Sports Headlines 8.17.11

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE MAKES ITS SEASON DEBUT TONIGHT AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TONIGHT’S GUESTS INCLUDE: HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL COACH MARC CLARK, CHRISTIAN COUNTY COACH STEVE LOVELACE, FORT CAMPBELL COACH SHAWN BERNER, TRIGG COUNTY COACH COBY LEWIS AND WKU FOOTBALL COACH WILLIE TAGGART.

TUESDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SCORES

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE EDGED OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 1-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 8-6, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED MURRAY 3-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHUTOUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 3-0, LOGAN COUNTY OVER HART COUNTY 8-2, MARSHALL COUNTY SHUTOUT LONE OAK 2-0, DAVIESS COUNTY EDGED OHIO COUNTY 1-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT HENDERSON COUNTY 4-0, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WAS A SHUTOUT WINNER OVER HEATH 5-0, FORT CAMPBELL OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 4-1, WEBSTER COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 10-0, FRANKLIN SIMPSON DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 5-0, BOWLING GREEN OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 10-1.

VOLLEYBALL:   13TH RANKED OWENSBORO CATHOLIC SHUTOUT CHRISTIAN COUNTY TWO GAMES TO NONE, SOUTH WARREN WAS A TWO GAMES TO NONE WINNER OVER HOPKINSVILLE, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL 2-0, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-1, MADISONVILLE OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER BUTLER COUNTY 2-0, MARSHALL COUNTY OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY 2-0.

GOLF:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYED UHA, HOPKINSVILLE AND MADISONVILLE AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL TUESDAY.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND UHA TIED AT 156, BUT THE COLONELS WON ON THE FIFTH PLAYER SCORE BY TWO STROKES.  HOPKINSVILLE SHOT 161, WHILE MADISONVILLE SHOT 168.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S T-J FERRY AND CAMERON ALLEN OF UHA TIED FOR LOW SCORE WITH 35, HOPKINSVILLE WAS LED BY DAYTON JONES WITH 36.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER COMMITMENT FOR THE 2012 CLASS. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS ST. JOHN’S FLORIDA NATIVE JORDAN SWINDLE BECOMES THE SIXTH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR NEXT YEAR. SWINDLE CHOSE KENTUCKY OVER SEVERAL SCHOOLS INCLUDING LOUISVILLE, VANDERBILT AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SWINDLE IS THE 19TH COMMITMENT FOR THE 2012 CLASS.

MEANWHILE, COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAID FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S PRACTICE, THE WILDCATS NEED TO REMAIN FOCUSED AND PRACTICE SMARTER. PHILLIPS SAID THERE WERE TOO MANY TURNOVERS AND FALSE START PENALTIES IN TUESDAY’S PRACTICE. PHILLIPS WAS PLEASED WITH THE EFFORT OF THE DEFENSE, WHO FORCED TURNOVERS. PHILLIPS ADDED MOST OF THE OFFENSIVE TURNOVERS WERE COMMITTED BY INEXPERIENCED PLAYERS, BUT ADDED TURNOVERS AND MISTAKES ARE CONTAGIOUS AND NEED TO BE STOPPED.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS NAMED AUSTIN JOHNSON AS ITS STARTING MIDDLE LINEBACKER FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. COACH DEREK DOOLEY TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HE FEELS JOHNSON’S EXPERIENCE AND BEST COMMAND OF THE CALLS FOR THE DEFENSE WARRANTS JOHNSON THE POSITION.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILL MAKE FOUR APPEARANCES ON E-S-P-N’S SUPER TUESDAY SCHEDULE THIS SEASON. THOSE GAMES ARE: JANUARY 17TH HOSTING ARKANSAS, JANUARY 24TH AT GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 7TH HOSTING FLORIDA AND FEBRUARY 21ST AT MISSISSIPPI STATE.

VANDERBILT WILL MAKE TWO SUPER TUESDAY APPEARANCES: JANUARY 31ST AT ARKANSAS AND FEBRUARY 28TH HOSTING FLORIDA.

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM COACHED BY KENTUCKY’S JOHN CALIPARI DEFEATED A TEAM OF FORMER KENTUCKY STARS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT 91-86 AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE.