Sports Headlines 6.14.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

OPENING ROUND GAMES BEGAN MONDAY AT THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT IN LEXINGTON.

4^th REGION WINNER WARREN EAST DEFEATED LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL 6-2, WHILE 3^RD REGION WINNER APOLLO SHUTOUT 1^ST REGION WINNER MAYFIELD 10-0 IN SIX INNINGS.

ELSEWHERE: ST. X DEFEATED CLAY COUNTY 10-0 IN FIVE INNINGS AND CENTRAL HARDIN SHUT OUT CLARK COUNTY 9-0.

2^ND REGION WINNER UNION COUNTY OPENS PLAY TODAY TAKING ON 8^TH REGION WINNER NORTH OLDHAM AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

OTHER GAMES HAVE NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC TAKING ON LAWRENCE COUNTY, PLEASURE RIDGE PARK AGAINST LEXINGTON CATHOLIC AND BOYD COUNTY MEETS MERCER COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILL HAVE TWO OF ITS GAMES IN THE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TIP OFF CLASSIC BEGIN AT 11 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

THE WILDCATS PLAY PENN STATE NOVEMBER 19^TH AT THE MOGEHAN SUN ARENA. THE WILDCATS THEN MEET EITHER OLD DOMINION OR SOUTH FLORIDA NOVEMBER 20^TH.

AS PART OF THE TOURNAMENT, THE WILDCATS WILL HOST MARIST NOVEMBER 11^TH AND RADFORD NOVEMBER 23^RD.

NFL

THERE’S MORE LEGAL PROBLEMS FOR TENNESSEE TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT.

NASHVILLE METRO POLICE SPOKESMAN DON AARON SAYS TWO WARRANTS WERE TAKEN OUT ON BRITT BY THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL APRIL 14^TH. AARON SAID BRITT ALLEGEDLY SUPPLIED INACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN COMPLETING DRIVER LICENSE APPLICATIONS IN 2010.

BOTH CHARGES ARE MISDEMEANORS. AARON ADDS THERE IS NO DEADLINE FOR BRITT TO RETURN, BUT FAILURE TO DO SO WOULD MAKE BRITT SUBJECT TO ARREST.

BRITT HAS SPENT MOST OF THE OFF SEASON IN NEW JERSEY AND DID NOT ATTEND AN INFORMAL MINI CAMP IN NASHVILLE LAST WEEK.

THE CHARGES ARE THE LATEST FOR BRITT, WHO’S BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVEN INCIDENTS SINCE BEING DRAFTED IN 2009, INCLUDING ONE LAST WEEK IN NEW JERSEY.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS EDGED ROUND ROCK 7-6 AT GREER STADIUM MONDAY NIGHT. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN NASHVILLE.

AFTER OFF DAYS, THE TRADEWATER PIRATES AND BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS ARE IN ACTION TONIGHT.

THE PIRATES PLAY AN OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE GAME AT FULTON, WHILE BOWLING GREEN HOSTS WEST MICHIGAN IN MIDWEST LEAGUE ACTION.

GOLF

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES WON ON THE PEPSI TOUR MONDAY AT MADISONVILLE COUNTRY CLUB. JONES SHOT A 74 DEFEATING CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S JONATHAN GRABARA BY ONE STROKE IN THE 17-18 DIVISION. THE PEPSI TOUR PLAYS TODAY AT PAXTON PARK GOLF COURSE IN PADUCAH.

THE GO JUNIOR SERIES WAS AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL MONDAY.

AMONG THE LOCAL WINNERS: BOYS 9-10 DIVISION, HUNTER TRAUGHBER OF HOPKINSVILLE SHOT 31 FOR SIX HOLES, WITH MACK MAJOR FINISHING THIRD WITH 37.

HOPKINSVILLE’S CAITLYN SHELTON WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN THE GIRLS 9-10 DIVISION SHOOTING 39.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JESSICA SHELTON WON THE GIRLS 11-12 DIVISION WITH A NINE HOLE SCORE OF 56.

HOPKINSVILLE’S T-J JANES SHOT 82 IN THE BOYS 13-15 DIVISION, GOOD FOR SECOND PLACE FIVE STROKES BEHIND THE WINNER WES AVERILL OF PADUCAH.

HOPKINSVILLE’S DYLAN HENDERSON WAS THIRD WITH AN 85, WITH AUSTIN KNIGHT AND DIXON HIGGINS ALSO IN THE FIELD.

HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER SHOT 79 IN THE BOYS 16-18 DIVISION, WHICH WAS GOOD FOR FOURTH PLACE. HENDERSON’S CLAY CHURCH WON THE DIVISION IN A PLAYOFF.

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY SHOT A FOUR UNDER 68 MONDAY AT CHERRY BLOSSOM GOLF CLUB IN GEORGETOWN TO CLAIM MEDALIST HONORS AND ADVANCE TO THE U-S GIRLS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT MONTH.

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD JULY 18-22 AT OLYMPIA FIELDS GOLF CLUB OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.