HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

NO GAMES WERE PLAYED IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.  TONIGHT'S SCHEDULED GAMES ARE ALSO LIKELY CANCELLED AS WELL.  WE WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THESE GAMES AS WE RECEIVE INFORMATION.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

BOTH MURRAY STATE AND AUSTIN PEAY'S TEAMS WERE IN OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE GOVERNORS LOST A HEARTBREAKER TO TENNESSEE TECH AS ZAC SWANSEY HIT A JUMPER WITH ONE POINT TWO SECONDS LEFT TO GIVE THE GOLDEN EAGLES A 71-68 WIN.  FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON LED THE GOVS WITH 25 POINTS, WITH FORMER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PLAYER JOHN FRALEY THE ONLY OTHER GOVERNOR IN DOUBLE FIGURES WITH 10.

THE LADY GOVERNORS ALSO LOST A CLOSE GAME TO TENNESSEE TECH 69-65.  JASMINE RAYNER LED AUSTIN PEAY WITH HER THIRD DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF THE SEASON WITH 16 POINTS AND 13 REBOUNDS.  BOTH GOVERNOR TEAMS RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY NIGHT HOSTING JACKSONVILLE STATE AT THE DUNN CENTER, WITH THE WOMEN'S GAME BEGINNING AT 5:15.

MURRAY STATE MET EASTERN ILLINOIS IN A TWIN BILL AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER.  THE RACERS LOST 61-60 TO THE PANTHERS TO SUFFER BACK TO BACK HOME LOSSES FOR ONLY THE FIFTH TIME IN 13TH SEASONS OF BASKETBALL IN THE C-F-S-B CENTER.  B.J. JENKINS WAS THE ONLY DOUBLE FIGURE SCORER FOR MURRAY STATE WITH 15 POINTS.

THE LADY RACERS GOT A 71-64 WIN OVER E-I-U.  THE LADY RACERS WERE LED IN SCORING BY O-V-C PLAYER OF THE WEEK MARIAH ROBINSON WITH 29 POINTS AND A CAREER HIGH 11 REBOUNDS.  MURRAY STATE'S TEAMS HOST SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN A DOUBLEHEADER SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH THE WOMEN'S GAME BEGINNING AT 5:15.

WESTERN KENTUCKY GOT ITS FIRST SUN BELT WIN OF THE SEASON, DOWNING SOUTH ALABAMA 84-75.  SERGIO KERUSCH LED THE HILLTOPPERS WITH 20 POINTS.  WESTERN RETURNS HOME TO PLAY TROY SATURDAY NIGHT.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS RETURN TO SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ACTION SATURDAY AT SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINNING AT 3:30 ON LITE 98.7.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE NCAA HAS RELEASED THE FINAL STATISTICS FOR THE 2010 FOOTBALL SEASON AND WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RUNNING BACK BOBBY RAINEY HAD THE THIRD BEST RUSHING STATISTICS IN FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION.  RAINEY AVERAGED 137.4 YARDS PER GAME.  RAINEY WAS THE 2010 SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND FIRST TEAM ALL LEAGUE SELECTION.  RAINEY RUSHED FOR 16 HUNDRED 49 YARDS WHICH WAS SECOND ON WKU'S SINGLE SEASON LIST AND HIS 340 ATTEMPTS SET A SCHOOL RECORD.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS FORMER LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH STEVE KRAGTHORPE HAS BEEN NAMED OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AT L-S-U. KRAGTHORPE HAD BEEN HIRED AS THE WIDE RECEIVERS COACH AT TEXAS A AND M LAST SEASON, BUT RESIGNED BEFORE THE SEASON TO DEAL WITH A FAMILY MEDICAL ISSUE.  KRAGTHORPE WAS HEAD COACH AT U OF L FOR TWO SEASONS AND WAS 15-21.

AUSTIN PEAY'S RECORD SETTING ALL PURPOSE BACK TERRENCE HOLT HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE COLLEGE SPORTING NEWS SWEET 63 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION ALL AMERICA TEAM.  IT'S THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR HOLT HAS RECEIVED THE HONOR.  HOLT RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HIS PLAY IN THE 2010 SEASON, INCLUDING FIRST TEAM ALL O-V-C RETURN SPECIALIST AND SECOND TEAM RUNNING BACK.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE HAS RELEASED ITS PRE SEASON POLL, WITH JACKSONVILLE STATE PICKED TO WIN THE LEAGUE.  MURRAY STATE IS PICKED TO FINISH SEVENTH, WHILE AUSTIN PEAY IS PICKED 10TH.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE FIRING OF DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR CHUCK CECIL.  CECIL HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT WITH THE TITANS FOR TEN SEASONS, INCLUDING THE LAST TWO AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.  THE TITANS DEFENSE WAS RANKED 26TH IN THE 2010 SEASON WHICH SAW THE TITANS GO SIX AND TEN.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/CORNERBACKS COACH DAVE MCGINNIS IS THE LEADING IN HOUSE CANDIDATE, HOWEVER COACH JEFF FISHER MAY GO OUTSIDE TO FIND CECIL'S REPLACEMENT.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS GOT A 5-1 WIN OVER THE COLORADO AVALANCHE LAST NIGHT.  THE PREDS BEGIN A TWO GAME CANADIAN SWING SUNDAY NIGHT AGAINST THE EDMONTON OILERS.

BASEBALL

THE LEXINGTON LEGENDS BASEBALL STADIUM HAS A NEW NAME.  THE CLASS A AFFILIATE OF THE HOUSTON ASTROS PARK WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS WHITAKER BANK PARK.  IT'S NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH WHITAKER BANK PAID FOR THE NAMING RIGHTS OF THE PARK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS APPLEBEE'S PARK.