HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

FRIDAY'S SCORES:   LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 13-5.

TODAY'S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN AN 8TH DISTRICT DOUBLEHEADER, WITH GAME CHANGED FROM 12:30 UNTIL THREE P-M, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT TRIGG COUNTY.

AT THE DREAMMAKER CLASSIC IN MURRAY:  HICKMAN COUNTY PLAYS DAWSON SPRINGS AND WEBSTER COUNTY, BALLARD MEMORIAL MEETS UNION COUNTY, UNION COUNTY WILL ALSO FACE MURRAY AND REIDLAND, GRAVES COUNTY MEETS WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY MEETS HEATH.

MADISONVILLE PLAYS A DOUBLE HEADER WITH OWENSBORO AND GLASGOW, CALLOWAY COUNTY MEETS MARSHALL COUNTY AND DAVIESS COUNTY, LYON COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL IN A DOUBLEHEADER.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED CALLOWAY COUNTY 9-3 IN A RAIN SHORTENED FIVE INNING GAME AT THE RAINCATCHER INVITATIONAL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL.  THE OTHER GAMES WERE RAINED OUT.  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY 5-0 IN A RAIN SHORTENED FIVE INNING CONTEST, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0 IN ANOTHER RAIN SHORTENED FIVE INNING GAME.

TODAY'S GAMES:   HOPKINSVILLE CONTINUES PLAY IN THE BULLDOG CLASSIC AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON,  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS FORT CAMPBELL AND WEBSTER COUNTY IN THE LADY BLAZER INVITATIONAL, DAWSON SPRINGS PLAYS PIKEVILLE, JENKINS AND REIDLAND IN THE ALL A CLASSIC, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY.

THE PAIRINGS WERE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY FOR THE 8TH DISTRICT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TO BE HOSTED THIS YEAR BY UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

BASEBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE MEETS FORT CAMPBELL IN THE OPENING GAME MONDAY MAY 23RD AT 5:30, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND U-H-A.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE PLAYED WEDNESDAY MAY 25TH AT SIX P-M.

SOFTBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT 5:30 TUESDAY MAY 24TH TO BE FOLLOWED BY HOPKINSVILLE AND FORT CAMPBELL.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE PLAYED THURSDAY MAY 26TH AT SIX P-M.

YOU CAN HEAR ALL GAMES IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND ONLINE AT WHOPAM.COM.

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY BELMONT UNIVERSITY WILL BECOME A NEW MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.  BELMONT WILL OFFICIALLY JOIN THE LEAGUE ON JULY 1, 2012 WITH TEAMS COMPETING IN THE CONFERENCE BEGINNING IN THE 2012-13 SEASON.  17 TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN THE OVC, WITH MEN'S SOCCER THE ONLY TEAM WHICH WILL NOT JOIN THE CONFERENCE.

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN GETS THE START FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY TODAY AS THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY GAME TWO OF A SERIES WITH SOUTH ALABAMA.  THE JAGUARS DEFEATED THE HILLTOPPERS 6-3 FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE TOP SEED IN THE O-V-C BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IS ON THE LINE TODAY AND TOMORROW AS AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN A WEEKEND SERIES.  THE TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE.

KENTUCKIAN J-B HOLMES FIRED A 69 FRIDAY AND STANDS AT SEVEN UNDER PAR THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH FLORIDA.  FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY SHOT 71 AND STANDS AT ONE UNDER PAR.  NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT.  DAVID TOMS IS THE LEADER AT TEN UNDER PAR AND LEADS NICK WATNEY BY ONE SHOT AND FOUR GOLFERS BY TWO STROKES HEADING INTO TODAY'S THIRD ROUND.