HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

AT THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT TUESDAY:

2^ND REGION REPRESENTATIVE UNION COUNTY LOST IN ITS OPENING ROUND GAME TO NORTH OLDHAM 9-7.

OTHER FIRST ROUND GAMES SAW MERCER COUNTY DRUB BOYD COUNTY 13-3 IN FIVE INNINGS, NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC DEFEATED LAWRENCE COUNTY 15-5 IN SIX INNINGS AND IT TOOK NINE INNINGS FOR PLEASURE RIDGE PARK TO EDGE LEXINGTON CATHOLIC 6-5.

QUARTERFINAL ACTION TODAY HAS WARREN EAST MEETING ST. X AT FIVE HOPKINSVILLE TIME, WITH APOLLO TO PLAY CENTRAL HARDIN IN THE NIGHTCAP.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY HAS HIRED ANOTHER ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH. COACH STEVE PROHM ANNOUNCED TUESDAY JAMES KANE WILL JOIN HIS STAFF. KANE HAS BEEN AN ASSISTANT UNDER ANTHONY GRANT FOR THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT ALABAMA AND ALSO SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT UNDER GRANT AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE NCAA TO STOP CELEBRATING WHAT WAS CONSIDERED JOHN CALIPARI’S 500^TH COACHING VICTORY AGAINST FLORIDA LATE LAST SEASON.

THE NCAA’S OFFICIAL STATISTICS INDICATE CALIPARI HAD 458 VICTORIES ON FEBRUARY 26^TH WHEN CALIPARI WAS GIVEN A GAME BALL FOR WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE HIS 500^TH WIN. CALIPARI ENDED THE SEASON WITH 467 WINS.

THE NCAA ALSO INDICATED IN ITS LETTER IF KENTUCKY DID NOT AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE NCAA’S WISHES THEY WOULD APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF INFRACTIONS. CALIPARI HAD A NUMBER OF WINS TAKEN OFF HIS RECORD AT BOTH MASSACHUSETTS AND MEMPHIS BECAUSE OF NCAA VIOLATIONS.

GOLF

THE KENTUCKY GOLF ASSOCATION SAYS NEXT YEAR’S STATE AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE CONTESTED AT THE CARDINAL CLUB IN SIMPSONVILLE. IN 2013, THE EVENT MOVES TO BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB.

THE KENTUCKY OPEN WILL COME TO THE AREA IN 2013 WHEN OLDE STONE IN BOWLING GREEN HOSTS THE EVENT. THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL BE PLAYED IN AUGUST AT PERSIMMION RIDGE GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.

ON THE PEPSI TOUR TUESDAY AT PAXTON PARK IN PADUCAH, EVENTS WERE SHORTENED TO NINE HOLES DUE TO RAIN.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S JONATHAN GRABARA FINISHED SECOND IN THE BOYS 17-18 DIVISION, WHILE HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S DAYTON JONES FINISHED FOURTH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S T-J FERRY TIED FOR 3^RD IN THE 15-16 DIVISION, WHILE U-H-A GOLFER CAMERON ALLEN WAS 5^TH.

U-H-A’S TADD SWITZER FINISHED SECOND IN THE 13-14 DIVISION.

U-H-A’S ANNA MOORE FINISHED 7^TH IN THE GIRLS 13-15 DIVISION.

THE PEPSI TOUR MOVES TO BOOTS RANDOLPH GOLF COURSE AT LAKE BARKLEY FOR PLAY TODAY.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES FALL ON THE ROAD AT FULTON 5-4 TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES SIX LOSSES HAVE COME BY A TOTAL OF EIGHT RUNS. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY GAME TWO OF THEIR SERIES THIS EVENING AT SEVEN IN DAWSON SPRINGS AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

OWENSBORO AND MARION WERE RAINED OUT IN MARION TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH THE GAME TO BE MADE UP JULY 11^TH.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS OPENED A HOME SERIES WITH THE WEST MICHIGAN WHITECAPS WITH AN 8-4 WIN. GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THE SECOND OF A FOUR GAME SERIES WITH ROUND ROCK 5-4. THE TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT AT GREER STADIUM IN NASHVILLE.