HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS LOOK TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE 8^TH DISTRICT RACE OUTRIGHT THIS EVENING AS THEY HOST CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN GAME TWO OF THE DISTRICT SERIES.  SATURDAY, THE TIGERS DEFEATED THE COLONELS 7-4 AT COLONEL FIELD.  FIRST PITCH IS AT SIX P-M.

ELSEWHERE:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL TAKES ON RUSSELLVILLE, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OWENSBORO, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, MADISONVILLE AT HENDERSON COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY CLAIMED THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE LADY COLONEL CLASSIC SATURDAY AT TIE BREAKER PARK.  IN FIVE GAMES, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED UNION COUNTY TWICE, MALE, ST. MARY AND EDMONSON COUNTY TO TAKE THE TITLE.

HOPKINSVILLE ALSO PARTICPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT AND DEFEATED ST. MARY 8-2, BUT LOST TO UNION COUNTY 12-6.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO WARREN EAST, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, LOGAN COUNTY AT WARREN CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY AT LYON COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE AT METCALFE COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS UNION COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BASEBALL: FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN HAD ANOTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AS THEY DEFEATED ARKANSAS STATE SATURDAY 13-2.  HAGEMAN WENT EIGHT INNINGS, ALLOWED FOUR HITS AND STRUCK OUT EIGHT.  HAGEMAN RETIRED 18 OF THE LAST 21 BATTERS HE FACED. 

ON SUNDAY, THE HILLTOPPERS LOST TO ARKANSAS STATE 4-3 IN 10 INNINGS.  WKU MEETS KENTUCKY TUESDAY AT SIX AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

AUSTIN PEAY DEFEATED JACKSONVILLE STATE SUNDAY 7-2 AND MOVED INTO A FIRST PLACE TIE WITH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI FOR THE O-V-C LEAD.

MURRAY STATE LOST TO SIU-EDWARDSVILLE SUNDAY 15-4.  THE COUGARS GOT A SERIES SWEEPT WITH THE WIN.

SOFTBALL:  MURRAY STATE DEFEATED SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 9-7, WHILE AUSTIN PEAY WAS NO HIT FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON IN LOSING TO JACKSONVILLE STATE 1-0 IN NINE INNINGS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TENNESSEE GETS ANOTHER BASKETBALL COMMITMENT.  THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS SIX-FIVE COMBO GUARD JOSH RICHARDSON OF SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY FOR NEW COACH CUONZO MARTIN.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL BLUE/WHITE GAME THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN LEXINGTON.  COACH JOKER PHILLIPS WILL HAVE A SPECIAL CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

THE SPRING GAME WILL ALSO BE HEARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS TOOK A 2-1 LEAD IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE SERIES WITH ANAHEIM WITH A 4-3 WIN SUNDAY AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  MIKE FISHER SCORED THE GAME WINNING GOAL FOR THE PREDS.  THE SERIES CONTINUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR KEVIN FELTON WILL RUN IN HIS 8^TH BOSTON MARATHON TODAY.  FELTON’S RACE NUMBER IS 15876 AND YOU CAN FOLLOW HIS PROGRESS ONLINE AT B-A-A.ORG. 

CHAMPIONS TOUR

PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN FINISHED IN A TIE FOR THIRD AT THE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE PRO-AM SUNDAY IN TAMPA FLORIDA.  COCHRAN HAD A THREE OVER 74 AND FINISHED TWO SHOTS BEHIND JOHN COOK AND JAY DON BLAKE.  COOK WON ON THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE.

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FINISHED TIED FOR 20^TH.

PGA TOUR

NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER FINISHED THIRD AT SIX UNDER AT THE VALERO TEXAS OPEN.  SNEDEKER WAS TWO SHOTS BACK OF WINNER BRENDAN STEELE.  KENTUCKIAN J-B HOLMES FINISHED AT TWO UNDER PAR, STEVE FLESCH FINISHED ONE UNDER PAR.