HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 2-1 IN THE 2ND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE LADY STORM WILL FACE WALTON VERONA IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE KHSAA STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT NEXT THURSDAY IN OWENSBORO.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY'S SOFTBALL TEAM IS ONE WIN AWAY FROM A KCAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS THE LADY WARRIORS ROUTED LAKESIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF MOREHEAD 15-3 IN SEMI FINAL ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT.  HERITAGE CHRISTIAN FACES BLUEGRASS CHRISTIAN AT NOON TODAY AT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WILL PLAY IN THE KCAA STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS H-C-A WILL FACE LANCASTER CHRISTIAN TODAY AT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY GOT ONE OF ITS BIGGEST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY, UPSETTING GEORGIA TECH 2-1 IN ITS FIRST GAME IN THE ATLANTA REGIONAL FRIDAY NIGHT. BOWLING GREEN'S JACK SNODGRASS PICKED UP THE WIN FOR AUSTIN PEAY, WHO PLAYS A WINNER'S BRACKET GAME AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE AT SIX THIS EVENING.

VANDERBILT DEFEATED BELMONT 10-0 IN THE NASHVILLE REGIONAL AND WILL FACE TROY UNIVERSITY OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE AT SEVEN THIS EVENING.  BELMONT PLAYS AN ELIMINATION GAME AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE THIS AFTERNOON.

SEC MEETINGS

PRESIDENTS AND CHANCELLORS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FRIDAY ADOPTED RULE CHANGES FOR FOOTBALL AND MEN'S BASKETBALL.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THERE WILL NO LONGER BE DIVISIONAL PLAY IN BASKETBALL. AS REPORTED FRIDAY, THE NEW RULE WILL CALL FOR THE SEC TOURNAMENT TO BE SEEDED TEAMS 1-12, WITH THE TOP FOUR TEAMS RECEIVING FIRST ROUND BYE. 

IN FOOTBALL, THOUGH OPPOSED UNAMINOUSLY BY THE LEAGUE'S COACHES, FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASSES WILL BE REDUCED FROM 28 TO 25 PLAYERS EACH SCHOOL CAN SIGN THIS YEAR.  THE COACHES HAD VOTED EARLIER THIS WEEK TO LEAVE THE SIGNING CLASSES AT 28.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS REPORTEDLY PICKED UP ITS 8TH COMMITMENT FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.  THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS O' KARO AKAMUNE IS THE THIRD PROSPECT OF THE SPRING FOR COACH KEN MCDONALD.  THE SIX-SEVEN AKAMUNE PLAYED LAST SEASON FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE LAST SEASON.  HE IS A NATIVE OF MIAMI, FLORIDA AND WILL HAVE THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING.

LONG TIME WARREN CENTRAL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH TIM RILEY WAS OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED FRIDAY AS A NEW ASSISTANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AT WKU.  ALSO INTRODUCED WAS FORMER LADY TOPPER PLAYER CAMRYN WHITAKER WHO WILL COME BACK TO HER ALMA MATER AS AN ASSISTANT.  WHITAKER BEGAN HER COACHING CAREER AT AUSTIN PEAY AND SPENT THE LAST THREE SEASONS AT MISSOURI STATE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES OPENED OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A 8-3 WIN OVER THE OWENSBORO OILERS.  THE TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS AT SEVEN PM.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST THE OPENING GAME OF A SERIES WITH THE BELOIT SNAPPERS 6-1 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.  THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN IN BOWLING GREEN THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS COMPLETED A SERIES WITH THE IOWA CUBS WITH A 5-1 WIN.  THE SOUNDS ARE ON THE ROAD THIS EVENING AT NEW ORLEANS.