Sports Headlines 8.22.11

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS HOPKINSVILLE, FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES HOPKINS CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS AT TRIGG COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: FORT CAMPBELL AT MONTGOMERY CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY AT HENDERSON COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, MARSHALL COUNTY AT MAYFIELD.

VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES MADISONVILLE, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT UNION COUNTY.

WEEKEND RESULTS

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S J-V AND FRESHMEN VOLLEYBALL TEAMS HOSTED A TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. THE J-V TEAM WENT 5-0 AND WON THE GOLD MEDAL ROUND, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE WON THE SILVER MEDAL ROUND.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S FRESHMEN TEAM WENT 2-2 AND FINISHED FOURTH, WITH U-H-A THE WINNER.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S BOYS SOCCER TEAM WON IN LOUISVILLE OVER A-I-E 6-0. H-C-A RETURNS TO ACTION FRIDAY HOSTING NORTH HARDIN.  MEANWHILE, H-C-A’S LADY WARRIORS HOST CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY TO OPEN THE SOCCER SEASON THIS EVENING AT 5:45.

H-C-A’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATED A-I-E OF LOUISVILLE SATURDAY 2-0 TO IMPROVE TO 5-0 ON THE SEASON. H-C-A WILL HOST THE LADY WARRIOR INVITATIONAL FRIDAY.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE BEGIN PREPARATIONS TODAY FOR THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-JERRY CLAIBORNE BOWL SATURDAY AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS CLARKSVILLE HIGH AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY HOPKINSVILLE AND LONE OAK. THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW BEGINS AT 4:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY FOOTBALL SEASON TICKET HOLDERS WHO HAVE PAID FOR THEIR TICKETS CAN PICK THEM UP AT THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS OFFICE AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BEGINNING TUESDAY MORNING AT NINE A-M.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY HAD ITS SECOND SCRIMMAGE OF FALL CAMP SATURDAY, AND COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAID HE SAW GOOD THINGS FROM BOTH THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE. THE WILDCATS OPEN THE SEASON SEPTEMBER FIRST HOSTING WESTERN KENTUCKY AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAD ITS FINAL SCRIMMAGE OF FALL CAMP SATURDAY, WITH COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYING HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE VOLS FOCUS, BUT FEELS THEY STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO. TENNESSEE OPENS ITS SEASON HOSTING MONTANA SEPTEMBER THIRD.

AUSTIN PEAY’S FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DID NOT FORCE ANY TURNOVERS AND WASN’T TACKLING LIKE THE COACHES WANTED DURING THE SECOND FALL SCRIMMAGE SATURDAY, BUT IT TRICKLED DOWN TO THE SECOND AND THIRD TEAM MEMBERS WHO FORCED TWO FUMBLES AND GOT AN INTERCEPTION. THE GOVERNORS OPEN THE SEASON AT CINCINNATI SEPTEMBER THIRD.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON WAS IN NASHVILLE FOR PERSONAL BUSINESS OVER THE WEEKEND, BUT THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS HE DID NOT MEET WITH THE TITANS CONCERNING A NEW CONTRACT.  COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAID SUNDAY CRUNCH TIME IS APPROACHING AS FAR AS GETTING JOHNSON INTO CAMP AND READY FOR THE SEASON OPENER SEPTEMBER 11TH, BUT HE IS NOT PUSHING THE PANIC BUTTON JUST YET. MUNCHAK ALSO SAIS THE TITANS HAVE NO PLANS TO TRADE THE PRO BOWLER.  TENNESSEE HOSTS CHICAGO IN ITS THIRD PRE SEASON GAME SATURDAY NIGHT.