HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

GOLF 

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE MET DAVIESS COUNTY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND DAVIESS COUNTY TIED AT 154, HOWEVER, COUNTY WINS THE MATCH WITH THE FIFTH PLAYER SCORE BY TWO STROKES. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY T-J FERRY WHO HAD A ONE OVER 37, DREW PARMINTIER HAD 38, TRAVIS BROWN 39 AND JONATHAN GRABARA FIRED 40.

HOPKINSVILLE LOST TO DAVIESS COUNTY 154-168. DAYTON JONES LED THE TIGERS WITH 40, JACK GARDNER 41, DYLAN HENDERSON 43 AND T-J JANES AND WADE PERRY EACH HAD 44.  DAVIESS COUNTY’S WILL FOREMAN WAS MEDALIST WITH A ONE UNDER PAR 35.

U-H-A PLAYED AT TODD CENTRAL IN A BOYS AND GIRLS MATCH. TODD CENTRAL WON THE BOYS MATCH 84 TO 85. CAMERON ALLEN LED U-H-A WITH A 36, WHILE TODD CENTRAL WAS PACED BY CLAY STRADER WITH A 41.

U-H-A WON THE GIRLS MATCH 104 TO 109. ANNA MOORE LED U-H-A WITH 42, WHILE TODD CENTRAL WAS LED BY CHANDLER HAMPTON WITH 52.

VOLLEYBALL

TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, TODD CENTRAL ALSO SHUTOUT WEST CREEK, TN 2-0, WARREN CENTRAL OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY OVER BOWLING GREEN 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY A 2-0 WINNER OVER MARSHALL COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

AUSTIN PEAY ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF CRAIG STEPHENS AS A GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH TUESDAY. STEPHENS HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS AS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR AND BASKETBALL COACH AT HENDERSONVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. STEPHENS HAS ALSO COACHED AT BETHEL UNIVERSITY AND GOT HIS COACHING START AS AN UNDERGRAD ASSISTANT UNDER KERMIT DAVIS AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO AGREED LAST YEAR TO A CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2016-17 SEASON. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE FINANCIAL TERMS WERE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY. PITINO WILL RECEIVE A BASE SALARY OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS UNTIL THE 2013-14 SEASON WHEN THAT WILL INCREASE TO THREE POINT NINE MILLION.

PITINO WILL ALSO RECEIVE THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN LOYALTY BONUSES OVER THE NEXT TWO SEASONS.

FORMER TENNESSEE ASSISTANT COACH TONY JONES SAYS THE SCHOOL’S LEGAL COUNSEL ADVISED FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BASKETBALL STAFF TO ANSWER ONLY QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE NC-AA AND NOT TO ELABORATE IN THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH INVESTIGATORS LAST YEAR.

THAT’S ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. JONES—THE BOYS COACH AT ALCOA HIGH SCHOOL—AND TWO OTHER ASSISTANTS WERE CHARGED WITH A MAJOR VIOLATION CONCERNING RECRUITING. IT WAS ONE OF EIGHT THAT LED TO THE FIRING OF THE BASKETBALL STAFF INCLUDING HEAD COACH BRUCE PEARL MARCH 21^ST.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS PRO BOWL RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON CONTINUES HIS HOLDOUT. TUESDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT TO REPORT TO THEIR CLUBS IN ORDER TO EARN AN ACCRUED SEASON TOWARD FREE AGENCY.

JOHNSON HAS TWO YEARS LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT AND WANTS TO SECURE A LUCRATIVE LONG TERM DEAL. JOHNSON--WHO RUSHED FOR 13-HUNDRED 64 YARDS LAST SEASON--IS HEADING INTO HIS FOURTH YEAR AND IS TO MAKE 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS SEASON.

GOLF

SWAN LAKE GOLF COURSE WILL REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AUGUST 24^TH. THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTED TUESDAY THE CLARKSVILLE COURSE’S GREENS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO CHAMPION BERMUDA GREENS WHICH IS A MORE HEAT TOLERANT GRASS AND WIDELY USED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U-S.

RESERVATIONS FOR THE OPENING DAY CAN BE MADE AS EARLY AS AUGUST 17^TH BY CALLING 931-648-0479.