HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

TUESDAY’S SCORES:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED OHIO COUNTY 7-1 AT THE KENTUCKY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IN MURRAY.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY SWEPT A PAIR OF DISTRICT GAMES OVER FORT CAMPBELL 7-0 AND 15-3 IN SIX INNINGS.

ELSEWHERE:  WEBSTER COUNTY OVER HICKMAN COUNTY 6-2, WITH THE TROJANS LOSING TO MURRAY HIGH 11-8, UNION COUNTY TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM ATHERTON 6-0 AND WHITEFIELD ACADEMY 11-1, MADISONVILLE OVER LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL 9-1.

TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS SPENCER COUNTY AT THE FLORIDA BEACH BASH.  CALLOWAY COUNTY FACES CARLISLE COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY MEETS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

TUESDAY’S SCORES:  HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED APOLLO 5-4, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER BAKER,ALABAMA 4-2.

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS KENWOOD, TN.  HOPKINS CENTRAL AT FAIRHOPE, AL.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

ROCKCASTLE COUNTY GIRLS COACH CHRYSTI NOBLE HAS BEEN NAMED THE COURIER JOUNRAL COACH OF THE YEAR.  IT’S THE SECOND TIME NOBLE HAS WON THE AWARD.  NOBLE LED THE ROCKETS TO A 36-1 RECORD AND THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SENIOR JOSH HARRELSON WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE PORTSMOUTH INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND.  THE SIX-10 FORWARD HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE U-K MEDICAL STAFF TO NOT HAVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR A WEEK DUE TO FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS.

HARRELSON—THE LONE SENIOR ON THIS YEAR’S KENTUCKY TEAM—AVERAGED 12 POINTS AND EIGHT REBOUNDS IN THE POST SEASON.

TENNESSEE COACH CUONZO MARTIN ANNOUNCED TUESDAY THE HIRING OF TRACY WEBSTER AS AN ASSISTANT COACH.  WEBSTER SPENT LAST SEASON AS AN ASSISTANT AT NEBRASKA.  HE ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT AT KENTUCKY UNDER FORMER COACH BILLY GILLISPIE A FEW YEARS AGO.

MARTIN ALSO TELLS THE TENNESSEEAN HE IS CONSIDERING KEEPING ON HOUSTON FANCHER—WHO SERVED AS INTERIM COACH WHEN BRUCE PEARL WAS FIRED.  FANCHER WOULD BECOME THE VOLS DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BASEBALL:   AUSTIN PEAY LOST TO EVANSVILLE 24-3 IN CLARKSVILLE TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE GOVERNORS ARE BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

WESTERN KENTUCKY DEFEATED LOUISVILLE 15-5 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.  FORMER HOPKINSVILLE TIGER STANDOUT JUSTIN HAGEMAN PLAYING FIRST BASE FOR WKU WAS 2-4 WITH TWO R-B-I.

MURRAY STATE IS BACK IN ACTION TODAY AS THE BREDS TRAVEL TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

SOFTBALL:  MURRAY STATE SWEPT BELMONT 3-2 AND 5-0 AT RACER FIELD.

AUSTIN PEAY TAKES ON NUMBER 18 KENTUCKY IN A DOUBLEHEADER THIS AFTERNOON AT LADY GOVERNOR FIELD.

COLLEGE GOLF

MURRAY STATE WON THE BIG BLUE INVITATIONAL HOSTED BY TENNESSEE STATE TUESDAY.  THE RACERS WERE A FIVE SHOT WINNER OVER MOREHEAD STATE.  CAMERON CARRICO SHOT A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 142 FOR A FOUR SHOT WIN.  THE TITLE WAS CARRICO’S SECOND OF THE SPRING.

AUSTIN PEAY’S LADY GOVERNORS FINISHED FOURTH AT THE BELMONT INVITATIONAL, WHICH WAS WON BY TENNESSEE TECH.  CHELSEA HARRIS WAS THE LOW INDIVIDUAL FOR AUSTIN PEAY, WHICH WAS GOOD FOR 10^TH PLACE.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HAVE MOVED CLOSER TO CLINCHING A WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SPOT WITH A 6-3 WIN OVER ATLANTA.  THE PREDS ARE NOW FOURTH IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS AND HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING TO LEARN THEIR PLAYOFF FATE. 

THE PREDS PLAY THEIR REGULAR SEASON HOME FINALE FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST COLUMBUS. YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.