HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED DESALES 48-46 AT THE REPUBLIC BANK CLASSIC SUNDAY. THE BLAZERS MEET COVINGTON CATHOLIC THIS AFTERNOON IN LEXINGTON.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BEGINS PLAY TODAY IN THE GREAT FLORIDA SHOOTOUT. THE COLONELS TAKE ON HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL ACADEMY OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA.

GIRLS: TRIGG COUNTY MEETS CAVERNA AND TODD CENTRAL PLAYS CARLISLE COUNTY AT MCLEAN COUNTY’S AFTER CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IS PLAYING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD HOLIDAY CLASSIC IN OWENSBORO.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFENSIVE BACK MARCOREYON TANDY WAS NAMED TO THE COURIER JOURNAL’S FIRST TEAM ALL STATE ANNOUNCED SUNDAY. TANDY NOT ONLY WAS OUTSTANDING ON DEFENSE WITH 45 TACKLES AND SIX INTERCEPTIONS, ONE FOR A TOUCHDOWN.

TANDY ALSO HAD 13-HUNDRED 80 YARDS OF OFFENSE AND 18 TOUCHDOWNS. TANDY ALSO TIED A STATE RECORD WITH FOUR PUNT RETURNS BROUGHT BACK FOR A TOUCHDOWN IN A GAME AGAINST OHIO COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT HOSTING COPPIN STATE, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7. A REMINDER, COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW AT FIVE THIS EVENING ON LITE 98.7.

AUSTIN PEAY’S TYSHWAN EDMONDSON SAYS HE LIKES PLAYING CLOSE TO HOME. IN A STORY IN TODAY’S LEAF CHRONICLE, EDMONDSON SAYS THE SUPPORT FROM HIS FAMILY HAS HELPED HIM GET OFF TO THE FINE START HE HAS FOR THE GOVERNORS. AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS BRESCIA TUESDAY EVENING AT SEVEN AT THE DUNN CENTER.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING, HOSTING MORGAN STATE AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS A SPECIAL EDITION OF HIS CALL IN SHOW AT SIX THIS EVENING ON LITE 98.7. THE WILDCATS FACE PITTSBURGH IN THE B-B-V-A COMPASS BOWL JANUARY 8TH IN BIRMINGHAM.

ONLY ONE MEMBER OF THE TENNESSEE VOLS FOOTBALL TEAM WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO NASHVILLE SUNDAY TO BEGIN WORKOUTS FOR THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MUSIC CITY BOWL ON THURSDAY EVENING.

MEANWHILE, THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS STARTING SAFETY JANZEN JACKSON WILL START THE BOWL GAME THURSDAY AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA. SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME MANY OF THE VOLS HAD SEEN JACKSON SINCE THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON. COACH DEREK DOOLEY HAS INITIALLY SAID JACKSON WAS AWAY DEALING WITH PERSONAL PROBLEMS, BUT WOULD NOT REVEAL SUNDAY WHAT THEY WERE.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOST THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME SUNDAY TO THE ST. LOUIS BLUES 2-0. THE PREDS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT HOSTING THE DALLAS STARS AT SEVEN P-M IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS SAW THEIR PLAYOFF CHANCES GO AWAY SUNDAY AFTER A 34-14 LOSS TO KANSAS CITY. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL TONIGHT HAS ATLANTA TAKING ON NEW ORLEANS, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL EDITION OF NFL FOOTBALL TUESDAY NIGHT, AS MINNESOTA PLAYS AT PHILADELPHIA. PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.