HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION THIS AFTERNOON AT BLAZER FIELD.  WEATHER PERMITTING, THE GAME BEGINS AT 5:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO BARREN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO TRIGG COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT CALDWELL COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, GRAVES COUNTY AT MARSHALL COUNTY, BALLARD MEMORIAL AT MAYFIELD, PADUCAH TILGHMAN HOSTS ST. MARY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY ENTERTAINS APOLLO, OWENSBORO IS AT MCLEAN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO GREENWOOD.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

U-H-A TRAVELS TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE GOES TO UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT MURRAY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS BOWLING GREEN, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS WARREN EAST, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT WEBSTER COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT LONE OAK, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AT OWENSBORO.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998—THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WILL PLAY IN THE NC-AA FINAL FOUR THIS WEEKEND IN HOUSTON.  THE WILDCATS DEFEATED NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EAST REGIONAL FINAL SUNDAY 76-69. KENTUCKY HAD FIVE PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES, LED BY BRANDON KNIGHT WITH 22 POINTS.    

THE WILDCATS WILL FACE WEST REGION CHAMPION CONNECTICUT IN THE 2^ND NATIONAL SEMIFINAL SATURDAY, AFTER BUTLER MEETS VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH. COVERAGE OF SATURDAY’S GAME BEGINS AT SIX ON LITE 98.7, WITH COVERAGE OF BOTH GAMES BEGINNING AT 2:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

A PROGRAMMING REMINDER—COACH JOHN CALIPARI’S CALL IN SHOW IS THIS EVENING AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS NAMED A NEW BASKETBALL COACH.  CUONZO MARTIN WAS NAMED SUNDAY TO REPLACE BRUCE PEARL, WHO WAS FIRED LAST WEEK.  THE 39-YEAR-OLD MARTIN WAS 61-41 IN THREE SEASONS AT MISSOURI STATE, INCLUDING A 26-9 RECORD AND AN APPEARANCE IN THE N-I-T THIS SEASON.

BEFORE BECOMING HEAD COACH AT MISSOURI STATE, MARTIN SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT FOR EIGHT SEASONS AT PURDUE.  DETAILS OF MARTIN’S CONTRACT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS HE IS INTRODUCED TODAY IN KNOXVILLE.

TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS PLAY FOR A SPOT IN THE WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR THIS EVENING AS THEY MEET NOTRE DAME IN THE DAYTON REGIONAL FINAL.  NOTRE DAME IS 0 AND 20 AGAINST TENNESSEE SINCE 1983, INCLUDING O AND THREE IN NC-AA TOURNAMENT GAMES.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BASEBALL:  AFTER WEATHER FORCED POSTPONEMENT OF SATURDAY’S DOUBLEHEADER, AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE PLAYED A TWIN BILL AT REAGAN FIELD SUNDAY.  THE TEAMS SPLIT THE GAMES, WITH AUSTIN PEAY TAKING THE OPENER 5-2 AND MURRAY STATE THE NIGHTCAP 3-2.

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN PICKED UP HIS FOURTH WIN OF THE SEASON FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY SATURDAY IN DEFEATING FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL 6-4.  HAGEMAN ALLOWED ONE RUN ON SEVEN HITS IN SIX AND TWO THIRDS INNINGS.  HAGEMAN ALSO STRUCK OUT A CAREER HIGH EIGHT BATTERS.

SOFTBALL:  MURRAY STATE AND TENNESSEE TECH SPLIT A TWIN BILL SUNDAY WITH TECH TAKING THE OPENER 18-11 AND MURRAY STATE WINNING THE NIGHTCAP 8-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

AUSTIN PEAY DEFEATED EASTERN MICHIGAN IN THE FINALE OF A THREE GAME SERIES SUNDAY 5-4 AFTER FALLING IN THE COMPLETION OF A SUSPENDED GAME FROM SATURDAY 3-1 IN EIGHT INNINGS.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS GO AFTER THEIR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN TUESDAY NIGHT AS THEY HOST VANCOUVER.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SEVEN AFTER COVERAGE OF HOPKINSVILLE/FORT CAMPBELL SOFTBALL ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.