SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE IS ON THE AIR THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE: CHRISTIAN COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER COACH CLINT WILLIS, HOPKINSVILLE’S JEFF ADDISION AND U-H-A’S TONY KIRVES. WE’LL ALSO HAVE OUR WEEKLY VISITS WITH HOPTOWN FOOTBALL COACH MARC ADAM CLARK AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STEVE LOVELACE.

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS NAMED A NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED TUESDAY FORMER UNION COUNTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DENNIS WALLS WILL REPLACE JIM PERRIN WHO RESIGNED LAST MONTH. WALLS SERVED AS A-D AT UNION COUNTY FOR THREE YEARS. HE WAS ALSO WRESTLING COACH THERE FOR 21 YEARS AND BEFORE THAT WAS CALDWELL COUNTY’S WRESTLING COACH FOR TEN YEARS.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST TO BOWLING GREEN TWO GAMES TO ONE, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BEAT LANCASTER CHRISTIAN THREE GAMES TO ONE, MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE TWO GAMES TO NONE.

ELSEWHERE: LOGAN COUNTY OVER WARREN EAST 2-0, OHIO COUNTY OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0, GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATS MAYFIELD 2-0, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, UNION COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 2-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT TRIGG COUNTY 10-0 BEHIND FOUR GOALS FROM LEXI BOZELL.

ELSEWHERE: CALDWELL COUNTY AND HEATH TIED AT TWO, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 10-0, MADISONVILLE EDGED DAVIESS COUNTY 3-2, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER LOGAN COUNTY 5-2, WEBSTER COUNTY DEFEATED UNION COUNTY IN DOUBLE OVERTIME 5-4.

BOYS SOCCER: CALLOWAY COUNTY SHUT OUT CHRISTIAN COUNTY 2-0, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED LONE OAK 5-1.

ELSEWHERE: CALDWELL COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 8-1, LYON COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 4-1, MADISONVILLE EDGED MARSHALL COUNTY 2-1, OHIO COUNTY OVER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 5-0, GRAVES COUNTY EDGED COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN IN A SHOOTOUT 2-1, MURRAY SHUTOUT MAYFIELD 6-0.

GOLF: HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYED OWENSBORO AND UNION COUNTY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. THE TIGERS AND COLONELS TIED AT 155, WITH THE FIFTH PLAYER SCORE GIVING THE COLONELS THE WIN.  INDIVIDUALLY: T-J FERRY LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY WITH 36, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE WAS LED BY JACK GARDNER AND DAYTON JONES WITH 37. THE MEDALIST WAS UNION COUNTY’S DUNCAN MCCORMICK WHO SHOT A FOUR UNDER 32.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S FOOTBALL GAME AT HENDERSON COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT HAS A NEW GAME TIME. INSTEAD OF STARTING AT SEVEN P-M, THE GAME WILL START AT 7:30 BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER HEAT. COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

WAZOO SPORTS HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY TOP TEN POLL, WITH TRINITY RANKED FIRST, BOWLING GREEN 5^TH AND WARREN CENTRAL 10^TH. THE CLASS FIVE A TOP FIVE HAS CHRISTIAN COUNTY 5^TH, WITH BOWLING GREEN FIRST AND WARREN CENTRAL 3^RD.  TRINITY IS ATOP THE SIX A TOP FIVE, HIGHLANDS ATOP THE FOUR A TOP FIVE, LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST IN THREE A WITH PADUCAH TILGHMAN SECOND, NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC IS FIRST IN TWO A, WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND, BEECHWOOD NUMBER ONE IN CLASS A, WITH MAYFIELD SECOND.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SEASON OPENERS THURSDAY NIGHT ARE TAKING PLACE TODAY. KENTUCKY AND WESTERN KENTUCKY ARE GEARING UP FOR THEIR GAME AT L-P FIELD, WITH COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.  LOUISVILLE AND MURRAY STATE WILL ALSO OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT AT PAPA JOHN’S CARDINAL STADIUM IN LOUISVILLE, WITH KICKOFF AT FIVE HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

BASKETBALL

FORMER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE BASKETBALL SCOTTY HOPSON IS HEADING TO GREECE TO BEGIN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS HOPSON HAS SIGNED TO PLAY FOR KOLOSSOS RHODES, A TEAM IN THE HEBA A1 LEAGUE. NEITHER HOPSON NOR HIS AGENT WOULD DISCUSS THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT TUESDAY.

FORMER TENNESSEE COACH BRUCE PEARL IS STEPPING AWAY FROM BASKETBALL, AT LEAST FOR NOW. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS PEARL WILL BECOME THE VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING FOR H-T HACKNEY, WHICH IS BASED IN KNOXVILLE.  PEARL HAD BEEN CONSIDERING ACCEPTING A JOB TO COACH THE TEXAS LEGENDS IN THE N-B-A DEVELOPMENTAL LEAGUE.

NFL

THE TENNESEE TITANS WILL BE WITHOUT DEFENSIVE END DERRICK MORGAN FOR AT LEAST THE SEASON OPENER. MORGAN UNDERWENT ARTHOSCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS LEFT KNEE, WHICH HE INJURED LAST SEASON TUESDAY. THE TITANS PLAY THEIR FINAL PRE SEASON GAME TOMORROW NIGHT AT NEW ORLEANS.