Sports Headlines 4/4/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE MEETS BARREN COUNTY AT THE FLORIDA BEACH BASH, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL AT THE KENTUCKY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IN MURRAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY OPENS DISTRICT PLAY HOSTING FORT CAMPBELL.

ELSEWHERE:  MADISONVILLE HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN WELCOMES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS PLAYS WHITESVILLE TRINITY AND ST. MARY AT THE DAWSON SPRINGS INVITATIONAL, OHIO COUNTY PLAYS WEBSTER COUNTY AND CALDWELL COUNTY AT THE KENTUCKY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IN MURRAY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY’S SEASON CAME TO AN END SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE NATIONAL SEMIFINALS FALLING TO CONNECTICUT 56-55.  COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS HIS FINAL CALL IN SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

TONIGHT, U-CONN AND BUTLER PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE COACH CUONZO MARTIN IS IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING ANOTHER OF HIS FORMER ASSISTANTS FROM MISSOURI STATE.  29-YEAR-OLD KENT WILLIAMS HAS SPENT THE LAST THREE SEASONS WITH MARTIN AND WOULD JOIN JON HARRIS WHO WAS HIRED LAST WEEK.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED A VERBAL COMMITMENT FROM HIGHLANDS QUARTERBACK PATRICK TOWLES.  TOWLES LED THE BLUEBIRDS TO THE CLASS FIVE-A CHAMPIONSHIP OVER CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN THE 2010 SEASON, SCORING FIVE TOUCHDOWNS IN THE FIRST HALF.

THE SIX-FIVE 230 POUND TOWLES THREW FOR 24-HUNDRED 71 YARDS AND 21 TOUCHDOWNS LAST SEASON.  TOWLES IS THE GRANDSON OF BASEBALL HALL OF FAME MEMBER AND FORMER KENTUCKY SENATOR JIM BUNNING.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY DEFEATED EASTERN ILLINOIS SUNDAY 8-7 TO TAKE THE THREE GAME SERIES TWO GAMES TO ONE.  THE GOVERNORS HOST EVANSVILLE TUESDAY.

MURRAY STATE FELL IN THE SERIES FINALE TO UT-MARTIN SUNDAY 14-13.  THE BREDS ARE BACK IN ACTION WEDNESDAY AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

WESTERN KENTUCKY LOST TO ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK 11-6.  THE HILLTOPPERS HOST LOUISVILLE TUESDAY EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

MURRAY STATE’S SOFTBALL TEAM LOST 15-7 TO MOREHEAD STATE SUNDAY.  THE RACERS HOST BELMONT IN A DOUBLEHEADER TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

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