CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL REACHED BACK INTO ITS PAST TO HIRE A NEW SOFTBALL COACH.

JIM PERRIN—WHO BEGAN THE PROGRAM IN 1984—WAS NAMED FRIDAY TO REPLACE DAVID JOINER.

PERRIN BEGAN COACHING AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN 1970 AND NOT ONLY COACHED SOFTBALL, BUT WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH WRESTLING AND FOOTBALL.

DURING HIS PERIOD AS SOFTBALL COACH, PERRIN WAS 633-147, WINNING 19 EIGHTH DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND EIGHT REGION TWO TITLES. PERRIN’S TEAMS WON THE SLOW PITCH STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1990, 91 AND 1994. PERRIN ALSO GUIDED THE LADY COLONELS TO THE 1996 STATE FAST PITCH CHAMPIONSHIP AND A RUNNER UP FINISH IN 1999.

PERRIN LEFT CHRISTIAN COUNTY AFTER THE 2003 SEASON AND COACHED AT AUSTIN PEAY FOR FOUR SEASONS BEFORE RESIGNING FOLLOWING THE 2008 SEASON.

PERRIN THEN WENT TO TRIGG COUNTY WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR SINCE 2008 AND ALSO COACHED SOFTBALL THERE ONE SEASON.

PERRIN IS ALSO ONE OF 12 PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE UP THE 25^TH CLASS OF THE DAWAHARES/KHSAA HALL OF FAME THAT WILL BE INDUCTED NEXT APRIL IN LEXINGTON.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT HAS PLACED ITSELF ON A TWO YEAR SELF IMPOSED PROBATION. THE PROBATION IS PART OF A 191 PAGE RESPONSE TO NC-AA ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE SCHOOL.

THE UNIVERSITY IS AWAITING A FINAL RULING FROM THE NC-AA WHO COULD ALSO GIVE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WRAPPED UP ITS MEDIA DAYS FRIDAY IN BIRMINGHAM.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WERE PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN THE S-E-C EAST, WITH SOUTH CAROLINA PICKED FIRST IN THE EAST, TENNESSEE FOURTH AND VANDERBILT SIXTH.

ALABAMA WAS PICKED TO WIN THE S-E-C WEST.

KENTUCKY OPENS ITS SEASON SEPTEMBER FIRST AT LP FIELD IN NASHVILLE AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE 2012 MAUI INVITATIONAL. A U OF L SPOKESMAN SAYS THE DECISION WAS MADE BY COACH RICK PITINO, WHO WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT.

AUSTIN PEAY RELEASED ITS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE 2011-12 SEASON FRIDAY. THE LADY GOVERNORS WILL OPEN PLAY HOSTING SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 11^TH.

ALSO ON THE SCHEDULE IS VANDERBILT, WHO WILL VISIT THE DUNN CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 NOVEMBER 30^TH. OTHER NOTABLE GAMES INCLUDE A ROAD GAME AT LOUISVILLE NOVEMBER 22^ND AND A HOME DATE WITH ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM DECEMBER 3^RD.

THE LADY GOVERNORS BEGIN OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAY DECEMBER 29^TH AT TENNESSEE STATE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES TRAIL OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE LEADER OWENSBORO BY FIVE GAMES AFTER A 2-1 LOSS TO FULTON FRIDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE, OWENSBORO WON A TEN INNING GAME OVER MARION 5-4.

FULTON IS A HALF GAME BACK, WHILE MARION IS TWO GAMES BACK.

TONIGHT IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE: TRADEWATER IS AT OWENSBORO, WHILE FULTON WELCOMES MARION.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS CONCLUDED A SERIES WITH BURLINGTON WITH A 2-0 VICTORY AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. THE HOT RODS OPEN A SERIES WITH THE PEORIA CHIEFS THIS EVENING IN BOWLING GREEN.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR FIFTH GAME IN AS MANY NIGHTS OVER THE IOWA CUBS 5-2 AT GREER STADIUM. GAME TWO OF THE FOUR GAME SET IS TONIGHT IN THE MUSIC CITY.