THE HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL POST SEASON BEGINS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TODAY.

BASEBALL

8^TH DISTRICT: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS IS HOSTING THIS YEAR’S TOURNAMENT, WITH HOPKINSVILLE PLAYING FORT CAMPBELL IN THE FIRST GAME AT 5:30 THIS EVENING, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING HOST U-H-A.

COVERAGE OF BOTH GAMES—WEATHER PERMITTING—WILL BEGIN WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

5^TH DISTRICT: TRIGG COUNTY MEETS LYON COUNTY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

7^TH DISTRICT: HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS THIS YEAR’S GAMES, WITH MADISONVILLE MEETING DAWSON SPRINGS AT FIVE P-M, TO BE FOLLOWED BY HOPKINS CENTRAL AND CALDWELL COUNTY.

SOFTBALL

5^TH DISTRICT: HOST LIVINGSTON CENTRAL MEETS TRIGG COUNTY AT 5:30, TO BE FOLLOWED BY LYON COUNTY AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

6^TH DISTRICT: WEBSTER COUNTY PLAYS AT UNION COUNTY.

THE 8^TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TOMORROW NIGHT AT U-H-A, WITH THE HOST LADY BLAZERS PLAYING HOPKINSVILLE AT 5:30, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND FORT CAMPBELL. BOTH GAMES CAN BE HEARD WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER KENTUCKY WILDCAT DEANDRE LIGGINS TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL PLAYERS SHOULD GET MORE TIME TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE N-B-A DRAFT OR RETURN TO COLLEGE.

LIGGINS SAID HE HAD NO DOUBTS ABOUT HIS DECISION TO GO TO DRAFT, BUT SAID HAVING A SHORT TIME FRAME TO MAKE A DECISION IS DIFFICULT. THIS YEAR, THE DEADLINE WAS MAY 8^TH. NEXT YEAR, THE DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM THE DRAFT WILL BE THE FIRST DAY OF THE SPRING SIGNING PERIOD IN MID-APRIL.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE FIELD IS SET FOR THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AT PRINGLE’S PARK IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

AUSTIN PEAY IS THE NUMBER ONE SEED AND WILL NOT PLAY UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING AT SEVEN AGAINST ONE OF FOUR TEAMS: EASTERN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE TECH, JACKSONVILLE STATE OR UT MARTIN. THOSE FOUR TEAMS PLAY EACH OTHER IN OPENING ROUND PLAY ON WEDNESDAY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY’S BASEBALL TEAM WILL PLAY IN THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK IN MONROE, LOUISIANA. THE HILLTOPPERS WILL FACE ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK AT THREE P-M THURSDAY.

COLLEGE GOLF

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY SENIOR CAMERON CARRICO FINISHED HIS COLLEGIATE CAREER THIS WEEKEND AT THE NC-AA REGIONAL IN ZIONSVILLE, INDIANA.

CARRICO FIRED A FINAL ROUND 72 SATURDAY TO GO WITH AN OPENING ROUND 81 AND 69 TO FINISH AT 244, WHICH WAS GOOD FOR 34^TH PLACE IN THE FIELD OF 75 PLAYERS.

CARRICO CAPS A SEASON WHERE HE WAS NAMED THE O-V-C PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST AT THE LANSING LUGNUTS 14-1 SUNDAY, WITH THE TEAMS CLOSING OUT THE SERIES TONIGHT IN LANSING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOSE THE FINALE OF THE SERIES AT SALT LAKE CITY SUNDAY 8-4. THE SOUNDS OPEN A SERIES AT TACOMA TONIGHT.

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES ARE GETTING READY TO OPEN THEIR SEASON IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE. THE SEASON BEGINS FOR THE PIRATES JUNE 3^RD WHEN THEY HOST THE OWENSBORO OILERS.

THE TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE ARE—TRADEWATER PIRATES, OWENSBORO OILERS, FULTON RAILROADERS AND MARION BOBCATS. THE SEASON RUNS THROUGH THE END OF JULY.

PGA TOUR

NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER FINISHED TIED FOR 16^TH AT THE CROWNE PLAZA INVITATIONAL AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS. SNEDEKER FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT FOUR UNDER PAR.

AFTER LOSING IN A PLAYOFF AT THE PLAYERS LAST WEEK, DAVID TOMS REBOUNDED WITH A ONE SHOT WIN OVER CHARLIE WI. TOMS FINISHED AT 15 UNDER PAR.