HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THERE WILL BE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED TONIGHT.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL BE ON THE FLOOR AGAINST HENDERSON COUNTY IN BOYS ACTION AT COLONEL GYM.  TIP OFF AT 6:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

TRIGG COUNTY ALSO PLANS TO PLAY ITS GAMES WITH CALDWELL COUNTY THIS EVENING AS IT’S HALL OF FAME WEEKEND.  SEVERAL FORMER TRIGG COUNTY ATHLETES AND CONTRIBUTORS WILL BE HONORED THIS EVENING AND TAKE PART IN A DINNER TOMORROW NIGHT.

SATURDAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE WILL PLAY A BOY/GIRL DOUBLEHEADER AT TIGER GYM.  THE GIRLS GAME BEGINS AT 4:30, WITH THE BOYS TO FOLLOW AROUND SIX P-M.  COVERAGE OF BOTH GAMES WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 4:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE MET TENNESSEE TECH IN A DOUBLEHEADER AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER THURSDAY NIGHT.

THE RACERS HELD ON TO FIRST PLACE BY DOWNING TECH IN THE MEN’S GAME 55-44 TO IMPROVE TO 19-3 ON THE SEASON AND 11-3 IN O-V-C PLAY.  ISAIAH CANNAN LED THE RACERS WITH 13 POINTS.

HOWEVER, THE LADY RACERS LOST TO TECH 70-60.  MARIAH ROBINSON LED MURRAY STATE IN SCORING WITH 24 POINTS.

BOTH TEAMS ARE BACK IN ACTION SATURDAY AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER HOSTING JACKSONVILLE STATE, WITH THE WOMEN’S GAME BEGINNING AT 5:15.

WESTERN KENTUCKY LOST TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN DIDDLE ARENA 69-60.  WKU WAS LED IN SCORING BY STEPHON PETTIGREW WITH 18 POINTS.  THE HILLTOPPERS HOST NORTH TEXAS SATURDAY.

KENTUCKY’S NEXT OPPONENT VANDERBILT, DEFEATED ALABAMA AT MEMORIAL GYM 81-77.  THE WILDCATS AND COMMODORES PLAY SATURDAY AT NOON, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 10:30 ON LITE 98.7.

TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS WERE A 61-39 WINNER OVER FLORIDA THURSDAY NIGHT, WHILE KENTUCKY LOST AT SOUTH CAROLINA 66-61.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TWO LOS ANGELES AREA NEWSPAPERS REPORT KENTUCKY DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR STEVE BROWN HAS INTERVIEWED FOR THE SAME POST AT U-C-L-A. 

THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER REPORTS BROWN COULD BE HIRED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.  BROWN HAS BEEN ON U-K’S STAFF SINCE 2003 AND WAS NAMED COORDINATOR IN 2007.  IN THE OFF SEASON, COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HIRED FORMER CINCINNATI HEAD COACH RICK MINTER TO SERVE AS CO-COORDINATOR WITH BROWN.

NFL

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NEW TENNESSEE TITANS HEAD COACH MIKE MUNCHAK HAS TALKED WITH FORMER HOUSTON TEXANS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FRANK BUSH ABOUT A POSITION ON HIS NEW STAFF.

BUSH PLAYED TWO SEASONS WITH MUNCHAK WHEN BOTH WERE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON OILERS IN THE MID 1980’S.

ESPN REPORTS THE TITANS WERE DENIED PERMISSION TO TALK WITH NEW YORK JETS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR BILL CALLAHAN ABOUT THE SAME POSITION WITH THE TITANS.  CALLAHAN JUST COMPLETED HIS THIRD SEASON IN NEW YORK AND ONCE LED THE OAKLAND RAIDERS TO THE SUPER BOWL AS HEAD COACH IN 2002.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ADDED TO THEIR FORWARD DEPTH THURSDAY, ACQUIRING MIKE FISHER FROM THE OTTAWA SENATORS.  THE 30 YEAR OLD FISHER WAS TIED FOR THE SENATORS TEAM LEAD IN GOALS WITH 14 AND WAS THIRD IN POINTS.

THE SENATORS WILL RECEIVE NASHVILLE’S FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK IN THE 2011 DRAFT AND WILL GET A CONDITIONAL PICK IN 2012 THAT WILL EITHER BE A SECOND OR THIRD ROUNDER DEPENDING ON HOW FAR THE PREDATORS ADVANCE IN THE N-H-L PLAYOFFS.

THE PREDS ARE BACK ON THE ICE SATURDAY NIGHT HOSTING THE COLORADO AVALANCHE.  FIRST PUCK DROPS JUST AFTER SEVEN AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.