HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

8^TH DISTRICT:  FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2000, THERE’S A NEW CHAMPION IN GIRLS BASKETBALL.  HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 52-34.  CHRISTY SOLDO LED HOPKINSVILLE WITH 22 POINTS, WITH J’LYNN MAJORS ADDING TEN.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY MARTESSIA WILLIAMS AND JASHERICA BARKLEY WHO EACH HAD 13 POINTS.

HOPKINSVILLE IS NOW 22-3, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HEADS TO THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT 10-11. 

 THE BOYS GAME TURNED OUT TO BE A THRILLER WITH UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WINNING ITS FIRST DISTRICT TITLE SINCE 2008 IN KNOCKING OFF CHRISTIAN COUNTY 58-56.  U-H-A’S JALEN LADD WAS THE BLAZERS LEADING SCORER WITH 16 AND HIT WHAT PROVED TO BE THE GAME WINNING SHOT WITH AROUND FIVE SECONDS TO GO.

ALSO SCORING IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR THE BLAZERS WAS MATT MCGOWAN WITH 15 AND T-J SMITH 13.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY ALSO HAD THREE PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES WITH DONOVAN KATES LEADING THE WAY WITH 19, VEONTAE LEWIS 14 AND NICK RILEY WITH 10.

U-H-A HEADS TO NEXT WEEK’S REGIONAL TOURNAMENT 18-8, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS 18-9.

7^TH DISTRICT:  MADISONVILLE WON THE BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEATING HOPKINS CENTRAL 72-52 AND THE GIRLS CROWN GOES TO MADISONVILLE WHO DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 74-44.

6^TH DISTRICT:   HENDERSON COUNTY WINS THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP OVER UNION COUNTY 48-37.

5^TH DISTRICT:   CRITTENDEN COUNTY WINS THE GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP EDGING LYON COUNTY 62-59.

TONIGHT’S GAMES

5^TH DISTRICT BOYS:   LIVINGSTON CENTRAL TAKES ON LYON COUNTY.

6^TH DISTRICT BOYS:  HENDERSON COUNTY MEETS UNION COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY FOOTBALL PLAYER ZEB WHITE WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY WHERE HE WILL PLAY HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEXT YEAR.  A NEWS CONFERENCE IS SET FOR 2:30 AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

IN THE O-V-C:  MURRAY STATE CLINCHED A SHARE OF THE O-V-C REGULAR SEASON TITLE WITH A 70-62 WIN OVER MOREHEAD STATE.  B-J JENKINS HAD A CAREER HIGH 25 POINTS. 

FOUR AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES—INCLUDING TWO DOUBLE/DOUBLES IN A 65-56 WIN OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS.  FORMER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY STANDOUT JOHN FRALEY HAD 14 POINTS AND TEN REBOUNDS, WHILE FORMER U-H-A STAR TYSHWAN EDMONDSON ADDED 13 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS IN THE WIN. 

WOMEN’S GAMES:  MURRAY STATE FELL 70-69 TO MOREHEAD STATE AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER SATURDAY TO LEARN IF THEY ARE HEADED TO THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT. 

AUSTIN PEAY ALSO LOST TO EASTERN ILLINOIS 71-66.  THE LADY GOVERNORS MADE TWO TURNOVERS IN THEIR LAST THREE POSSESSIONS DERAILING A COMEBACK BID.

MURRAY STATE’S TEAMS WILL HOST EASTERN KENTUCKY SATURDAY, WHILE AUSTIN PEAY WILL CLOSE OUT ITS REGULAR SEASON HOSTING SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN A DOUBLEHEADER.

WESTERN KENTUCKY CELEBRATED SENIOR NIGHT WITH AN 80-73 WIN OVER FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.  SERGIO KERUSCH AND STEPHON PETTIGREW EACH HAD DOUBLE/DOUBLES IN THEIR FINAL HOME GAME AS HILLTOPPERS.

TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS WON A RAIN SHORTENED 66-39 GAME AT OLE MISS.  THE GAME WAS STOPPED IN THE SECOND HALF AFTER STRONG STORMS CAUSED RAIN TO LEAK ONTO THE FLOOR AT TAD SMITH COLISEUM.

THE WEATHER ALSO FORCED VANDERBILT TO POSTPONE ITS WOMEN’S GAME WITH FLORIDA.  IT WILL BE PLAYED TODAY IN NASHVILLE.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS BEGIN A PIVOTAL STRETCH OF GAMES SATURDAY AS THEY HOST FLORIDA AT RUPP ARENA.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT 1:30 ON LITE 98.7.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH CLINT HURTT HAS CONFIRMED HE IS NOT LEAVING TO BECOME THE DEFENSIVE LINE COACH AT AUBURN.  HURTT INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB WEDNESDAY.  HURTT IS ALSO THE CARDINALS RECRUITING COORDINATOR AND HELPED SIGN THE BEST RECRUITING CLASS IN LOUISVILLE HISTORY.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS AND PUNTER BRETT KERN AGREED TO A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION THURSDAY.  KERN WAS CLAIMED OFF WAIVERS FROM DENVER IN 2009 AND AVERAGED 42.9 YARDS A PUNT THIS PAST SEASON.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS KERN’S DEAL IS WORTH FIVE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOST TO CHICAGO 3-0 LAST NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  THE PREDS PLAY AT DALLAS SATURDAY NIGHT IN A GAME YOU CAN HEAR AT SEVEN P-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.