COLLEGE FOOTBALL

DEPSITE OUTGAINING KENTUCKY OFFENSIVELY AND AN INSPIRED EFFORT BY ITS DEFENSE, WESTERN KENTUCKY LOST TO U-K 14-3 AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE THURSDAY NIGHT.  THE HILLTOPPERS OUTGAINED THE WILDCATS 234-197 AND RAN 18 MORE OFFENSEIVE PLAYS 69-51. WKU’S ONLY SCORE CAME ON A CASEY TINIUS FIELD GOAL IN THE FIRST QUARTER TO GIVE THE HILLTOPPERS A 3-0 LEAD. KENTUCKY CAME BACK AFTER A WKU INTERCEPTION IN THE 2^ND PERIOD WITH A JOSH CLEMONS 14 YARD RUN AND FOLLOWING THE EXTRA POINT HAD A 7-3 LEAD. THE WILDCATS PUT THE GAME AWAY IN THE 4^TH PERIOD WITH A 31-YARD PASS FROM MORGAN NEWTON TO LA’ROD KING.

KENTUCKY HOSTSCENTRAL MICHIGAN NEXT SATURDAY, A GAME YOU CAN HEAR BEGINNING AT 9:30 AM ON LITE 98.7. MEANWHILE, WKU HOSTS NAVY NEXT SATURDAY IN BOWLING GREEN.

MURRAY STATE OPENED ITS SEASON WITH A 21-9 LOSS AT LOUISVILLE. LOUISVILLE’S DEFENSE FORCED QUARTERBACK CASEY BROCKMAN INTO THREE INTERCEPTIONS AND LESS THAN 150 YARDS.  MURRAY STATE HAD 291 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE AND WAS HELD TO SINGLE DIGIT POINTS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A GAME IN 2009 AGAINST TENNESSEE STATE.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS LOOK FOR THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET GREENWOOD IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-DAVID SADLER BOWL AT TRIGG COUNTY.  COVERAGE FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:06 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS ALSO ON THE ROAD TONIGHT AS THE BATTLE OF THE PENNYRILE PARKWAY BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN COLONELS AND THE NORTHERN COLONELS OF HENDERSON COUNTY TAKES PLACE IN HENDERSON.  COVERAGE FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: TRIGG COUNTY MEETS CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE-DAVID SADLER BOWL, FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO WARREN CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO OHIO COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY WELCOMES UNION COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS NORTH HARDIN.

MURRAY WELCOMES GRAVES COUNTY, MAYFIELD AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AT OWENSBORO, APOLLO AT DAVIESS COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY AT LONE OAK, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT MASSAC, IL., BALLARD MEMORIAL AT HEATH, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS HANCOCK COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN AT ST.X, SOUTH WARREN HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, WARREN EAST HOSTS MONROE COUNTY, BUTLER COUNTY AT FORT KNOX.

THURSDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS

BOYS SOCCER: NO REPORT ON THE KHSAA SCOREBOARD FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND TODD CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL EDGED CALLOWAY COUNTY 2-1, TRIGG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 4-0, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT UNION COUNTY 7-0, LYON COUNTY SHUTOUT DAWSON SPRINGS 5-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: NO REPORT ON THE KHSAA SCOREBOARD FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND TODD CENTRAL, HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT CALDWELL COUNTY 6-0, CALLOWAY COUNTY EDGED TRIGG COUNTY 2-1, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED WEST CREEK TN. 1-0, LYON COUNTY SHUTOUT DAWSON SPRINGS 6-0.

VOLLEYBALL: LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL 2-0, TODD CENTRAL OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER BUTLER COUNTY 2-0.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS DISCUSSED ITS VACANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR POSITION WITH EXECUTIVE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DAVE HART FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. BOTH SCHOOLS CONFIRMED THE TALKS THURSDAY, WITH ALABAMA ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO TIMEFRAME ON A DECISION EXISTS.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS FINISHED THE PRE SEASON WITH A 32-9 WIN AT NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WAS ICING ON THE CAKE AFTER HOLDOUT RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON AGREED TO TERMS ON A NEW CONTRACT EXTENSION.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE DEAL IS FOUR YEARS AT 53 MILLION DOLLARS, WITH 30 MILLION GUARNTEED, MAKING JOHNSON THE HIGHEST PAID RUNNING BACK IN NFL HISTORY. JOHNSON’S NEW DEAL GIVES HIM AN AVERAGE SALARY OF 13 POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS A SEASON.

NHL

PRIVATE SERVICES WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN NASHVILLE FOR FORMER NASHVILLE PREDATOR PLAYER WADE BELAK. THE 35-YEAR-OLD BELAK WAS FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL ROOM IN TORONTO WEDNESDAY. AUTHORITIES STILL HAVE NOT RELEASED THE CAUSE OF DEATH, BUT FOUL PLAY IS NOT SUSPECTED.