SPORTS WEEKLY WITH TODD HAMILTON AIRS THIS EVENING AT 5:05 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  WE’LL HAVE A REPORT FROM THE GIRLS SWEET 16, VISIT WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASKETBALL COACHES KERRY STOVALL AND ANTHONY HICKEY AND HEAR FROM NEW HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL COACH MARK CLARK.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WON ITS THIRD CONSECUTIVE SECOND REGION BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, DOWNING MADISONVILLE 76-67 TUESDAY NIGHT.

DONOVAN KATES LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SCORING WITH 22 POINTS, FOLLOWED BY VEONTAE LEWIS AND ANTHONY HICKEY WHO EACH HAD 18 AND MARCOREYON TANDY ADDED 12.

MADISONVILLE WAS LED IN SCORING BY DYLAN BASHAM WITH 24 POINTS AS THE MAROONS FINISH 17-8 ON THE SEASON.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVES TO 21-9 ON THE SEASON AND FACES DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION SHELBY VALLEY IN THE BOYS SWEET 16 NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 5:30 IN RUPP ARENA.  COMPLETE COVERAGE OF ALL THE COLONEL GAMES NEXT WEEK CAN BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

MARSHALL COUNTY PUNCHED ITS TICKET TO THE SWEET 16 AFTER A 62-56 WIN OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN IN THE FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.  THE MARSHALS MEET BELL COUNTY OF THE 13^TH REGION NEXT THURSDAY EVENING AT SEVEN IN RUPP ARENA.

WARREN CENTRAL RALLIED FROM SEVEN POINTS DOWN IN THE LAST 1:40 TO DEFEAT BOWLING GREEN 68-64 IN THE 4^TH REGION TITLE GAME.  THE DRAGONS WILL MEET SEVENTH REGION WINNER EASTERN AT 12:30 NEXT WEDNESDAY AT RUPP ARENA.

THE GIRLS SWEET 16 BEGINS TODAY AT E-A DIDDLE ARENA ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.  SECOND REGION WINNER CRITTENDEN COUNTY MEETS THE STATE’S BEST TEAM IN MANUAL IN ITS OPENING GAME AT 1:30.  FOURTH REGION WINNER BOWLING GREEN OPENS THE TOURNAMENT MEETING 8^TH REGION WINNER WALTON-VERONA AT NOON.

THE NIGHT SESSION HAS BUTLER AGAINST PERRY COUNTY CENTRAL AND MARION COUNTY MEETS MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S LADY TOPPERS LOST TO ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK IN THE FINALS OF THE WOMEN’S SUN BELT TOURNAMENT 66-59. FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT ARNIKA BROWN HAD HER SECOND DOUBLE/DOUBLE IN AS MANY DAYS WITH 17 POINTS AND 15 REBOUNDS.

BROWN WAS ONE OF THREE LADY TOPPERS WHO WERE NAMED TO THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM.

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED SEVERAL AWARDS ON TUESDAY.  KENTUCKY’S TERRENCE JONES WAS NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR, WHILE FLORIDA’S CHANDLER PARSONS WAS NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND GATORS COACH BILLY DONOVAN WAS NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR.  TENNESSEE’S BRIAN WILLIAMS WAS NAMED THE SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR.

KENTUCKY’S TERRENCE JONES AND BRANDON KNIGHT, ALONG WITH TENNESSEE’S SCOTTY HOPSON AND VANDERBILT’S JOHN JENKINS WERE NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL S-E-C.  TENNESSEE’S TOBIAS HARRIS WAS NAMED SECOND TEAM, ALONG WITH VANDERBILT’S FESTUS EZELI AND JEFFERY TAYLOR.

HARRIS, ALONG WITH KENTUCKY’S DORON LAMB, BRANDON KNIGHT AND TERRENCE JONES WERE NAMED TO THE ALL FRESHMAN TEAM.  KENTUCKY’S DEANDRE LIGGINS WAS NAMED TO THE ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM.

THE S-E-C TOURNAMENT BEGINS THURSDAY AT THE GEORGIA DOME IN ATLANTA.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS TOOK A LOOK AT AUBURN QUARTERBACK CAM NEWTON DURING PRO DAY ON THE AUBURN CAMPUS TUESDAY.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NEWTON HELPED HIMSELF LEADING UP TO THE N-F-L DRAFT NEXT MONTH. THE TITANS HAVE THE EIGHTH OVERALL PICK IN THE DRAFT.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS END THEIR FOUR GAME ROAD TRIP WITH AN OVERTIME LOSS TO SAN JOSE 3-2.  THE PREDS BEGIN A FIVE GAME HOMESTAND HOSTING THE MINNESOTA WILD THURSDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.