Sports Headlines 5/12/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: MUHLENBERG COUNTY EDGED OHIO COUNTY 5-4.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS SENIOR DAY AS THEY FACE THE HENDERSON COUNTY COLONELS. SENIOR DAY ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT FIVE, WITH THE GAME STARTING AT SIX P-M.

HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LYON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY ENTERTAINS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: FRANKLIN SIMPSON SHUT OUT TODD CENTRAL 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY ALSO GOT A SHUTOUT 6-0 OVER UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 3-1, MURRAY EDGED GRAVES COUNTY 6-5.

TODAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYS AT WEBSTER COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES BOWLING GREEN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL ENTERTAINS MURRAY, UNION COUNTY WELCOMES LYON COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTED HOPKINSVILLE IN BOYS AND GIRLS ACTION WEDNESDAY AT RUFF PARK. THE BLAZERS BEAT THE TIGERS 8-1 IN BOYS PLAY, WHILE THE LADY BLAZERS DEFEATED THE LADY TIGERS 6-3.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ALLEN WARD ANNOUNCED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS WEDNESDAY FOR BOTH MEN’S COACH BILLY KENNEDY AND WOMEN’S COACH ROB CROSS.

KENNEDY’S CONTRACT IS EXTENDED FOR A YEAR THROUGH THE 2014-15 SEASON, WHILE CROSS RECEIVED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2014-15 SEASON.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH TUBBY SMITH SAYS HE IS NOW FREE OF PROSTATE CANCER. SMITH—THE HEAD COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA—ISSUED A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL STATING HE UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE APRIL 21ST AT THE MAYO CLINIC.

SMITH HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THE DISEASE FOR A YEAR.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AND TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY WILL RENEW THEIR BASKETBALL SERIES THIS COMING SEASON.

THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME NOVEMBER 2ND IN RUPP ARENA. THE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE NOT PLAYED SINCE 1911. THE SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS IS TIED AT SEVEN GAMES EACH. TRANSY IS A DIVISION THREE SCHOOL.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS RELEASED THE TERMS OF NEW BASKETBALL COACH CUONZO MARTIN’S CONTRACT. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THERE IS A CLAUSE CALLED THE BRUCE PEARL CLAUSE WHICH STATES IF MARTIN WERE TO REPEATEDLY COMMIT NC-AA VIOLATIONS, HE WOULD BE TERMINATED.

THE CONTRACT ALSO STATES MARTIN WOULD RECEIVE 60 PERCENT OF HIS SALARY—ROUGHLY 780-THOUSAND DOLLARS—IF FIRED WITHOUT CAUSE. IF HE IS FIRED WITH CAUSE, U-T WOULD OWE HIM NOTHING.

IF MARTIN LEAVES U-T WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT, HE WOULD OWE TWO POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS. IF IT’S IN THE FOURTH YEAR, IT WOULD BE ONE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE STATUS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY GUARD BRANDON PETERS ELIGIBILITY IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. COACH KEN MCDONALD TELLS THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS PETERS IS DOING ALL HE CAN TO FIX HIS ACADEMIC ISSUES. PETERS WAS RULED ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE IN JANUARY, FORCING HIM TO MISS WKU’S LAST 20 GAMES. PETERS IS A SOPHOMORE TO BE FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

MEANWHILE, GUARD KEVIN KASPAR AND T-J PRICE—WHO HAD COMMITED TO WESTERN—BOTH SIGNED TUESDAY ACCORDING TO COACH MCDONALD. THERE WILL BE SEVEN INCOMING FRESHMAN THIS SEASON.

NHL

NASHVILLE PREDATORS CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER SAID WEDNESDAY HE WILL REMAIN WITH THE PREDATORS.

WEBER IS ONE OF NINE WHO WILL BECOME RESTRICTED OR NON RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS IF THEY ARE NOT SIGNED BY JULY FIRST. GENERAL MANAGER DAVID POILE TELLS THE TENNESSEAN NEGOTATIONS TO RE-SIGN WEBER WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.