HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

IN GIRLS ACTION, HOST CRITTENDEN COUNTY PLAYS LYON COUNTY AT SIX, WITH UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY PLAYING LYON COUNTY AROUND EIGHT P-M.  COVERAGE OF THE BOYS FINAL BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING

GIRLS:  HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO TODD CENTRAL, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES REIDLAND, LOGAN COUNTY GOES TO BARREN COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS OWENSBORO, MUHLENBERG COUNTY MEETS OHIO COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN PLAYS AT MASSAC COUNTY, IL., HEATH WELCOMES MAYFIELD, APOLLO IS AT GRAYSON COUNTY, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC MEETS HANCOCK COUNTY IN THE 3^RD REGION ALL A CLASSIC.

BOYS:  HOPKINSVILLE GOES TO TODD CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS LYON COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS AT COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, LOGAN COUNTY AT BARREN COUNTY, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL HOSTS MURRAY, MAYFIELD AT FULTON COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY HAS ALMOST A WEEK BEFORE RETURNING TO ACTION HOSTING GEORGIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  THE WILDCATS DEFEATED SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY 67-58.  COVERAGE OF SATURDAY’S GAME BEGINS AT 1:30 ON LITE 98.7.

A REMINDER COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

AFTER LOSING TO CONNECTICUT SATURDAY, THE TENNESSEE VOLS ARE BACK IN ACTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT HOSTING L-S-U.

AFTER WINNING A DOUBLEHEADER OVER JACKSONVILLE STATE SATURDAY, AUSTIN PEAY’S TEAMS RETURN TO ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT HOSTING EASTERN KENTUCKY.

MURRAY STATE’S BASKETBALL TEAMS WERE ALSO WINNERS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SATURDAY.  THE LADY RACERS ARE BACK IN ACTION TUESDAY NIGHT HOSTING SIU-EDWARDSVILLE, WHILE THE RACERS PLAY SIU-EDWARDSVILLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

AFTER A TOUGH LOSS AT PROVIDENCE SATURDAY, LOUISVILLE IS BACK ON THE FLOOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR RICK MINTER SAYS HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING KENTUCKY’S SCHEME FOR NEXT SEASON.  MINTER SAYS HE WILL GO TO A 3-4 ALIGNMENT WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR ONE PLAYER TO PLAY EITHER DEFENSIVE END OR LINEBACKER DEPENDING UPON THE SITUATION.

MINTER ADMITS THE CURRENT PERSONNEL IS NOT FITTED WELL FOR THIS SCHEME, BUT ADDS HE HAS STARTED RECRUITING TO FIT THE SYSTEM FOR THE 2012 CLASS.

MEANWHILE, THE WILDCAT PROGRAM LANDED ITS 20^TH COMMITMENT FOR THE 2011 CLASS LATE SUNDAY EVENING.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS DEMARIUS RANICFER—A LINEBACKER FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA CATHOLIC HIGH HAS MADE HIS DECISION.

THE SIX-THREE 210 POUND RANCIFER HAD 187 TACKLES IN HIS SENIOR SEASON, SECOND MOST IN THE PENSACOLA AREA.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE COMMITMENT DAMARCUS SMITH SAYS HE’S STILL COMMITTED THERE, EVEN AFTER MAKING A VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA OVER THE WEEKEND.  SMITH GRADUATED IN DECEMBER AND HAD HOPED TO ENROLL AT U OF L THIS MONTH.  HOWEVER, THE NCAA CLEARINGHOUSE DID NOT CLEAR SMITH ACADEMICALLY.  HE NOW SAYS HE WILL ENROLL THIS SUMMER.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TWO FEDERAL JUDGES HAVE RECUSED THEMSELVES FROM A LAWSUIT INVOLVING THE TENNESSEE TITANS AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOOTBALL COACH LANE KIFFIN.  THE JUDGE FEARED THEIR IMPARTIALITY WOULD BE QUESTIONED. 

KIFFIN HIRED FORMER TITANS RUNNING BACKS COACH KENNEDY POLA JUST FIVE MONTHS AFTER BEING HIRED BY THE TITANS.  TITANS COACH JEFF FISHER WAS ANGERED AND THE TEAM SUED FOR INTERFERENCE OF CONTRACT AND BREACH OF CONTRACT.  A TRIAL DATE OF AUGUST SECOND HAS BEEN SET.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WON 3-2 IN A SHOOTOUT OVER THE EDMONTON OILERS SUNDAY NIGHT.  CODY FRANSON HAD THE LONE GOAL IN THE SHOOTOUT FOR EITHER TEAM.  THE PREDS ARE BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT IN THE GREAT WHITE NORTH AGAINST THE CALGARY FLAMES.