HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THURSDAY SCORES: TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 6-0, UNION COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 11-6, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 10-7, LONE OAK OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 7-2, MARSHALL COUNTY DEFEATED BALLARD COUNTY 4-0, MAYFIELD OVER ST. MARY 6-4.

TODAY’S GAMES: BOTH CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE ARE PLAYING IN THE LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT. CHRISTIAN COUNTY FACES PLEASURE RIDGE PARK, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE MEETS CENTRAL HARDIN.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS FACES MARSHALL COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO WEBSTER COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS EDMONSON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY PLAYS AT MURRAY, MADISONVILLE PLAYS AT DAWSON SPRINGS, LYON COUNTY IS AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

THURSDAY SCORES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT BALLARD COUNTY 15-0, HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 5-2, TODD CENTRAL OVER TRIGG COUNTY 16-1 IN FOUR INNINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 17-1, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER LOGAN COUNTY 13-2 IN SIX INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS HOST TO MARSHALL COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HAS A DOUBLEHEADER WITH LYON COUNTY AND LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE PLAYS AT WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT MURRAY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS HART COUNTY.

HOPKINSVILLE’S BASEBALL TEAM REMAINS RANKED 13^TH IN THE NEWEST KENTUCKY BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TOP 25. MADISON CENTRAL IS THE NEW NUMBER ONE TEAM THIS WEEK.

SIGNINGS

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRESTLER JERON TRICE SIGNED WITH CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY THURSDAY. TRICE WAS 63-34 IN HIS CAREER FOR THE COLONELS, AND WAS A TWO YEAR VARSITY STARTER AND KENTUCKY STATE TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER.

TODAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRACK STAR SEAN HURD SIGNS HIS LETTER IN A CEREMONY AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH.

WHILE WE’RE ON SIGNINGS, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASKETBALL PLAYERS ANTHONY HICKEY, DONOVAN KATES, VEONTAE LEWIS AND NICK RILEY WILL SIGN THEIR LETTERS IN CEREMONIES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT THREE AT COLONEL GYM. THE EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY MAY 6^TH.

IT WAS ALSO LEARNED THURSDAY DONOVAN KATES HAS BEEN OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TO PLAY HIS BASKETBALL FOR MANHATTAN COLLEGE. ALSO, ANTHONY HICKEY HAS PLACED WESTERN KENTUCKY BACK IN HIS LIST OF SCHOOLS HE IS CONSIDERING ACCORDING TO TIGERBAIT.COM, AN WEBSITE AFFLIATED WITH LSU SPORTS. LSU AND SOUTH CAROLINA ARE ALSO ON THE SHORT LIST.

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED ITS 2012 DAWHARES/KHSAA HALL OF FAME CLASS THURSDAY.

THE MEMBERS INCLUDE FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRESTLING AND SOFTBALL COACH JIM PERRIN. PERRIN LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO FOUR STATE TITLES AND FOUR RUNNER UP FINISHES IN HIS TIME AS SOFTBALL COACH AND ALSO WON A STATE TITLE AND TWO RUNNER UP FINISHES IN WRESTLING.

OTHER INDUCTEES INCLUDE: FORMER WARREN CENTRAL FOOTBALL COACH JOE HOOD, FORMER PADUCAH TILGHMAN FOOTBALL AND TRACK STANDOUT RANDY WYATT, ALONG WITH 1961 KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL RANDY EMBRY FROM OWENSBORO HIGH AND 1967 MR. BASKETBALL JIM MCDANIELS OF ALLEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

THE CLASS OF 2012 WILL BE INDUCTED APRIL 28^TH AT THE LEXINGTON CONVENTION CENTER.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO HAS ANNOUNCED HIS THIRD HIRE FOR HIS STAFF. KEVIN KEATTS, WHO WON TWO NATIONAL PREP SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT HARGRAVES MILITARY ACADEMY WILL BECOME THE THIRD ASSISTANT ON THE STAFF, JOINING PITINO’S SON RICHARD AND WYKING JONES WHO WERE HIRED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE BASKETBALL SIGNEE CHRIS JONES IS LIKELY HEADED TO A JUNIOR COLLEGE. NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE COACH STEVE FORBES—WHO ONCE SERVED ON BRUCE PEARL’S STAFF AT TENNESSEE—CONFIRMED THE REPORT TO THE NEWSPAPER.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

 AUSTIN PEAY PICKED UP ANOTHER FOOTBALL SIGNEE THURSDAY. ADAM NOBLE—WHOSE FATHER GERALD PLAYED FOR THE GOVERNORS IN THE 1970’S—WILL FOLLOW IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS.

 NOBLE PLAYED SAFETY AND QUARTERBACK IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WILL PLAY SAFETY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL. AUSTIN PEAY PLANS TO REDSHIRT THE SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI NATIVE.

 NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS LOST GAME ONE OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL 1-0 AT VANCOUVER THURSDAY NIGHT. GAME TWO IS SATURDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.