Sports Headlines 3/30/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

IT WAS A DAY OF CELEBRATION AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY.  THE STATE CHAMPION COLONELS WERE HONORED WITH THE UNVEILING OF A BANNER SIGNIFYING THE RECENT CHAMPIONSHIP WON IN LEXINGTON.

AFTER THAT, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT ANTHONY HICKEY JUNIOR WAS NAMED KENTUCKY MISTER BASKETBALL.  HICKEY AVERAGED 18 POINTS, FIVE REBOUNDS, FOUR ASSISTS AND FOUR STEALS PER GAME THIS SEASON AND WAS LAST WEEK NAMED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR AFTER BEING NAMED THE M-V-P OF THE BOYS SWEET 16.

HICKEY IS THE FIRST BOYS PLAYER FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO WIN THE HONOR, WITH THE OTHER BEING BESTOWED ON FORMER LADY COLONEL STANDOUT ARNIKA BROWN, WHO JUST FINISHED HER CAREER AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY IN 2006.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

ALL THE LOCAL SCHOOLS GAMES TUESDAY WERE CANCELLED DUE TO THE AFTERNOON RAINS.

TODAY, HOPKINSVILLE IS SCHEDULED TO FACE HENDERSON COUNTY IN BASEBALL AT TIGER FIELD AT SIX, WEATHER PERMITTING, WE WILL HAVE THE GAME WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY FACES CLARKSVILLE HIGH AT COLONEL FIELD AT 5:15 TODAY.

A FEW SOFTBALL GAMES DID GET PLAYED BEFORE THE RAINS HIT THE AREA TUESDAY.

CALDWELL COUNTY DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 15-0 IN THREE INNINGS.  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 5-2, UNION COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, HANCOCK COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 15-1.

TODAY’S GAMES:  FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY FACES CONNECTICUT IN THE SECOND NATIONAL SEMIFINAL GAME OF THE NCAA FINAL FOUR IN HOUSTON SATURDAY NIGHT.  YOU CAN HEAR COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINNING AT FIVE ON LITE 98.7.

MEANWHILE, U-CONN COACH JIM CALHOUN SAID TUESDAY HE WILL NOT MAKE A DECISION ON HIS FUTURE UNTIL WELL AFTER THE FINAL FOUR. 

THE 68-YEAR-OLD CALHOUN HAS GUIDED THE HUSKIES TO THEIR FOURTH FINAL FOUR APPEARANCE, DESPITE LOSING FOUR OF ITS LAST FIVE REGULAR SEASON GAMES.  THERE WERE CALLS FOR CALHOUN TO BE REMOVED FROM THE JOB ONE SEASON AGO AND AFTER NCAA ALLEGATIONS CAME OUT ABOUT THE HUSKIES BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE QUARTERBACK ERIC AINGE HAS ADMITTED TO ABUSING PAIN KILLERS.  IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED BY THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL VIA ESPN NEW YORK.COM, AINGE ADMITTED HE WAS AN ADDICT DURING HIS SENIOR YEAR AT TENNESSEE AND SAID HE WAS NOT THE ONLY PLAYER ON THE TEAM TAKING DRUGS. 

AINGE ADDS THE PLAYERS KNEW PEOPLE WHO HAD DRUGS AND THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH GIVEN TO THE PLAYERS.  AINGE IS NOW A BACKUP QUARTERBACK WITH THE N-F-L’S NEW YORK JETS.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS SAW THEIR SIX GAME WINNING STREAK COME TO AN END TUESDAY NIGHT, FALLING TO VANCOUVER 3-1.  THE PREDS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT AT COLORADO, A GAME YOU CAN HEAR BEGINNING AT EIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.