HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

FRIDAY SCORES:    AT THE LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT--CENTRAL HARDIN EDGED HOPKINSVILLE 6-5.

ELSEWHERE:  MARSHALL COUNTY OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6-5, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-5, KENWOOD, TN. OVER RUSSELLVILLE 6-5, MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED EDMONSON COUNTY 8-1, UNION COUNTY WON A PAIR OF GAMES OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 12-0 AND MAYFIELD 3-2, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER HEATH 4-2, GRAVES COUNTY SHUT OUT ST. MARY 7-0.

TODAY'S GAMES:   HOPKINSVILLE MEETS SOUTHERN, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS RUSSELL COUNTY AND LEXINGTON CATHOLIC AT THE LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL.  CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES GRAVES COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS HANCOCK COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY PLAYS TWO GAMES AGAINST WEBSTER COUNTY AND BALLARD MEMORIAL, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS CAVERNA, MUHLENBERG COUNTY GOES TO OHIO COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

FRIDAY SCORES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER MARSHALL COUNTY 10-2, HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 6-2, LYON COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 16-2 IN FIVE INNINGS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER WARREN CENTRAL 17-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, MAYFIELD OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 6-4, LONE OAK DEFEATED HICKMAN COUNTY 8-4, GRAVES COUNTY OVER BALLARD MEMORIAL 3-0, HEATH DEFEATS PADUCAH TILGHMAN 7-3, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER EVANSVILLE REITZ 3-1.

TODAY'S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO HEATH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRACK AND FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY STANDOUT SEAN HURD MADE HIS COLLEGE CHOICE FRIDAY.  HURD WILL CONTINUE HIS ATHLETIC ENDEAVORS FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. 

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WIDE RECEIVER RANDALL COBB WAS TAKEN IN THE 2ND ROUND OF THE NFL DRAFT FRIDAY NIGHT.  COBB WILL PLAY FOR THE WORLD CHAMPION GREEN BAY PACKERS.  COBB WAS THE LAST PICK TAKEN IN THE SECOND ROUND AND IS U-K'S HIGHEST DRAFT PICK SINCE DEWAYNE ROBERTSON WENT TO THE NEW YORK JETS IN 2003.

MEANWHILE, THE TENNESSEE TITANS TOOK A PAIR OF DEFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE 2ND AND 3RD ROUNDS, WITH UCLA LINEBACKER AKEEM AYERS IN THE 2ND ROUND AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEFENSIVE TACKLE JURRELL CASEY IN THE 3RD ROUND. 

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS PLAY GAME TWO OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL SERIES AT VANCOUVER TONIGHT.  THE CANUCKS LEAD THE SERIES 1-0 AFTER A 1-0 WIN THURSDAY NIGHT.  COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT EIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS COACH BARRY TROTZ IS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR THE JACK ADAMS AWARD, GIVEN ANNUALLY TO THE N-H-L'S COACH OF THE YEAR.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS FORMER KENTUCKY BASKETBALL PLAYER DARNELL DODSON HAS BEEN DISMISSED FROM THE TEAM AT SOUTHERN MISS.  DODSON WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING ITEMS FROM A FRATERNITY HOUSE ON THE SOUTHERN MISS CAMPUS.  DODSON PLAYED AT KENTUCKY IN THE 2009-10 SEASON BEFORE LEAVING LAST SUMMER.  HE AVERAGED SIX POINTS IN 35 GAMES FOR KENTUCKY.