HAPPY VALENTINES’S DAY!

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS: FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY TRAVELS TO WEBSTER COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS SOUTH WARREN, MADISONVILLE WELCOMES APOLLO, UNION COUNTY GOES TO HANCOCK COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS HEATH, MURRAY HOSTS LONE OAK, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES GRAYSON COUNTY, REIDLAND ENTERTAINS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN.

GIRLS:  HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT MADISONVILLE, FORT CAMPBELL ENTERTAINS TODD CENTRAL, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC GOES TO UNION COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS HEATH, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES SOUTH WARREN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT BUTLER COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS MURRAY.

OUR NEXT HIGH SCHOOL BROADCAST WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT AS HOPKINSVILLE MEETS OWENSBORO AT TIGER GYM.  COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW BEGINS AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE 8^TH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS WERE ANNOUNCED SATURDAY.

THE GIRLS WILL BEGIN TOURNAMENT PLAY ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 21^ST WITH TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE MEETING 4^TH SEED FORT CAMPBELL AT SIX, FOLLOWED BY TWO SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING THREE SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

THE BOYS WILL BEGIN PLAY TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22^ND WITH TOP SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING FOURTH SEED FORT CAMPBELL AT SIX, FOLLOWED BY TWO SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETING THREE SEED FORT CAMPBELL.

BOTH CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE PLAYED THURSDAY FEBRUARY 24^TH, WITH THE GIRLS AT SIX, WITH THE BOYS TO FOLLOW AT EIGHT P-M.

THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, WITH TICKETS FIVE DOLLARS AT THE DOOR.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

AFTER A TOUGH ROAD LOSS AT VANDERBILT SATURDAY, THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ARE BACK IN ACTION TUESDAY NIGHT HOSTING MISSISSIPPI STATE.  PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

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

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE COACH BRUCE PEARL MAY MAKE A CHANGE AT POINT GUARD.  AFTER REVIEWING THE TAPE OF SATURDAY’S LOSS TO FLORIDA, PEARL SAYS SKYLAR MCBEE AND JOSH BONE COULD SEE PLAYING TIME WHEN THE VOLS MEET SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS

KENTUCKY’S WOMEN’S TEAM STUNNED L-S-U 49-47 SUNDAY, AS BRITTNEY HENDERSON HIT A LAYUP WITH ONE POINT ONE SECOND LEFT TO HELP THE WILDCATS END A TWO GAME LOSING STREAK.

LOUISVILLE’S WOMEN ROLLED OVER NUMBER 17 WEST VIRGINIA 57-47.  WEST VIRGINIA SHOT 26 PERCENT IN THE GAME.

TENNESSEE SCORED JUST 15 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT RALLIED TO WIN ITS 15^TH GAME IN A ROW AGAINST VANDERBILT 65-57.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK IS HOPEFUL OF HAVING HIS STAFF IN PLACE WHEN THE N-F-L COMBINE TAKES PLACE IN INDIANAPOLIS LATER THIS MONTH.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS MUNCHAK IS NOW CONCENTRATING ON HIRING AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AFTER HIRING JERRY GRAY AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS FORMER KENTUCKY WIDE RECEIVER RANDALL COBB’S STOCK IS RISING.  ONE OF THE LATEST PROJECTIONS HAS COBB GOING WITH THE 26^TH PICK IN THE FIRST ROUND TO THE BALTIMORE RAVENS.

COBB HAS ADMITTED HE MISSES BEING WITH HIS FRIENDS AT U-K, BUT SAYS HE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY.

FORMER U OF L AND CURRENT OAKLAND RAIDER RUNNING BACK MICHAEL BUSH WAS BOOKED INTO JAIL, THEN RELEASED OVER THE WEEKEND FOR ALLEGEDLY OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED.

BUSH WAS RELEASED FROM THE CLARK COUNTY, INDIANA JAIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER BEING ARRESTED FRIDAY NIGHT IN JEFFERSONVILLE.