HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL SCORES FROM THURSDAY

BASEBALL:  HENDERSON COUNTY SHUTS OUT U-H-A 4-0, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 11-4, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 14-4 IN FIVE INNINGS, STEWART COUNTY, TN. SHUTOUT FORT CAMPBELL 11-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 16-5, TODD CENTRAL OVER JO BYRNS, TN. 17-15, RUSSELLVILLE OVER WEST CREEK, TN. 17-7.

SOFTBALL:  MUHLENBERG COUNTY EDGED HOPKINSVILLE 7-6, UNION COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 11-1 IN SIX INNINGS, TODD CENTRAL OVER RUSSELLVILLE 15-1 IN FOUR INNINGS, LYON COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 6-5 IN EIGHT INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES

BASEBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS APOLLO IN THE STEVE LEACH MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AT COLONEL FIELD, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS OHIO COUNTY, MADISONVILLE AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

SOFTBALL:  FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO BALLARD MEMORIAL, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL, WEBSTER COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY, MAYFIELD AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN ARE PLAYING AT THE LONE OAK LADY FLASH TOURNAMENT.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS RETURN TO NC-AA EAST REGIONAL ACTION THIS EVENING MEETING NUMBER ONE OHIO STATE IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.  THE GAME TIPS OFF AT 8:45, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.

NC-AA TOURNAMENT ACTION CONTINUES NOT ONLY IN THE EAST REGION, BUT IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION AS WELL.  YOU CAN HEAR COVERAGE OF ALL OF TONIGHT’S PLAY BEGINNING AT SIX ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY WILL PLAY IN THE FINALS OF THE NC-AA DIVISION TWO TOURNAMENT SATURDAY AFTER DEFEATING MINNESOTA STATE 81-74.  THE KNIGHTS MEET MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO IN THE FINAL TOMORROW, A GAME YOU CAN HEAR AT 11 A-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

RICHMOND COACH CHRIS MOONEY’S NAME HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANT TENNESSEE JOB.  A STORY IN THE LEAF CHRONICLE SAYS A SOURCE REQUESTED ANONYMINITY BECAUSE RICHMOND HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED TO SEEK PERMISSION TO TALK WITH MOONEY.

OTHER NAMES ON THE TENNESSEE WISH LIST INCLUDE PITT’S JAMIE DIXON, VILLANOVA’S JAY WRIGHT, WICHITA STATE’S GREGG MARSHALL, TEXAS A AND M’S MARK TURGEON AND ALABAMA’S ANTHONY GRANT ACCORDING TO A SOURCE IN THE U-T ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY WILL HAVE ITS FIRST FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE OF THE SPRING SATURDAY MORNING AT GOVERNORS STADIUM.  THE SCRIMMAGE WILL BEGIN AROUND NINE-30 AND RUN SOMWHERE BETWEEN 75-80 PLAYS.  COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAYS THE TEAM IS WORKING HARD AND IMPROVING EVERY DAY.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WON THEIR FIFTH GAME IN A ROW, DEFEATING THE ANAHEIM DUCKS 5-4 AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA THURSDAY NIGHT.  THE PREDS HOST THE DALLAS STARS SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN.

PGA TOUR

SPENCER LAVIN SHOT A SIX UNDER 66 AND HAS A THREE SHOT LEAD AFTER THE FIRST ROUND OF THE ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL AT BAY HILL.  IT WAS A WINDY DAY THURSDAY CAUSING MANY SCORES TO BE HIGH INCLUDING J-B HOLMES AT ONE OVER 73, NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER SHOT AN EIGHT OVER 80 AND KENNY PERRY WITHDREW AFTER AN OPENING ROUND SEVEN OVER 79.