HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AT WHITAKER BANK PARK IN LEXINGTON

GAMES TODAY INCLUDE: 4^TH REGION CHAMPION WARREN EAST MEETING LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME AND 1^ST REGION WINNER MAYFIELD MEETS 3^RD REGION WINNER APOLLO AT 12:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

2^ND REGION CHAMPION UNION COUNTY WILL MEET NORTH OLDHAM TOMORROW AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE IS THE 2011 STATE CHAMPION AFTER DEFEATING BALLARD IN TWO GAMES SATURDAY 9-4 AND 3-2 IN THE TITLE GAME. IT’S THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE LADY PATRIOTS.

KENTUCKY MISS SOFTBALL IS CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S GRIFFIN JOINER. JOINER ADDS THIS HONOR TO BEING NAMED KENTUCKY GATORADE SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST WEEK.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S GRIFFIN JOINER AND CASEY CASTILE WERE NAMED CLASS THREE A FIRST TEAMM ALL STATE BY THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION OVER THE WEEKEND.  MAGGIE GLASS--ALSO OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS NAMED TO THE SECOND TEAM CLASS THREE A ALL STATE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S COACHES WERE NAMED THE CLASS THREE A COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE INDIANA BOYS MADE IT A SWEEP OVER KENTUCKY WINNING AT CONSECO FIELDHOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT 94-82. KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY JUNIOR HAD SIX POINTS IN 27 MINUTES, DONOVAN KATES PLAYED 11 MINUTES AND DID NOT SCORE, WHILE WARREN CENTRAL’S GEORGE FANT HAD 6 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS.

INDIANA SALVAGED A SPLIT ON THE GIRLS SIDE WITH A 69-56 WIN OVER KENTUCKY SATURDAY NIGHT.

GOLF

HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB HAD ITS TWO MAN EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT WINNERS WERE BUTCH O’ KELLEY AND MIKE GALLAGHER WITH A 118 TOTAL.

FIRST FLIGHT: AJ SHANKLIN AND JORDAN MCNICHOLS—126

SECOND FLIGHT: JEFF MILES AND ANTHONY DEMPSEY—128

THIRD FLIGHT: TJ JANES AND JACK GARDNER—133

FOURTH FLIGHT: DARREN AND AUSTIN WOODWARD—137

FIFTH FLIGHT: JORDAN AND MARK GARY—136

SIXTH FLIGHT: TIM HUGHES AND HUGH HARRELSON--144

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY’S FOOTBALL GAME WITH LOUISVILLE SEPTEMBER 17^TH IN LEXINGTON DID NOT GET PICKED BY THE TELEVISION NETWORKS IN ITS INITIAL ROUND OF GAME SELECTIONS.

U-K ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART SAYS HE’S NOT CONCERNED THE GAME HAS NOT BEEN PICKED UP YET. BARNHART SAYS BECAUSE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AGREEMENT WITH ESPN, IT WILL BE PICKED UP BY ONE OF THE ESPN FAMILY OR CBS OR THE UK NETWORK AFFILIATES.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE VANDERBILT COMMODORES ARE HEADED TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA.

VANDY WILL OPEN PLAY AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. THE GAME WILL BE ONE WHERE VANDERBILT BASKETBALL COACH KEVIN STALLINGS WILL HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEAN.

STALLINGS SON JACOB IS A JUNIOR CATCHER FOR THE TAR HEELS.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES AND MARION BOBCATS SPLIT A DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY. MARION TOOK THE FIRST GAME 7-6, WITH TRADEWATER WINNING THE NIGHTCAP 6-5. THE PIRATES ARE OFF TODAY BEFORE PLAYING AT FULTON TUESDAY NIGHT, THEN WILL HOST THE RAILROADERS WEDNESDAY EVENING AT SEVEN AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS CLOSED OUT A SERIES AT CLINTON WITH A 4-2 WIN SUNDAY. THE HOT RODS ARE OFF TODAY BEFORE OPENING A SERIES WITH WEST MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST A 16-14 SLUGFEST AT ALBQUEREQUE SUNDAY. THE SOUNDS OPEN A SERIES THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM AGAINST THE ROUND ROCK EXPRESS.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS QUARTERBACK KERRY COLLINS TELLS THE TENNESSEAN HE HOPES TO STAY WITH THE TITANS.

THE 38-YEAR-OLD COLLINS SAYS HE WILL EVEN BE WILLING TO TUTOR ROOKIE QUARTERBACK JAKE LOCKER, DRAFTED BY THE TITANS THIS SPRING, IF THE SITUATION FELT RIGHT.

COLLINS SAYS HE HAS A COUPLE OF YEARS LEFT IN HIM, BUT IS NOT SURE OF WHERE THE TITANS ARE CONCERING QUARTERBACKS RIGHT NOW.