HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

HOPKINSVILLE SCORED SEVEN OF ITS RUNS IN THE FIRST TWO INNINGS IN AN 11-1 8^TH DISTRICT WIN OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

JAROD PERRY HAD THREE HITS FOR HOPTOWN, SCORED THREE RUNS AND STOLE FIVE BASES IN LEADING THE TIGERS TO THEIR 22^ND WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH THREE LOSSES. THE TIGERS ARE NOW 3-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY.

U-H-A GOT TWO HITS FROM AUSTIN GEE IN FALLING TO 9-8 OVERALL AND 2-1 IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TODAY AT U-H-A, WITH FIRST PITCH AT 5:30.

THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AIRS AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE MONDAY: MUHLENBERG COUNTY DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 6-4, COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 7-4, TRIGG COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 8-7, HOPKINS CENTRAL ALSO EDGED MURRAY 8-7, DAVIESS COUNTY OVER HENDERSON COUNTY 1-0.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO TRIGG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY MEETS CALLOWAY COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS WELCOMES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, UNION COUNTY AT MADISONVILLE, HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYS BOWLING GREEN AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

MONDAY’S SCORES: IN A BATTLE OF TWO OF THE TOP RANKED TEAMS IN THE STATE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE 4-0.

IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 24-2.

ELSEWHERE: HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED MCLEAN COUNTY 18-4 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 6-0, WHITESVILLE TRINITY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 7-3 IN EIGHT INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO SOUTH WARREN, U-H-A PLAYS THE FIRST GAME OF A DOUBLEHEADER AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, WHO FACES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL IN THE SECOND GAME, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY IN A DOUBLE DIP TODAY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS METCALFE COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES LOGAN COUNTY AND MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS MADISONVILLE.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

HOPKINSVILLE PLAYED AT MADISONVILLE MONDAY, WITH THE TIGER BOYS LOSING THEIR MATCH 3-6, WHILE THE LADY TIGERS DEFEATED THE LADY MAROONS 7-2.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTED CALDWELL COUNTY, WITH THE BLAZERS WINNING NINE-LOVE, WHILE THE LADY BLAZERS LOST TO THE LADY TIGERS 4-5.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER SAYS LEXINGTON NATIVE AND BUTLER UNIVERSITY’S SHELVIN MACK HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT RETURN FOR HIS SENIOR YEAR AND ENTER THE N-B-A DRAFT.

MACK HELPED BUTLER MAKE TWO STRAIGHT APPEARANCES IN THE NC-AA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, FALLING THIS YEAR TO CONNECTICUT AND LOSING TO DUKE IN 2010. MACK PLAYED HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AT BRYAN STATION.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

AUSTIN PEAY SHORTSTOP REED HARPER HAS BEEN NAMED THE O-V-C BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK. HARPER HAD SIX HITS IN A WEEKEND SERIES AGAINST TENNESSEE TECH AND EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 22 GAMES.

THE GOVERNORS RETURN TO ACTION TOMORROW AT EVANSVILLE.

MURRAY STATE SENIOR LAUREN BUCH WAS NAMED THE O-V-C SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK. BUCH HAD SIX HITS IN GAMES LAST WEEK AND WON THE O-V-C HITTING CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A .421 AVERAGE. THE RACERS MEET UT MARTIN MAY 12^TH IN THE O-V-C SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS SEASON CAME TO AN END LAST NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. THE PREDATORS LOST TO VANCOUVER 2-1 IN GAME SIX OF THE STANLEY CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMI FINALS.

THE CANUCKS NOW WAIT TO SEE IF THEY WILL PLAY DETROIT OR SAN JOSE IN THE FINALS. THOSE TEAMS PLAY THIS EVENING IN DETROIT.