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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY THE FIRST OF A TWO GAME 8^TH DISTRICT SERIES THIS EVENING AT CHRIS SIMMONS FIELD. FIRST PITCH IS SCHEDULED FOR 6:30.

WEATHER PERMITTING, COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE TODAY: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN A DOUBLEHEADER, TRIGG COUNTY AT MAYFIELD, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY GOES TO BUTLER COUNTY.

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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYS A DOUBLEHEADER AT LOGAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE GOES TO TODD CENTRAL, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, TODD CENTRAL AT RUSSELLVILLE, MADISONVILLE HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, UNION COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC.

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MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BEGIN ITS SEARCH FOR A NEW BASKETBALL COACH.

ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ALLEN WARD ANNOUNCED SUNDAY BILLY KENNEDY IS BECOMING THE NEW COACH AT TEXAS A AND M. THE RACERS WON THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE O-V-C REGULAR SEASON TITLE THIS PAST YEAR, AFTER GOING 31-5 THE YEAR BEFORE AND WINNING IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT BEFORE LOSING TO NATIONAL RUNNER UP BUTLER.

KENNEDY—WHO WAS 107-53 IN FIVE SEASONS AT MURRAY STATE--HAD JUST BEEN GIVEN A ONE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION LAST WEEK.

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AUSTIN PEAY WRAPPED UP THE O-V-C REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 7-5 WIN OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SUNDAY. THE GOVERNORS ARE BACK IN ACTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT TAKING ON LIPSCOMB.

FORMER HOPTOWN HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN WENT SEVEN INNINGS FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY IN A 4-0 LOSS TO SOUTH ALABAMA SATURDAY. HAGEMAN ALLOWED FOUR RUNS ON SIX HITS WITH TWO WALKS AND FOUR STRIKEOUTS. HAGEMAN IS NOW EIGHT AND FIVE ON THE SEASON.

THE HILLTOPPERS CAME BACK TO WIN SUNDAY BEATING SOUTH ALABAMA 3-2 IN 10 INNINGS. WKU PLAYS AT KENTUCKY TUESDAY.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER COLE ISOM PITCHED SEVEN INNINGS IN EVANSVILLE’S 4-0 LOSS TO CREIGHTON IN THE SECOND GAME OF A DOUBLEHEADER SATURDAY.

ISOM GAVE UP THREE RUNS ON SEVEN HITS, WALKED TWO AND STRUCK OUT FOUR. ISOM IS NOW 5-5 ON THE SEASON.

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CAMPBELLSVILLE’S J-B HOLMES FINISHED TIED FOR SIXTH AT THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER A THREE UNDER 69 SUNDAY GAVE HIM A NINE UNDER PAR TOTAL.

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FIRED A 73 SUNDAY AND FINISHED AT FOUR UNDER PAR WHICH WAS GOOD FOR A TIE FOR 39^TH.

K-J CHOI WON THE TOURNAMENT ON THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE PARRING THE FAMED 17^TH HOLE AT T-P-C SAWGRASS TO DEFEAT DAVID TOMS BY ONE STROKE.

 OFFICIALS SAY VALHALLA GOLF CLUB OUTSIDE OF LOUISVILLE IS READY TO GO FOR NEXT WEEK’S SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS OFFICIALS ARE PREDICTING BETWEEN 60 AND 80 THOUSAND FANS WILL SHOW UP FOR THE TOURNAMENT MAY 26-29.

 FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY, PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN AND LOUISVILLE’S TED SCHULZ ARE AMONG THOSE IN THE FIELD. TOM LEHMAN IS THE DEFENDING CHAMPION.

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FRIDAY'S SCORES:   LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 13-5.

TODAY'S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN AN 8TH DISTRICT DOUBLEHEADER, WITH GAME CHANGED FROM 12:30 UNTIL THREE P-M, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT TRIGG COUNTY.

AT THE DREAMMAKER CLASSIC IN MURRAY:  HICKMAN COUNTY PLAYS DAWSON SPRINGS AND WEBSTER COUNTY, BALLARD MEMORIAL MEETS UNION COUNTY, UNION COUNTY WILL ALSO FACE MURRAY AND REIDLAND, GRAVES COUNTY MEETS WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY MEETS HEATH.

