Sports Headlines 4/2/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

HOPKINSVILLE WON A PAIR OF GAMES AT THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY BASEBALL TOURNAMENT, DEFEATING HERRIN, IL 6-3 AND LONE OAK 5-0.  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 13-4, TRIGG COUNTY OVER LYON COUNTY 18-1 IN FIVE INNINGS, OHIO COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 9-5 AND UNION COUNTY DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 13-4.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 3-1, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS IN TODAY'S EDITION FORMER TRIGG COUNTY GIRLS SOCCER COACH DAVID SMITH HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW BOYS COACH FOR UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.  SMITH WAS TRIGG COUNTY'S GIRLS COACH FROM 2006-2008.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE NATIONAL SEMIFINALS IN THE NCAA FINAL FOUR TAKE PLACE LATER TODAY AT RELIANT STADIUM IN HOUSTON.  THE FIRST GAME FEATURES BUTLER AND VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH JUST AFTER FIVE, FOLLOWED AT AROUND 7:45 BY KENTUCKY AND CONNECTICUT.  COVERAGE OF BOTH GAMES BEGINS AT 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP, WITH BIG BLUE SPORTS NETWORK COVERAGE BEGINNING AT FIVE ON LITE 98.7.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL WORK TO KEEP THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY HOST THE DETROIT RED WINGS.  FIRST PUCK DROPS JUST AFTER TWO IN BRIDGESTONE ARENA.