Sports Headlines 5.20.11

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON TO ANNOUNCE A NEW BASKETBALL COACH. THE NEWS CONFERENCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1:45. WE WILL HAVE A STORY ON  THE NEW COACH  LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 4-2, TRIGG COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 14-4, HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 12-3, WHITESVILLE TRINITY OVER TODD CENTRAL 15-13, HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 8-4, MADISONVILLE TEN RUNNED MARSHALL COUNTY 15-5 IN FIVE INNINGS, DAVIESS COUNTY OVER UNION COUNTY 11-1.

TODAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS GOES TO TODD CENTRAL, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO APOLLO, CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS AT SOUTH WARREN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT UNION COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT OHIO COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 9-1, TODD CENTRAL OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 11-0 IN SIX INNINGS, DAWSON SPRINGS OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 10-2, HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED MADISONVILLE 1-0, CALDWELL COUNTY SLID BY LYON COUNTY 3-2, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 21-2 IN FOUR INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:   HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES METCALFE COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL ENTERTAINS WARREN CENTRAL, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS HANCOCK COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL HOST GAMES IN THE BIG EAST/S-E-C CHALLENGE THIS DECEMBER.

THE WILDCATS WILL WELCOME ST. JOHN’S TO RUPP ARENA THURSDAY DECEMBER 1ST. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING SINCE ST. JOHN’S WON 62-61 IN 2001.

THE CARDINALS WILL ENTERTAIN VANDERBILT AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER DECEMBER 2ND. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS SINCE 1994.

THE VOLS WELCOME PITTSBURGH TO THOMPSON-BOILING ARENA ON DECEMBER 3RD.

THE TENNESSEE VOLS ADD ANOTHER PLAYER TO CUONZO MARTIN’S FIRST RECRUITING CLASS. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS SIX-EIGHT JUNIOR COLLEGE FORWARD DWIGHT MILLER SIGNED WITH THE VOLS ON THURSDAY. MILLER COMES TO KNOXVILLE FROM MIDLAND COLLEGE IN TEXAS.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY OPENS A THREE GAME SERIES WITH UT-MARTIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE TEAMS PLAY A TWIN BILL IN MARTIN WHICH STARTS AT ONE P-M.

MURRAY STATE OPENS A THREE GAME SET THIS AFTERNOON HOSTING TENNESSEE TECH AT REAGAN FIELD. FIRST PITCH FOR THE DOUBLEHEADER IS AT ONE P-M.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS WON A PAIR OF GAMES OVER WEST MICHIGAN BY THE IDENTICAL 5-4 SCORE. THE HOT RODS OPEN A SERIES TONIGHT AT THE LANSING LUGNUTS.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS OPENED AN EIGHT GAME ROAD TRIP WITH A 9-8 WIN AT SALT LAKE CITY. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING.

PGA TOUR

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY, UNION’S STEVE FLESCH AND NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER ALL FIRED ONE UNDER PAR 69 AT THE CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS THURSDAY.

CAMPBELLSVILLE’S J-B HOLMES WITHDREW BEFORE THE EVENT STARTED THURSDAY WITH AN EAR INFECTION.

DAVID TOMS AND CHEZ REAVIE ARE THE LEADERS AFTER THE FIRST ROUND, AS BOTH FIRED EIGHT UNDER PAR 62.