MADISONVILLE PLAYS A DOUBLE HEADER WITH OWENSBORO AND GLASGOW, CALLOWAY COUNTY MEETS MARSHALL COUNTY AND DAVIESS COUNTY, LYON COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL IN A DOUBLEHEADER.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED CALLOWAY COUNTY 9-3 IN A RAIN SHORTENED FIVE INNING GAME AT THE RAINCATCHER INVITATIONAL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL.  THE OTHER GAMES WERE RAINED OUT.  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY 5-0 IN A RAIN SHORTENED FIVE INNING CONTEST, MCLEAN COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0 IN ANOTHER RAIN SHORTENED FIVE INNING GAME.

TODAY'S GAMES:   HOPKINSVILLE CONTINUES PLAY IN THE BULLDOG CLASSIC AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON,  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS FORT CAMPBELL AND WEBSTER COUNTY IN THE LADY BLAZER INVITATIONAL, DAWSON SPRINGS PLAYS PIKEVILLE, JENKINS AND REIDLAND IN THE ALL A CLASSIC, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY.

THE PAIRINGS WERE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY FOR THE 8TH DISTRICT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TO BE HOSTED THIS YEAR BY UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

BASEBALL:  HOPKINSVILLE MEETS FORT CAMPBELL IN THE OPENING GAME MONDAY MAY 23RD AT 5:30, TO BE FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND U-H-A.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE PLAYED WEDNESDAY MAY 25TH AT SIX P-M.

SOFTBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT 5:30 TUESDAY MAY 24TH TO BE FOLLOWED BY HOPKINSVILLE AND FORT CAMPBELL.  THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE PLAYED THURSDAY MAY 26TH AT SIX P-M.

YOU CAN HEAR ALL GAMES IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND ONLINE AT WHOPAM.COM.

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY BELMONT UNIVERSITY WILL BECOME A NEW MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE.  BELMONT WILL OFFICIALLY JOIN THE LEAGUE ON JULY 1, 2012 WITH TEAMS COMPETING IN THE CONFERENCE BEGINNING IN THE 2012-13 SEASON.  17 TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN THE OVC, WITH MEN'S SOCCER THE ONLY TEAM WHICH WILL NOT JOIN THE CONFERENCE.

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN GETS THE START FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY TODAY AS THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY GAME TWO OF A SERIES WITH SOUTH ALABAMA.  THE JAGUARS DEFEATED THE HILLTOPPERS 6-3 FRIDAY NIGHT.

THE TOP SEED IN THE O-V-C BASEBALL TOURNAMENT IS ON THE LINE TODAY AND TOMORROW AS AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IN A WEEKEND SERIES.  THE TEAMS ARE CURRENTLY THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE.

KENTUCKIAN J-B HOLMES FIRED A 69 FRIDAY AND STANDS AT SEVEN UNDER PAR THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP AT PONTE VEDRA BEACH FLORIDA.  FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY SHOT 71 AND STANDS AT ONE UNDER PAR.  NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER FAILED TO MAKE THE CUT.  DAVID TOMS IS THE LEADER AT TEN UNDER PAR AND LEADS NICK WATNEY BY ONE SHOT AND FOUR GOLFERS BY TWO STROKES HEADING INTO TODAY'S THIRD ROUND.

THE PAIRINGS AND DATES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 8TH DISTRICT BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TO BE HOSTED THIS YEAR BY UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

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MONDAY MAY 23RD:  TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE MEETS FOUR SEED FORT CAMPBELL AT 5:30, FOLLOWED BY TWO SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND THREE SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS SET FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 25TH AT SIX P-M.

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TUESDAY MAY 24TH:  TWO SEED HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS THREE SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT 5:30, FOLLOWED BY TOP SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING FOUR SEED FORT CAMPBELL.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS SET FOR THURSDAY, MAY 26TH AT SIX P-M.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR ALL THE GAMES IN THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENTS ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH'S BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER WITH FORT CAMPBELL WILL BE CHANGING START TIMES FOR SATURDAY.  THE GAMES WERE TO ORIGINALLY BEGIN AT 12:30, HOWEVER THE FIRST GAME WILL NOW BEGIN AT TIGER STADIUM AT THREE P-M.

