HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

CRITTENDEN COUNTY MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE GIRLS SWEET 16 WEDNESDAY IN BOWLING GREEN, FALLING TO THE STATE’S TOP RANKED TEAM IN MANUAL 78-40.  THE LADY ROCKETS FINISHED THE SEASON 21-9.

BOWLING GREEN IMPROVED TO 25-1 WITH A 58-32 WIN OVER 8^TH REGION REPRESENTATIVE WALTON VERONA.

ELSEWHERE:  BUTLER EDGED PERRY COUNTY CENTRAL 42-40 AND MARION COUNTY DEFEATED MONTGOMERY COUNTY 55-41.

TODAY’S GAMES:  SHELDON CLARK MEETS BOYD COUNTY AT NOON, FOLLOWED BY FIRST REGION REPRESENTATIVE CALLOWAY COUNTY TAKING ON NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC.

TONIGHT AT 6:30, ROCKCASTLE COUNTY MEETS MADISON CENTRAL, FOLLOWED BY 3^RD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC MEETING CLAY COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT BEGINS IN ATLANTA’S GEORGIA DOME.

KENTUCKY AWAITS THE WINNER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA\OLE MISS GAME TO BE PLAYED THIS AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY.  PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 1 P-M ON LITE 98.7.

BOTH TENNESSEE AND VANDERBILT PLAY TONIGHT.  THE VOLS MEET ARKANSAS AT 6:30, FOLLOWED BY VANDERBILT’S MATCHUP WITH L-S-U.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ARE IN ACTION TODAY IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT IN NEW YORK.  THE CARDS MEET MARQUETTE AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

U-K DIRECTOR OF MEN’S BASKETBALL OPERATIONS MARTIN NEWTON HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW ATHLETICS DIRECTOR AT SAMFORD UNIVERSITY.  NEWTON—THE SON OF FORMER U-K ATHLETICS DIRECTOR C-M NEWTON—PLAYED BASKETBALL AT SAMFORD FROM 1979-83.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ROSS BJORK COULD MEET WITH BASKETBALL COACH KEN MCDONALD BY WEEK’S END ABOUT THE JUST COMPLETE SEASON AND THE FUTURE OF THE PROGRAM.

BJORK DECLINED COMMENT ABOUT THE PROGRAM FOLLOWING THE HILLTOPPERS LOSS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE SUN BELT TOURNAMENT TO NORTH TEXAS.  MCDONALD SAID FOLLOWING THE GAME HE PLANNED TO FIX ALL THE THINGS WRONG WITH THE PROGRAM AND MAINTAINED HE WAS STILL IN CHARGE.

THERE’S BEEN SPECULATION ABOUT WHETHER MCDONALD WOULD RETURN NEXT SEASON.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS BEGIN A FIVE GAME HOMESTAND THAT COULD DETERMINE THEIR PLAYOFF FATE THIS EVENING.  THE MINNESOTA WILD PROVIDE THE OPPOSITION AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA FOR A SEVEN P-M GAME.  YOU CAN HEAR IT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.