HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BOYS 2^ND REGION:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY SAW ITS POST SEASON RUN END THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE HANDS OF UNION COUNTY 49-46.  THE BLAZERS TRAILED THE BRAVES AT HALFTIME 21-14, BEFORE OUTSCORING UNION COUNTY 16-6 IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO TAKE A 30-27 LEAD.  THE BRAVES THEN OUTSCORED THE BLAZERS 22-14 IN THE 4^TH QUARTER TO GET THE WIN.

MATT MCGOWAN HAD 31 POINTS TO LEAD U-H-A WHO FINISHES THE SEASON 18-9, WHILE UNION COUNTY WAS LED IN SCORING BY LEVI BROWN WITH 17.  THE BRAVES IMPROVED TO 14-13 WITH THE WIN.

UNION COUNTY WILL FACE MADISONVILLE IN THE SECOND SEMI FINAL GAME MONDAY NIGHT.  THE MAROONS TRAILED LYON COUNTY BY AS MANY AS SEVEN BEFORE PULLING OUT A 72-67 DOUBLE OVERTIME WIN. 

THE MAROONS GOT 19 POINTS FROM TRAY CARR TO IMRPOVE TO 16-7 ON THE SEASON, WHILE LYON COUNTY’S WARRON SUTTON HAD A GAME HIGH 29 POINTS AS THE LYONS FINISH 18-12.

BOYS 1^ST REGION:  GRAVES COUNTY OVER HEATH 48-36 AND MARSHALL COUNTY DEFEATED CARLISLE COUNTY 70-47.

BOYS 3^RD REGION:  MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED OWENSBORO 84-66.

BOYS 4^TH REGION:  MONROE COUNTY OVER RUSSELL COUNTY 63-55 AND WARREN CENTRAL DEFEATED RUSSELLVILLE 75-59.

TONIGHT’S GAMES

GIRLS 2^ND REGION:  SEMIFINAL PLAY HAS CHRISTIAN COUNTY FACING LYON COUNTY AT SIX, FOLLOWED BY UNION COUNTY AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY 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.

GIRLS 1^ST REGION:  BALLARD MEMORIAL MEETS MURRAY AND LONE OAK GOES AGAINST CALLOWAY COUNTY.

GIRLS 4^TH REGION:  TODD CENTRAL MEETS MONROE COUNTY AND GLASGOW GOES AGAINST BOWLING GREEN.

BOYS 3^RD REGION:  DAVIESS COUNTY MEETS BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

A NEWS CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED FOR TWO P-M THIS AFTERNOON TO NAME A NEW FOOTBALL COACH FOR THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS.  THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.  HOPKINSVILLE HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR A FOOTBALL COACH SINCE DIXIE JONES RESIGNED FOLLOWING THE END OF THE 2010 SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

O-V-C TOURNAMENT:  AUSTIN PEAY GOT A CAREER HIGH 28 POINTS FROM CALEB BROWN TO DEFEAT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 76-60.  FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON LEFT THE GAME JUST BEFORE HALFTIME WITH A KNEE INJURY, BUT RETURNED AND SCORED 13 POINTS.

THE THIRD SEEDED GOVERNORS WILL PLAY SECOND SEED MOREHEAD STATE IN THE SECOND SEMI FINAL AT NINE THIS EVENING AT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM IN NASHVILLE.

MURRAY STATE WILL PLAY TENNESSEE TECH IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL GAME TO BE PLAYED AT SEVEN P-M. 

AUSTIN PEAY’S LADY GOVERNORS WILL FACE TENNESSEE TECH IN A SEMI FINAL AT NOON TODAY.  THE LADY GOVERNORS REACHED THE SEMI FINALS WITH A 78-72 WIN OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS THURSDAY.

THE TENNESSEE VOLS WON AT SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY NIGHT 73-69.  FORMER U-H-A STAR SCOTTY HOPSON HAD 24 POINTS, 16 OF THEM COMING IN THE FIRST HALF.  THE VOLS CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON HOSTING KENTUCKY.  YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 9:30 SUNDAY MORNING ON LITE 98.7.

WOMEN’S S-E-C TOURNAMENT:  NUMBER TWO SEED KENTUCKY FACES SEVENTH SEEDED L-S-U THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30 AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA IN NASHVILLE.  TOP SEED TENNESSEE FACES EIGHTH SEED FLORIDA AT NOON AND THIRD SEED VANDERBILT PLAYS MISSISSIPPI STATE.

A VIGIL WAS HELD ON THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE CAMPUS THURSDAY NIGHT TO REMEMBER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER TINA STEWART.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE LADY RAIDERS DECIDED LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO PLAY IN THIS WEEKEND’S SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT IN HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

COACH RICK INSELL SAID THE DECISION TO PLAY WAS TOTALLY LEFT UP TO THE PLAYERS.

MEANWHILE, THE WOMAN CHARGED IN STEWART’S STABBING—SHANTERRICA MANNING—WAS ARRAIGNED IN A MURFREESBORO COURTROOM THURSDAY.  MADDEN’S ATTORNEY SAID SHE STABBED STEWART IN SELF-DEFENSE. 

THE ATTORNEY SAID THE TWO WOMEN GOT ALONG UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN STEWART’S BOYFRIEND STARTED STAYING AT THE APARTMENT, WHICH DID NOT ALLOW MADDED TO CONCENTRATE ON HER STUDIES.  HOWEVER, MURFREESBORO POLICE SAY A MOTIVE FOR THE STABBING HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED ITS 2011 SCHEDULE.  THE COMMODORES WILL OPEN THE SEASON HOSTING ELON ON SEPTEMBER THIRD.  VANDY OPENS S-E-C PLAY SEPTEMBER 17^TH AGAINST OLE MISS AND WILL HOST KENTUCKY NOVEMBER 12^TH AND PLAY AT TENNESSEE NOVEMBER 19^TH.

THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS REPORTED THURSDAY THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAD A DEFICIT OF OVER 253-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THEIR COMPASS BOWL GAME AGAINST PITTSBURGH.

THAT FIGURE IS DUE IN LARGE PART TO OVER 54-HUNDRED TICKETS THAT WERE NOT SOLD.  KENTUCKY RECEIVED AN EXPENSE ALLOWANCE AND SPENT JUST OVER ONE POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS.  THE SCHOOL ABSORBED 276-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN UNSOLD TICKETS, SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN THEY AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY’S BASEBALL TEAM HOSTS THE RIVERVIEW INN INVITATIONAL THIS WEEKEND.  THE GOVERNORS PLAY EASTERN MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AT THREE AND PLAY ALABAMA A AND M AT 2:30 TOMORROW.

MURRAY STATE OPENS A FOUR GAME SERIES WITH NORTH DAKOTA STATE THIS AFTERNOON AT REAGAN FIELD.

IN SOFTBALL:  AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS IN THE BUZZ CLASSIC HOSTED BY GEORGIA TECH TAKING ON MERCER AND ALABAMA STATE TODAY.

MURRAY STATE IS PLAYING IN THE DEMARINI INVITATIONAL HOSTED BY CAL STATE FULLERTON.  THE RACERS PLAY CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE AND OREGON STATE TODAY.