Sports Headlines 10.5.11

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE GRAVES COUNTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DOUG GLOYD—WHO WILL TALK ABOUT AN U-K BARNSTORMING TOUR BASKETBALL GAME COMING TO GRAVES COUNTY OCTOBER 13^TH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BOYS SOCCER COACH CLINT WILLIS AND HOPKINSVILLE COACH TYLER STALLONS WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR TEAMS, CHRISTIAN COUNTY VOLLEYBALL COACH RICK ERICKSON WILL ALSO STOP BY AND WEEKLY VISITS FROM THE LOCAL FOOTBALL COACHES.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 3-1, HOPKINSVILLE EDGED OHIO COUNTY 2-1, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED BALLARD MEMORIAL 9-0, DAWSON SPRINGS AND UNION COUNTY PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 5-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER FRANKLIN SIMPSON 6-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 4-1, CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT BALLARD MEMORIAL 8-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AND TRIGG COUNTY PLAYED TO A 1-1 TIE, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 3-1, UNION COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 7-1, HEATH OVER LYON COUNTY 6-1, OWENSBORO OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 6-0.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST TO MADISONVILLE TWO SETS TO ONE, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER U-H-A TWO SETS TO NONE, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO NONE, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 2-1, GRAYSON COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 2-1.

GOLF: HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER FIRED AN 85, BUT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT FOR THE FINAL ROUND OF THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB.  LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN LEADS THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH A 306 SCORE, SIX STROKES BETTER THAN ST. MARY OF REGION ONE. DAVIESS COUNTY SCORED 334 WHICH IS GOOD FOR 12^TH PLACE AND THEY WILL PLAY THE FINAL ROUND TODAY. HENDERSON COUNTY SCORED 352 AND DID NOT MAKE THE CUT NOR DID THE OTHER FIRST REGION REPRESENTATIVE CALLOWAY COUNTY.

CROSS COUNTRY: CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED SECOND IN THE FENTON DAWSON INVITATIONAL AT LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK TUESDAY ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA. GRAVES COUNTY WON THE EVENT, WITH TRIGG COUNTY FINISHING FIFTH AND HOPKINSVILLE FINISHING SEVENTH.  GRAVES COUNTY ALSO WON THE GIRLS RACE, HOPKINSVILLE SECOND, FORT CAMPBELL THIRD, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 15^TH AND TRIGG COUNTY 19^TH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM FINISHED FOURTH IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND IN OWENSBORO. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS GRAVES COUNTY WON THE STATE TITLE, REIDLAND WAS SECOND, WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC THIRD.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY RUNNING BACK RAYMOND SANDERS WAS BACK IN PRACTICE TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ARTHOSCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE SEPTEMBER 15^TH. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL IF SANDERS HAS NO SWELLING IN THE KNEE, HE WILL SEE SOME PLAYING TIME SATURDAY AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA. PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 SATURDAY MORNING ON LITE 98.7.

LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG WAS NOT HAPPY WITH PRACTICES LAST WEEK LEADING TO THE MARSHALL GAME. HOWEVER, PLAYERS SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE TUESDAY THE TEMPO WAS MUCH BETTER. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS CARDS QUARTERBACK WILL STEIN AS SAYING HIS INJURED SHOULDER WAS MUCH BETTER AND HE’S READY TO PLAY AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS FORMER FORT CAMPBELL STANDOUT ANTONIO ANDREWS HAS AN INJURED RIGHT ANKLE AND IS LISTED AS DAY TO DAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANDREWS INJURED THE ANKLE IN SATURDAY’S LOSS TO ARKANSAS STATE. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY PLAYERS LIKE BEING 2-0 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE, BUT KNOW THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. THE GOVERNORS WILL LOOK TO GO 3-0 IN THE LEAGUE FOR ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO UT-MARTIN SATURDAY.

FOLLOWING A MEETING IN ST. LOUIS, CURATORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HAVE AUTHORIZED CHANCELLOR BRADY DEATON THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL’S CONFERENCE AFFILIATION. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, DEATON RESIGNED AS CHAIR OF THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A POSITION HE HELD TO KEEP THE CONFERENCE TOGETHER FOR THE LAST MONTH AS OTHER SCHOOLS EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF LEAVING.

IT’S BEEN WIDELY RUMORED MISSOURI WOULD BECOME THE 14^TH MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE, JOINING TEXAS A AND M WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD PLAY IN THE S-E-C NEXT YEAR.

TENNESSEE TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS SAFETY CHRIS HOPE WILL HAVE SURGERY THIS WEEK ON HIS BROKEN LEFT FOREARM AND WILL BE OUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.  HOPE SUFFERED THE INJURY IN THE TITANS 31-14 WIN AT CLEVELAND SUNDAY.  THE TITANS PLAY AT PITTSBURGH THIS SUNDAY.