Sports Headlines 9.14.11

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE AIRS AT 5:08 THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE RAY DIUGUID AND SARA AKIN WHO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S FOOTBALL HOMECOMING NEXT WEEK AND A SPECIAL EVENT SURROUNDING IT.  THE SHOW WILL ALSO HAVE ITS WEEKLY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PREVIEW AND A PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOCKEY SEASON WITH RADIO BROADCASTER TOM CALLAHAN.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

GIRLS SOCCER: U-H-A IMPROVED TO 9-2 AND 3-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY WITH A 2-1 WIN AT FORT CAMPBELL, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED 20^TH RANKED OHIO COUNTY 3-1, TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT DAWSON SPRINGS 4-0, UNION COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-2, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER BARREN COUNTY 5-2, MURRAY OVER MARSHALL COUNTY 3-1, LONE OAK EDGED MAYFIELD 1-0, GRAVES COUNTY SHUTOUT HEATH 5-0, BALLARD MEMORIAL OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 10-1.

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT CALLOWAY COUNTY 6-0, FORT CAMPBELL OVER TODD CENTRAL 8-1, NO REPORT ON THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY-CALDWELL COUNTY GAME, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED DAWSON SPRINGS 8-1, MADISONVILLE OVER HENDERSON COUNTY 4-2, MURRAY OVER MARSHALL COUNTY 3-1.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST ITS FOURTH STRAIGHT MATCH FALLING AT MARSHALL COUNTY TWO GAMES TO ONE, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WENT TO 12-0 ON THE SEASON AFTER DEFEATING PLEASANT VIEW CHRISTIAN, TODD CENTRAL DEFEATED RUSSELLVILLE 2-0, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-1, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0.

GOLF: HOPKINSVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND MADISONVILLE PLAYED A MATCH AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY TUESDAY. HOPKINSVILLE SHOT 158 TO WIN THE MATCH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY SECOND WITH 162, MUHLENBERG COUNTY 170 AND MADISONVILLE 173.  HOPTOWN’S JACK GARDNER WAS MEDALIST WITH 38, DAYTON JONES OF HOPKINSVILLE AND T-J FERRY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY BOTH SHOT 39.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL’S FIRST LITKENHOUS POLL OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON IS OUT AND FORT THOMAS HIGHLANDS IS NUMBER ONE. JOHN HARDIN IS SECOND, FOLLOWED BY ST. X, BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN CENTRAL IN THE TOP FIVE. CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED 20^TH IN THE POLL.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY’S TOP SCORER IN GIRLS BASKETBALL LAST SEASON WILL NOT PLAY THIS SEASON. OWENSBORO CATHOLIC’S BECCA GREENWELL WILL MISS HER JUNIOR YEAR DUE TO A TORN A-C-L IN HER LEFT KNEE.  GREENWELL SUFFERED THE INJURY PLAYING IN THE SEMI FINALS OF THE FIBA 3 X 3 YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ITALY SUNDAY. GREENWELL AVERAGED 32 POINT SIX POINTS LAST SEASON. SHE IS THE FIFTH RANKED PROSPECT IN THE 2013 CLASS ACCORDING TO ESPN.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG’S COMMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT NOT KNOWING WHETHER THE CARDS CAN BEAT THE WILDCATS IS A MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR.  PHILLIPS SAID FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S PRACTICE HE’S NOT BUYING INTO STRONG’S STATEMENT. BOTH WORKED UNDER LOU HOLTZ AT SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN HE USED STATEMENTS LIKE THAT AS MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS. SATURDAY’S GAME AIRS AT 4:30 WITH COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF ON LITE 98.7.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S 2012 NON CONFERENCE SCHEDULE IS COMPLETE. THE VOLS WILL OPEN THE SEASON AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA STATE IN THE CHIK FIL A KICKOFF IN ATLANTA, HOST GEORGIA STATE SEPTEMBER 8^TH AND ALSO HAVE GAMES WITH AKRON SEPTEMBER 22^ND AND TROY UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER 3^RD. THE SCHEDULE COULD CHANGE IF TEXAS A AND M ENTERS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER—CITING AN ESPN.COM REPORT—SAYS KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS NOT DECIDED IF HE WILL CONTINUE COACHING THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM WHEN IT TRIES AGAIN TO QUALIFY FOR THE LONDON OLYMPICS NEXT SUMMER.  CALIPARI LED THE DOMINICANS TO THE BRINK OF ITS FIRST OLYMPIC BERTH RECENTLY. CALIPARI SAID EVEN IF HE WEREN’T COACHING THE TEAM, HE WOULD HELP THEM IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.