HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

HENDERSON COUNTY SPOILED CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S SENIOR NIGHT ACTIVITIES TAKING THE REGULAR SEASON SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS WITH A 7-3 WIN.

HOPKINSVILLE PICKED UP ITS 24^TH WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A 4-2 WIN AT UNION COUNTY.

RUSSELLVILLE TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, 6-3 AND 12-2 IN FIVE INNINGS.

ELSEWHERE: TRIGG COUNTY ROLLED OVER LYON COUNTY 20-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-4, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER GRAYSON COUNTY 12-4, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MAYFIELD 6-5 AND GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATED MURRAY 15-1 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO MURRAY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYS A TWIN BILL WITH CRITTENDEN COUNTY AND WEBSTER COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS METCALFE COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

WEBSTER COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 7-6, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 11-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER MCLEAN COUNTY 4-2, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL DEFEATED MURRAY 7-4.

TODAY’S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS HEATH IN THE RAINCATCHER INVITATIONAL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, HOPKINSVILLE MEETS MEADE COUNTY AT THE BULLDOG INVITATIONAL AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY IN A TWIN BILL, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY.

HOPKINSVILLE’S BASEBALL TEAM IS RANKED 13^TH IN THE LATEST KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TOP 25. THE TOP SPOT IS HELD BY BOTH LEXINGTON CATHOLIC AND MADISON CENTRAL.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AARON DOUGLAS WAS FOUND DEAD AT A FLORIDA RESIDENCE ON THURSDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, HOWEVER DOUGLAS WAS REPORTEDLY AT A PARTY IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE 21-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS PLAYED ONE SEASON AT TENNESSEE BEFORE ASKING FOR RELEASE FROM HIS SCHOLARSHIP WHEN LANE KIFFIN LEFT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DOUGLAS PLAYED ONE SEASON AT ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE, THEN ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AFTER CHRISTMAS. HE WAS COMPETING FOR A STARTING POSITION THIS SPRING.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S FOOTBALL GAME AT HAWAII IN THE 2012 SEASON HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED THURSDAY IT WAS TO BE THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON, BUT A WESTERN SPOKESMAN SAYS WKU WANTED TO MOVE THE GAME FROM THE DECEMBER DATE BECAUSE IT IS TOO LATE IN THE SEASON.

TAKING WESTERN’S PLACE IN 2012 IS SOON TO BE SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEMBER SOUTH ALABAMA. THE GAME WILL LIKELY MOVE TO THE 2018 SEASON.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

MURRAY STATE SPLIT A PAIR OF GAMES AT THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT IN CHARLESTON ILLINOIS.

THE RACERS PICKED UP A 3-2 WIN OVER UT-MARTIN AND LOST TO JACKSONVILLE STATE 6-1. MURRAY STATE WILL PLAY AN ELIMINATION GAME AT 12:30 TODAY.

GOLF

KENTUCKIAN J.B. HOLMES IS TIED FOR 10TH AT FOUR UNDER PAR HEADING INTO TODAY'S SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP.  FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY IS AT EVEN PAR, WHILE NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER STANDS AT ONE OVER.  NICK WATNED FIRED AN EIGHT UNDER SCORE THURSDAY TO TAKE A ONE SHOT LEAD OVER LUCAS GLOVER AND A TWO SHOT LEAD OVER MARK O' MEARA AND DAVID TOMS.