HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT DAY, GAMES WERE RAINED OUT.

TODAY’S GAMES INCLUDE AN 8^TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL MATCHUP BETWEEN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE, WHICH IS A MAKE UP GAME FROM MONDAY. FIRST PITCH AT LADY TIGER FIELD IS SCHEDULED FOR 5:30, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY’S MR. BASKETBALL IS TRADING HIS COLONEL NICKNAME IN FOR A TIGER. ANTHONY HICKEY JUNIOR ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE WILL PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR L-S-U.

TEAMMATE DONOVAN KATES ANNOUNCED HE WILL HEAD TO NEW YORK CITY AND PLAY COLLEGIATELY FOR MANHATTAN COLLEGE.

VEONTAE LEWIS IS HEADED TO ANGELINA COLLEGE IN TEXAS.

NICK RILEY HAS NARROWED HIS CHOICE TO TWO SCHOOLS, WHILE ISAIAH DOOLEY ANNOUNCED HE IS GOING TO TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY IN LEXINGTON AND DALTON WORKMAN IS GOING TO WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

A RECEPTION WAS HELD TUESDAY NIGHT TO ALLOW BOOSTERS AND THE PUBLIC TO MEET NEW HOPKINSVILLE HIGH FOOTBALL COACH MARC ADAM CLARK. CLARK SAYS HE’S BEEN REALLY PLEASED HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS RECEIVED HE AND HIS STAFF.

HOPKINSVILLE OPENS THE FOOTBALL SEASON AUGUST 20^TH AGAINST PULASKI COUNTY.

 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE’S TERRENCE JENNINGS PLANS TO STAY IN THE N-B-A DRAFT. JENNINGS—WHO HAD ONE YEAR LEFT AT LOUISVILLE—PLANS TO SIGN WITH AN AGENT. LOUISVILLE COACH RICK PITINO SAID TUESDAY HE WAS PLANNING FOR NEXT SEASON WITHOUT JENNINGS AS PART OF THE TEAM.

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THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS TOOK A TWO GAMES TO ONE LEAD OVER THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS IN THE STANLEY CUP WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINAL SERIES AFTER A 3-2 OVERTIME WIN TUESDAY NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

GAME FOUR OF THE SERIES IS THURSDAY NIGHT IN NASHVILLE. COVERAGE BEGINS AT 7:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM ANNOUNCED COLLEGE DECISIONS TODAY.  KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY WILL GO TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE AND PLAY FOR L-S-U.  TEAMMATE AND KENTUCKY ALL STAR TEAM MEMBER DONOVAN KATES IS HEADED TO MANHATTAN COLLEGE.  VEONTAE LEWIS IS HEADED TO ANGELINA COLLEGE IN TEXAS, WHILE NICK RILEY HAS NARROWED HIS CHOICE TO TWO SCHOOLS.

ISAIAH DOOLEY ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS TO GO TO TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY AND WALK ON THE TEAM.  STUDENT ASSISTAN DALTON WORKMAN WILL BE GOING TO WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THIS IS THE DAY ANTHONY HICKEY, DONOVAN KATES, VEONTAE LEWIS, NICK RILEY, ISAIAH DOOLEY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BASKETBALL TEAM TELL THE WORLD WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO COLLEGE. THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THREE THIS AFTERNOON AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

GAMES WERE RAINED OUT MONDAY AND WILL LIKELY BE WASHED OUT AGAIN TODAY.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL HOST THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WHICH WILL BEGIN ON MEMORIAL DAY. COACH BLAKE LEACH ALSO TOLD WHOP SPORTS CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY WILL MAKE UP ITS RECENTLY RAINED OUT DISTRICT SERIES MAY 16 AND 17.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE HOSTING A RECEPTION TO ALLOW FANS, BOOSTERS, ALUMNI AND THE COMMUNITY TO MEET NEW FOOTBALL COACH MARC ADAM CLARK AND HIS STAFF. IT WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING BEGINNING AT 6:30 AT THE BRUCE CONVENTION CENTER.

TRIGG COUNTY STUDENT/ATHLETE JARED STALLONS AND KATIE RANSDELL OF VILLA MADONNA WERE NAMED THE STATEWIDE WINNERS IN THE FORCHT GROUP OF KENTUCKY/KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE/KHSAA SPORTSMANSHIP PROGRAM DURING A BANQUET HELD SUNDAY IN LEXINGTON.

THE TWO STATEWIDE WINNERS WILL RECEIVE A ONE TIME THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP COURTESY OF FORCHT GROUP OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKY NATIONAL INSURANCE.

THE REGIONAL WINNERS FROM THE WESTERN END OF THE STATE WERE:

1^ST REGION: JASON STRAUB OF HEATH AND PEYTON VAUGHAN OF ST. MARY

2^ND REGION: JARED STALLONS OF TRIGG COUNTY AND JANELL COOPER OF CALDWELL COUNTY.

3^RD REGION: KAL PRINCE OF OWENSBORO AND PAIGE KRAMER OF DAVIESS COUNTY.

