HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELCOMES MAYFIELD, FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO LONE OAK, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES HART COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS ENTERTAINS REIDLAND, LYON COUNTY TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, OHIO COUNTY GOES TO SOUTH WARREN, PADUCAH TILGHMAN WELCOMES MURRAY, MARSHALL COUNTY HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS HOPKINSVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO FORT CAMPBELL, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ENTERTAINS TODD CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS REIDLAND, HOPKINS CENTRAL GOES TO MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS GRAVES COUNTY,WEBSTER COUNTY AT OWENSBORO, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT MURRAY, LYON COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT LONE OAK.

THERE WAS ONE GAME PLAYED IN THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND DAVIESS COUNTY PLAYING TO A TIE AT TWO.

VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO FORT CAMPBELL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO WARREN EAST, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MET WEBSTER COUNTY IN THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CLASSIC WEDNESDAY, WITH THE LADY BLAZERS FALLING TWO GAMES TO NONE.

FOOTBALL:   THE 2011 SEASON OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON THE ROAD AT MADISONVILLE FOR A SEVEN P-M GAME, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS CLARKSVILLE HIGH AND TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE AMONG OTHER GAMES. WE’LL PREVIEW THOSE GAMES ALONG WITH SATRUDAY NIGHT’S GAME BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND PULASKI COUNTY AT THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL TOMORROW MORNING ON SPORTS.

HOPKINSVILLE’S GAME KICKS OFF FROM LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER HAS RELEASED ITS PRE SEASON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLLS.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD IS NUMBER ONE, RUSSELLVILLE 6^TH.

CLASS 2A: NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FIRST, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND, GLASGOW 6^TH.

CLASS 3A: LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST, PADUCAH TILGHMAN 2^ND, FORT CAMPBELL 7^TH.

CLASS 4A: HIGHLANDS NUMBER ONE, LONE OAK 5^TH, ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE 6^TH, OWENSBORO 7^TH.

CLASS 5A: BOWLING GREEN FIRST, WARREN CENTRAL 4^TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7^TH.

CLASS 6A: TRINITY NUMBER ONE, HENDERSON COUNTY 9^TH.

THE NC-AA’S INVESTIGATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS SOME RIPPLE EFFECTS IN KENTUCKY. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE NCAA WANTS TO SPEAK WITH LOUISVILLE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH CLINT HURTT ABOUT HIS SUPPOSED ROLE.

YAHOO SPORTS BROKE A STORY WEDNESDAY SAYING CONVICTED FELON NEVIN SHAPIRO—SERVING A 20 YEAR JAIL TERM FOR INVOLVMENT IN A PONZI SCHEME—SAID HURTT BROUGHT RECRUITS TO HIS HOUSE AND THAT HE PAID FOR MEALS FOR HURTT AND RECRUITS AND LOANED HIM MONEY TWICE, WHICH HE SAID HURTT PAID BACK. COACH CHARLIE STRONG SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE WEDNESDAY HE WOULD LET ATHLETICS DIRECTOR TOM JURICH DETERMINE HURTT’S STATUS WITH THE LOUISVILLE PROGRAM.

MEANWHILE, THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED WEDNESDAY WESTERN KENTUCKY ASSISTANT MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH JAKE MORTON WAS NAMED IN THE YAHOO STORY. THE STORY SAYS MORTON WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE GIVEN A RECRUIT’S FAMILY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ASSURE A VERBAL COMMITMENT TO MIAMI. WKU ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ROSS BJORK ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPLAINING MORTON HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE THROUGH THE PROCEEDINGS. ALSO NAMED IN THE STORY WAS FORMER MURRAY STATE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JOE PANNUNZIO.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS SPENT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES SINCE BEING SERVED ITS NOTICE BY THE NC-AA LAST FEBRUARY. THE NC-AA INVESTIGATED RECRUITING VIOLATIONS IN THE FOOTBALL, MEN’S BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL IS STILL AWAITING THE NC-AA’S RULING. THE INVESTIGATION LED TO THE FIRING OF BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL AND HIS STAFF EARLIER THIS YEAR.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KYLE KURIC, CHRIS SMITH AND PAYTON SIVA HAVE BEEN NAMED CO CAPTAINS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE THIS SEASON.

LOUISVILLE’S BASKETBALL GAME WITH WESTERN KENTUCKY DECEMBER 23^RD IN THE KFC YUM CENTER WILL BE TELEVISED BY ESPN TWO AT SIX P-M HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

FORMER LOUISVILLE COACH DENNY CRUM WILL BE ONE OF SIX COACHES INDUCTED INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE HALL OF FAME NEXT MARCH. LOUISVILLE PLAYED IN THE VALLEY THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF CRUM’S TENURE.

GOLF

VALHALLA GOLF CLUB WILL RECEIVE SOME MORE TWEAKING BEFORE HOSTING THE 2014 P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE GREENS AT VALHALLA WILL BE REPLACED WITH A MORE HEAT TOLERANT BENT GRASS AND THE 25 YEAR OLD IRRIGATION SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED. PGA OF AMERICA C-E-O JOE STERNAKA SAYS THE WORK WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY NEXT SUMMER.