HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER KYLE SPENCER TIED A SEASON HIGH WITH 14 STRIKEOUTS AND THE COLONELS GOT A SEVEN RUN 5^TH INNING IN DEFEATING UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 9-1 AT COLONEL FIELD.

MITCHELL BLACKMON ALSO HOMERED FOR THE COLONELS WHO IMPROVED TO 16-14 OVERALL AND 3-2 IN DISTRICT PLAY. U-H-A FELL TO 9-13 AND 2-3 IN DISTRICT COMPETITION.

THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AT 5:30 AT CHRIS SIMMONS FIELD, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE MONDAY: TODD CENTRAL SWEPT FORT CAMPBELL, WINNING 4-1 AND 8-1, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED MAYFIELD 9-5, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 5-3, RUSSELLVILLE OVER CAVERNA 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

GAMES TODAY: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY ON SENIOR NIGHT, FORT CAMPBELL WELCOMES LYON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO HOPKINS CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS ST. MARY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY ENTERTAINS BUTLER COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY WELCOMES OWENSBORO, GRAVES COUNTY TRAVELS TO MURRAY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

MONDAY’S SCORES: HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED TODD CENTRAL 7-4, TODD CENTRAL FOLLOWED THAT GAME WITH A 31-0 WIN OVER RUSSELLVILLE, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 14-8, MADISONVILLE OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 8-7, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 4-3, LONE OAK EDGED MURRAY 6-5, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER ST. MARY 2-1.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY IN A DOUBLEHEADER, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS GREENWOOD, TODD CENTRAL AT DAWSON SPRINGS, LOGAN COUNTY AT RUSSELLVILLE, MADISONVILLE AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT HENDERSON COUNTY.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER CHAD JORDAN SIGNED A LETTER MONDAY TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY.

JORDAN SAYS HE EXPECTS TO PLAY EITHER STRONG SAFETY OR OUTSIDE LINEBACKER FOR CAMPBELLSVILLE. JORDAN WAS A THREE SPORT ATHLETE AT HOPKINSVILLE, PARTICIPATING IN FOOTBALL, TRACK AND WRESTLING.

TWO CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT/ATHLETES WILL SIGN SCHOLARSHIP PAPERS WEDNESDAY.

SOFTBALL PLAYER KAYLA WADE WILL SIGN AT 10 A-M WITH BRESCIA UNIVERSITY, WHILE SOCCER PLAYER JOSH KNIGHT WILL SIGN AT 3:30 WITH SPALDING UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE.

BOTH CEREMONIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY RETURNS TO ACTION THIS EVENING AS THEY TAKE ON LIPSCOMB.

GOVERNOR SOPHOMORE FIRST BASEMAN JOHN HOGAN WAS NAMED THE O-V-C PLAYER OF THE WEEK MONDAY. HOGAN WENT SIX FOR 17 WITH THREE HOME RUNS AND SIX R-B-I IN GAMES LAST WEEK.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FORMER TENNESSEE TITANS RUNNING BACK EDDIE GEORGE HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME. GEORGE WON THE 1995 HEISMAN TROPHY WHILE PLAYING COLLEGIATELY FOR OHIO STATE.

GEORGE WILL BE AMONG 14 PLAYERS WHO WILL BE HONORED IN DECEMBER.

NHL

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE COACHING STAFF.

LAST WEEK IT WAS ANNOUNCED ASSOCIATED HEAD COACH BRENT PETERSON WOULD LIKELY LEAVE THE BENCH FOR ANOTHER POSITION IN THE ORGANIZATION. PETERSON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE EIGHT YEARS AGO.

 GENERAL MANAGER DAVID POILE SAYS GOALTENDING COACH MITCH KORN’S CONTRACT EXPIRES IN JUNE AND THERE IS A TEAM “OPTION” ON THE CONTRACT OF ASSISTANT PETER HORACHEK, WHICH POILE ANTICIPATES WILL BE PICKED UP.

MEANWHILE, POILE SAYS FORWARD NICK SPALING AND MIKE FISHER BOTH HAD SHOULDER SURGERY MONDAY. RECOVERY TIME FOR BOTH IS EXPECTED TO BE THREE MONTHS.