HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY WRAPPED UP THE NUMBER TWO SEED FOR NEXT WEEK’S 8^TH DISTRICT BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WITH A 15-7 WIN OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

THE COLONELS TOOK AN EARLY 3-0 LEAD IN THE 1^ST INNING, BEFORE THE BLAZERS SCORED FIVE TIMES IN THE SECOND TO ADD TO TWO RUNS SCORED IN THE FIRST TO TAKE A 7-4 LEAD.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY GOT BACK TO WITHIN A RUN AT 7-6 IN THE 3^RD INNING BEFORE SENDING 12 MEN TO THE PLATE IN THE 4^TH AND SCORING NINE TIMES TO GET THE WIN.   THE COLONELS ARE NOW 17-14 AND FINISH DISTRICT PLAY 4-2, WHILE THE BLAZERS ARE NOW 9-14 AND FINISH DISTRICT PLAY 2-4.

ELSEWHERE TUESDAY:   HOPKINSVILLE CELEBRATED SENIOR NIGHT WITH AN 8-4 WIN OVER LOGAN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL EDGED TODD CENTRAL 5-4, ST. MARY DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY 3-1, HENDERSON COUNTY SHUT OUT OWENSBORO 7-0, GRAVES COUNTY OVER MURRAY 15-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, UNION COUNTY WON A PAIR OF GAMES OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 17-7 AND 14-4, MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHUT OUT BUTLER COUNTY 4-0.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY AT TIGER STADIUM. FIRST PITCH AT SIX, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE TODAY, LOGAN COUNTY PLAYS AT BUTLER COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY WELCOMES HICKMAN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

HOPKINSVILLE TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM MCLEAN COUNTY 3-1 AND 10-0, CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUT OUT GREENWOOD 5-0, MADISONVILLE OVER LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 2-0 IN EIGHT INNINGS, UNION COUNTY OVER WHITESVILLE TRINITY 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 10-0 IN SIX INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL PLAYS AT TRIGG COUNTY.

TWO CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES WILL SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT FOR COLLEGE TODAY.

SOFTBALLER KAYLA WADE WILL SIGN AT TEN THIS MORNING WITH BRESCIA UNIVERSITY, WHILE SOCCER PLAYER JOSH KNIGHT WILL SIGN WITH SPALDING UNIVERSITY AT 3:30. BOTH CEREMONIES WILL TAKE PLACE AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI WAS INTRODUCED TUESDAY AS THE COACH OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL TEAM. CALIPARI WILL LEAD THE DOMINICANS IN THE TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS LATER THIS SUMMER. TEAMS WILL COMPETE FOR A QUALIFYING SPOT IN THE 2012 OLYMPICS.

KENTUCKY SENIOR TO BE ELOY VARGAS IS IN THE FAR EAST FOR A SERIES OF EXHIBITION GAMES.

VARGAS IS PART OF A TEAM CALLED REACH USA WHO IS ON A CULTURAL EXCHANGE TRIP TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CULTURE IN THE FAR EAST. THE TRIP BEGAN YESTERDAY AND WILL GO THROUGH MAY 31^ST.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY EDGED LIPSCOMB 6-5 IN NASHVILLE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GOVERNORS CONCLUDE THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A SERIES WITH UT-MARTIN WHICH BEGINS ON FRIDAY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED EARLIER THIS WEEK THEY WILL PLAY SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI IN A HOME AND HOME FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL SERIES.

THE HILLTOPPER FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HOST SOUTHERN MISS SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 AND MAKE THE RETURN TRIP TO HATTIESBURG IN THE 2016 SEASON.

THE HILLTOPPER BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY IN HATTIESBURG IN THE 2012-13 SEASON, WITH THE GOLDEN EAGLES TO RETURN THE GAME IN BOWLING GREEN THE FOLLOWING SEASON.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS DEFEATED THE SACRAMENTO RIVERCATS 11-10 AT GREER STADIUM. AFTER AN OFF DAY, THE SOUNDS OPEN AN EIGHT GAME ROADTRIP AT SALT LAKE THURSDAY.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST TO THE WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS 6-3. GAME TWO OF THE THREE GAME SET IS TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.