Sports Headlines 3/12/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

 

QUARTERFINAL PLAY AT THE GIRLS SWEET 16 IN BOWLING GREEN FRIDAY SAW FIRST REGION REPRESENTATIVE CALLOWAY COUNTY DEFEAT SHELDON CLARK 62-51.  FOURTH REGION REPRESENTATIVE BOWLING GREEN LOST TO TOP RANKED MANUAL 46-33, WITH MARION COUNTY DEFEATING BUTLER 41-26 AND ROCKCASTLE COUNTY OVER CLAY COUNTY 47-30.

 

SEMIFINAL PLAY THIS MORNING HAS MANUAL MEETING MARION COUNTY AT 10 AM, FOLLOWED BY CALLOWAY COUNTY AND ROCKCASTLE COUNTY.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS SET FOR EIGHT THIS EVENING AT E-A DIDDLE ARENA.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 

SEC TOURNAMENT:  KENTUCKY ADVANCED TO TODAY’S SEMIFINALS WITH A 75-66 WIN OVER OLE MISS, AVENGING A LOSS TO THE REBELS IN OXFORD DURING THE SEASON.

 

BRANDON KNIGHT HAD NINE OF HIS GAME HIGH 17 POINTS IN THE LAST FOUR MINUTES TO LEAD U-K TO VICTORY.  THE WILDCATS FACE ALABAMA IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL GAME TODAY.  THE CRIMSON TIDE RALLIED TO BEAT GEORGIA 65-59.

 

TENNESSEE LOST TO FLORIDA 85-74.  TOBIAS HARRIS HAD 25 POINTS AND SCOTTY HOPSON ADDED 19 FOR THE VOLS WHO LOST TO THE GATORS FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON.

 

VANDERBILT MOVED TO THE SEMIFINALS WITH AN 87-81 WIN OVER MISSISSIPPI STATE.  JOHN JENKINS OVERCAME A TURFTOE INJURY TO SCORE 29 POINTS.

 

YOU CAN HEAR THE KENTUCKY GAME TODAY WITH COVERAGE AT 10:30 ON LITE 98.7, WITH BOTH S-E-C SEMI FINAL GAMES TO BE HEARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AT 11:30.

 

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS HAVE REACHED THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT FOLLOWING AN 83-77 WIN OVER NOTRE DAME.  THE CARDS MEET CONNECTICUT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THIS EVENING.  THE HUSKIES DEFEATED SYRACUSE 76-71 IN THE OTHER SEMIFINAL GAME FRIDAY.

 

NHL

 

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BACK ON THE ICE TONIGHT HOSTING THE COLORADO AVALANCHE.  GAME TIME AT SEVEN AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA AND YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.