Sports Headlines 4.5.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

MONDAY SCORES:  HOPKINSVILLE WON A PAIR OF GAMES AT THE FLORIDA BEACH BASH, DEFEATING BARREN COUNTY 7-6 AND RUSSELL COUNTY 3-2. 

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS TO PLAY AT FORT CAMPBELL, TODD CENTRAL MEETS MCLEAN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY GOES AGAINST CARLISLE COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, REIDLAND AT MARSHALL COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

MONDAY SCORES:  REIDLAND LOST A PAIR OF GAMES TO FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA 9-0 AND FAITH CHRISTIAN, ALABAMA 7-0.  HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER BRYANT,ALABAMA 6-2.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS TO HOST DAWSON SPRINGS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS HIS FINAL CALL IN SHOW OF THE SEASON AT FIVE THIS EVENING, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

TENNESSEE HAS NAMED ANOTHER ASSISTANT FOR COACH CUONZO MARTIN’S STAFF.  AS REPORTED MONDAY, KENT WILLIAMS WILL JOIN JON HARRIS AS AN ASSISTANT.  BOTH HAD BEEN WITH COACH MARTIN AT MISSOURI STATE.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS MARTIN WILL ADD AT LEAST TWO MORE STAFF MEMBERS.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BASEBALL:  AUSTIN PEAY IS SCHEDULED TO PLAY HOST TO EVANSVILLE AT SIX THIS EVENING AT RAYMOND C. HAND PARK IN CLARKSVILLE.

SOFTBALL:  MURRAY STATE WILL MEET BELMONT IN A FOUR P-M DOUBLEHEADER TODAY.

MURRAY STATE BASEBALLER JACOB RHODES HAS BEEN NAMED THE O-V-C PLAYER OF THE WEEK.  THE JUNIOR CATCHER WENT 8-13 WITH A DOUBLE, HOME RUN AND EIGHT R-B-I.  HE WAS 8-11 IN A WEEKEND SERIES AGAINST TENNESSEE MARTIN.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS CAN CLINCH A WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SPOT TONIGHT IF THEY DEFEAT THE ATLANTA THRASHERS AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA AND DALLAS LOSE TO COLUMBUS IN REGULATION OR OVERTIME.  FIRST PUCK FOR THE PREDATORS AND THRASHERS DROPS JUST AFTER SEVEN IN NASHVILLE.