Sports Headlines 4.20.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

 

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES:   RUSSELLVILLE OVER TODD CENTRAL 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS AND LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED FRANKLIN SIMPSON 8-1.

 

TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO HENDERSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES MAYFIELD, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MADISONVILLE, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS UNION COUNTY.

 

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

 

TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN 8TH DISTRICT PLAY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS CAVERNA, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MADISONVILLE, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO LYON COUNTY, MURRAY PLAYS AT CALLOWAY COUNTY.

 

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED THIRD IN THE LATEST KENTUCKY SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TOP 25 WHICH HAS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE FIRST AGAIN THIS WEEK.

 

ELSEWHERE: OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS 6TH, GREENWOOD 9TH, REIDLAND 13TH, LONE OAK 16TH, CALLOWAY COUNTY 20TH, HEATH AND MARSHALL COUNTY TIED FOR 21ST, UNION COUNTY IS 24TH.

 

MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BASKETBALL TEAM WERE AT STATON’S ART AND FRAMING WEDNESDAY SIGNING COPIES OF THE NEW JAMES CAIN, JUNIOR PRINT “PRIDE OF THE COUNTY”. 

 

VEONTAE LEWIS SAID HE PLANS TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR ANGELINA JUNIOR COLLEGE IN TEXAS.

 

DONOVAN KATES SAID HE HAS NARROWED HIS COLLEGE CHOICES TO THREE, AND SAYS HE WILL MAKE AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO MANHATTAN COLLEGE NEXT WEEK. 

 

NICK RILEY SAYS HE IS LOOKING AT A JUNIOR COLLEGE IN MINNESOTA TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

 

RILEY SAYS HE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION WHILE KATES, LEWIS AND ANTHONY HICKEY WILL MAKE THEIR COLLEGE DECISIONS OFFICIAL MAY 6TH. 

 

KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY IS IN LOUISVILLE PREPARING TO PLAY IN THE DERBY FESTIVAL ALL STAR CLASSIC.  THE GAME IS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE K-F-C YUM CENTER.

 

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASKETBALLER COREY WILFORD HAS SIGNED TO PLAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  WILFORD HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT CONNORS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHERE THIS PAST SEASON HE AVERAGED 18 POINTS, FOUR REBOUNDS AND THREE ASSISTS.

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

 

KENTUCKY PLAYERS DEANDRE LIGGINS ALONG WITH FRESHMEN BRANDON KNIGHT AND TERRENCE JONES ALL DECLARED FOR THE N-B-A DRAFT WEDNESDAY.  ALL THREE SAY THEY HAVE NOT AND CURRENTLY HAVE NO PLANS TO SIGN WITH AN AGENT, LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN TO RETURN TO U-K NEXT SEASON.

 

MEANWHILE, THE OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER QUOTES TERRENCE JONES HIGH SCHOOL COACH AS SAYING HE’S NOT SURE JONES WILL STAY IN THE N-B-A DRAFT.  PAT STRICKLAND SAYS JONES MIGHT LEAVE IF HE IS ONE OF THE TOP SEVEN PICKS IN THE DRAFT.

 

AS FAR AS BRANDON KNIGHT GOES, THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS KNIGHT’S MOTHER AS SAYING HE HAS MADE A DECISION ON HIS FUTURE, BUT IT WASN’T FOR HER TO ANNOUNCE.

 

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDERBILT COACH KEVIN STALLINGS AS SAYING WEDNESDAY FORWARD JEFFERY TAYLOR, CENTER FESTUS EZELI AND GUARD JOHN JENKINS WILL ALL RETURN FOR THE COMMODORES NEXT SEASON.  THE THREE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING TESTING THE WATERS OF THE N-B-A DRAFT.

 

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS JOSH RICHARDSON—WHO HAD VERBALLY COMMITTED TO TENNESSEE SUNDAY—SIGNED HIS NATIONAL LETTER WEDNESDAY.  RICHARDSON IS A SIX-FIVE COMBO GUARD FROM SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.

 

NHL

 

THE ANAHEIM DUCKS GOT TWO QUICK GOALS EARLY IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO BREAK A TIE WITH NASHVILLE, THEN DEFEATED THE PREDATORS 6-3 IN GAME FOUR OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  THE SERIES IS TWO GAMES APIECE WITH GAME FIVE SUNDAY IN ANAHEIM.