Sports Headlines 9.8.11

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM WEDNESDAY

GOLF: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MET TODD CENTRAL AT ELK FORK COUNTRY CLUB, WITH THE BLAZERS WINNING THE BOYS MATCH 120-150 AS BOTH TEAMS HAD ONLY THREE PLAYERS. JOHN STEVENSON AND CAMERON ALLEN FIRED 39 FOR THE BLAZERS, WITH AUSTIN KNIGHT SHOOTING 42.  THE GIRLS WON THEIR MATCH WITH TWO PLAYERS 97-112. ANNA MOORE LED THE LADY BLAZERS WITH 42, KAITLYN SLAUGHTER HAD 55.

BOYS SOCCER: TODD CENTRAL SHUTOUT GRAYSON COUNTY 3-0.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS CHRISTIAN COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, LOGAN COUNTY AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, GRAVES COUNTY WELCOMES MURRAY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT MAYFIELD, HENDERSON COUNTY AT DAVIESS COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS OHIO COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL PLAYS AT NORTHEAST, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS WARREN CENTRAL, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES CRITTENDEN COUNTY, MADISONVILLE TRAVELS TO WEBSTER COUNTY, GRAVES COUNTY HOSTS MURRAY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT MAYFIELD, UNION COUNTY AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELCOMES HENDERSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

FOUR WESTERN KENTUCKY SCHOOLS ARE RANKED IN THIS WEEK’S KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER COACHES GIRLS TOP 25. OHIO COUNTY IS RANKED 20TH, GREENWOOD 21ST, MADISONVILLE 22ND AND DAVIESS COUNTY 23RD. NOTRE DAME IS NUMBER ON THIS WEEK.

LOUISVILLE ASSUMPTION IS NUMBER ONE IN THE FIRST KENTUCKY VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HIGH SCHOOL TOP 25 POLL. GREENWOOD IS 11TH, APOLLO 12TH, LONE OAK 13TH.

FORT CAMPBELL HAS NAMED A NEW GIRLS BASKETBALL AND SOFTBALL COACH. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED WEDNESDAY JULIE FRANKLIN HAS BEEN NAMED AS THE SCHOOL’S NEW SOFTBALL COACH. SHE WAS AN ASSISTANT LAST SEASON.  BROOKE TAYLOR HAS BEEN NAMED TO REPLACE KENNETH JANIKOWSKI AS GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH. JANIKOWSKI IS THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT FORT CAMPBELL AFTER LEADING THE LADY FALCONS TO A 6-31 RECORD THE LAST TWO SEASONS.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS AND HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS RETURN TO ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT.  HOPKINSVILLE—STILL SEEKING ITS FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON—HOSTS MADISONVILLE AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO LONE OAK TO FACE THE 8TH RANKED TEAM IN CLASS FOUR A IN THE PURPLE FLASH. KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7 AND LITE987WHOP.COM.

NFL

THE LAST TWO SUPER BOWL WINNERS OPEN THE SEASON AT LAMBEAU FIELD IN GREEN BAY THIS EVENING AS THE PACKERS HOST THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS. COVERAGE BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

FORMER TENNESSEE TITANS QUARTERBACK KERRY COLLINS—WHO RECENTLY CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT—WILL GET THE START SUNDAY FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AGAINST HOUSTON. THE COLTS ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY PEYTON MANNING WILL NOT START FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JOINING THE COLTS IN 1998. YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME AS PART OF SUNDAY’S N-F-L DOUBLEHEADER AT 11:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. THE SUNDAY NIGHT GAME AT 6:30 HAS DALLAS MEETING THE NEW YORK JETS.