2nd Region Baseball and Softball Tournament Pairings are set.

Softball @ Lyon County(Lee S. Jones Park)

Monday, May 27th

11:00am-Christian County(24-12) vs. Union County(14-13)

1:00pm-Livingston Central(27-6) vs. Hopkins County Central(21-11)

3:00pm-Madisonville-North(28-3) vs. University Heights(23-10)

5:00pm-Henderson County(26-7) vs. Lyon County(9-16)

Tuesday, May28th

Semi-Finals 6:00pm and 8:00pm

Wednesday, May 29th

Championship Game 6:00pm

Baseball @ Madisonville(Elmer Kelly Stadium @ City Park)

Monday, May 27th

11:00am-Christian County(24-14) vs. Union County(13-21)

2:00pm-Caldwell County(21-8) vs. Crittenden County(9-22)

5:00pm-Trigg County(24-11) vs. Madisonville-North(15-20)

8:00pm-Henderson County(26-8) vs. Hopkinsville(15-16)

Tuesday, May 28th

Semi-Finals 5:30pm and 8:00pm

Wednesday, May 29th

Championship Game 7:00pm 

Hopkinsville native Tommy Wade along with head coach Travis Ford and members of Oklahoma State’s basketball staff have spent the last couple of days in Moore, OK, which was hit by the devastating tornado on Monday. Wade owns a home in Moore and says the twister struck seven blocks from his home which was not damaged.

The Oklahoma State staff has been cooking and serving hamburgers and hot dogs to the clean up workers and victims of the storm, many of whom told them they plan to rebuild. Wade told WHOP Sports the pictures and video shown is not at all indicative of what the damage is truly like. Wade says he, Ford and the staff will continue to help the victims through at least Saturday.

College Football: Two Kentucky schools in the running for a prize in state recruit in the 2014 class. John Hardin High School’s Matt Elam tells WLEX-TV Lexington that Kentucky, Louisville and Alabama are the three schools he is considering. Elam—the 24^th ranked defensive tackle in the nation—says he has offers from all three schools and that it’s a neck and neck race on who will get his services. Elam says he is not in a hurry to make his decision and has thoroughly enjoyed the recruiting process.

NFL: The Chicago Bears will retire the No. 89 worn by Hall of Fame tight end and former head coach Mike Ditka. The ceremony will take place during halftime of the Bears' Dec. 9 game against the Dallas Cowboys, another of Ditka's teams.

Ditka is the only man in the NFL's modern era to win a title with the same team as both a player and coach. He was a member of the Bears' 1963 title team as a tight end and coached the 1985 squad to the Super Bowl championship.

MLB: The Cincinnati Reds open a weekend series with the Chicago Cubs this evening at Great American Ballpark, with pre game coverage at 5:40 on News/Talk WHOP.  Other National League action has Atlanta at the NY Mets and St. Louis continues its West Coast swing opening a weekend set at Los Angeles.

NBA: The Miami Heat will try to take a 2-0 in the Eastern Conference finals as they meet the Indiana Pacers this evening. LeBron James last second shot gave the Heat the game 1 win in South Beach Wednesday night.

NHL: The top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins will try to finish off the Ottawa Senators when they host Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals this evening. The Pens lead the series 3-1.

High School Baseball/Softball scores from Thursday

5^th district finals: Trigg County defeated Crittenden County 10-4 in baseball, with Livingston Central run ruling Lyon County 12-0 in 5 innings in softball.

6^th district softball final: Henderson County blanked Union County 7-0.

7^th district baseball final: Caldwell County shut out Madisonville 7-0.

7^th district softball semi final: Hopkins Central defeated Dawson Springs 7-1.

Today's game: 7^th district softball final at Dawson Springs: Madisonville meets Hopkins Central at 5:30.

Pairings for the 2^nd region baseball and softball tournaments will be announced tomorrow morning beginning at 10 am at Madisonville. WHOP Sports will have the pairings online and on our Facebook page as soon as possible following the announcement.

