HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY CLOSED OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WINNING ITS 7^TH STRAIGHT GAME AT MARSHALL COUNTY 66-50.

HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 77-59.  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS CLOSED OUT THE REGULAR SEASON WITH AN 84-75 LOSS TO BOWLING GREEN AND RUSSELLVILLE DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 85-44.

ELSEWHERE:  TODD CENTRAL OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 59-40, BALLARD MEMORIAL OVER UNION COUNTY 84-81 IN TRIPLE OVERTIME, WARREN CENTRAL OVER LOUISVILLE WESTERN 74-63.

GIRLS SCORES:  HOPKINSVILLE EDGED MARSHALL COUNTY 46-41, TODD CENTRAL OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 46-43, WEBSTER COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 53-45, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 63-47, LYON COUNTY OVER HEATH 50-27, LONE OAK EDGED GRAVES COUNTY 39-38, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 87-41, COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN DEFEATS PADUCAH TILGHMAN 71-57.

TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE:  THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON HOSTING TRIGG COUNTY.  COVERAGE OF BOTH GAMES WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

BOYS:  FORT CAMPBELL GOES TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL PLAYS AT APOLLO, MADISONVILLE AT OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, MURRAY HOSTS CARLISLE COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO,

GIRLS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO RUSSELLVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, MADISONVILLE WELCOMES APOLLO, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO, MURRAY HOSTS CARLISLE COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY ENTERTAINS GREENWOOD.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS TIED FOR 11^TH AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT.  OF THE EIGHT WRESTLERS COMPETING, FIVE WON FIRST ROUND MATCHES.  THEY WERE:  J-J KILLEBREW, KORY POLLEY, MARLON PATE, ZEB WHITE AND DAVID DAWSON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S O-V-C ACTION SAW MURRAY STATE DEFEAT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 54-34 AND AUSTIN PEAY GOT BY JACKSONVILLE STATE 56-53.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S MEN NIPPED ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK 61-59. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY AT LOUISIANA’S RAGIN CAJUNS SATURDAY.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET THE CONNECTICUT HUSKIES IN BIG EAST PLAY.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS RETURN TO ACTION SATURDAY HOSTING SOUTH CAROLINA AT RUPP ARENA.  PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 1:30 ON LITE 98.7.

THREE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SIGNEES HAVE BEEN SELECTED AMONG THE FIVE FINALISTS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL NAISMITH AWARD.  ANTHONY DAVIS, MARQUIS TEAGUE AND MICHAEL GILCHRIST, ALONG WITH NORTH CAROLINA SIGNEE JAMES MCADOO AND DUKE SIGNEE AUSTIN RIVERS ARE THE FINALISTS.  THE AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE ATLANTA TIP OFF CLUB AT A BANQUET MARCH 21^ST.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KAREN SYPHER—WHO IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED TODAY FOR ATTEMPTING TO EXTORT MONEY FROM LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO—HAS ASKED FOR A NEW TRIAL.

SYPHER’S ATTORNEYS SAY THEY HAVE FORENSIC EVIDENCE HER SIGNATURE WAS CUT AND PASTED ONTO A DOCUMENT IN WHICH SHE CONSENTED TO A POLYGRAPH AND INTERVIEW WITH THE F-B-I.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE BOTH OPEN THE SEASON THIS WEEKEND.  MURRAY STATE PLAYS A THREE GAME SERIES AT UNC ASHEVILLE, WHILE AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS VALPARAISO.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS HAVE GIVEN DAVE MCGINNIS A NEW TITLE, SENIOR ASSISTANT COACH.  MCGINNIS HAD SERVED AS ASSISTANT HEAD COACH AND LINEBACKERS COACH UNDER FORMER COACH JEFF FISHER SINCE 2005.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS WITH MCGINNIS MOVING TO THIS NEW POSITION, HE WILL HAVE INVOLVEMENT IN ALL FACETS OF THE DEFENSE ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AND PERSONNEL DUTIES.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS DEFEATED VANCOUVER 3-1 AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA, DESPITE SEVERAL PLAYERS BEING INJURED IN THE GAME. 

MARCEL GOC SUFFERED AN UPPER BODY INJURY IN THE SECOND PERIOD AND DID NOT RETURN, STEVE SULLIVAN WAS HIT IN THE HEAD BY A DEFLECTED PASS IN THE SAME PERIOD AND DID NOT RETURN AND MIKE FISHER WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A PUCK, GOT SOME STITCHES, RETURNED AND SCORED A GOAL.

THE PREDS HOST THE PHOENIX COYOTES SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN.  YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

GOLF

KENTUCKIAN J-B HOLMES IS AMONG NINE TIED FOR THE LEAD AS FIRST ROUND PLAY WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT THE NORTHERN TRUST OPEN IN LOS ANGELES. PLAY WAS SUSPENDED THURSDAY DUE TO DARKNESS, WITH FOUR UNDER 67 THE BEST SCORE OF THE DAY.

THE PGA TOUR SAYS THE NINE WAY TIE IS THE LARGEST AFTER ANY ROUND OF ANY TOURNAMENT SINCE THEY BEGAN KEEPING RECORDS IN 1970.

THERE’S A NICE ARTICLE IN TODAY’S COURIER JOURNAL ABOUT PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN, WHOSE HAD SOME GOOD PLAY ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR THE LAST COUPLE OF SEASONS.

THE CHAMPIONS TOUR BEGINS ITS WEEKEND PLAY TODAY WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ACE GROUP CLASSIC IN NAPLES, FLORIDA.