HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-1, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT HOPKINSVILLE 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY SHUTOUT TRIGG COUNTY 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0, RUSSELLVILLE OVER SOUTH WARREN 2-1, GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATS MURRAY 2-0, CRITTENDEN COUNTY SHUTOUT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 2-0.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYED MADISONVILLE AND TODD CENTRAL IN A BOYS AND GIRLS MATCH THURSDAY. THE BLAZERS DEFEATED MADISONVILLE IN BOYS PLAY 151-164 AND TODD CENTRAL 109-156 USING ONLY THREE SCORES.  CAMERON ALLEN WAS THE MEDALIST FOR THE BLAZERS WITH AN IMPRESSIVE 33 SCORE, TADD SWITZER FIRED A 34.

IN GIRLS ACTION, U-H-A DEFEATED TODD CENTRAL 96-106, WITH ANNA MOORE SCORING A 36.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

ONE WEEK BEFORE SEASON OPENERS, AREA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS WILL BE INVOLVED IN SCRIMMAGES THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW EVENING.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS WILL TRAVEL TO PADUCAH TILGHMAN TO FACE THE BLUE TORNADO AND MASSAC COUNTY, ILLINOIS.  OTHER SCRIMMAGE GAMES THIS EVENING INCLUDE FORT CAMPBELL HOSTING KENWOOD AND APOLLO AT FRYAR STADIUM, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES BUTLER COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY UNDER NEW COACH COBY LEWIS PLAYS LONE OAK AND MURRAY AT LONE OAK.

DEFENDING CLASS FIVE A RUNNER UP CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCRIMMAGES AT GOVERNORS STADIUM AT AUSTIN PEAY SATURDAY NIGHT AGAINST NORTHEAST AND ROSSVIEW. TICKETS FOR THE C-C-H-S GAMES ARE SIX DOLLARS AND ON SALE TODAY AT C-C-H-S. MONIES GATHERED FROM TICKETS PURCHASED AT C-C-H-S GOING TO THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

TODD CENTRAL ALSO SCRIMMAGES TOMORROW EVENING AGAINST EAST ROBERTSON AT REBEL FIELD.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH HAS RELEASED ITS BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED THURSDAY THE TIGERS WILL OPEN THE SEASON NOVEMBER 29^TH AGAINST LOGAN COUNTY. HOPTOWN WILL PLAY IN THE MARSHALL COUNTY HOOPFEST DECEMBER 3^RD, AND MEET WARREN CENTRAL AND MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT DECEMBER 16-17.

THE TIGERS WILL ALSO MEET 2011 STATE RUNNER UP ROWAN COUNTY IN RUPP ARENA JANUARY 8^TH AFTER MEETING CHRISIAN COUNTY JANUARY 6^TH. THE TIGERS WILL OPEN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY AGAINST UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DECEMBER 8^TH.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY WORKS OUT IN FULL PADS FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. THE GOVS WILL ALSO WORKOUT IN PADS TOMORROW BEFORE THE FIRST SCRIMMAGE OF FALL PRACTICE MONDAY AT NINE A-M.

WHILE WE’RE ON GOVERNOR FOOTBALL, PAUL DERRICK HAS BEEN HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT COACH. DERRICK—WHO PLAYED RECEIVER FOR THE GOVS FROM 2002-04—BECOMES THE NEW SECONDARY COACH REPLACING DANION SIDNEY WHO RESIGNED LAST WEEK.

KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAID FOLLOWING THURSDAY’S WORKOUT THE WILDCATS ARE DOING THE “BIG THINGS” WELL THUS FAR IN FALL CAMP, BUT NOT SO MUCH THE “LITTLE THINGS”. PHILLIPS BELIEVES THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR’S SIX AND SEVEN RECORD AND A EIGHT OR NINE WIN SEASON.

KENTUCKY RECEIVED A COMMITMENT FOR THE 2012 CLASS THURSDAY. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS DEFENSIVE BACK JACOBY GLENN FROM VIGOR HIGH SCHOOL IN ALABAMA. GLENN SAYS HE CHOSE KENTUCKY PRIMARILY BECAUSE FORMER HIGH SCHOOL TEAMMATE ERIC DIXON IS IN LEXINGTON.

IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR FORMER U-K PLAYER QUA HUZZIE TO FIND A NEW SCHOOL. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS HUZZIE IS ON THE LATEST ROSTER FOR MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY. PLAYERS WHO TRANSFER DOWN A LEVEL ARE IMMEDIATELY ELIGIBLE TO PLAY.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC FOOTBALL COACH HOWARD SCHNELLENBERGER WILL RETIRE AT THE END OF THE UPCOMING SEASON. THE 77-YEAR-OLD LOUISVILLE NATIVE LED THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI TO ITS FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, ALSO WAS THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE MIAMI DOLPHINS IN THEIR PEFECT SEASON IN 1972 AND LATER COACHED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.

SCHNELLENBERGER BEGINS HIS FINAL SEASON WITH 157 CAREER VICTORIES AS A COLLEGE HEAD COACH.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE WAS A 115-54 WINNER OVER THE COMMONWEALTH GIANTS IN EXHIBITION PLAY IN THE BAHAMAS THURSDAY. CHANE BEHANAN AND MIKE MARRA LED THE CARDS WITH 16 POINTS EACH. THE CARDS PLAY THE REAL DEAL SHOCKERS THIS EVENING.

NFL

THE ONGOING HOLDOUT OF TENNESSEE TITANS RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON TOOK AN INTERESTING TURN THURSDAY.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TITANS GENERAL MANAGER MIKE REINFELDT SAYS HE’S PREPARED TO MAKE JOHNSON THE HIGHEST PAID RUNNING BACK IN THE LEAGUE. IN RESPONSE, JOHNSON SAYS PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.

JOHNSON HAS BEEN HOLDING OUT FOR 14 DAYS BECAUSE HE WANTS A CONTRACT WITH AT LEAST 30 MILLION DOLLARS GUARANTEED. JOHNSON—WHO IS CURRENTLY IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA—SAYS HE NOR HIS AGENT HAS HEARD FROM THE TITANS. JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL NOT COME TO NASHVILLE UNTIL HE HEARS FROM THE CLUB.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY LOST IN THE FIELD OF 32 THURSDAY AT THE U-S WOMEN’S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN RHODE ISLAND SIX AND FOUR TO DEFENDING CHAMPION DANIELLE KONG.

STEVE STRICKER BECAME THE 25^TH PLAYER TO FIRE 63—THE LOWEST ROUND EVER IN A MAJOR AT THE P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP AT ATLANTA ATHLETIC CLUB. STRICKER LEADS JERRY KELLY BY TWO STROKES HEADING INTO TODAY’S SECOND ROUND. NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER STANDS AT FOUR OVER PAR, WHILE FORMER U-K GOLFER J-B HOLMES IS AT TEN OVER.