Sports Headlines 6.1.11

SEMI FINAL PLAY TOOK PLACE IN THE 2ND REGION BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TUESDAY NIGHT.

BASEBALL: THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS MOVED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR WITH A 7-3 WIN OVER HENDERSON COUNTY.

THE COLONELS TOOK A 1-0 AFTER THE FIRST INNING, BUT THE TIGERS SCORED THREE TIMES IN THE TOP OF THE 2ND ON A BASES CLEARING TRIPLE BY HUTTON WHITE.

HENDERSON COUNTY WOULD TIE THE GAME AT THREE ON A TWO RUN HOME RUN BY CHRISTIAN MCHATTON IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD.

HOPTOWN WOULD THEN REGAIN THE LEAD WITH THREE RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 5TH AND ADD AN INSURANCE RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 7TH.

CLAYTON SMITHSON WOULD GET THE WIN FOR THE TIGERS NOW 32-4 ON THE SEASON. SAM HIGGS TOOK THE LOSS FOR HENDERSON COUNTY WHO FINISHES 22-13.

UNION COUNTY WON THE SECOND SEMI FINAL GAME 15-5 OVER TRIGG COUNTY.

HOPKINSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT COLONEL FIELD, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

SOFTBALL: BOTH TEAMS FAVORED IN THE SEMI FINALS WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT WITH 1-0 LOSSES.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY SAW ITS SEASON END WITH A 1-0 11 INNING LOSS TO HOPKINS CENTRAL. THE STORM’S KAYLEE SMITH SCORED THE WINNING RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 11TH ON A HIT BY HANNAH TOWELL.

THE LADY COLONELS DID NOT GET A HIT IN THE EXTRA INNINGS AND HAD JUST FIVE FOR THE GAME. MAGGIE GLASS TOOK THE LOSS FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY WHILE ALI AUSTIN WAS THE WINNER FOR HOPKINS CENTRAL. CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED THE SEASON 31-4, WHILE HOPKINS CENTRAL IS 27-10.

MADISONVILLE ADVANCED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 1-0 WIN OVER HENDERSON COUNTY. THE LADY MAROONS MOVE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 15-15 RECORD, WHILE HENDERSON COUNTY FINISHES 24-8.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ONE OF KENTUCKY’S WELL KNOWN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES WILL BE MOVING TO THE COLLEGE RANKS.

WARREN CENTRAL’S TIM RILEY RESIGNED FROM HIS JOB TUESDAY AND WILL BE NAMED AS A NEW ASSISTANT COACH FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM FRIDAY ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS IN BOWLING GREEN.

RILEY LED WARREN CENTRAL TO THE 2004 BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND A RUNNER UP FINISH IN 2005. RILEY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES COURT OF HONOR IN 2010.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS ROWAN COUNTY’S ADAM WING HAS MADE A SWITCH ON HIS COLLEGE COMMITMENT AND HIS SPORT.

WING—WHO HAD COMMITTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR MARSHALL UNIVERSITY—WILL NOW ATTEND OKLAHOMA STATE AND PLAY BASKETBALL.

WING HIT SEVEN OF EIGHT THREE POINTERS AND SCORED 31 POINTS IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST CHRISTIAN COUNTY WHICH ROWAN COUNTY LOST 65-63 IN DOUBLE OVERTIME.

WING WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TUESDAY NIGHT BY COACH TRAVIS FORD.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TENNESSEE VOLS COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS DEFENSIVE TACKLE JACQUES SMITH UNDERWENT A SECOND FOOT SURGERY AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.

DOOLEY TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL THE SURGERY WAS TO TAKE CARE OF A MINOR STRESS FRACTURE. SMITH—WHO HAD 24 TACKLES AND TWO SACKS IN HIS FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN—MISSED THE ORANGE/WHITE GAME THIS SPRING AFTER AN INJURY HE SUSTAINED IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.