Sports Headlines 2/6/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

 

BOYS:  THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING, PLAYING AT HOPKINS CENTRAL IN A MAKE UP GAME FROM FRIDAY NIGHT.  TIP OFF AT 7:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

 

ELSEWHERE—WEBSTER COUNTY IS AT LYON COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN AT GLASGOW.

 

GIRLS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN AN 8TH DISTRICT GAME, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ENTERTAINS LYON COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO HENDERSON COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES HOPKINS CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS GOES TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MAYFIELD HOSTS MURRAY, LONE OAK AT HEATH, REIDLAND AT CARLISLE COUNTY.

 

15TH REGION REPRESENTATIVE BETSY LAYNE WON THE TOUCHSTONE ENERGY ALL A BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT SUNDAY, HOLDING OFF DESALES 44-41. IT’S THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR DESALES LOST IN THE FINALS TO A 15TH REGION SCHOOL, WHILE BETSY LAYNE MAKING ITS FIRST EVER APPEARANCE WINS THE TITLE.

 

OWENSBORO CATHOLIC TOOK THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 65-60 WIN OVER MONROE COUNTY.  REBECCA GREENWELL HAD 33 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS IN THE WIN FOR THE LADY ACES, WHO TAKE THEIR FIRST ALL A CHAMPIONSHIP.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOOK TO GET BACK TO THE WINNING WAYS AS THEY HOST TENNESSEE TUESDAY NIGHT AT RUPP ARENA.  THE WILDCATS HAVE LOST THEIR LAST TWO GAMES TO FLORIDA AND OLE MISS. 

 

THE GAME ALSO MARKS BRUCE PEARL’S RETURN TO THE BENCH AS TENNESSEE COACH AFTER SERVING AN EIGHT GAME SUSPENSION HANDED DOWN BY THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE. PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 6:30 TOMORROW NIGHT ON LITE 98.7.

 

A REMINDER COACH JOHN CALIPARI’S CALL IN SHOW AND BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY WILL AIR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THIS WEEK BEGINNING AT 5:00 ON LITE 98.7.

 

TONIGHT’S GAMES

 

THE KENTUCKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A BIG TEST TONIGHT AS TENNESSEE COMES TO MEMORIAL COLISEUM.

 

IN THE O-V-C:  AUSTIN PEAY’S MEN’S TEAM IS IN ACTION AT TENNESSEE TECH, WHILE MURRAY STATE’S MEN TAKE ON EASTERN ILLINOIS.

 

NFL

 

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE TENNESSEE TITANS ARE EXPECTED TO NAME MIKE MUNCHAK AS JEFF FISHER’S REPLACEMENT, AND IT COULD COME AS EARLY AS TODAY.  MUNCHAK RECENTLY FINISHED HIS 14TH SEASON AS TITANS OFFENSIVE LINE COACH.

 

FOUR CANDIDATES INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB LAST WEEK. 

 

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

 

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LINEBACKERS COACH CHUCK SMITH HAS STEPPED DOWN.  THE SCHOOL SAID IN A NEWS RELEASE SUNDAY SMITH IS PURSUING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.  HE WILL BE REPLACED BY FORMER TENNESSEE TITANS LINEBACKER PETER SIRMON, WHO SPENT LAST SEASON AS A GRADUATE ASSISTANT.

 

BASEBALL

 

FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER AND FLEMING COUNTY NATIVE WOODY FRYMAN DIED FRIDAY.  THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER SAYS FRYMAN APPARENTLY HAD A HEART ALIMENT.  FRYMAN WAS 70.

 

FRYMAN PITCHED FOR SEVERAL TEAMS INCLUDING THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, MONTREAL EXPOS, CINCINNATI REDS, DETROIT TIGERS AND CHICAGO CUBS.  FRYMAN WAS A TWO TIME ALL STAR IN 1968 AND 1976 AND THREW FOUR ONE HITTERS IN HIS CAREER.

 

NHL

 

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS PLAY THEIR SECOND HOME GAME IN A ROW THIS EVENING AS THEY HOST THE EDMONTON OILERS, WITH FIRST PUCK DROPPING JUST AFTER SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.