THE FINAL SPORTS WEEKLY WITH TODD HAMILTON SHOW AIRS TONIGHT AT 5:05 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASKETBALL COACH KERRY STOVALL WILL WRAP UP THE SEASON AND WE’LL GET YOU A PREVIEW OF THE BASEBALL SEASON WITH THE THREE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL COACHES.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL SCORES FROM TUESDAY

BASEBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-5, HOUSTON COUNTY TN. SHUTOUT FORT CAMPBELL 3-0, RUSSELLVILLE OVER BUTLER COUNTY 16-6 IN FIVE INNINGS, TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT STEWART COUNTY, TN. 6-0.

WEBSTER COUNTY DEFEATED OHIO COUNTY 6-5, LOGAN COUNTY EDGED BARREN COUNTY 6-5, VIENNA, IL. OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 8-4, HEATH SLID BY GRAVES COUNTY 7-6.

SOFTBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE OVER RUSSELLVILLE 11-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED LYON COUNTY 11-10, LONE OAK SLIPPED PAST CHRISTIAN COUNTY 6-5, LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY 18-17 IN EIGHT INNINGS.

 HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED HANCOCK COUNTY 4-3, DAVIESS COUNTY DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 6-4, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER CARLISLE COUNTY 19-0 IN THREE INNINGS, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER GRAVES COUNTY 14-3 IN FIVE INNINGS, WEBSTER COUNTY SHUTOUT CALDWELL COUNTY 8-0.

TODAY’S GAMES

BASEBALL:  HENDERSON COUNTY AT OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND OWENSBORO TRAVELS TO BOWLING GREEN.

SOFTBALL:  OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AT BOWLING GREEN, SOUTH WARREN AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM HEADS TO FRANKFORT TODAY WHERE THEY WILL MEET WITH GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR AND BE HONORED ON THE HOUSE AND SENATE FLOOR FOR WINNING THE BOYS SWEET 16 LAST WEEK.

MCDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN AND UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SIGNEE SARA HAMMOND OF STATE CHAMPION ROCKCASTLE COUNTY HEADS THE LIST OF 38 PLAYERS INVITED TO TRY OUT NEXT MONTH FOR THE KENTUCKY GIRLS ALL STAR BASKETBALL TEAM. 

RACHEL HODGE OF UNION COUNTY IS ALSO ON THE LIST WHICH INCLUDES AVEREE FIELDS OF CALLOWAY COUNTY, JESSI HODGE OF CRITTENDEN COUNTY, ALEXIS LAWRENCE, ZOE SIBALICH AND ADRIENNE TARRENCE OF BOWLING GREEN.

TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD APRIL 15-16 WITH THE KENTUCKY-INDIANA ALL STAR GAMES TO BE PLAYED JUNE 10^TH AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY AND JUNE 11^TH AT CONSECO FIELD HOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE IS BEGINNING ITS SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR BRUCE PEARL.  PEARL WAS FIRED ON MONDAY AND VOLS ATHLETIC OFFICIALS CONTEND THE SCHOOL IS AN ATTRACTIVE CHOICE, DESPITE THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION BY THE NC-AA INTO THE PROGRAM.

AT LEAST ONE PLAYER—FRESHMAN TOBIAS HARRIS—SAYS HE PLANS TO TEST THE WATERS OF WHETHER TO GO TO THE N-B-A BEFORE DECIDING TO RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON.  AN ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY ALSO MENTIONS JUNIOR SCOTTY HOPSON IS ALSO THINKING OF LOOKING AT THE N-B-A. 

ALSO, KEVIN WARE FROM CONYERS, GEORGIA WHO HAS COMMITTED TO U-T FOR NEXT SEASON HAS ASKED FOR RELEASE FROM HIS COMMITMENT.

THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL IS REPORTING THAT CHRIS JONES FROM MELROSE HIGH HAS ASKED FOR RELEASE FROM HIS COMMITMENT, HOWEVER JONES COACH SAYS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON HAS ASKED HIM NOT TO MAKE A DECISION UNTIL A NEW COACH IS HIRED.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR THEIR SWEET 16 APPEARANCE IN THE NC-AA EAST REGIONAL FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST OHIO STATE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.  TIP OFF FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8:45, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE WOMEN’S TEAM STUNNED XAVIER IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT LAST NIGHT 85-75 TO REACH THE SWEET 16.

THE CARDS WILL PLAY GONZAGA SATURDAY NIGHT IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

THE NC-AA DIVISION TWO ELITE EIGHT TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS AT THE MASSMUTAL CENTER. BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY PLAYS MIDWESTERN STATE TODAY.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS SATURDAY AND YOU CAN HEAR IT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP BEGINNING AT 11:45 AM.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BEGINS SPRING PRACTICE TODAY AFTER A LACKLUSTER SHOWING IN THE B-B-V-A COMPASS BOWL.  HEAD COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS HE THINKS THINGS ARE MOVING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION DEPSITE LOSING RANDALL COBB AND DEREK LOCKE TO THE N-F-L.  KENTUCKY FINISHED SIX AND SEVEN LAST SEASON.

MURRAY STATE STARTED YEAR TWO OF THE CHRIS HATCHER ERA TUESDAY.  HATCHER SAYS HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE FIRST DAY OF WORKOUTS.  THE RACERS RETURN NINE STARTERS ON OFFENSE AND EIGHT ON DEFENSE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

MURRAY STATE FELL TO MIDCONTINENT 5-1 TUESDAY AT REAGAN FIELD.  THE LOSS WAS THE FIFTH STRAIGHT FOR THE BREDS WHO PLAY AUSTIN PEAY IN THE OPENING OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SERIES OF THE SEASON THIS WEEKEND IN MURRAY.

SPEAKING OF THE GOVERNORS, THEY LOST FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN FIVE GAMES AT WESTERN KENTUCKY 5-2. 

MURRAY STATE’S SOFTBALL TEAM SPLIT AN O-V-C DOUBLEHEADER WITH SIU EDWARDSVILLE, FALLING 6-4 IN THE OPENER AND TAKING THE NIGHTCAP 3-0.

AUSTIN PEAY SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER AT UT- MARTIN, WINNING THE OPENER 7-6 IN NINE INNINGS AND FALLING IN THE NIGHTCAP 6-0.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WON THEIR FOURTH GAME IN A ROW LAST NIGHT IN DEFEATING THE EDMONTON OILERS 3-1.  THE PREDS HOST THE ANAHEIM DUCKS THURSDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.