HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY JUNIOR OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS NAMED TO THE COURIER JOURNAL'S FIRST TEAM ALL STATE TEAM.  BOWLING GREEN'S CHANE BEHANAN AND WARREN CENTRAL'S GEORGE FANT WERE ALSO NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S DONOVAN KATES WAS NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM, WHILE VEONTAE LEWIS ALONG WITH U-H-A'S MATT MCGOWAN WAS NAMED TO THE 2ND REGION HONORABLE MENTION TEAM.

ON THE GIRLS SIDE:  KENTUCKY MISS BASKETBALL SARA HAMMOND OF ROCKCASTLE COUNTY WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM ALONG WITH CHASTITY GOOCH OF FRANKLIN SIMPSON, BECCA GREENWELL OF OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND AVEREE FIELDS OF CALLOWAY COUNTY.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL CONCLUDED SPRING PRACTICE SATURDAY, WITH COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYING FOLLOWING THE SCRIMMAGE HE FEELS THE WILDCATS CAN CONTEND FOR THE S-E-C EAST TITLE IN THE 2011 SEASON.  THE WILDCATS WILL OPEN THE SEASON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER FIRST AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PIRCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN ALLOWED EIGHT RUNS, SEVEN EARNED IN WESTERN KENTUCKY'S 9-1 LOSS TO TROY SATURDAY.  HAGEMAN GAVE UP EIGHT HITS, STRUCK OUT FIVE AND WALKED ONE IN THE LOSS.  THE HILLTOPPERS LOST THE FINALE OF THE SERIES 12-9 SUNDAY AGAINST TROY.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS DEFEATED ANAHEIM SUNDAY 4-2 TO WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL SERIES FOUR GAMES TO TWO TO MOVE TO THE SEMIFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FRANCHISE HISTORY.  THE PREDATORS AWAIT TO FIND OUT THEIR OPPONENT.

GOLF

NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER RALLIED FROM SIX SHOTS BACK TO DEFEAT LUKE DONALD IN A PLAYOFF AND WIN THE HERITAGE SUNDAY AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA.  SNEDEKER SHOT A FINAL ROUND 64 IN GETTING HIS FIRST WIN ON TOUR SINCE THE 2007 WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP DURING HIS ROOKIE SEASON.

FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY AND PARTNER SCOTT HOCH LOST IN A PLAYOFF SUNDAY TO DAVID EGER AND MARK MCNULTY AT THE LEGENDS OF GOLF IN SAVANAH GEORGIA.  EGER AND MCNULTY STARTED THE DAY FOUR SHOTS OFF THE LEAD, WITH BOTH TEAMS TIED AT 27 UNDER PARK GOING INTO THE PLAYOFF, WHICH EGER AND MCNULTY WON THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE.  PERRY LIPPED OUT A PUTT THAT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THE PLAYOFF.