SPORTS WEEKLY AIRS TONIGHT AT 5:05 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  A REPORT ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY, ALONG WITH A VISIT FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH KEN MCDONALD AND A PREVIEW OF TOMORROW NIGHT’S CHRISTIAN COUNTY-HOPKINSVILLE GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME WILL BE PART OF THE PROGRAM.

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BOYS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY WON FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT, DEFEATING WARREN CENTRAL 69-66.  THE COLONELS WERE PACED IN SCORING FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT GAME BY DONOVAN KATES WITH 28 POINTS.  VEONTAE LEWIS ADDED 10 FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY.  GEORGE FANT LED WARREN CENTRAL WITH 24 POINTS.

THE COLONELS IMPROVED TO 13-8 ON THE SEASON AND PLAY AT OWENSBORO FRIDAY NIGHT.

ELSEWHERE:  HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 66-39, RUSSELLVILLE EDGES FRANKLIN SIMPSON 67-64, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 75-64, UNION COUNTY OVER LYON COUNTY 46-32, WEBSTER COUNTY OVER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 45-38.

ST. MARY DEFEATS MURRAY 68-55, PADUCAH TILGHMAN OVER GRAVES COUNTY 69-59, MUHLENBERG COUNTY DRUBS MCLEAN COUNTY 73-23, DAVIESS COUNTY DEFEATED OWENSBORO 71-63, GREENWOOD OVER BARREN COUNTY 52-45, BOWLING GREEN DEFEATED SOUTH WARREN 67-51, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER LONE OAK 61-58, FULTON COUNTY EDGES CARLISLE COUNTY 66-65.

GIRLS:  HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 69-37, HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY 62-35, OHIO COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 67-53, GRAYSON COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 59-55, MURRAY OVER ST. MARY 60-34, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER FULTON CITY 92-37, PADUCAH TILGHMAN EDGES GRAVES COUNTY 41-40.

UNION COUNTY OVER LYON COUNTY 53-43, CALLOWAY COUNTY DEFEATS LONE OAK 81-43, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 69-59, BUTLER COUNTY OVER WARREN CENTRAL 47-36.

TODAY IS NATIONAL SIGNING DAY AND SEVERAL AREA ATHLETES WILL SIGN TO PLAY COLLEGE SPORTS.  AMONG THE SIGNEES HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL PLAYER DENO MONTGOMERY WHO IS SCHEDULED TO SIGN WITH EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY AT ONE THIS AFTERNOON AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S MARCOREYON TANDY WHO WILL SIGN WITH EITHER KENTUCKY OR MARSHALL AT 2:30.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOST ON THE ROAD AT OLE MISS 71-69.  OLE MISS SENIOR GUARD CHRIS WARREN BURIED A THREE POINTER WITH TWO POINT NINE SECONDS LEFT TO GIVE THE REBELS THE VICTORY.

ALL 34 OF KENTUCKY’S SECOND HALF POINTS CAME FROM THE HERALDED FRESHMEN WITH TERRENCE JONES LEADING KENTUCKY WITH 22 POINTS, DORON LAMB ADDED 20 AND BRANDON KNIGHT WITH 15.

THE WILDCATS ARE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY NIGHT AT FLORIDA, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

A REMINDER COACH JOHN CALIPARI’S WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW AND BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AIR BEGINNING AT FIVE THIS EVENING ON LITE 98.7.

NUMBER 23 VANDERBILT LOST IN OVERTIME AT FLORIDA 65-61.  KENNY BOYNTON HIT A BIG THREE POINTER LATE IN THE EXTRA FRAME TO GIVE THE GATORS THE VICTORY.

TENNESSEE VOL AND FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT SCOTTY HOPSON SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE IN PRACTICE TUESDAY.  FURTHER TESTS WILL BE DONE BEFORE IT’S DETERMINED WHETHER HOPSON WILL PLAY AGAINST AUBURN THURSDAY NIGHT.

HOPSON IS AVERAGING 16 AND A HALF POINTS A GAME FOR THE VOLS.

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TENNESSEE TITANS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE HEIMERDINGER WAS THE SECOND TO INTERVIEW FOR THE VACANT HEAD COACH’S POSITION TUESDAY.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FORMER N-F-L COACH JIM MORA JUNIOR—WHO HAS TIES TO THE TITANS FRONT OFFICE—HAS EXPRESSED HIS INTEREST IN THE JOB.

MORA PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A HEAD COACH IN ATLANTA AND SEATTLE.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LED THE LEAD SLIP AWAY TWICE AND LOST TO THE CALGARY FLAMES IN A SHOOTOUT 3-2.  THE PREDS ARE BACK IN ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA.

THE PREDATORS GOT SOME GOOD NEWS TUESDAY NIGHT AS JORDIN TOOTOO RETURNED TO THE TEAM.  TOOTOO HAD BEEN AWAY FROM THE TEAM FOR OVER A MONTH AFTER VOLUNTARILY ADMITTING HIMSELF TO A SUBSTANCE ABUSE CENTER.  TOOTOO IS PRACTICING WITH THE TEAM, BUT NOT YET ALLOWED TO PLAY IN GAMES OR TRAVEL WITH THE TEAM.