HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS DEFEATED U-H-A TUESDAY 8-2 TO TAKE THE TWO GAME 8^TH DISTRICT SERIES. THE TIGERS GOT TWO HITS EACH FROM JACK AND DAVID GARDNER TO PROPEL TO THE WIN.

RYAN P’POOL LED U-H-A WITH TWO HITS. THE TIGERS ARE NOW 23-3 OVERALL AND 4-0 IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY, WHILE THE BLAZERS FELL TO 9-9 AND 2-2 IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.

ELSEWHERE: TRIGG COUNTY SLID PAST CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7-5, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 18-4, DAWSON SPRINGS OVER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 12-1 IN SIX INNINGS, DAVIESS COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 9-1, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER BOWLING GREEN 14-9, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 12-8.

TODAY’S GAMES: MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS OHIO COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

SECOND RANKED CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED SOUTH WARREN 14-0, HOPKINSVILLE OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 5-1, TODD CENTRAL EDGED LOGAN COUNTY 3-2, METCALFE COUNTY OVER RUSSELLVILLE 21-0 IN THREE INNINGS, REIDLAND EDGED CALLOWAY COUNTY 5-4, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, HOPKINS CENTRAL EDGED APOLLO 3-2 AND GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATED MAYFIELD 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: TODD CENTRAL AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES OHIO COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY AND LOUISVILLE HAVE EXTENDED THEIR BASKETBALL SERIES FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE TEAMS WILL PLAY IN NASHVILLE IN THE 2012-13 SEASON, AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE IN THE 2013-14 SEASON, AT E-A DIDDLE ARENA IN THE 2014-15 SEASON AND CONCLUDE IN LOUISVILLE IN THE 2015-16 SEASON.

THE TWO TEAMS WILL PLAY IN LOUISVILLE THIS COMING SEASON.

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS PICKED UP ANOTHER BASKETBALL COMMITMENT. THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED TUESDAY T-J PRICE FROM SALMEN, LOUISIANA HAS COMMITTED TO THE HILLTOPPERS.

PRICE WAS EXPECTED TO SIGN HIS LETTER OF INTENT TUESDAY. PRICE AVERAGED 17 POINTS, SEVEN REBOUNDS AND THREE ASSISTS LAST SEASON FOR SALMEN. ONCE PRICE SIGNS, HE WILL BECOME THE SEVENTH MEMBER OF THE HILLTOPPER RECRUITING CLASS.

BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY COACH SCOTT DAVENPORT HAS SIGNED A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO REMAIN AT THE LOUISVILLE SCHOOL.

DAVENPORT LED THE KNIGHTS TO THE DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS PAST SEASON. BELLARMINE FINISHED 33-2 AND DAVENPORT WAS NAMED THE DIVISION TWO COACH OF THE YEAR.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY IS BACK IN ACTION THIS EVENING, PLAYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST 5-4 AT FORT WAYNE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN FORT WAYNE.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS OPENED A HOMESTAND WITH A 6-3 LOSS TO THE FRESNO GRIZZLIES. IT WAS THE NINTH STRAIGHT LOSS FOR THE SOUNDS, WHO HOST FRESNO THIS AFTERNOON.

NHL

COULD SHANE O’BRIEN HAVE PLAYED HIS LAST GAME IN NASHVILLE IN MONDAY NIGHT’S LOSS TO VANCOUVER?

TENNESSEAN PREDATORS BEAT WRITER JOSH COOPER REPORTS ON HIS BLOG ON THE TENNESSEAN’S WEBSITE THAT A QUOTE BY O’BRIEN FOLLOWING THE GAME INDICATED O’BRIEN WOULD POSSIBLY NOT RETURN NEXT SEASON.

O’BRIEN IS AN UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENT.