HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

NO WORD ON WHETHER ANY GAMES WILL BE PLAYED TODAY BECAUSE OF THE RAINS. IF IT’S PLAYED, CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO PLAY SOFTBALL AT HOPKINSVILLE, WITH GAME TIME AT 5:30. THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THERE WAS A NEW DEVLOPMENT SATURDAY CONCERNING WHAT SCHOOL CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S ANTHONY HICKEY MAY ATTEND. THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED SATURDAY, AN EMAIL THEY RECEIVED FRIDAY FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR INDICATED WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS NO LONGER A SCHOOL OF INTEREST.

EARLIER LAST WEEK, TIGERBAIT.COM—A WEBSITE WHICH COVERS L-S-U ATHLETICS—HAD INDICATED WESTERN, ALONG WITH L-S-U AND SOUTH CAROLINA WERE THE THREE FINALISTS FOR KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL’S SERVICES. HICKEY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM WHO ARE SIGNING WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR DECISIONS AT THREE P-M TUESDAY AT COLONEL GYM.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI IS BRINGING THE N-B-A TO CAMPUS TO EVALUATE THE THREE PLAYERS WHO ARE TESTING THE N-B-A DRAFT WATERS. FRESHMEN BRANDON KNIGHT AND TERRENCE JONES, ALONG WITH JUNIOR DEANDRE LIGGINS WILL GO THROUGH WORKOUTS FOR EVERY TEAM TODAY AND TOMORROW.

ON HIS WEBSITE—COACH CAL.COM--CALIPARI SAID THE LOGIC BEHIND THE WORKOUTS WAS TO LET THE THREE GET N-B-A EXPOSURE BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER THEY WILL STAY IN THE JUNE 23^RD DRAFT OR WITHDRAW BEFORE MAY 8^TH.

UK ATHLETIC NOTES

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS FANS WON’T NOTICE ANY ON THE AIR CHANGES ON THE BIG BLUE SPORTS NETWORK THIS FALL, HOWEVER THERE ARE CHANGES BEHIND THE SCENES.

I-M-G—WHICH HAS BEEN KENTUCKY’S RIGHTSHOLDER SINCE 2007—HAS PURCHASED A RIVAL COMPANY I-S-P. THIS MEANS THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL PRODUCE ALL OF ITS RADIO BROADCASTS FROM I-S-P’S HOME IN WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOM LEACH WILL CONTINUE TO CALL THE U-K GAMES, WITH JEFF PIECORO ON COLOR IN FOOTBALL AND MIKE PRATT IN BASKETBALL.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN PICKED UP A WIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS WESTERN KENTUCKY DEFEATED LOUISIANA MONROE 8-5. HAGEMAN ALLOWED FOUR RUNS ON SEVEN HITS IN SEVEN INNINGS. HAGEMAN ALSO STRUCK OUT SIX AND WALKED FOUR IN PICKING UP HIS SEVENTH WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH FOUR LOSSES.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER COLE ISOM PICKED UP A WIN SATURDAY FOR EVANSVILLE AS THEY DEFEATED MISSOURI STATE 5-4. ISOM PICKED UP HIS FIFTH WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH FOUR LOSSES. ISOM WENT SEVEN AND TWO THIRDS INNINGS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS ON EIGHT HITS, WALKING TWO AND STRIKING OUT TWO.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOST VANCOUVER IN GAME THREE OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SERIES TOMORROW NIGHT IN NASHVILLE. THE SERIES IS EVEN AT ONE GAME EACH AFTER THE PREDS WON IN DOUBLE OVERTIME SATURDAY NIGHT. COVERAGE BEGINS AT EIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.