High School Football: Christian County’s Juan Jones signed a collegiate letter Thursday afternoon to continue his football career at Kentucky Wesleyan College. Jones finished his Colonel career rushing for 891 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Golf: Former Hopkinsville High and Rend Lake College golfer Dayton Jones fired a two over par 74 Thursday in the 3^rd round of the NJCAA Division II national championship in Scottsboro, Alabama. Jones is in 17^th place at even par 216, seven shots off the lead heading into today’s final round.

Princeton’s Emma Talley fired a five over par 77 and is tied for 24^th individually after three rounds of the NCAA Women’s championship at the University of Georgia Golf Course. Alabama struggled as a team to a 13 over par score Thursday and sit in a tie for third place, 28 shots behind leader Southern California.

Franklin’s Kenny Perry and Paducah’s Russ Cochran both stand at two under par 69 heading into today’s second round of the Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis. Perry and Cochran trail co leaders Duffy Waldorf and Jay Haas by three shots. Both Waldorf and Haas opened with 5 under 66 on Thursday.

Lexington native Josh Teater fired a 5 under par 65 and is tied for 7^th heading into the second round of the PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, TX. Ryan Palmer blistered the course with an 8 under 62 Thursday. Another Kentuckian, Steve Flesch, had a two under par 68.

College Baseball: Arkansas State scored nine times from the 4^th through the 6^th innings in eliminating Western Kentucky from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament 10-4 Thursday in Lafayette, LA. The Hilltoppers finish the season 28-29.

Austin Peay got 17 hits in rolling over Eastern Kentucky 13-4 in its opening game of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament in Jackson, TN. The Governors are now 43-13 and will try to extend the nation’s longest winning streak currently at 13 games against Tennessee Tech this evening, though the Golden Eagles have won seven of their last eight games. Tech took two games from Austin Peay earlier this season.

College Softball: Tennessee begins play in its Super Regional today, hosting Alabama. The Lady Vols are 47-10, while Alabama is 45-13.

Kentucky returns to action tomorrow night in Super Regional play in Tempe, AZ against Arizona State. Kentucky enters play 41-10, while Arizona State is 48-10. Tomorrow night’s game begins at 9 pm Hopkinsville time.

Minor League Baseball: The Bowling Green Hot Rods lost a pair of games to Great Lakes Thursday falling 4-3 and 1-0. The teams play a second straight doubleheader beginning at 5 this evening in Bowling Green Ballpark.

The Nashville Sounds won their series finale at Tacoma 11-2 Thursday. Nashville opens a weekend series hosting Albuquerque this evening at Greer Stadium.

Major League Baseball: The Cincinnati Reds open a weekend series hosting the Chicago Cubs this evening, with pre game coverage at 5:40 on News/Talk WHOP.

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports a new development in the University of Tennessee athletic department scandal involving a former university employee. Retiring University of Tennessee vice chancellor Tim Rogers sent an email to university president Jimmy Cheek earlier this month referencing an “intolerable situation” one day before announcing his June 30^th retirement.

Former director of student judicial affairs Jenny Wright was terminated by the university rather than participating in an investigation into her relationships with athletes. A Knoxville radio station has also reported that one of the relationships Wright had was allegedly with former UT basketball player Trae Golden, who recently announced plans to transfer for his senior year. There were reports Golden was having academic issues.

NFL: Tennessee Titans linebacker Colin McCarthy tells the Tennessean he’s encouraged with the progress he has made following off season ankle surgery. McCarthy says he’s about 80 percent right now, and adds he feels better now than he did last season playing on the bad ankle. That injury in the season opener along with a concussion, limited McCarthy to just seven games last season.

MLB: The Chicago Cubs have an afternoon game with Pittsburgh today, with Cincinnati, St. Louis and Atlanta having the day off.

NBA/NHL: All is quiet in the NBA playoffs this evening, while three games are on the NHL playoff schedule.

The Boston Bruins can finish off the NY Rangers in their Eastern Conference semifinal series this evening. The Bruins lead 3-0.   Western Conference semifinal action has Chicago at Detroit, where the Red Wings lead 2-1 and San Jose meets Los Angeles with the series tied 2-2.

Golf: First round play is underway at the Senior PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, with Franklin’s Kenny Perry and Paducah’s Russ Cochran in the field. First round play is also underway at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, TX on the PGA Tour. Lexington’s Josh Teater is in the field this week.