Sports Headlines 4.12.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

 

KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL—ANTHONY HICKEY, JUNIOR OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HAS NARROWED HIS LIST OF COLLEGES HE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY FOR TO THREE OR POTENTIALLY FOUR.

 

THE THREE ARE SOUTH CAROLINA AND L-S-U OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AND DAYTON OF THE ATLANTIC TEN, WITH BUTLER UNIVERSITY POTENTIALLY A FOURTH SCHOOL. 

 

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS HICKEY WILL MAKE HIS COLLEGE DECISION MAY 6TH.  MEANWHILE, THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED MONDAY VEONTAE LEWIS VISITED ANGELINA COLLEGE—A JUNIOR COLLEGE IN TEXAS—OVER THE WEEKEND.  LEWIS COULD MAKE A DECISION ON HIS FUTURE THIS WEEK.

 

WHILE WE’RE ON COLONEL BASKETBALL, STATON’S ART AND FRAMING WILL BE UNVEILING A PRINT BY JAMES CAIN JR. CALLED PRIDE OF THE COUNTY APRIL 20TH IN HONOR OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. 

 

THE PLAYERS, ALONG WITH COACH STOVALL AND HIS STAFF WILL BE ON HAND TO SIGN THE PRINT, WEDNESDAY APRIL 20TH FROM 4-7 PM AT STATON’S ART AND FRAMING, FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD.

 

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

 

MONDAY GAMES WERE WASHED OUT IN THE AREA DUE TO RAIN.  THE HOPKINSVILLE/UHA SOFTBALL GAME WHICH WAS RAINED OUT WILL BE PLAYED WEDNESDAY AT 5:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

 

BASEBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS CALLOWAY COUNTY AT SIX THIS EVENING AT COLONEL FIELD, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

 

ELSEWHERE:  AFTER A DAY OF RAIN, THE 2ND REGION ALL A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY WITH UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETING CRITTENDEN COUNTY, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL MEETS LYON COUNTY.

 

HOPKINSVILLE MEETS MARSHALL COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS RUSSELLVILLE, TODD CENTRAL TAKES ON FRANKLIN SIMPSON, WEBSTER COUNTY PLAYS AT UNION COUNTY. 

 

SOFTBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AN 8TH DISTRICT GAME AT FORT CAMPBELL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS APOLLO, DAWSON SPRINGS PLAYS AT CALDWELL COUNTY, LYON COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS RUSSELLVILLE.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 

TWO MEMBERS OF AUSTIN PEAY’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL NOT BE RETURNING NEXT SEASON.  A NEWS RELEASE FROM THE SCHOOL MONDAY SAID JUNIORS TYRONE CALDWELL AND MARCEL WILLIAMS ARE LEAVING THE PROGRAM.  CALDWELL PLANS TO TRANSFER FOR HIS FINAL YEAR, WHILE WILLIAMS WILL NOT HAVE HIS SCHOLARSHIP RENEWED.

 

CITING AN ASSOCIATED PRESS STORY, THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE EVENT THAT LED TO BRUCE PEARL’S FIRING AS TENNESSEE COACH LAST MONTH CONCERNED TICKETS.  FORMER U-T DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS KEN JOHNSON PROVIDED TWO TICKETS TO THE MOTHER OF AN UNIDENTIFIED ATHLETE MARCH 6TH WHEN THE VOLS PLAYED KENTUCKY.

 

THE SECONDARY VIOLATION WAS OUTLINED IN A LETTER BY U-T TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MARCH 25TH WHICH WAS RELEASED MONDAY.  THE NAME OF THE ATHLETE WAS BLACKED OUT. 

 

THE ATHLETE HAD ALREADY GIVEN AWAY THE FOUR COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS HE WAS ALLOWED WHEN THE TWO ADDITIONAL TICKETS WERE REQUESTED.  THE ATHLETE REPAID THE 60 DOLLAR COST OF THE TWO TICKETS, WITH THE MONEY GOING TO CHARITY.

 

PEARL AND HIS STAFF WERE FIRED MARCH 21ST.

 

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

 

AUSTIN PEAY’S TEAMS WILL BE IN ACTION IN CLARKSVILLE THIS EVENING.  THE SOFTBALL TEAM HOSTS UT-MARTIN IN A DOUBLEHEADER, WHILE THE BASEBALLERS ENTERTAIN WESTERN KENTUCKY.

 

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN HAS BEEN NAMED THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK.  THE WESTERN KENTUCKY FRESHMAN STRUCK OUT 10 IN GOING THE DISTANCE IN A 5-1 WIN OVER LOUISIANA’S RAGIN CAJUNS LAST FRIDAY. 

 

HAGEMAN IS 3-0 IN FOUR SUN BELT CONFERENCE STARTS THIS SEASON AND IS 5-3 OVERALL ON THE SEASON, WITH A TEAM HIGH 50 STRIKEOUTS.

 

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

 

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS HOME OPENER WITH FORT WAYNE WAS RAINED OUT MONDAY, WITH A DOUBLEHEADER SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

 

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WERE ALSO RAINED OUT MONDAY AND WILL HOST OKLAHOMA CITY IN A TWIN BILL THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM.