Sports Headlines 3/17/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS ADVANCED TO THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE BOYS SWEET 16 WITH AN 83-40 WIN OVER SHELBY VALLEY IN THE PNC BOYS SWEET 16 WEDNESDAY.  ANTHONY HICKEY LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY WITH 20 POINTS, FOLLOWED BY DONOVAN KATES WITH 16.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVES TO 22-9 WITH THE WIN AND WILL MEET LEXINGTON CATHOLIC IN QUARTERFINAL PLAY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT NOON ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM

LEXINGTON CATHOLIC DEFEATED DIXIE HEIGHTS 69-60 IN THE FINAL FIRST ROUND GAME WEDNESDAY.  EARLIER IN THE DAY, CLARK COUNTY DEFEATED OLDHAM COUNTY 56-39 AND THE STATE'S NUMBER ONE TEAM--LOUISVILLE EASTERN--EDGED WARREN CENTRAL OF THE 4TH REGION 54-51.

TODAY'S FIRST ROUND GAMES HAVE DAVIESS COUNTY OF THE 3RD REGION MEETING ROWAN COUNTY AT 11 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME, FOLLOWED BY WAYNE COUNTY AND PERRY COUNTY CENTRAL.  TONIGHT'S ACTION HAS BULLITT EAST AGAINST BARDSTOWN AT 5:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME, FOLLOWED BY 1ST REGION WINNER MARSHALL COUNTY MEETING BELL COUNTY.  YOU CAN HEAR THE GAMES THIS EVENING JUST AFTER FIVE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS BEGIN PLAY TODAY IN THE NC-AA EAST REGION TOURNAMENT IN TAMPA, FLORIDA AGAINST THE PRINCETON TIGERS.  PRE GAME COVERAGE FOR THE GAME WHICH WILL TIP AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 IS AT NOON ON LITE 98.7.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS MEET O-V-C CHAMP MOREHEAD STATE IN DENVER, VANDERBILT GOES AGAINST RICHMOND AND BELMONT MEETS WISCONSIN IN FIRST ROUND ACTION.

IS BRUCE PEARL'S JOB AS TENNESSEE COACH IN JEOPARDY?  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON SAID IN A RADIO INTERVIEW WITH A KNOXVILLE RADIO STATION WEDNESDAY, HE, CHANCELLOR JIMMY CHEEK AND THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL EVAULATE PEARL AT THE OF THE VOLS SEASON.  TENNESSEE MEETS MICHIGAN IN A FIRST ROUND GAME FRIDAY IN CHARLOTTE. PEARL HAS BEEN WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER AFTER LYING TO NC-AA INVESTIGATORS DURING A PROBE INTO RECRUITING.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY STRANDED 14 BASE RUNNERS IN FALLING TO TENNESSEE 5-3 AT RAYMOND C. HAND PARK.  THE GOVERNORS HAVE LOST FOUR OF THEIR LAST FIVE GAMES.  TENNESSEE HAS WON NINE GAMES IN A ROW.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING, CONTINUING THEIR HOME STAND AGAINST THE BOSTON BRUINS.  FIRST PUCK AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA DROPS AT SEVEN P-M.