Sports Headlines 5.6.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THURSDAY’S SCORES: U-H-A FELL TO HENDERSON COUNTY 8-5, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY 7-1, TRIGG COUNTY SLID BY HOPKINS CENTRAL 3-2, BOWLING GREEN SHUT OUT RUSSELLVILLE 2-0, WARREN CENTRAL EDGED LOGAN COUNTY 3-2, MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHUT OUT MCLEAN COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

FRIDAY’S GAMES: THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE TOWN AND COUNTY BASEBALL CLASSIC TAKES PLACE AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOLS.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS LONE OAK AT 6 P-M AT COLONEL FIELD, WHILE AT TIGER FIELD, HOPKINSVILLE MEETS DAVIESS COUNTY AT 5:30 AND WEBSTER COUNTY AT 7:30.

ELSEWHERE: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HAS AN 8^TH DISTRICT GAME TODAY AT FORT CAMPBELL, MADISONVILLE MEETS DAWSON SPRINGS, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY PLAYS AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

THURSDAY’S SCORES: TODD CENTRAL OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 7-1, MADISONVILLE EDGED DAWSON SPRINGS 3-2, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 17-5 IN FIVE INNINGS.

HOPKINS CENTRAL TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM CALDWELL COUNTY 15-0 IN FOUR INNINGS AND 11-1 IN FIVE INNINGS, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 15-0 IN FOUR INNINGS, CALLOWAY COUNTY DEFEATED MURRAY 13-2.

FRIDAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO LYON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE, CALLOWAY COUNTY ARE PLAYING IN THE SPORTS WAREHOUSE/CATHOLIC CLASSIC IN OWENSBORO, WEBSTER COUNTY PLAYS AT MCLEAN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S ZACH HENSON WILL SIGN A SOCCER LETTER OF INTENT TODAY TO PLAY FOR GEORGETOWN COLLEGE. THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3:15 IN TIGER GYM.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S DAYTON JONES IS ONE OF SIX RECIPIENTS OF THE GAY BREWER JUNIOR GRANT PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM WAS FORMED BY THE LATE P-G-A TOUR PLAYER AND KENTUCKY NATIVE TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR JUNIOR GOLFERS TO USE FOR EXPENSES TO COMPETE AT THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL. JONES AND THE OTHERS WILL RECEIVE TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY BASKETBALL PLAYER BRANDON KNIGHT WILL ANNOUNCE TODAY WHETHER HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON OR GO TO THE N-B-A. MANY EXPERTS THINK HE WILL STAY IN THE N-B-A DRAFT.

KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH JOHN CALIPARI SAYS HE WILL COACH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM WHICH WILL COMPETE IN THE FIBA AMERICAS OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 11^TH.

IN MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE—COACHCAL.COM—CALIPARI SAID THE BULK OF THE TRAINING FOR THE TEAM WILL BE DONE IN LEXINGTON. CALIPARI ALSO SAYS HE IS PLANNING AN EXHIBITION GAME BETWEEN THE DOMINICAN TEAM AND A TEAM OF FORMER KENTUCKY WILDCATS AT RUPP ARENA AT A LATER DATE.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS FORMER U-H-A AND CURRENT TENNESSEE VOLS PLAYER SCOTTY HOPSON SAYING HE THINKS HE COULD BE A SOLID FIRST ROUND N-B-A DRAFT PICK. HOPSON’S ADVISOR—LARRY MARSHALL—SAYS HE IS LEAVING THE DECISION TO HOPSON WHETHER HE WILL GO TO THE N-B-A OR RETURN FOR HIS SENIOR SEASON AT U-T.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

 THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL HAVE THE SERVICES OF OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ALEX BULLARD THIS SEASON. BULLARD IS A FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE NATIVE WHO TRANSFERRED FROM NOTRE DAME AFTER LAST SEASON DUE TO THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. THE NC-AA THURSDAY AWARDED BULLARD A HARDSHIP WAIVER ALLOWING HIM TO PLAY FOR THE VOLS THIS SEASON.

 NHL

THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS TOOK A 3-1 LEAD OVER THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS IN A STANLEY CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL SERIES WITH A 4-2 WIN LAST NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

GAME FIVE OF THE SERIES IS SATURDAY NIGHT IN VANCOUVER, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.