HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

RAINS AGAIN FORCED CANCELLATIONS OF GAMES FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT DAY WEDNESDAY. IT’S NOT KNOWN IF ANY GAMES WILL BE PLAYED TODAY.

THE NEWEST KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION RANKINGS HAS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE OF THE 4^TH REGION NUMBER ONE AGAIN THIS WEEK, WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY MOVING TO NUMBER TWO. OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS 5^TH, GREENWOOD 6^TH, BUTLER COUNTY 12^TH, LONE OAK 15^TH, MARSHALL COUNTY 20^TH, REIDLAND 22^ND AND CALLOWAY COUNTY 24^TH.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRESTLER JERON TRICE WILL SIGN A LETTER TO WRESTLE COLLEGIATELY FOR CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY. THE SIGNING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THREE P-M AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HELD ITS BASKETBALL BANQUET EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AWARD WINNERS INCLUDED: JORDAN MAJORS, POINTS PER GAME WITH A 14 POINT FOUR AVERAGE, CONNER GATES FOR REBOUNDS, JORDAN MAJORS AND DEVONTA SPENCER FOR ASSISTS.

DEVONTA SPENCER STEALS, CONNER GATES FOR THREE POINT GOALS MADE WITH 25, DARIUS WHITE 6^TH MAN AWARD, T-J ELAM DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND DALLAS GATES WON THE MOST IMPROVED AWARD.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE COACH RICK PITINO WEDNESDAY WITHDREW FROM COACHING THE PUERTO RICAN NATIONAL TEAM BECAUSE OF SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.

PUERTO RICO WILL ATTEMPT TO QUALIFY FOR THE 2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN THE FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP FROM AUGUST 25^TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8^TH.

FOR THE 15^TH TIME IN 16 SEASONS, THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LED THE NATION IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE THIS PAST SEASON.

THE AVERAGE HOME CROWD AT RUPP ARENA WAS 23-THOUSAND 603.

SYRACUSE WAS SECOND, LOUISVILLE THIRD WITH AN AVERAGE OF 21-THOUSAND 832 AT THE NEW KFC/YUM CENTER, NORTH CAROLINA FOURTH AND TENNESSEE FIFTH WITH AN AVERAGE OF 18-THOUSAND 952.

LOUISVILLE EASTERN’S REMY ABELL WEDNESDAY MADE A COMMITMENT TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR INDIANA UNIVERSITY. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS ABELL PICKED COACH TOM CREAN’S PROGRAM OVER XAVIER, BUTLER, PENN STATE AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. ABELL HAD PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED TO BRADLEY, BUT GOT OUT OF IT WHEN COACH JIM LES WAS RECENTLY FIRED.

NFL

THE NFL DRAFT TAKES PLACE TONIGHT IN NEW YORK, AND FORMER KENTUCKY WIDE RECEIVER RANDALL COBB IS AMONG 25 PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE EVENT. IT’S PROJECTED COBB COULD BE A LATE FIRST ROUND OR EARLY SECOND ROUND PICK.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS BEGIN WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL PLAY THIS EVENING AGAINST THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS IN VANCOUVER. THE TEAMS SPLIT THE FOUR GAMES PLAYED IN THE REGULAR SEASON TWO GAMES EACH.

COVERAGE OF TONIGHT’S GAME BEGINS AT NINE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. GAME TWO OF THE SERIES WILL ALSO BE AT NINE SATURDAY NIGHT IN VANCOUVER.

NASHVILLE WILL HOST GAMES THREE AND FOUR NEXT TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS, WITH GAME TIMES TO BE DETERMINED.