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HENDERSON COUNTY SPOILED CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S SENIOR NIGHT ACTIVITIES TAKING THE REGULAR SEASON SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS WITH A 7-3 WIN.

HOPKINSVILLE PICKED UP ITS 24^TH WIN OF THE SEASON WITH A 4-2 WIN AT UNION COUNTY.

RUSSELLVILLE TOOK A PAIR OF GAMES FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, 6-3 AND 12-2 IN FIVE INNINGS.

ELSEWHERE: TRIGG COUNTY ROLLED OVER LYON COUNTY 20-0 IN FIVE INNINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-4, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER GRAYSON COUNTY 12-4, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MAYFIELD 6-5 AND GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATED MURRAY 15-1 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO MURRAY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, HENDERSON COUNTY PLAYS A TWIN BILL WITH CRITTENDEN COUNTY AND WEBSTER COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS METCALFE COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

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WEBSTER COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 7-6, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 11-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER MCLEAN COUNTY 4-2, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL DEFEATED MURRAY 7-4.

TODAY’S GAMES:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS HEATH IN THE RAINCATCHER INVITATIONAL AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, HOPKINSVILLE MEETS MEADE COUNTY AT THE BULLDOG INVITATIONAL AT DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY IN A TWIN BILL, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY.

HOPKINSVILLE’S BASEBALL TEAM IS RANKED 13^TH IN THE LATEST KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TOP 25. THE TOP SPOT IS HELD BY BOTH LEXINGTON CATHOLIC AND MADISON CENTRAL.

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FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AARON DOUGLAS WAS FOUND DEAD AT A FLORIDA RESIDENCE ON THURSDAY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, HOWEVER DOUGLAS WAS REPORTEDLY AT A PARTY IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

THE 21-YEAR-OLD DOUGLAS PLAYED ONE SEASON AT TENNESSEE BEFORE ASKING FOR RELEASE FROM HIS SCHOLARSHIP WHEN LANE KIFFIN LEFT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

DOUGLAS PLAYED ONE SEASON AT ARIZONA WESTERN COLLEGE, THEN ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AFTER CHRISTMAS. HE WAS COMPETING FOR A STARTING POSITION THIS SPRING.

WESTERN KENTUCKY’S FOOTBALL GAME AT HAWAII IN THE 2012 SEASON HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED THURSDAY IT WAS TO BE THE FINAL GAME OF THE SEASON, BUT A WESTERN SPOKESMAN SAYS WKU WANTED TO MOVE THE GAME FROM THE DECEMBER DATE BECAUSE IT IS TOO LATE IN THE SEASON.

TAKING WESTERN’S PLACE IN 2012 IS SOON TO BE SUN BELT FOOTBALL MEMBER SOUTH ALABAMA. THE GAME WILL LIKELY MOVE TO THE 2018 SEASON.

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MURRAY STATE SPLIT A PAIR OF GAMES AT THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT IN CHARLESTON ILLINOIS.

THE RACERS PICKED UP A 3-2 WIN OVER UT-MARTIN AND LOST TO JACKSONVILLE STATE 6-1. MURRAY STATE WILL PLAY AN ELIMINATION GAME AT 12:30 TODAY.

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KENTUCKIAN J.B. HOLMES IS TIED FOR 10TH AT FOUR UNDER PAR HEADING INTO TODAY'S SECOND ROUND OF THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP.  FRANKLIN'S KENNY PERRY IS AT EVEN PAR, WHILE NASHVILLE'S BRANDT SNEDEKER STANDS AT ONE OVER.  NICK WATNED FIRED AN EIGHT UNDER SCORE THURSDAY TO TAKE A ONE SHOT LEAD OVER LUCAS GLOVER AND A TWO SHOT LEAD OVER MARK O' MEARA AND DAVID TOMS.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: MUHLENBERG COUNTY EDGED OHIO COUNTY 5-4.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS SENIOR DAY AS THEY FACE THE HENDERSON COUNTY COLONELS. SENIOR DAY ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT FIVE, WITH THE GAME STARTING AT SIX P-M.

HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LYON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS WHITESVILLE TRINITY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY ENTERTAINS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: FRANKLIN SIMPSON SHUT OUT TODD CENTRAL 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY ALSO GOT A SHUTOUT 6-0 OVER UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 3-1, MURRAY EDGED GRAVES COUNTY 6-5.

TODAY’S GAMES: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYS AT WEBSTER COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES BOWLING GREEN, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL ENTERTAINS MURRAY, UNION COUNTY WELCOMES LYON COUNTY, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY.

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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTED HOPKINSVILLE IN BOYS AND GIRLS ACTION WEDNESDAY AT RUFF PARK. THE BLAZERS BEAT THE TIGERS 8-1 IN BOYS PLAY, WHILE THE LADY BLAZERS DEFEATED THE LADY TIGERS 6-3.

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MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ALLEN WARD ANNOUNCED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS WEDNESDAY FOR BOTH MEN’S COACH BILLY KENNEDY AND WOMEN’S COACH ROB CROSS.

KENNEDY’S CONTRACT IS EXTENDED FOR A YEAR THROUGH THE 2014-15 SEASON, WHILE CROSS RECEIVED A THREE YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2014-15 SEASON.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BASKETBALL COACH TUBBY SMITH SAYS HE IS NOW FREE OF PROSTATE CANCER. SMITH—THE HEAD COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA—ISSUED A STATEMENT WEDNESDAY ACCORDING TO THE COURIER JOURNAL STATING HE UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE APRIL 21^ST AT THE MAYO CLINIC.

SMITH HAD BEEN DEALING WITH THE DISEASE FOR A YEAR.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AND TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY WILL RENEW THEIR BASKETBALL SERIES THIS COMING SEASON.

THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AN EXHIBITION GAME NOVEMBER 2^ND IN RUPP ARENA. THE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE NOT PLAYED SINCE 1911. THE SERIES BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS IS TIED AT SEVEN GAMES EACH. TRANSY IS A DIVISION THREE SCHOOL.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS RELEASED THE TERMS OF NEW BASKETBALL COACH CUONZO MARTIN’S CONTRACT. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THERE IS A CLAUSE CALLED THE BRUCE PEARL CLAUSE WHICH STATES IF MARTIN WERE TO REPEATEDLY COMMIT NC-AA VIOLATIONS, HE WOULD BE TERMINATED.

THE CONTRACT ALSO STATES MARTIN WOULD RECEIVE 60 PERCENT OF HIS SALARY—ROUGHLY 780-THOUSAND DOLLARS—IF FIRED WITHOUT CAUSE. IF HE IS FIRED WITH CAUSE, U-T WOULD OWE HIM NOTHING.

IF MARTIN LEAVES U-T WITHIN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT, HE WOULD OWE TWO POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS. IF IT’S IN THE FOURTH YEAR, IT WOULD BE ONE POINT THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE STATUS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY GUARD BRANDON PETERS ELIGIBILITY IS STILL UP IN THE AIR. COACH KEN MCDONALD TELLS THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS PETERS IS DOING ALL HE CAN TO FIX HIS ACADEMIC ISSUES. PETERS WAS RULED ACADEMICALLY INELIGIBLE IN JANUARY, FORCING HIM TO MISS WKU’S LAST 20 GAMES. PETERS IS A SOPHOMORE TO BE FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

MEANWHILE, GUARD KEVIN KASPAR AND T-J PRICE—WHO HAD COMMITED TO WESTERN—BOTH SIGNED TUESDAY ACCORDING TO COACH MCDONALD. THERE WILL BE SEVEN INCOMING FRESHMAN THIS SEASON.

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NASHVILLE PREDATORS CAPTAIN SHEA WEBER SAID WEDNESDAY HE WILL REMAIN WITH THE PREDATORS.

WEBER IS ONE OF NINE WHO WILL BECOME RESTRICTED OR NON RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS IF THEY ARE NOT SIGNED BY JULY FIRST. GENERAL MANAGER DAVID POILE TELLS THE TENNESSEAN NEGOTATIONS TO RE-SIGN WEBER WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.