HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 13-0 IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION MONDAY.  MATT MCGOWAN STRUCK OUT 10 IN PITCHING A FIVE INNING NO HITTER FOR THE BLAZERS AND ALSO HAD THREE HITS IN THE GAME.  THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TODAY AT FORT CAMPBELL.

ELSEWHERE:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY EDGED BARREN COUNTY 7-6, HOPKINSVILLE ROLLED OVER TRIGG COUNTY 22-5 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 15-8, GREENWOOD SHUT OUT LOGAN COUNTY 2-0, APOLLO SHUT OUT MUHLENBERG COUNTY 5-0, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL SHUT OUT DAWSON SPRINGS 13-0, MARSHALL COUNTY OVER GRAVES COUNTY 5-2, ST. MARY OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 9-2.

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS SOUTH WARREN, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MADISONVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, UNION COUNTY GOES TO HENDERSON COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN PLAYS AT HEATH, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS OHIO COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

HOPKINSVILLE LOST TO UNION COUNTY 10-2, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 9-4, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER TRIGG COUNTY 10-2, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER LONE OAK 9-1, MARSHALL COUNTY SHUT OUT GRAVES COUNTY 10-0, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER DAVIESS COUNTY 10-5, GREENWOOD OVER APOLLO 8-2, BOWLING GREEN OVER RUSSELLVILLE 23-0 IN THREE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION AT LADY TIGER FIELD AT 5:30.  WEATHER PERMITTING, THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW HITS THE AIR AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TRAVELS TO TODD CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LYON COUNTY, UNION COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CRITTENDEN COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NOTRE DAME ENDED A 20 GAME WINLESS STREAK AGAINST TENNESSEE AS THE FIGHTING IRISH WON THE DAYTON FINAL IN THE NC-AA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT 73-59 TO EARN A SPOT IN THE WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR IN INDIANAPOLIS. IT MARKS THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR, TENNESSEE HAS NOT MADE THE FINAL FOUR.

TENNESSEE ALSO INTRODUCED ITS NEW MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH MONDAY.  CUONZO MARTIN COMES TO KNOXVILLE FROM MISSOURI STATE, WHERE HE WAS HEAD COACH FOR THE LAST THREE SEASONS. 

MARTIN MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM SUNDAY NIGHT.  FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT SCOTTY HOPSON TOLD THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL MONDAY HE’S NOT SURE HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON UNTIL AFTER HE IS EVALUATED BY N-B-A SCOUTS AND GENERAL MANAGERS IN MAY. 

UNDERCLASSMEN HAVE UNTIL APRIL 24^TH TO DECLARE FOR THE N-B-A DRAFT AND MAY 7^TH TO WITHDRAW AND REGAIN THEIR ELIGIBILITY PROVIDED THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED WITH AN AGENT.

BLOOMBERG NEWS REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IS THE TOP SPENDER WHEN IT COMES TO BASKETBALL RECRUITING.  U-K SPENT OVER 434-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR 2010, WHICH IS MORE THAN ANY PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN THE SIX MAJOR COLLEGE CONFERENCES CONSISTING OF THE SEC, PAC 10, ACC, BIG TEN, BIG EAST AND THE BIG 12.  KANSAS IS SECOND IN RECRUITING SPENDING AT OVER 419-THOUSAND DOLLARS, WITH FLORIDA THIRD AT OVER 326-THOUSAND.

U-K ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART SAYS THE RECRUITING BUDGET INCLUDES ACCOMODATIONS FOR OFFICIAL VISITS, SCOUTING, COMMUNICATIONS AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. 

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS OWNER BUD ADAMS IS OPTIMISTIC THERE WILL BE A 2011 SEASON.  ADAMS MADE THE COMMENT TO THE TENNESSEAN WHILE IN NASHVILLE ACCEPTING AN AWARD MONDAY EVENING.  ADAMS ALSO POINTED AT THE PLAYERS FOR THE CURRENT STALEMATE CONCERNING THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOOK FOR THEIR SEVENTH STRAIGHT WIN AS THEY MEET VANCOUVER THIS EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.