT. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS CHANCELLOR JIMMY CHEEK NOR HIS SEARCH COMMITTEE HAVE INTERVIEWED ANY CANDIDATES AND IT’S NOT KNOWN WHEN INTERVIEWS WILL BEGIN.

HAMILTON RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO. SENIOR WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR JOAN CRONAN IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS INTERIM A-D.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

VANDERBILT STADIUM WILL BE GETTING A NEW TURF THANKS TO THE ROCK BAND U2.

THE GROUP PERFORMED A CONCERT THERE LAST SATURDAY, AND THANKS TO EQUIPMENT PLACED ON THE FIELD ALONG WITH CONCERT GOERS, THE NATURAL GRASS SURFACE TOOK A BEATING.

THE BAND IS PICKING UP THE TAB ON THE NEW SURFACE, WITH THE TENNESSEAN SAYING IT WAS PART OF THE CONTRACT THE BAND SIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY WITH THE COST UNKNOWN.

CREWS BEGAN TEARING OUT THE OLD SOD THURSDAY, WITH A NEW TURF TO BE IN PLACE AND READY TO GO BY THE TIME THE COMMODORES OPEN THE SEASON SEPTEMBER THIRD AGAINST ELON.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS QUARTERBACK KERRY COLLINS IS CALLING IT A CAREER. THE VETERAN SIGNAL CALLER IS RETIRING AFTER 16 SEASONS. IN A STATEMENT RELEASED THROUGH HIS AGENT, COLLINS SAID HIS DESIRE TO COMPETE REMAINS, BUT NOT THE COMMITMENT TO PREPARATION INVOLVED.

COLLINS BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CAROLINA PANTHERS IN 1995, AND ALSO PLAYED WITH THE NEW YORK GIANTS, OAKLAND RAIDERS AND NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.

NHL

A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ENDED FOR THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS THURSDAY AS FOUR RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS SIGNED DEALS. FORWARD NICK SPALING, MATT HALISCHUK, CAL O’ REILLY AND CHRIS MUELLER ALL ACCEPTED NEW CONTRACTS WITH A FIFTH PLAYER—SERGI KOSTITSYN—NOT SIGNING AND WILL GO THE ROUTE OF SALARY ARBITRATION.

PREDATOR CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER HAS DECIDED TO GO THE SALARY ARBITRATION ROUTE ALSO, WITH A HEARING DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON. GENERAL MANAGER DAVID POILE SAYS THERE IS ABOUT A TWO WEEK WINDOW BEFORE THE HEARING AND IS HOPEFUL WEBER CAN BE RE-SIGNED BEFORE THEN.

NASCAR

KYLE BUSCH CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE PACK TO WIN THE NASCAR TRUCK RACE AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY THURSDAY NIGHT.

RACING CONTINUES THIS EVENING AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY WITH THE NATIONWIDE SERIES EVENT, THEN THE QUAKER STATE 400 TOMORROW EVENING.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES DEFEATED MARION 6-1 THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE MOVED TO WITHIN A GAME OF THE LEAGUE LEADING BOBCATS. THE PIRATES OPEN A TWO GAME SERIES WITH OWENSBORO AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS TONIGHT AT SEVEN.

OWENSBORO LOST TO FULTON 4-2 THURSDAY NIGHT. FULTON AND MARION WILL PLAY TONIGHT IN MARION.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST A SERIES OPENER AT ALBQUERQUE 4-1, WITH GAME TWO OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS GAME WITH LAKE COUNTY WAS POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN. THE TEAMS ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY A DOUBLEHEADER AT 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON.