HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THURSDAY’S SCORES: THERE WERE A COUPLE OF EXTRA INNING GAMES THAT SAW HENDERSON COUNTY NIP CHRISTIAN COUNTY 1-0 IN NINE INNINGS AND FULTON CITY DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 6-5 IN EIGHT INNINGS.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SHUTOUT TODD CENTRAL 9-0, NO REPORT ON THE KHSAA WEBSITE FOR THE HOPKINSVILLE-LIVINGSTON CENTRAL GAME.

TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT MAYFIELD 3-0, MADISONVILLE EDGED CALDWELL COUNTY 13-12, MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 1-0 IN EIGHT INNINGS, UNION COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 14-1 IN FIVE INNINGS, OHIO COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 7-5.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE AT HENDERSON COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS LONE OAK, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT LYON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS HART COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

THURSDAY’S SCORES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 16-0, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL EDGED MADISONVILLE 2-1, LYON COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 18-12, CALLOWAY COUNTY DEFEATED MURRAY 9-4.

DAWSON SPRINGS WON THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 1-0 WIN OVER LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

TODAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT CALDWELL COUNTY, LYON COUNTY HOSTS CARLISLE COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AND CALLOWAY COUNTY ARE PLAYING IN THE GREENWOOD BORDER BATTLE IN BOWLING GREEN.

HOPKINSVILLE IS RANKED 13^TH IN THE LATEST KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES TOP 25 POLL WHICH HAS ST. X NUMBER ONE THIS WEEK. APOLLO IS RANKED 9^TH AND DAVIESS COUNTY IS TIED FOR 18^TH.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL BASKETBALL CLASSIC TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S ANTHONY HICKEY WILL PLAY ON THE GOLD TEAM COACHED BY OAK HILL ACADEMY’S STEVE SMITH.

WARREN CENTRAL’S GEORGE FANT AND BOWLING GREEN’S CHANE BEHANAN WILL PLAY ON THE WHITE TEAM COACHED BY WARREN CENTRAL’S TIM RILEY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ALLEN WARD ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE RACERS MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE ITS LONG SERIES WITH INSTATE RIVAL WESTERN KENTUCKY.

THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY IN BOWLING GREEN ON DECEMBER 1^ST THIS YEAR AND DECEMBER 1^ST 2012 AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER IN MURRAY. THE DATES FOR THE 2013 AND 2014 GAMES HAVE NOT BEEN SET.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WILL CLOSE OUT SPRING PRACTICE SATURDAY WITH THE BLUE WHITE GAME TO BE PLAYED TO A DIFFERENT TWIST. BECAUSE OF SO MANY INJURIES AND LACK OF DEPTH, BOTH THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WILL BE REWARDED IN A SCORING SYSTEM. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT 1:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

NFL

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE TENNESSEE TITANS REMAIN FIRM ON THE DEPARTURE OF QUARTERBACK VINCE YOUNG.

COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS NOTHING WILL MAKE THE TEAM REVERSE ITS DECISION. YOUNG WAS TOLD AFTER THE 2010 SEASON HE WOULD NOT BE RETURNING TO THE TITANS AFTER A SERIES OF OUTBURSTS DURING THE SEASON.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND ANAHEIM DUCKS PLAY GAME FIVE OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL SERIES TONIGHT IN ANAHEIM, WITH THE SERIES TIED TWO GAMES APIECE.

GAME SIX WILL BE AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA SUNDAY, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING AT FIVE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

GOLF

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY SAYS HE EXPECTS IT TO BE A WILD AND CRAZY WEEK DURING THE SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT VALHALLA MAY 24-29. PERRY TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT. PERRY WAS THE 1996 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP AT VALHALLA AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE U-S RYDER CUP TEAM THAT WON THERE IN 2008. PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE IN THE FIELD.