Sports Headlines 1/28/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

 

BOYS:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IMPROVED ITS DISTRICT RECORD TO THREE AND ONE ON THE SEASON WITH AN 87-36 WIN OVER FORT CAMPBELL.  THE BLAZERS ALSO IMPROVED ITS SEASON RECORD TO 13-5 WITH THE WIN.  U-H-A RETURNS TO ACTION SATURDAY AFTERNOON MEETING MADISONVILLE IN THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE CLASSIC AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. 

 

ELSEWHERE THURSDAY NIGHT:  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL GOT BY CALDWELL COUNTY 61-52, OWENSBORO DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 75-52.

 

GIRLS:  MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 60-46, DAWSON SPRINGS EDGES HOPKINS CENTRAL 56-52, DAVIESS COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 56-46, OWENSBORO OVER MEADE COUNTY 67-56, HART COUNTY OVER SOUTH WARREN 71-30.

 

TONIGHT’S GAMES

 

BOYS:  TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO FRANKLIN SIMPSON, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS LYON COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS APOLLO, MARSHALL COUNTY IS AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN, ST. MARY AT MAYFIELD, CARLISLE COUNTY AT HEATH, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AT DAVIESS COUNTY, MURRAY AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS SOUTH WARREN, GREENWOOD AT WARREN EAST, WARREN CENTRAL AT BOWLING GREEN. 

 

GIRLS:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN 8TH DISTRICT ACTION AT BLAZER GYM.  TIP OFF AT 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

 

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS ALSO IN ACTION THIS EVENING AT CALDWELL COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE IS ON THE ROAD AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

 

ELSEWHERE:  DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS LYON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, UNION COUNTY HOSTS APOLLO, WARREN EAST WELCOMES GREENWOOD, MARSHALL COUNTY AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS SOUTH WARREN, MAYFIELD ENTERTAINS ST. MARY, LONE OAK GOES TO FULTON COUNTY, BALLARD MEMORIAL AT GRAVES COUNTY, HEATH WELCOMES CARLISLE COUNTY, MURRAY AT CALLOWAY COUNTY.

 

THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE CLASSIC TAKES PLACE SATURDAY AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

 

THE OPENING GAME OF THE DAY HAS CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S GIRLS HOSTING WEST CREEK AT NOON.

 

AT TWO P-M, HOPKINSVILLE’S BOYS MEET FRANKLIN SIMPSON, FOLLOWED AT FOUR BY UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AGAINST MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BOYS PLAY WEST CREEK AT SIX AND WARREN CENTRAL MEETS MUHLENBERG COUNTY’S BOYS IN THE NIGHTCAP AT EIGHT P-M.  COVERAGE OF ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS GAMES WILL BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FOR THE OPENING GAME BEGINNING AT 11:45 A-M.

 

BLUEGRASS PREPS.COM HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL POLLS.

 

BOYS:  LOUISVILLE EASTERN IS FIRST, CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED 7TH, BOWLING GREEN 13TH, WARREN CENTRAL 14TH, AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN IS 20TH.

 

GIRLS:  MANUAL IS FIRST, BOWLING GREEN 8TH, CALLOWAY COUNTY 11TH, GREENWOOD 14TH, OHIO COUNTY 19TH.

 

TODAY IS ALSO THE DAY THE PAIRINGS FOR THE K-H-S-A-A BOYS AND GIRLS SWEET 16 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED.  THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN LEXINGTON AT NOON HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 

AUSTIN PEAY ENDED EASTERN KENTUCKY’S FOUR GAME WINNING STREAK WITH AN 11-0 RUN TO START THE SECOND HALF AND DEFEAT THE COLONELS 61-52 IN RICHMOND.

 

FORMER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY STANDOUT JOHN FRALEY HAD 14 POINTS AND NINE REBOUNDS IN THE GAME.

 

MEANWHILE, THE LADY GOVERNORS LOST TO EASTERN KENTUCKY 61-56.  BOTH AUSTIN PEAY TEAMS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW AT MOREHEAD STATE.

 

WESTERN KENTUCKY PICKED UP ITS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN, KNOCKING OFF FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 81-78.  THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC SATURDAY.

 

VANDERBILT PICKED UP A ROAD WIN AT MISSISSIPPI STATE, DEFEATING THE BULLDOGS 81-74.

 

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ARE BACK IN SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ACTION SATURDAY HOSTING GEORGIA, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE FROM RUPP ARENA AT 1:30 ON LITE 98.7.

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

 

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH CHARLIE STRONG IS ABOUT TO GET AN ENHANCED CONTRACT.  ATHLETIC DIRECTOR TOM JURICH SAYS THERE IS NO TIMETABLE FOR THE TALKS TO TAKE PLACE.  IN DECEMBER 2009, STRONG SIGNED A FIVE YEAR DEAL WORTH ONE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS, WITH A ONE POINT 25 MILLION DOLLAR BONUS IF STRONG STAYS ALL FIVE YEARS.

 

THE CARDINALS WENT 7-6 THIS PAST SEASON AND DEFEATED SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI IN THE BEEF O BRADY’S BOWL.  IT WAS THE CARDINALS FIRST BOWL APPEARANCE SINCE 2007.

 

AUSTIN PEAY RECEIVED A FOOTBALL VERBAL COMMITMENT EARLIER THIS WEEK FROM NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL’S RECO WILLIAMS.  WILLIAMS LED HIS TEAM TO THE CLASS FIVE A QUARTERFINALS THIS PAST SEASON.  WILLIAMS IS EXPECTED TO PLAY BOTH FULLBACK AND LINEBACKER FOR THE GOVERNORS.

 

NFL

 

JEFF FISHER IS OUT AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE TENNESSEE TITANS.  LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER SAYING FISHER WOULD COACH THE TEAM IN 2011, THE TEAM RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THE TWO SIDES HAD PARTED WAYS.

 

WHETHER FISHER WAS FORCED OUT OR HE RESIGNED IS NOT KNOWN, THAT WILL BE ANSWERED IN A NEWS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT 11 THIS MORNING IN NASHVILLE.  HOWEVER, THE TENNESSEEAN REPORTS SOURCES AS SAYING DISAGREEMENTS OVER SEVERAL ISSUES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS PROMPTED THURSDAY’S DECISION.

 

FISHER WAS THE LONGEST TENURED COACH IN THE NFL AND IS THE ONLY COACH THE TITANS FRANCHISE HAS EVER HAD.  FISHER WAS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT WITH THE TITANS.