HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

UNION COUNTY WILL HEAD TO THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THE BRAVES EDGED DEFENDING 2^ND REGION CHAMPION HOPKINSVILLE 2-1 IN THE 2^ND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

IT WAS QUITE THE PITCHERS DUEL, AS HOPTOWN’S JOSH DRAKE RETIRED THE FIRST 15 BATTERS OF THE GAME BEFORE UNION COUNTY SCORED ITS TWO RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 6^TH INNING AFTER THE TIGERS PLATED A RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5^TH.

DRAKE STRUCK OUT 11 IN TAKING THE LOSS, WHILE UNION COUNTY’S AARON HEDGEPATH ALLOWED THREE HITS AND ONE RUN IN PICKING UP THE WIN.

UNION COUNTY WILL PLAY EITHER NORTH OLDHAM OR OLDHAM COUNTY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT TUESDAY JUNE 14^TH AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME. HOPKINSVILLE FINISHES THE SEASON WITH A 32-5 RECORD, WHILE UNION COUNTY IS 25-9.

MEMBERS OF THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM WERE: JOSH DRAKE, JAROD PERRY AND DAVID GARDNER OF HOPKINSVILLE, ALEX DAVIE OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY, AARON HEDGEPATH, BLAINE ALVEY, TAYLOR SHIREL AND TAYLOR DAVIS OF UNION COUNTY, ALEX SADLER AND R-J SHOLAR OF TRIGG COUNTY, SAM HIGGS OF HENDERSON COUNTY, HAYDEN MARKS OF MADISONVILLE, BRANDON SIGLER OF CALDWELL COUNTY AND BRIAN BERRY OF CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

APOLLO WON THE 3^RD REGION CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEATING HOST MUHLENBERG COUNTY 8-5 AND WARREN EAST WON THE 4^TH REGION TITLE WITH A 6-2 WIN OVER BOWLING GREEN.

THIS EVENING, MAYFIELD AND CALLOWAY COUNTY PLAY FOR THE 1^ST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AT BROOKS STADIUM IN PADUCAH.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

1^ST REGION FINAL: CALLOWAY COUNTY EDGED REIDLAND 6-5.

3^RD REGION FINAL: OWENSBORO CATHOLIC DEFEATED BUTLER COUNTY 2-0 IN NINE INNINGS.

BOWLING GREEN FACES ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE FOR THE 4^TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP THIS EVENING IN BOWLING GREEN.

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BEGIN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW BASEBALL COACH. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED WEDNESDAY COACH JACKIE SHOLAR RESIGNED AFTER FIVE SEASONS FOLLOWING TRIGG’S LOSS TO UNION COUNTY IN THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL SEMIFINALS TUESDAY NIGHT.

SHOLAR GUIDED TRIGG COUNTY TO A 25-8 RECORD THIS SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL STANDOUT CHRIS CRUTCHFIELD HAS BEEN HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED CRUTCHFIELD WILL JOIN THE STAFF OF NEW COACH LON KRUGER. CRUTCHFIELD HAS SPENT THE LAST FOUR SEASONS AS AN ASSISTANT AT ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY.

AUSTIN PEAY COACH AND ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DAVE LOOS WILL BE HONORED WITH AN AMBASSADOR’S CHOICE AWARD SATURDAY BY THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD IN CLARKSVILLE DURING ITS CELEBRATION OF UNITY DAY.

LOOS WILL JOIN COMMANDING GENERAL AT FORT CAMPBELL MAJOR GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL AND RECORDING ARTIST PASTOR WESS MORGAN IN RECEIVING HONORS AT SIX P-M SATURDAY EVENING.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE AND MEMPHIS WILL RENEW THEIR LONG TIME BASKETBALL RIVALRY. THE CARDS WILL HOST THE TIGERS DECEMBER 17^TH AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER TO BENEFIT THE NAISMITH NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

THE THREE P-M LOCAL TIME GAME WILL BE TELEVISED BY C-B-S. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS SINCE 2005.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY’S SARAH BETH BARNETTE IS LEAVING THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS BARNETTE SAYING THE 2010 KENTUCKY MISS BASKETBALL WILL TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. BARNETTE—WHO PLAYED HER HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS FOR LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN—SAYS SHE IS LOOKING FOR A BETTER FIT THAN WHAT SHE HAD AT KENTUCKY.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON SAYS HE IS READY TO FACE THE NC-AA’S COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS. HAMILTON TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL THAT NO ONE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MEETING, BUT THEY WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE.

ELEVEN OF 12 VIOLATIONS DISCOVERED BY THE NC-AA WERE PINNED ON FORMER BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL AND FORMER FOOTBALL COACH LANE KIFFIN WHO WILL BOTH APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY AND VANDERBILT ARE CONTINUING TO PREPARE FOR REGIONAL PLAY IN THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT BEGINNING TOMORROW.

THE GOVERNORS MEET GEORGIA TECH IN ATLANTA, WHILE VANDY HOSTS BELMONT IN NASHVILLE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES WILL OPEN THEIR SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT IN DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTING THE OWENSBORO OILERS. THE GAME AT RIVERSIDE PARK TAKES PLACE AT SEVEN P-M. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE FANS ARE INVITED TO A MEET THE PIRATES DAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT FOUR AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

THE PIRATES AND OILERS WILL PLAY A GAME IN HOPKINSVILLE THURSDAY JUNE 23^RD AT SEVEN P-M AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED THE WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 8-6 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK WEDNESDAY. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS FELL TO THE IOWA CUBS 7-5. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM IN NASHVILLE.