SPORTS WEEKLY WITH TODD HAMILTON COMES YOUR WAY TONIGHT AT 5:05 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  WE’LL VISIT WITH SOME OF THE WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM THE 8^TH DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

8^TH DISTRICT BOYS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY BUILT UP A 37-9 LEAD AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND ROLLED OVER FORT CAMPBELL 96-27.  EVERY COLONEL WHO PLAYED SCORED LED BY ANTHONY HICKEY AND RESERVE JERMAINE LEE WHO EACH HAD 12 POINTS, DONOVAN KATES HAD 11 AND JARVIS IRBY OFF THE BENCH HAD 10.

FORT CAMPBELL WAS LED IN SCORING BY ISAIAH WASHINGTON WITH EIGHT POINTS.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVED TO 18-8 WITH THE WIN.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HAD TO GO TO OVERTIME TO BEAT HOPKINSVILLE 58-54.  MATT MCGOWAN LED A TRIO OF DOUBLE FIGURE SCORERS WITH 17, TJ SMITH ADDED 14 AND KEIFER BLANE ADDED 10.

HOPKINSVILLE ALSO HAD THREE PLAYERS IN DOUBLE DIGITS, LED BY JORDAN MAJORS WITH 18, DEVONTA SPENCER 17 AND CONNOR GATES WITH 10. 

U-H-A MOVES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 17-8 RECORD, WHILE HOPTOWN FINISHES THE SEASON 16-7.

5^TH DISTRICT BOYS:  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER TRIGG COUNTY 61-44, WHILE LYON COUNTY DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 60-47.

6^TH DISTRICT BOYS:  UNION COUNTY EDGED WEBSTER COUNTY 38-33.

7^TH DISTRICT BOYS:  MADISONVILLE OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 77-45.

13^TH DISTRICT BOYS:  FRANKLIN SIMPSON DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 53-38.

7^TH DISTRICT GIRLS:  MADISONVILLE OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 74-49.

13^TH DISTRICT GIRLS:  TODD CENTRAL OVER RUSSELLVILLE 66-61.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE TENNESSEE VOLS SWEPT THE SEASON SERIES WITH VANDERBILT AS THEY RALLIED TO BEAT THE COMMODORES 60-51.  VANDY DID NOT SCORE THE LAST 5:02 OF THE GAME.  SCOTTY HOPSON HAD A GAME HIGH 19 POINTS FOR THE VOLS.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS HAD A NINE MINUTE SCORING DROUGHT AND 26 PERCENT SECOND HALF SHOOTING, BUT PLAYED STELLAR DEFENSE IN DOWNING RUTGERS 55-37.  PRESTON KNOWLES LED THE CARDS WITH 14 POINTS.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ARE BACK IN SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ACTION THIS EVENING AS THEY TAKE ON ARKANSAS AT BUD WALTON ARENA.  PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:30 ON LITE 98.7.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS ARE ALSO IN ACTION TONIGHT, MEETING FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL IN SUN BELT CONFERENCE ACTION.

AS FIRST REPORTED YESTERDAY, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS RECEIVED ITS NOTICE FROM THE NC-AA ON ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING THE FOOTBALL, MEN’S BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL PROGRAMS.

THE HEAVIEST CHARGE OF UNETHICAL CONDUCT IS AGAINST BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL, WHO HOSTED SEVERAL RECRUITS TO A BAR-B-QUE AT HIS HOME.  SOURCES SAY TENNESSEE WILL GO BEFORE THE NC-AA INFRACTIONS COMMITTEE JUNE 10-11.  THE UNIVERSITY IS EXPECTED TODAY TO RELEASE THE COMPLETE NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILL ESTABLISH AN ATHLETICS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.  U-K BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR BRITT BROCKMAN IN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT TUESDAY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

BROCKMAN SAYS THE COMMITTEE WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE A CLEAR IDEA OF HOW U-K ATHLETICS COMPARES WITH OVER BENCHMARK SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AND ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCES.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

MURRAY STATE IS OFF TO AN O AND FOUR START AFTER LOSING TUESDAY AT ARKANSAS STATE 8-4.  THE BREDS RETURN TO ACTION FRIDAY OPENING A THREE GAME SERIES AGAINST BOWLING GREEN.

WESTERN KENTUCKY BEGINS A TEN GAME ROAD TRIP TODAY AS THEY PLAY AT LIPSCOMB.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS SAW COLUMBUS SCORE FOUR GOALS IN THE THIRD PERIOD IN WINNING 4-0 TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE PREDS HOST CHICAGO THURSDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.