Sports Headlines 5.5.11

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON, WINNING 16-0 IN FOUR INNINGS AT LADY TIGER FIELD.

GRIFFIN JOINER AND MAGGIE GLASS COMBINED FOR A NO HITTER. JOINER WENT THREE FOR FOUR AT THE PLATE WITH HER 15^TH HOME RUN ON THE SEASON TO GO WITH A SINGLE, A DOUBLE AND SEVEN RBI. KAYLA WADE AND MORGAN CUNNINGHAM HAD THREE HITS EACH, MAGGIE GLASS HAD TWO HITS AND A HOME RUN.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS NOW 22-2 ON THE SEASON, HOPTOWN 7-14.

ELSEWHERE: FORT CAMPBELL LOST A DOUBLEHEADER TO MADISONVILLE, 15-0 IN FOUR INNINGS AND 14-1 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TRAVELS TO TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY WELCOMES UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY PLAYS A DOUBLEHEADER AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE IS AT DAWSON SPRINGS.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 3-1, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER U-H-A AND CURRENT AUSTIN PEAY STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON SAYS HE IS TESTING THE N-B-A DRAFT WATERS. HOWEVER, HE TELLS BOTH THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA AND LEAF CHRONICLE HE WILL LIKELY PULL HIS NAME FROM CONSIDERATION BY THE NCAA IMPOSED DEADLINE OF SUNDAY.

EDMONDSON LED THE GOVERNORS IN SCORING AT 17 POINT ONE POINTS PER GAME THIS PAST SEASON AND WAS NAMED ALL O-V-C.

EDMONSON’S FORMER U-H-A TEAMMATE AND CURRENT TENNESEE VOL SCOTTY HOPSON IS ALSO CONSIDERING LEAVING FOR HIS FINAL YEAR TO GO TO THE N-B-A.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE MOTHER OF U-K FRESHMAN TERRENCE JONES SAYS HE WILL WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY TO DECIDE IF HE WILL REMAIN IN THE N-B-A DRAFT.

HOWEVER, COACH JOHN CALIPARI IS SAYING FELLOW FRESHMAN BRANDON KNIGHT HAS APPARENTLY MADE UP HIS MIND AND WILL STAY IN THE DRAFT.

JONES, KNIGHT AND DEANDRE LIGGINS ENTERED THEIR NAMES IN THE N-B-A DRAFT LAST MONTH, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE HIRED AN AGENT.

FORMER KENTUCKY WILDCAT AND CURRENT SACRAMENTO KING DEMARCUS COUSINS SAYS HE HAS SPOKEN TO THE THREE U-K PLAYERS TESTING THE N-B-A DRAFT WATERS—BRANDON KNIGHT, TERRENCE JONES AND DEANDRE LIGGINS—AND TOLD THEM IT WAS THEIR DECISION TO MAKE WHETHER THEY WANTED TO STAY IN THE DRAFT.

COUSINS APPEARED IN LEXINGTON WEDNESDAY FOR AN AUTOGRAPH SESSION. HE ALSO TOLD THE COURIER JOURNAL HE IS HOPEFUL THERE WILL BE A 2011-12 SEASON, BUT WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT SET TO EXPIRE JULY FIRST, THAT REMAINS AN UNCERTAINTY.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND VANCOUVER CANUCKS WILL PLAY GAME FOUR OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL SERIES AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA TONIGHT.

THE CANUCKS LEAD THE SERIES TWO GAMES TO ONE. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT 7:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.