Sports Headlines 8.5.11

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING AT TEN A-M TO NAME A NEW FOOTBALL COACH. WE’LL HAVE A FULL REPORT LATER TODAY DURING THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE COLONELS” NIGHT FOR FOOTBALL THIS EVENING. FESTIVITIES BEGIN AT SIX AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH A SCRIMMAGE SET FOR SEVEN P-M.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE TIGERS” NIGHT WHICH WILL NOT ONLY INCLUDE FOOTBALL, BUT OTHER FALL SPORTS SATURDAY EVENING AT SIX AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

CHRISTIAN COUNTY MET HOPKINS CENTRAL THURSDAY AT MADISONVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB. THE COLONELS WON THE MATCH 159-165. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY T-J FERRY AND DREW PARMINTIER WHO EACH SHOT 38. HOPKINS CENTRAL WAS LED BY KALE TAYLOR WHO FIRED A 40.  THE COLONELS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MADISONVILLE NORTH HOPKINS INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT LAKESHORE COUNTRY CLUB.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ALSO WAS IN ACTION THURSDAY, DEFEATING CRITTENDEN COUNTY 158-188. CAMERON ALLEN AND JOHN STEVENSON WERE MEDALISTS FOR THE BLAZERS AS BOTH SCORED 36.

KENTUCKY OPEN/JUNIOR PGA

BRANDON BROWN FIRED A 13 UNDER PAR 203 IN WINNING THE POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN THURSDAY. RUSSELLVILLE’S PAUL SANSOM TIED FOR 44^TH WITH A 226 SCORE, HOPKINSVILLE’S MITCHELL MOORE TIED FOR 54^TH WITH A 228 SCORE, TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ TIED FOR 58^TH WITH A 229.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS IN FIFTH PLACE HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 36^TH GIRLS JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.  TALLEY FIRED A 75 THURSDAY, WHICH PUTS HER AT THREE OVER PAR.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE OPENED FALL PRACTICE THURSDAY.  THE CARDS WERE “EARLY BIRDS” ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL. COACH CHARLIE STRONG HAD THE VETERANS PRACTICE EARLY IN THE DAY, WITH THE FRESHMEN JOINING IN THE AFTERNOON.

KENTUCKY AND WESTERN KENTUCKY BOTH OPEN FALL PRACTICE TODAY. THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY EACH OTHER IN THE SEASON OPENING GAME AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE SEPTEMBER FIRST.

VANDERBILT ALSO BEGINS FALL PRACTICE TODAY UNDER NEW COACH JAMES FRANKLIN. ONE THING THE COMMODORES ARE HOPEFUL OF ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEAN IS TO HAVE A HEALTHY BACKFIELD THIS SEASON. THE COMMODORES OPEN THE SEASON AGAINST ELON SEPTEMBER 3^RD IN NASHVILLE.

FORMER LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH STEVE KRAGTHORPE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE. KRAGTHORPE—WHO WAS NAMED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT L-S-U IN JANUARY—WILL BE RELINQUISHING THOSE DUTIES, BUT WILL REMAIN AS QUARTERBACK COACH.

KRAGTHORPE RESIGNED LAST SUMMER AS RECEIVERS COACH AT TEXAS A AND M TO CARE FOR HIS WIFE WHO WAS BATTLING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND HEART PROBLEMS.  KRAGTHORPE WAS LOUISVILLE'S HEAD COACH FOR THREE SEASONS AND AMASSED A 15-21 RECORD.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND ALCOHOL INTOXICATION CHARGES WERE DISMISSED THURSDAY AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LINEBACKER AUSTIN JOHNSON. JOHNSON WAS ARRESTED JULY 24^TH OUTSIDE OF A KNOXVILLE BAR AFTER ATTEMPTING TO START A FIGHT AND HITTING SEVERAL CARS.

HOWEVER, THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS JOHNSON HAD TO PAY COURT COSTS. JOHNSON IS ALSO GOING THROUGH WHAT IS TERMED AS “INTERNAL” PUNISHMENT BY COACH DEREK DOOLEY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY’S DARIUS MILLER AND VANDERBILT’S JOHN JENKINS WILL BE PART OF THE 12 MAN UNITED STATES TEAM THAT WILL PLAY IN THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES. THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES BEGIN IN CHINA AUGUST 13^TH.

THE MAUI INVITATIONAL WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK THIS YEAR, WITH GAMES ON THE MAINLAND WHICH INVOLVE FOUR TEAMS FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE WILL FACE NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO, BELMONT TRAVELS TO DUKE, MIDDLE TENNESSEE GOES TO UCLA ON NOVEMBER 11^TH AND MEMPHIS HOSTS BELMONT NOVEMBER 15^TH.

REGIONAL GAMES WILL THEN BE PLAYED AT THE MURPHY CENTER IN MURFREESBORO NOVEMBER 19 WITH MIDDLE TENNESSEE MEETING NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO AND BELMONT MEETING TOWSON, WITH THE CONSOLOATION AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ON NOVEMBER 20.

TENNESSEE AND MEMPHIS WILL JOIN DUKE, MICHIGAN, UCLA, GEORGETOWN, KANSAS AND CHAMINADE IN MAUI. THE VOLS PLAY DUKE AND MEMPHIS PLAYS MICHIGAN NOVEMBER 21ST WITH THE WINNERS TO MEET THE FOLLOWING DAY.

FORMER TENNESSEE COACH BRUCE PEARL WAS OFFERED A POSITION THURSDAY WITH THE TEXAS LEGENDS OF THE N-B-A DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS PEARL WAS REPORTEDLY MADE AN OFFER IN THE 500-THOUSAND DOLLAR RANGE.

THE PROPOSED PACKAGE ALSO ALLOWS PEARL TO PURSUE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. THERE’S BEEN SPECULATION PEARL WILL ENTER THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY.

NFL

NEWLY SIGNED QUARTERBACK MATT HASSELBECK WORKED OUT WITH THE TENNESSEE TITANS FOR THE FIRST TIME THURSDAY.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK THOUGHT HASSELBECK WAS A YOUNG ROOKIE AND LIT A FIRE UNDER THE TEAM. HASSELBECK AND 11 OTHERS PRACTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME THURSDAY WITH THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAING AGREEMENT IN PLACE.