CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL NAME DAVID JOINER’S SUCCESSOR AS SOFTBALL COACH TODAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT 9:30 THIS MORNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.  WE'LL HAVE THE FULL STORY THIS AFTERNOON DURING THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL COACH JOKER PHILLIPS APPEARED AT THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MEDIA DAYS THURSDAY.

THE SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH SAID THE WILDCATS SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE IN THE S-E-C’S EAST DIVISION THIS SEASON. THE WILDCATS FINISHED SIX AND SEVEN LAST SEASON, AND LOST TO PITTSBURGH IN THE B-B-V-A COMPASS BOWL. KENTUCKY RETURNS 15 STARTERS THAT MADE THE SCHOOL’S FIFTH STRAIGHT BOWL APPEARANCE LAST SEASON.

TENNESSEE’S DEREK DOOLEY IS ALSO BEGINNING HIS SECOND SEASON AS VOLS COACH. DOOLEY COMMENTED AT THE S-E-C MEDIA DAYS THURSDAY THAT DEPSITE HAVING JUST TEN SENIORS, THERE’S NO USE IN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS. THE VOLS FINISHED SIX AND SEVEN LAST SEASON AND PLAYED IN THE MUSIC CITY BOWL.

THE VOLS RETURN 13 STARTERS FROM A TEAM THAT ENDED THE SEASON WITH A FOUR GAME WIN STREAK.

AUSTIN PEAY PLACEKICKER STEVEN STANSELL HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS PLACE KICKER WATCH LIST.

THE ATHENS, TENNESSEE JUNIOR HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED TO THE FRED MITCHELL OUTSTANDING PLACEKICKER NOMINEE LIST.

STANSELL HAS KICKED 21 FIELD GOALS IN TWO SEASONS FOR THE GOVERNORS, WHICH IS THIRD BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY LOST IN HER SECOND ROUND MATCH THURSDAY AT THE U-S GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT OLYMPIA FIELDS OUTSIDE CHICAGO.

TALLEY FELL TO DOTTIE ARDINA OF THE PHILLIPINES TWO UP. THE MATCH WENT ALL SQUARE AT THE 12^TH HOLE, TALLEY THEN BOGIED 17 THEN ARDINA BIRDIED THE FINAL HOLE TO WIN THE MATCH BY TWO HOLES.

HOPKINSVILLE’S DAYTON JONES WON THE 17-18 BOYS DIVISION AT THE PEPSI TOUR STOP AT THE WILDCAT CLUB IN LEXINGTON THURSDAY. JONES FIRED 69 TO WIN BY FOUR STROKES.

SEVERAL LOCAL GOLFERS QUALIFIED FOR NEXT MONTH'S POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN THURSDAY.  QUALIFYING FOLLOWING PLAY AT PAXTON PARK IN PADUCAH WERE TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ, WHO HAD THE LOW ROUND OF 69.  HOPKINSVILLE'S LOGAN LOFTUS WHO PLAYS FOR AUSTIN PEAY SHOT 70 AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH'S JONATHAN GRABARA FIRED A 74.  HOPKINSVILLE'S MITCHELL MOORE QUALIFIED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION WITH A 72, WHILE LINKS AT NOVADELL PRO BARRY PAYNE IS AN ALTERNATE AFTER FIRING 75.

IT’S A BUSY GOLF WEEKEND IN THE AREA, WITH THE CALLAWAY GOLF SENIOR TWO MAN AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE CLARKSVILLE CITY AM BEGINS ITS THREE ROUNDS TODAY AT COLE PARK GOLF COURSE AT FORT CAMPBELL, WHERE IT WILL BE PLAYED THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.

ALSO, THE OLDEST CONSECUTIVE RUNNING MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AS THE T-V-G-A TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE AT HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST A DOUBLEHEADER AT FULTON, 4-3 AND 13-9 TO FALL FOUR GAMES BEHIND OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE LEADER OWENSBORO, WHO SPILIT A PAIR OF GAMES WITH MARION, LOSING THE OPENER 5-4 AND WINNING THE NIGHTCAP 8-7.

THE PIRATES PLAY IN FULTON AGAIN THIS EVENING, WHILE OWENSBORO HOSTS MARION.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME OVER THE IOWA CUBS IN DES MOINES 8-7. THE SAME TWO TEAMS OPEN A FOUR GAME SERIES TONIGHT IN NASHVILLE.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS EDGED BURLINGTON 6-5, WITH THE FINALE OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.