CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BASKETBALL TEAM WAS HONORED FOR WINNING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AT COLONEL GYM.

A NUMBER OF LOCAL OFFICIALS SPOKE AT THE EVENT, ALONG WITH THE PLAYERS AND COACHES. 

FIFTY YEARS AGO, CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYED IN ITS FIRST STATE TOURNAMENT, AND NOW IN 2011, THE COLONELS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY ALSO MARKS THE FIRST TIME SINCE HOPKINSVILLE DID IT IN 1985 THAT A DISTRICT RUNNER UP WON THE STATE TITLE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

AS THE BASKETBALL SEASON ENDS, THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SEASONS GET UNDERWAY TODAY.

BASEBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE BEGINS DEFENSE OF ITS SECOND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP HOSTING MUHLENBERG COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS UNDER NEW COACH SCOTT PECK TAKES ON UNION COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL AT RUSSELLVILLE, MADISONVILLE IS AT WEBSTER COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO LYON COUNTY.

SOFTBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, MADISONVILLE AT WHITESVILLE TRINITY, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS SOUTH WARREN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY GOES AGAINST LYON COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR THEIR NEXT OPPONENT IN THE NC-AA EAST REGION, THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES FRIDAY NIGHT IN NEWARK NEW JERSEY.  TIP OFF IS SET FOR 8:45 CENTRAL TIME FOR THE GAME.  PRE GAME COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AT 7:00 ON LITE 98.7.

A REMINDER COACH JOHN CALIPARI WILL HAVE HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

FORMER KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH BILLY GILLISPIE WILL BE ROAMING THE SIDELINES NEXT SEASON AS THE COACH OF THE TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS.  THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE WEDNESDAY.  GILLISPIE REPLACES PAT KNIGHT WHO WAS FIRED AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

A STATEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL SAYS GILLISPIE HAS AGREED TO A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.

SOME 150 FANS SHOWED UP AT A HASTILY ORGANIZED PEP RALLY IN KNOXVILLE SUNDAY FOR EMBATTLED TENNESSEE BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL.  THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE RALLY TOOK PLACE AT A PARKING LOT BESIDE THOMPSON-BOLING ARENA.  IT WAS ORGANIZED SATURDAY NIGHT ON A FACEBOOK PAGE CALLED KEEP BRUCE PEARL.

PEARL’S FUTURE IS BEING SCRUTINIZED BY TENNESSEE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON, WHO SAID LAST WEEK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH A KNOXVILLE RADIO STATION HE DID NOT KNOW IF PEARL WOULD BE RETAINED ONCE AN NC-AA INVESTIGATION OF THE PROGRAM IS COMPLETED.

IN THE WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT:   LOUISVILLE WON ITS FIRST ROUND GAME OVER VANDERBILT 81-61.  LOUISVILLE WILL FACE XAVIER TUESDAY EVENING IN CINCINNATI.

KENTUCKY RETURNS TO ACTION THIS EVENING IN ALBQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO MEETING NORTH CAROLINA IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE SPOKANE REGIONAL.

THE TENNESSEE LADY VOLS ARE ALSO BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT HOSTING MARQUETTE IN SECOND ROUND PLAY OF THE DAYTON REGIONAL.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BASEBALL:  MURRAY STATE NEARLY ERASED A SEVEN RUN DEFICIT IN FALLING TO GEORGIA STATE SUNDAY 14-10.  THE BREDS HOST MID CONTINENT TUESDAY AT REAGAN FIELD.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER COLE ISOM PITCHED A SHUTOUT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE FRIDAY OVER MICHIGAN STATE 2-0.  ISOM PICHED A COMPLETE GAME FOR THE ACES.

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN WENT SATURDAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY IN ITS 10-4 WIN OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE.  HAGEMAN PITCHED SIX AND TWO-THIRDS INNINGS, WITH THREE WALKS AND FOUR STRIKEOUTS IN PICKING UP HIS THIRD WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH TWO LOSSES.

SOFTBALL:  EASTERN ILLINOIS SHUT OUT MURRAY STATE IN THE FINALE OF AN O-V-C SERIES SUNDAY 5-0.  AUSTIN PEAY LOST IN A SERIES FINALE TO EASTERN KENTUCKY 9-4 SUNDAY IN CLARKSVILLE.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WERE A WINNER SUNDAY AT BUFFALO 4-3 IN OVERTIME.  THE PREDS RETURN HOME TO BEGIN A FOUR GAME HOMESTAND TUESDAY NIGHT HOSTING THE EDMONTON OILERS.  YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME FROM BRIDGESTONE ARENA AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.