Sports Headlines 8.26.11

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TONIGHT’S GAMES: TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL GOES TO RUSSELLVILLE, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES SOUTH WARREN, MURRAY HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS EVANSVILLE NORTH.  FIND OUT ABOUT THESE AND OTHER SCORES TONIGHT ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW AT 9:06 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

SATURDAY EVENING, THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-JERRY CLAIBORNE BOWL TAKES PLACE AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS CLARKSVILLE IN THE FIRST GAME AT FIVE. THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW BEGINS AT FOUR-30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.  HOPKINSVILLE WILL MEET CLASS FOUR A LONE OAK AT EIGHT,WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW WILL BEGIN ABOUT SEVEN-30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVED TO 3-1 OVERALL/3-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY WITH A TWO GAMES TO NONE WIN OVER HOPKINSVILLE. NICOLE BROWN HAD NINE ACES AND FIVE KILLS TO LEAD CHRISTIAN COUNTY.  ELSEWHERE: MADISONVILLE DEFEATED U-H-A TWO GAMES TO NONE, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 2-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 10-0, WITH EDEN MACK SCORING FIVE GOALS. HOPKINSVILLE WAS ALSO A 10-0 WINNER OVER TODD CENTRAL WITH LEXIE BOZELL AND KELSEY HUMPHRIES SCORING THREE GOALS EACH.  ELSEWHERE: FORT CAMPBELL AND HOPKINS CENTRAL PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE, NO REPORT ON THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY/ST. MARY GAME.

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 3-1, ST. MARY DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7-4, CALDWELL COUNTY EDGED LYON COUNTY 3-2, MADISONVILLE AND OWENSBORO PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE.

GOLF: A FOUR WAY MATCH AT WESTERN HILLS THURSDAY SAW CHRISTIAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE AND U-H-A ALL SCORE 155, WITH MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHOOTING 158. THE 5TH PLAYER SCORE BROKE THE TIE WITH HOPKINSVILLE WINNING THE MATCH. DAYTON JONES AND JACK GARDNER LED THE TIGERS WITH 36 EACH, T-J FERRY LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY WITH 37 AND U-H-A LED BY JOHN STEVENSON WITH 38.  THE FOUR SCHOOLS ALSO PLAYED A GIRLS MATCH WITH MUHLENBERG COUNTY WINNING WITH 86, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 88, U-H-A 98 AND HOPTOWN 99. ANNA MOORE SHOT 43 FOR U-H-A, TWO CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYERS MADDIE PELLETIER AND KELSEA THOMAS TIED WITH 44 AND JESSICA SHELTON LED HOPKINSVILLE WITH 46.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE FRESHMAN KEVIN WARE’S ACADEMIC STATUS IS IN DOUBT. COACH RICK PITINO SAID THURSDAY WARE MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE UNTIL JANUARY, WITH THE NC-AA EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.  WARE—WHO FIRST COMMITTED TO TENNESSEE BEFORE BRUCE PEARL WAS FIRED—THEN COMMITTED TO CENTRAL FLORIDA, BUT BOLTED IN JUNE WHEN THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED HIS RECRUITMENT THEIR WAS LINKED TO A STREET AGENT.

SEVERAL KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE SCHOOLS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ESPN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL MARATHON WHICH TIPS OFF THE SEASON NOVEMBER 15TH.

KENTUCKY’S GAME WITH KANSAS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WILL TIP OFF AT EIGHT P-M HOPKINSVILLE TIME. MOREHEAD STATE WILL PLAY COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON AT EIGHT A-M LOCAL TIME, BELMONT WILL PLAY MEMPHIS AT 11 A-M LOCAL TIME AND AUSTIN PEAY’S GAME WITH CAL WILL BE ON ESPN 2 AT NINE P-M HOPKINSVILLE TIME.  LOUISVILLE’S WOMEN WILL PLAY DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMPION TEXAS A AND M AT THREE P-M LOCAL TIME ON ESPN U, WITH TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS TO MEET MIAMI AT FIVE P-M ON ESPN 2.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK TELLS THE TENNESSEEAN THE TITANS AND HOLDOUT RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORKOUT THEIR DIFFERENCES, AS HE SAID THURSDAY DIVORCE(MEANING A TRADE) IS NOT AN OPTION.   THE FOURTH YEAR RUNNING BACK MET WITH TITANS OFFICIALS WEDNESDAY AND WAS OFFERED A NEW DEAL, BUT THE TWO SIDES ARE STILL FAR APART. JOHNSON SAYS HE WILL KEEP WORKING OUT IN ORLANDO AND WILL LET HIS AGENT JOEL SEGAL HANDLE NEGOTIATIONS. THE TITANS PLAY THE CHICAGO BEARS IN THEIR 3RD PRE SEASON GAME TOMORROW NIGHT AT L-P FIELD.