HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE GIRLS 2^ND REGION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS THIS EVENING AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL PLAY MADISONVILLE AT SIX, WITH HENDERSON COUNTY AND LYON COUNTY PLAYING IN THE NIGHTCAP.  COVERAGE OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY GAME BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

HOPKINSVILLE’S LADY TIGERS WILL OPEN REGIONAL TOURNAMENT PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST UNION COUNTY AT SIX, WITH CRITTENDEN COUNTY AND CALDWELL COUNTY TO FOLLOW.  COVERAGE OF THE HOPKINSVILLE GAME WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE GIRLS SEMIFINALS ARE SET FOR FRIDAY EVENING, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO BE PLAYED SATURDAY EVENING.

THE BOYS 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT BEGINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL OPEN THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT SIX, FOLLOWED BY HENDERSON COUNTY AND HOPKINS CENTRAL.  COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THURSDAY NIGHT’S GAMES HAVE MADISONVILLE FACING LYON COUNTY AT SIX, FOLLOWED BY UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY GOING AGAINST UNION COUNTY.  THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AIRS AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE BOYS SEMIFINALS ARE SET FOR MONDAY MARCH 7^TH, WITH THE FINAL TUESDAY MARCH 8^TH.

HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL’S SUSAN MARQUESS WON THE 200 METER AND 500 METER FREESTYLE EVENTS AT THIS WEEKEND’S K-H-S-A-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LOUISVILLE.

IN ADDITION, THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY SIGNEE WAS NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL STATE AND HER COACH KEITH MARQUESS WAS NAMED OUTSTANDING GIRLS COACH IN KENTUCKY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS CLOSE OUT THE HOME PORTION OF THE REGULAR SEASON WITH SENIOR NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST VANDERBILT.  PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

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

THE 16^TH RANKED LOUISVILLE CARDINALS GOT A HUGE OVERTIME WIN OVER PITTSBURGH SUNDAY, KNOCKING OFF THE 4^TH RATED PANTHERS 62-59. 

HOWEVER, THE CARDS LOST SOPHOMORE RAKEEM BUCKLES IN THE GAME.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS BUCKLES SUFFERED A TORN A-C-L AFTER GOING DOWN WHILE INVOLVED IN A FAST BREAK IN THE FIRST HALF.

THE FIELD IS SET FOR THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS THAT BEGIN WEDNESDAY AT NASHVILLE’S MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM.

IN MEN’S PLAY:  AUSTIN PEAY HAS THE THIRD SEED AND WILL PLAY THE EASTERN KENTUCKY/SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WINNER THURSDAY AT 8:00 PM.  IF THE GOVERNORS WIN, THEY WOULD FACE 2^ND SEED MOREHEAD STATE IN THE SEMI FINALS FRIDAY.

MURRAY STATE HAS THE NUMBER ONE SEED AND WILL PLAY IN THE SEMI FINALS FRIDAY AGAINST TENNESSEE STATE, TENNESSEE TECH OR TENNESSEE MARTIN. 

IN WOMEN’S PLAY:  MURRAY STATE AND AUSTIN PEAY WILL OPEN THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST EACH OTHER IN A GAME SET TO TIP OFF AT NOON WEDNESDAY.

TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS CONCLUDED THE REGULAR SEASON PERFECT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AFTER AN 80-60 WIN OVER L-S-U.  IT’S THE NINTH TIME IN PAT SUMMITT’S 37 SEASONS THE LADY VOLS HAVE BEEN UNDEFEATED IN S-E-C PLAY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS LOST THEIR REGULAR SEASON FINALE SUNDAY TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE 64-56.  ARNIKA BROWN HAD HER 10^TH DOUBLE/DOUBLE OF THE SEASON WITH 21 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS.  THE LADY TOPPERS PLAY NORTH TEXAS IN THEIR FIRST GAME IN THE SUN BELT TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AT NOON IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY LOST TO SOUTH ALABAMA 4-1 SUNDAY IN THE FINAL DAY OF THE RED AND BLUE CLASSIC AT OLE MISS.

MURRAY STATE GOT A NO HITTER FROM JUNIOR CHELSEY SULLIVAN AS THEY DEFEATED BELMONT 8-0 THEN LOST TO GEORGIA SOUTHERN 4-2 SUNDAY IN THE FINAL DAY OF THE WAR EAGLE CLASSIC HOSTED BY AUBURN UNIVERSITY.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WERE A 3-2 WINNER OVER COLUMBUS SUNDAY AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  THE PREDS ENDED A FOUR GAME LOSING STREAK WITH THE WIN AS THEY PLAY TUESDAY NIGHT AT EDMONTON.