Sports Headlines 5.7.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

AT THE TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE TOWN AND COUNTY CLASSIC:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY EDGED LONE OAK 10-9 IN NINE INNINGS,  HOPKINSVILLE REVENGED ITS LOSS TO DAVIESS COUNTY IN THE 2010 STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WITH A 3-2 WIN OVER THE PANTHERS AND TOOK THE SECOND GAME 11-1 OVER WEBSTER COUNTY.

ELSEWHERE:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 14-1 IN FIVE INNINGS, MADISONVILLE OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 15-1 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED MCLEAN COUNTY 7-4, GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATED CALLOWAY COUNTY 4-3 AND CARLISLE COUNTY 13-3 IN FIVE INNINGS, RUSSELLVILLE OVER GRAYSON COUNTY 10-4.

TODAY'S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY AT 2:30 IN THE TOWN AND COUNTY CLASSIC AFTER WEBSTER COUNTY MEETS DAVIESS COUNTY AT NOON.  HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS LONE OAK AT 11 AM, THEN LONE OAK MEETS WEBSTER COUNTY AT THREE P-M.

ELSEWHERE:  TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN, FORT CAMPBELL PLAYS AT FULTON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

FRIDAY'S GAMES:   HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 11-3, DAWSON SPRINGS SHUT OUT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 13-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, GREENWOOD SHUT OUT MUHLENBERG COUNTY 8-0, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 14-3 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED DAVIESS COUNTY 4-3 AND ANDERSON COUNTY 5-1 AT THE SPORTS WAREHOUSE/CATHOLIC CLASSIC IN OWENSBORO.

TODAY'S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES DAWSON SPRINGS.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SOCCER PLAYER ZACK HENSON WILL TAKE THE ORANGE AND BLACK COLORS AND THE TIGER NICKNAME WITH HIM AS HE CONTINUES HIS SOCCER CAREER AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.  HENSON SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT WITH GEORGETOWN COLLEGE FRIDAY. HENSON PLAYED ON THE HOPTOWN TEAM LAST SEASON THAT WENT 17-2-3 IN WINNING THE DISTRICT AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.  HENSON HAD 24 GOALS AND SEVEN ASSISTS LAST SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FRESHMAN BRANDON KNIGHT ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS CONFERENCE FRIDAY HE WILL KEEP HIS NAME IN THE N-B-A DRAFT.  KNIGHT SAID HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING AN AGENT.  HE WAS KENTUCKY'S LEADING SCORER AT JUST OVER 17 POINTS PER GAME LAST SEASON.

TEAMMATE TERRENCE JONES WILL MAKE HIS DECISION TODAY WHETHER HE WILL STAY IN THE DRAFT OR RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR. 

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE'S TOBIAS HARRIS WILL KEEP HIS NAME IN THE N-B-A DRAFT.  IT'S NOT YET KNOWN IF FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT SCOTTY HOPSON WILL RETURN FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR AT UT OR GO TO THE N-B-A. UNDERCLASSMEN HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RETURN TO SCHOOL OR ENTER THE DRAFT.

A FIELD OF 19 HORSES WILL RUN IN THE 137TH EDITION OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY THIS AFTERNOON AT CHURCHILL DOWNS.  ONE OF THE PRE RACE FAVORITES--UNCLE MO--WAS SCRATCHED YESTERDAY BECAUSE HE HAS NOT RECOVERED ENOUGH FROM A STOMACH AILMENT.  THE FAVORITE IS DIALED IN.

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE IN A MUST WIN SITUATION AS THEY MEET VANCOUVER IN GAME FIVE OF A WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL SERIES TONIGHT IN VANCOUVER.  THE CANUCKS LEAD THE SERIES THREE GAMES TO ONE.  COVERAGE BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY IS THREE SHOTS OFF THE LEAD AFTER THE SECOND ROUND OF THE CHAMPIONS TOUR REGIONS CLASSIC IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.  PERRY FIRED A BLISTERING 65 FRIDAY TO MOVE TO EIGHT UNDER PAR.  PERRY TRAILS LEADER MARK CALCAVECCHIA WHO IS AT 11 UNDER.