Local Sports 8.6.11

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE TIGERS” NIGHT FOR ALL FALL SPORTS THIS EVENING.   THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT SIX AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH.

TRIGG COUNTY NAMED A NEW FOOTBALL COACH FRIDAY. COLBY LEWIS—WHO HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT UNDER FORMER TRIGG HEAD COACHES CURTIS HIGGINS AND SHANNON BURCHAM—WILL TAKE OVER THE WILDCAT PROGRAM. THE SEARCH FOR AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT TRIGG COUNTY IS CONTINUING, WITH INTERVIEWS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY HAS HIRED A NEW SOFTBALL COACH. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED FRIDAY KEITH O’ DANIEL HAS BEEN NAMED TO REPLACE FORMER COACH TERRY HUDSON.

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED FRIDAY THE COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE PLAYED IN BOWLING GREEN THROUGH 2014. THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ALSO HAVE A NEW TITLE SPONSOR IN RUSSELL ATHLETICS. THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT HOUCHENS-L.T. SMITH STADIUM ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAD ITS FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY FRIDAY IN LEXINGTON. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS COACH JOKER PHILLIPS INDICATED SEVERAL FRESHMEN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY EARLY IN THE SEASON. THE WILDCATS BEGIN FALL WORKOUTS TODAY.

 THE WOMAN CONVICTED OF TRYING TO EXTORT LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO HAS FILED AN APPEAL. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS ATTORNEYS FOR KAREN SYPHER FILED A BRIEF WITH THE U-S 6^TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THURSDAY NIGHT. SYPHER CLAIMS A BROAD CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PITINO, THE FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HEARD THE CASE AND SYPHER’S FORMER ATTORNEY TO ENSURE SHE WOULD BE FOUND GUILTY. SYPHER IS CURRENTLY SERVING A SEVEN YEAR PRISON TERM.

 PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY SHOT A FINAL ROUND 76 FOR A FOUR DAY TOTAL OF 295 FOR A 7^TH PLACE FINISH IN THE GIRLS DIVISION AT THE JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH CONCLUDED FRIDAY AT SYCAMORE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.