Sports Headlines 9.30.11

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS AND THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS RETURN TO CLASS FIVE A DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING.

THE COLONELS PUT THEIR 6-0/1-0 DISTRICT PLAY MARK ON THE LINE AT OHIO COUNTY, WHO IS 5-0 ON THE SEASON AND PLAYING ITS FIRST DISTRICT GAME.  KICKOFF FROM EAGLE STADIUM AT SEVEN THIS EVENING, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ARE ALSO IN DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING, MEETING 1-4 APOLLO WHO LIKE THE TIGERS OPENED DISTRICT PLAY WITH A LOSS AT GRAVES COUNTY LAST WEEK. KICKOFF FROM THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS 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.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO PADUCAH TILGHMAN, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, CALDWELL COUNTY AT REIDLAND, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS FULTON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY TANGLES WITH BOWLING GREEN, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT GRAVES COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, MAYFIELD HOSTS FULTON CITY, OWENSBORO AT LONE OAK, UNION COUNTY HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY.

CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCORES FROM ACROSS THE STATE ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW FOLLOWING THE HOPKINSVILLE GAME TONIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: MURRAY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 2-0, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 5-1, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED CALDWELL COUNTY 2-1, TRIGG COUNTY WAS ALSO A 2-1 WINNER OVER CHRISTIAN COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 10-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: CALDWELL COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-1, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT HOPKINSVILLE 3-0, TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 5-0, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 10-0.

VOLLEYBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, TODD CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO ONE, SOUTH WARREN OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0.  HERITAGE CHRISTIAN IMPROVED TO 20-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER FRANKLIN CLASSICAL OF FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

NUMBER ONE L-S-U AWAITS THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN BATON ROUGE. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS WITH COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C TOMORROW: FLORIDA TANGLES WITH ALABAMA, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TENNESSEE IS BACK IN ACTION AFTER A BYE WEEK, AS THE VOLS HOST THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO. VANDERBILT IS IDLE THIS WEEK.

FOLLOWING AN OFF WEEK, THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ARE BACK IN ACTION HOSTING MARSHALL.  WESTERN KENTUCKY OPENS SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAY HOSTING ARKANSAS STATE, AS THE HILLTOPPERS TRY TO SNAP THE NATION’S LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK AT 17 GAMES.

IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE: AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS TENNESSEE STATE, MURRAY STATE ENTERTAINS JACKSONVILLE STATE AND UT MARTIN WELCOMES TENNESSEE TECH.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DAVE HART FEELS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WILL EXPAND SOME MORE. HART SAYS AT SOME POINT THE LEAGUE WILL NEED MORE THAN 13 TEAMS, BUT DECLINED TO SAY WHO THE 14TH TEAM WOULD BE. TEXAS A AND M WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AS THE 13TH TEAM WHO WILL BEGIN PLAY NEXT YEAR. HART SAYS SOME CONVERSATIONS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS CONCERNING SCHEDULING AND OTHER ASPECTS WILL HELP COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE CONFERENCE.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY HAS RECEIVED A BASKETBALL COMMITMENT FOR 2012. SIX-FIVE GUARD CORY ARENTSEN OF BREESE, ILLINOIS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS THURSDAY. ARENTSEN CHOSE AUSTIN PEAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, JACKSONVILLE, MISSOURI STATE AND INDIANA STATE. ARENTSEN AVERAGED 14 POINT TWO POINTS A GAME DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR YEAR.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL PLAY THEIR FINAL TWO PRESEASON GAMES IN AS MANY NIGHTS AS THE PREDS PLAY AT THE WINNEPEG JETS THIS EVENING, THEN HOST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AT SEVEN TOMORROW EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.