THE FIELD IS NOW SET FOR THE KHSAA STATE FAST PITCH SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS THURSDAY AT JACK FISHER PARK IN OWENSBORO.

2^ND REGION CHAMP HOPKINS CENTRAL WILL MEET WALTON VERONA THURSDAY AT FIVE PM.

1^ST REGION CHAMP CALLOWAY COUNTY MEETS ASHLAND BLAZER AT SEVEN PM THURSDAY.

3^RD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC PLAYS LAFAYETTE AT SEVEN PM THURSDAY.

4^TH REGION WINNER ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE GOES AGAINST EAST JESSAMINE AT FIVE P-M THURSDAY.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED A PAIR OF COMMITMENTS FOR THE 2012 CLASS FROM TWINS.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS ZACK AND DARON BLAYLOCK OF MARIETTA GEORGIA’S WALTON HIGH SCHOOL GAVE THEIR COMMITMENTS TO COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SUNDAY.

BOTH ARE ANTICIPATED TO PLAY ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE AT SAFETY FOR ZACK BLAYLOCK, WHILE DARON BLAYLOCK WILL PLAY EITHER LINEBACKER OR SAFETY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ROSS BJORK SAYS THE HILLTOPPER FOOTBALL TEAM SHOULD BE BETTER THIS SEASON AND FANS WILL SEE A "BIG DIFFERENCE" WHEN THE HILLTOPPERS TAKE THE FIELD AGAINST KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER 1ST AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.

IN A STORY PUBLISHED IN THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS, BJORK WOULD NOT PREDICT HOW MANY GAMES SECOND YEAR COACH WILLIE TAGGART'S TEAM WOULD WIN.  HOWEVER, AFTER WINNING FOUR GAMES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, BJORK SAID THE TEAM HAS NOT EARNED MORE FANS, ADDING WINNING WILL BRING MORE PEOPLE TO GAMES.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY PLAYER DEANDRE LIGGINS IS SCHEDULED TO WORK OUT TODAY FOR THE N-B-A'S INDIANA PACERS.  LIGGINS WHO WAS THE WILDCATS PRIMARY DEFENSIVE STOPPER LAST SEASON, TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL HE NEEDS TO SHOW TEAMS HE CAN SCORE.  HOWEVER, LIGGINS ALSO SAYS HIS ROLE IN THE N-B-A WOULD BE DOING THE SAME THINGS HE DID IN COLLEGE.  THE N-B-A DRAFT IS JUNE 23RD.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY SAW ITS RUN IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT END SUNDAY WITH A 12-2 LOSS TO GEORGIA TECH IN THE ATLANTA REGIONAL.

THE GOVERNORS FINISH THE SEASON 34-24.

VANDERBILT GOES TO SUPER REGIONAL PLAY FOR THE THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY AFTER A 6-1 WIN OVER BELMONT IN THE NASHVILLE REGIONAL.

THE COMMODORES—50-10 ON THE SEASON--WILL HOST THE WINNER OF THE OREGON STATE REGIONAL THIS WEEKEND IN NASHVILLE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES ARE OFF TO A 2-0 START AFTER WINS AGAINST THE OWENSBORO OILERS. THE PIRATES WON THE SEASON OPENER 8-3 FRIDAY NIGHT AND A TEN INNING 9-8 WIN SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES ARE BACK IN ACTION TOMORROW NIGHT HOSTING THE FULTON RAILROADERS AT SEVEN AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

THE PIRATES WILL BE COMING TO HOPKINSVILLE TO PLAY A GAME AGAINST THE OWENSBORO OILERS THURSDAY JUNE 23^RD. THE GAME IS AT SEVEN P-M AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL’S COLONEL FIELD, WITH TICKETS FIVE DOLLARS EACH. TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE HOPKINSVILLE-CHRISTIAN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PENNYROYAL HOSPICE AND THE PENNYROYAL ARTS COUNCIL.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR FOURTH GAME IN A ROW AT NEW ORLEANS 7-2. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY IN THE BIG EASY AGAIN THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED THE BELOIT SNAPPERS 2-1 SUNDAY. AFTER AN OFF DAY, THE HOT RODS OPEN A ROAD TRIP AT THE KANE COUNTY COUGARS TUESDAY NIGHT.

GOLF

156 PLAYERS ARE ENTERED IN THE FIELD FOR THE KENTUCKY STATE AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT TO BE PLAYED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT KEARNEY HILLS GOLF CLUB IN LEXINGTON.

AMONG LOCAL PLAYERS IN THE FIELD ARE: LOGAN LOFTUS OF HOPKINSVILLE, PATRICK HIBBS OF MADISONVILLE, PATRICK NEWCOMB OF BENTON, AND PAUL SANSOM OF RUSSELLVILLE.