HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS OPENED THE 2011 SEASON WITH A 20-0 WIN AT MADISONVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE GAME WAS STOPPED IN THE THIRD QUARTER WITH 10:07 TO GO AS A MADISONVILLE PLAYER SUFFERED A SERIOUS INJURY, THEN TWO FANS COLLAPSED IN THE STANDS.  AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME TO TREAT THE PLAYER AND FANS, BOTH SCHOOLS AGREED TO LET THE GAME END.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL HOST CLARKSVILLE HIGH IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-JERRY CLAIBORNE BOWL NEXT SATURDAY AT FIVE AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 4:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS USHER IN THE MARC ADAM CLARK ERA THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET PULASKI COUNTY IN THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL AT LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA.  KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH  THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

TO CHECK OTHER FOOTBALL SCORES FROM FRIDAY NIGHT, GO TO WWW.KHSAA.ORG.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED FRIDAY RUSSELL ATHLETIC WILL CONTINUE TO OUTFITTHE HILLTOPPER SPORTS TEAMS FOR FOUR MORE YEARS.  THE NEW CONTRACT--WHICH BEGINS IN JULY OF NEXT YEAR, WILL RUN THROUGH 2016,

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS WKU’S FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HAVE NINE DIFFERENT UNIFORM COMBINATIONS BEGINNING THIS SEASON.  THE COLORS THAT CAN BE USED ARE RED, WHITE AND GRAY IN JERSEYS AND PANTS.  THE HILLTOPPERS WILL ALSO WEAR WHITE HELMETS THIS SEASON.

AUSTIN PEAY WILL HAVE ITS SECOND SCRIMMAGE OF FALL CAMP TODAY,  IT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS MORNING AT NINE AT GOVERNORS STADIUM, BEFORE MEDIA DAY WHICH TAKES PLACE AT THE DUNN CENTER THIS AFTERNOON.