HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS MADISONVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS FORT CAMPBELL, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY OFFENSIVE LEFT GUARD STUART HINES SPRAINED HIS KNEE IN PRACTICE WEDNESDAY. THE BOWLING GREEN HIGH GRADUATE HAS STARTED 24 GAMES. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS HINES WILL BE READY TO GO FOR THE SEPTEMBER FIRST OPENER AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY IN NASHVILLE.

THE COURIER JOURNAL ALSO REPORTS TWO PLAYERS HAVE LEFT THE KENTUCKY TEAM. COACH JOKER PHILLPS SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE WEDNESDAY SOPHOMORE LINEBACKER QUA HUZZIE IS TRANSFERRING AND SENIOR SAFETY JOSH GIBBS IS GIVING UP FOOTBALL FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG SAYS IF THE SEASON BEGAN TODAY, FORMER WALK ON WILL STEIN WOULD BE THE STARTING QUARTERBACK. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS COACH STRONG WAS ASKED IF STEIN WOULD BE THE STARTER THREE WEEKS FROM NOW WHEN THE CARDS HOST MURRAY STATE. STRONG’S RESPONSE WAS HE HOPED NOTHING HAPPENED TO STEIN. STEIN PLAYED IN TWO GAMES LAST SEASON, AND STARTED TWO GAMES IN THE 2009 SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE PLAYED ITS FIRST EXHIBITION GAME IN THE BAHAMAS WEDNESDAY AS THE RED TEAM DEFEATED THE WHITE TEAM 101-55. FORMER BOWLING GREEN HIGH STANDOUT CHANE BEHANAN HAD 19 POINTS. THE CARDS WILL FACE THE COMMONWEALTH GIANTS IN EXHIBITION PLAY TODAY.

GAME TIMES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE INAUGURAL BIG EAST/S-E-C BASKETBALL CHALLENGE. KENTUCKY’S GAME WITH ST. JOHN’S IS SET FOR 6:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME THURSDAY DECEMBER FIRST. LOUISVILLE WILL HOST VANDERBILT FRIDAY DECEMBER 2^ND AT 7:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME WHILE TENNESSEE HOSTS PITTSBURGH SATURDAY DECEMBER 3^RD AT 4:15 HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

VANDERBILT’S NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE WAS RELEASED WEDNESDAY. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDY WILL OPEN THE SEASON WITH OREGON NOVEMBER 11^TH AT MEMORIAL GYM. AS FOREMENTIONED, THE COMMODORES WILL PLAY AT LOUISVILLE DECEMBER 2^ND AND PLAY ANOTHER BIG EAST TEAM IN MARQUETTE DECEMBER 29^TH. OTHER NOTABLE NON CONFERENCE GAMES INCLUDE NORTH CAROLINA STATE NOVEMBER 19^TH AND EITHER TEXAS OR OREGON STATE NOVEMBER 21^ST AT THE TICKETCITY LEGENDS CLASSIC IN EAST RUTHERFORD NEW JERSEY. VANDY WILL ALSO HOST MIDDLE TENNESSEE JANUARY 28^TH.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY WILL FACE CALIFORNIA IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE C-B-E CLASSIC NOVEMBER 15^TH IN BERKLEY. CAL, MISSOURI, GEORGIA AND NOTRE DAME WILL ALL HOST FIRST ROUND GAMES AND MOVE TO THE C-B-E CLASSIC SEMIFINALS NOVEMBER 21^ST IN KANSAS CITY. AUSTIN PEAY AND THE OTHER REMAINING TEAMS WILL PLAY THREE GAMES AT SUBREGIONAL SITES NOVEMBER 21-23. OTHER TEAMS IN THE FIELD ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE: BOWLING GREEN, MERCER, NIAGRA, WILLIAM AND MARY AND GEORGE WASHINGTON.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS ALL TIME LEADING RUSHER EDDIE GEORGE SAYS RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON IS RIGHT IN HOLDING OUT FOR MORE MONEY. GEORGE TELLS THE TENNESSEAN IT’S TIME FOR THE TITANS TO STEP UP AND TAKE CARE OF THE PRO BOWL RUNNING BACK. GEORGE SAID WEDNESDAY IT WAS UNCALLED FOR THAT THE TITANS DIDN’T TAKE CARE OF JOHNSON’S CONTRACT ONCE IT WAS ANNOUNCED THE NFL LOCKOUT WAS OVER. GEORGE WAS GIVEN A SIX YEAR, 42 MILLION DOLLAR EXTENSION FOLLOWING THE 2000 SEASON. JOHNSON IS BELIEVED TO BE SEEKING A CONTRACT WITH 30 MILLION DOLLARS GUARANTEED. JOHNSON MISSED HIS 13^TH DAY OF TRAINING CAMP WEDNESDAY.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS PLAYING IN THE SECOND ROUND OF MATCH PLAY TODAY AT THE U-S WOMEN’S AMATEUR IN BARRINGTON, RHODE ISLAND. TALLEY DEFEATED SHU YIN LU OF CHINESE TAPEI FIVE AND THREE WEDNESDAY. THE CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SENIOR FACES DEFENDING CHAMP DANIELLE PARK TODAY.

GOLF’S FINAL MAJOR OF THE SEASON, THE P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS AT THE ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB. DAVID TOMS WON THE LAST TIME THE EVENT WAS HELD THERE IN 2001. GOLFERS IN THE FIELD INCLUDE NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER AND FORMER U-K GOLFER J-B HOLMES.