HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S GRIFFIN JOINER AND MAGGIE GLASS COMBINED ON A FOUR INNING SHUTOUT AND NO HITTER AS THE LADY COLONELS DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 15-0 IN FOUR INNINGS.  KAYLA WADE HAD FOUR HITS INCLUDING A HOME RUN FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY, WHO IS NOW 2-1 ON THE SEASON AND 1-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY.  HOPKINSVILLE FELL TO 1-4 AND 0-1 IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.

ELSEWHERE:  FRANKLIN SIMPSON SHUT OUT TODD CENTRAL 4-0, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 18-3 IN THREE INNINGS, UNION COUNTY OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 17-0 IN FOUR INNINGS, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER HICKMAN COUNTY 10-0 IN SIX INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES INCLUDE FORT CAMPBELL HOSTING RUSSELLVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY HENDERSON COUNTY AT NORTH POSEY, INDIANA, WEBSTER COUNTY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY, THE HOPKINSVILLE/HENDERSON COUNTY GAME WAS RAINED OUT.

ELSEWHERE:  MADISONVILLE OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 9-1, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL SHUTOUT DAWSON SPRINGS 16-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY EDGED BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY 3-2 IN EIGHT INNINGS, PADUCAH TILGHMAN EDGED CARLISLE COUNTY 8-7, UNION COUNTY OVER OWENSBORO 6-3.

TODAY’S GAMES INCLUDE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS KENWOOD, TN., TODD CENTRAL HOSTING OHIO COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LYON COUNTY,  DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MURRAY HIGH, MADISONVILLE AT UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

THE LATEST KENTUCKY BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HIGH SCHOOL TOP 25 HAS ST. X RANKED NUMBER ONE, DAVIESS COUNTY 16^TH, HENDERSON COUNTY 18^TH AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY TIED FOR 22^ND.

THE LATEST KENTUCKY SOFTBALL COACHES TOP 25 POLL HAS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE FIRST, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 5^TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 6^TH, REIDLAND 8^TH, GREENWOOD 11^TH, BUTLER COUNTY 12^TH, MARSHALL COUNTY 16^TH, HEATH 17^TH.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY CONTINUES ITS PREPARATIONS TO TAKE ON CONNECTICUT IN THE NCAA FINAL FOUR SATURDAY IN HOUSTON.  BIG BLUE NETWORK COVERAGE BEGINS AT FIVE ON LITE 98.7, WITH COVERAGE OF BOTH NATIONAL SEMIFINALS BEGINNING AT 2:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  BUTLER AND V-C-U PLAY IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS RELEASED BASKETBALL SIGNEE KEVIN WARE A RELEASE FROM HIS COMMITMENT.

VOLS COACH CUONZO MARTIN SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK HE WANTED PLAYERS WHO WANTED TO PLAY FOR TENNESSEE.  WARE HAD EXPRESSED DOUBTS FOR PLAYING WITH THE VOLS AFTER BRUCE PEARL’S FIRING.

GUARD CHRIS JONES FROM MEMPHIS MELROSE—WHO HAD ALSO ASKED FOR HIS RELEASE LAST WEEK—HAS NOT BEEN GRANTED ONE ACCORDING TO U-T ATHLETIC OFFICIALS.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY SPLIT A PAIR OF OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE GAMES WITH TENNESSEE STATE THURSDAY.  THE LADY GOVERNORS LOST THE FIRST GAME 1-0, AND WON THE NIGHTCAP 8-0. 

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS MOVED CLOSER TO A PLAYOFF BERTH AS THEY HUNG ON TO BEAT THE COLORADO AVALANCHE LAST NIGHT 3-2.  THE PREDS HOST THE DETROIT RED WINGS SATURDAY AT TWO IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.