HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

MONDAY’S RESULTS

BOYS:  TODD CENTRAL DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 50-39, TRIGG COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 82-65, WEBSTER COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 63-51, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED APOLLO 69-50, GRAVES COUNTY OVER CARLISLE COUNTY 76-47, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER GRAYSON COUNTY 74-47, PADUCAH TILGHMAN DEFEATS HEATH 72-59, UNION COUNTY EDGES HANCOCK COUNTY 50-48 AND MURRAY OVER LONE OAK 60-54.

GIRLS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY BEAT MADISONVILLE IN OVERTIME 51-46, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 66-43, TRIGG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 83-43, LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATS SOUTH WARREN 73-42, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER BUTLER COUNTY 68-24, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC OVER UNION COUNTY 56-44, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER MURRAY 67-60,

TONIGHT’S GAMES

BOYS:  THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS HOST OWENSBORO AT TIGER GYM.  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.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS ALSO IN ACTION TONIGHT AS THE COLONELS PLAY THEIR FINAL HOME GAME OF THE REGULAR SEASON AGAINST MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IS ALSO IN ACTION THIS EVENING AT LOGAN COUNTY AND FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

ELSEWHERE IN THE REGION:  HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL IS AT TRIGG COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, UNION COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, REIDLAND IS AT ST. MARY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY, MAYFIELD HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE TRAVELS TO BOWLING GREEN.

GIRLS: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TRAVELS TO LOGAN COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL AT TRIGG COUNTY, REIDLAND AT ST. MARY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT LONE OAK, MUHLENBERG COUNTY GOES TO APOLLO, BOWLING GREEN HOSTS RUSSELLVILLE, MARSHALL COUNTY AT BALLARD MEMORIAL, WARREN CENTRAL AT ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, MAYFIELD GOES TO CARLISLE COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOOK TO GET BACK ON THE WINNING WAYS AS THEY HOST MISSISSIPPI STATE AT RUPP ARENA.  PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

AUSTIN PEAY IS ALSO IN ACTION THIS EVENING, AS THE GOVERNORS PLAY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE.

MONDAY RESULTS

WESTERN KENTUCKY DEFEATED FLORIDA GULF COAST 80-70 AT DIDDLE ARENA.  SERGIO KERUSCH HAD 16 OF HIS 20 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF TO LEAD THE HILLTOPPERS, WHO IMPROVED TO 12-13 ON THE SEASON WITH THE VICTORY.  WESTERN BEGINS A TWO GAME ROAD TRIP AT ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK THURSDAY NIGHT.

SPEAKING OF THE HILLTOPPERS, MONDAY’S BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED ANOTHER PLAYER HAS BEEN DISMISSED FROM THE TEAM.  COACH KEN MCDONALD ANNOUNCED SUNDAY CLIFF DIXON IS NO LONGER ON THE TEAM.  MCDONALD SAYS DIXON WAS DISMISSED FOR A VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES, WHICH COACH MCDONALD TOLD THE DAILY NEWS WAS AN INTERNAL MATTER.

DIXON WAS IN UNIFORM FOR THE NORTH TEXAS GAME LAST SATURDAY, THEN WATCHED THE 2^ND HALF OF THE GAME IN STREET CLOTHES FROM THE STANDS. 

TEN PLAYERS HAVE LEFT THE PROGRAM EITHER BY FORCE OR CHOICE SINCE MCDONALD TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM IN THE 2008-09 SEASON. WKU NOW HAS NINE SCHOLARSHIP PLAYERS ON THE ROSTER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.

KENTUCKY’S TERRENCE JONES WAS NAMED THE S-E-C FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK MONDAY.  JONES HAD A TEAM HIGH 25 POINTS IN SATURDAY’S LOSS TO VANDERBILT AND HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE AGAINST TENNESSEE LAST WEEK.  IT’S THE FOURTH TIME THIS SEASON JONES HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE S-E-C.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK, AUSTIN PEAY’S WILL TRIGGS HAS BEEN NAMED ADIDAS O-V-C FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK.  TRIGGS HAD A CAREER HIGH 25 POINTS IN A GAME AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH LAST WEEK.  IN WINS OVER TECH AND TENNESSEE STATE, TRIGGS AVERAGED 18 POINTS, SEVEN REBOUNDS AND TWO ASSISTS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED MONDAY NORTH CAROLINA AND LOUISVILLE WILL MEET ON THE GRIDIRON NEXT SEASON.  THE GAME IS SET FOR OCTOBER 8^TH IN CHAPEL HILL, HOWEVER A GAME TIME HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS CONTINUE THEIR PUSH TOWARD MAKING THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS AS THEY MEET SAN JOSE TONIGHT IN THE MUSIC CITY.  GAME TIME IS AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

GOLF

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS TICKET SALES ARE BRISK FOR THE 72^ND SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE CONTESTED AT VALHALLA GOLF CLUB MAY 26-29.  TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR BEN RUBIN SAYS 50 PERCENT OF THE GOAL HAS BEEN REACHED THUS FAR.