HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL RESULTS FROM MONDAY

BASEBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE OPENED THE SEASON WITH A 5-1 WIN OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY EDGED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 6-4, UNION COUNTY SHUTOUT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 9-0 AND RUSSELLVILLE OVER FORT CAMPBELL 18-5.

WEBSTER COUNTY EDGED MADISONVILLE 4-3 IN 8 INNINGS, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY 7-5, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 8-3, GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATS PADUCAH TILGHMAN 13-2 IN 5 INNINGS, DAVIESS COUNTY EDGES OHIO COUNTY 6-5, ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 6-3.

SOFTBALL:  DAWSON SPRINGS OVER HOPKINSVILLE 5-1, TODD CENTRAL DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 21-4 IN 4 INNINGS.

UNION COUNTY OVER LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 13-3 IN 5 INNINGS, WHITESVILLE TRINITY EDGES MADISONVILLE 7-6, REIDLAND OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 11-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER LYON COUNTY 11-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, BUTLER COUNTY OVER RUSSELLVILLE 17-0 IN 3 INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES

BASEBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL MEETS HOUSTON COUNTY, TN TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS STEWART COUNTY, TN, DAWSON SPRINGS GOES TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, OHIO COUNTY AT WEBSTER COUNTY, MURRAY ENTERTAINS MAYFIELD, SOUTH WARREN HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT BARREN COUNTY.

SOFTBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE ENTERTAINS RUSSELLVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TRAVELS TO LYON COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS AT LONE OAK, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY AT HANCOCK COUNTY, MADISONVILLE IS AT DAVIESS COUNTY, UNION COUNTY HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BASKETBALL TEAM IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE A TRIP TO FRANKFORT TOMORROW.

THE STATE CHAMPS WILL MEET WITH GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR AND BE RECOGNIZED ON BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOORS FOR WINNING THE JUST COMPLETED BOYS SWEET 16.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE, AS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FIRED COACH BRUCE PEARL MONDAY.

PEARL WAS WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER FOR LYING TO NC-AA INVESTIGATORS ABOUT A COOKOUT AT HIS HOME IN 2008 INVOLVING RECRUITS.

THE MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM FACES 10 MAJOR VIOLATIONS WHEN IT MEETS WITH THE NC-AA COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS JUNE 10-11. 

PEARL LED TENNESSEE TO SIX STRAIGHT NC-AA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES AND JUST MISSED THE FINAL FOUR IN 2008.

IN THE WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT:  NORTH CAROLINA ELIMINATED KENTUCKY IN SECOND ROUND PLAY 88-74 MONDAY NIGHT, WHILE TENNESSEE MOVED ON AFTER DEFEATING MARQUETTE 79-70.

TONIGHT, LOUISVILLE MEETS XAVIER IN A SECOND ROUND GAME IN CINCINNATI.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BECAUSE OF RAIN FORECAST WEDNESDAY, AUSTIN PEAY AND WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL PLAY THEIR GAME TODAY AT NICK DENES FIELD IN BOWLING GREEN.

MURRAY STATE WILL FACE MIDCONTINENT THIS AFTERNOON AT REAGAN FIELD.

MURRAY STATE AND AUSTIN PEAY’S SOFTBALL TEAMS WILL PLAY O-V-C GAMES TODAY.  THE LADY RACERS WILL PLAY SIU EDWARDSVILLE IN A TWIN BILL TODAY, WHILE AUSTIN PEAY TRAVELS TO UT-MARTIN.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS BEGIN ANOTHER HOMESTAND THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET THE EDMONTON OILERS AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.