CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE AT STATON’S ART AND FRAMING ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD THIS AFTERNOON, SIGNING COPIES OF THE NEW JAMES CAIN, JUNIOR PRINT “PRIDE OF THE COUNTY”. 

THE PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF WILL SIGN THE PRINT BETWEEN 4-7 PM.  A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF THE PRINT WILL GO TO THE C-C-H-S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

TUESDAY’S SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED GREENWOOD 8-5, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6-5, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 11-3, RUSSELLVILLE OVER TODD CENTRAL 14-4 IN FIVE INNINGS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-6, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 9-2.

TODAY’S GAMES:  LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

TUESDAY’S SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT FORT CAMPBELL 15-0, MADISONVILLE OVER HOPKINSVILLE 5-1, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 20-0 IN FOUR INNINGS, HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED UNION COUNTY 6-5, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MURRAY 1-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 6-2.

IN THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CLASSIC:  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 13-1 IN FIVE INNINGS AND DAWSON SPRINGS DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 7-1.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ESPN ANALYST AND FORMER INDIANA BASKETBALL COACH BOB KNIGHT APOLOGIZED TUESDAY FOR REMARKS HE MADE OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT KENTUCKY’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

DURING A SPEECH IN WABASH, INDIANA, KNIGHT SAID FIVE PLAYERS WHO PLAYED IN THE 2010 NC-AA TOURNAMENT FOR KENTUCKY DID NOT ATTEND CLASSES THAT SEMESTER.

IN AN ESPN.COM STORY TUESDAY, KNIGHT SAID HIS OVERALL POINT WAS THAT ONE AND DONES WERE NOT HEALTHY FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL.  HE ADDED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT PERSONAL TO KENTUCKY AND ITS PLAYERS AND APOLOGIZED. 

WHILE WE’RE ON KENTUCKY BASKETBALL, DORON LAMB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON WITH THE WILDCATS.  LAMB CITED THE CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ONE OF HIS REASONS TO RETURN TO KENTUCKY.  LAMB AVERAGED 12 POINT THREE POINTS PER GAME THIS PAST SEASON FOR THE WILDCATS, WHO LOST TO NATIONAL CHAMPION CONNECTICUT IN THE FINAL FOUR.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS HUNTINGTON PREP’S NEGUS WEBSTER-CHAN HAS BACKED OFF HIS COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.  WEBSTER-CHAN COMMITTED TO THE CARDS LAST FALL.  HIS COACH ROB FULFORD SAYS WEBSTER-CHAN WILL VISIT FIVE SCHOOLS THIS SPRING BEFORE CHOOSING A COLLEGE.

AUSTIN PEAY’S WOMEN’S PROGRAM HAS PICKED UP ANOTHER SIGNEE.  SOMALIA MCKENNEY, A SIX FOOT FORWARD FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA SIGNED TUESDAY.

MCKENNEY HELPED LEAD HER HIGH SCHOOL TO THE NORTH CAROLINA CLASS FOUR A FINAL FOUR, WHERE THEY LOST TO THE EVENTUAL CHAMPION.  SHE AVERAGED 14 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS IN A SHORTNED SENIOR SEASON DUE TO A KNEE INJURY.  MCKENNEY WAS ALSO RECRUITED BY NORTH CAROLINA STATE, JAMES MADISON AND CLEMSON.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LINEBACKER JEWELL RATLIFF WAS DISMISSED FROM THE TEAM TUESDAY FOR UNSPECIFIED VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS RATLIFF—FROM NEW ORLEANS—ENTERED SPRING PRACTICE AS THE BACKUP AT WEAKSIDE LINEBACKER TO DANNY TREVETHAN.  RATLIFF IS THE SECOND PLAYER TO BE DISMISSED THIS SPRING.

A REMINDER, KENTUCKY’S SPRING GAME IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH COVERAGE AT 1:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CORNERBACK DARIUS ASHLEY PLEADED GUILTY TO D-U-I CHARGES TUESDAY STEMMING FROM HIS ARREST IN DECEMBER.  ASHLEY HAD HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED 30 DAYS AND IS REQUIRED TO WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR.  ASHLEY’S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS JUNE 17^TH. 

ASHLEY WAS PUNISHED PRIVATELY BY COACH CHARLIE STRONG AND DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN SPRING DRILLS AFTER SHOULDER SURGERY. 

COLLEGE BASEBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY RALLIED FOR AN 11-8 WIN OVER KENTUCKY AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. 

AUSTIN PEAY WAS A 16-15 WINNER OVER LIPSCOMB IN A GAME WHICH TOOK OVER FOUR HOURS AT RAYMOND C. HAND PARK.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS 2011 SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.  THE TITANS WILL OPEN THE REGULAR SEASON AT JACKSONVILLE SEPTEMBER 11^TH AND WILL PLAY BALTIMORE IN THE HOME OPENER ONE WEEK LATER. 

THE OTHER HOME GAMES ARE: DENVER, HOUSTON, INDINAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, TAMPA BAY, NEW ORLEANS AND JACKSONVILLE.  THE SCHEDULE IS CONTINGIENT THE N-F-L LOCKOUT IS STILL NOT GOING ON.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TITAN WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT’S CASE IN NEW JERSEY WAS REFERRED TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TUESDAY PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

BRITT WAS ARRESTED APRIL 12^TH AFTER A CAR CHASE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY ON SEVERAL CHARGES.  BRITT MADE A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY, BUT NEITHER HE OR HIS ATTORNEY OFFERED COMMENT.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND ANAHEIM DUCKS PLAY GAME FOUR OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL SERIES THIS EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN IN THE SERIES WHICH THE PREDS LEAD TWO GAMES TO ONE.