THE STATEWIDE WINNERS WERE CHOSEN FROM THE 32 STUDENT/ATHLETES REPRESENTED BY THE 16 REGIONS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HAS LOST A BASKETBALL COMMITMENT. RODNEY PURVIS—ONE OF THE TOP NATIONAL PLAYERS IN THE 2012 CLASS—BACKED OFF HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CARDINALS MONDAY.

PURVIS—WHO SAYS LOUISVILLE IS NOT OUT OF THE RUNNING—COMMITTED TO THE CARDINALS IN DECEMBER.

SOME 20 N-B-A TEAMS WERE IN LEXINGTON MONDAY TO WATCH KENTUCKY FRESHMEN TERRENCE JONES AND BRANDON KNIGHT, ALONG WITH JUNIOR DEANDRE LIGGINS AND SENIOR JOSH HARRELSON WORK OUT. THE THREE UNDERCLASSMEN HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY TO DECIDE IF THEY ARE GOING TO STAY IN THE N-B-A DRAFT OR RETURN TO SCHOOL.

NONE OF THE PLAYERS, NOR THE N-B-A SCOUTS ON HAND WERE ALLOWED TO COMMENT ON THE WORKOUTS.

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS LANDED A POINT GUARD. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS FINDLAY PREP HIGH SCHOOL’S KEVIN KASPER WILL BECOME A HILLTOPPER.

 KASPER WAS A BACKUP GUARD WHO AVERAGED ONE POINT SEVEN POINTS AND THREE ASSISTS PER GAME. KASPER ALSO SHOT 45 PERCENT FROM THREE POINT RANGE. KASPER HAS REPORTEDLY SIGNED HIS LETTER OF INTENT.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOST THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS IN GAME THREE OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMFINAL SERIES THIS EVENING. FIRST PUCK DROPS AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA JUST AFTER EIGHT, WITH COVERAGE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

THE 8TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL GAME BETWEEN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT AT 5:30 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THE GAME WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING, HOWEVER THAT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.

AS FAR AS WE KNOW, ALL OTHER GAMES IN THE AREA ARE LIKELY CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

NO WORD ON WHETHER ANY GAMES WILL BE PLAYED TODAY BECAUSE OF THE RAINS. IF IT’S PLAYED, CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO PLAY SOFTBALL AT HOPKINSVILLE, WITH GAME TIME AT 5:30. THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THERE WAS A NEW DEVLOPMENT SATURDAY CONCERNING WHAT SCHOOL CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S ANTHONY HICKEY MAY ATTEND. THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED SATURDAY, AN EMAIL THEY RECEIVED FRIDAY FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR INDICATED WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS NO LONGER A SCHOOL OF INTEREST.

EARLIER LAST WEEK, TIGERBAIT.COM—A WEBSITE WHICH COVERS L-S-U ATHLETICS—HAD INDICATED WESTERN, ALONG WITH L-S-U AND SOUTH CAROLINA WERE THE THREE FINALISTS FOR KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL’S SERVICES. HICKEY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM WHO ARE SIGNING WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR DECISIONS AT THREE P-M TUESDAY AT COLONEL GYM.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI IS BRINGING THE N-B-A TO CAMPUS TO EVALUATE THE THREE PLAYERS WHO ARE TESTING THE N-B-A DRAFT WATERS. FRESHMEN BRANDON KNIGHT AND TERRENCE JONES, ALONG WITH JUNIOR DEANDRE LIGGINS WILL GO THROUGH WORKOUTS FOR EVERY TEAM TODAY AND TOMORROW.

ON HIS WEBSITE—COACH CAL.COM--CALIPARI SAID THE LOGIC BEHIND THE WORKOUTS WAS TO LET THE THREE GET N-B-A EXPOSURE BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER THEY WILL STAY IN THE JUNE 23^RD DRAFT OR WITHDRAW BEFORE MAY 8^TH.

UK ATHLETIC NOTES

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS FANS WON’T NOTICE ANY ON THE AIR CHANGES ON THE BIG BLUE SPORTS NETWORK THIS FALL, HOWEVER THERE ARE CHANGES BEHIND THE SCENES.

I-M-G—WHICH HAS BEEN KENTUCKY’S RIGHTSHOLDER SINCE 2007—HAS PURCHASED A RIVAL COMPANY I-S-P. THIS MEANS THE COMBINED COMPANY WILL PRODUCE ALL OF ITS RADIO BROADCASTS FROM I-S-P’S HOME IN WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

TOM LEACH WILL CONTINUE TO CALL THE U-K GAMES, WITH JEFF PIECORO ON COLOR IN FOOTBALL AND MIKE PRATT IN BASKETBALL.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN PICKED UP A WIN SATURDAY NIGHT AS WESTERN KENTUCKY DEFEATED LOUISIANA MONROE 8-5. HAGEMAN ALLOWED FOUR RUNS ON SEVEN HITS IN SEVEN INNINGS. HAGEMAN ALSO STRUCK OUT SIX AND WALKED FOUR IN PICKING UP HIS SEVENTH WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH FOUR LOSSES.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER COLE ISOM PICKED UP A WIN SATURDAY FOR EVANSVILLE AS THEY DEFEATED MISSOURI STATE 5-4. ISOM PICKED UP HIS FIFTH WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH FOUR LOSSES. ISOM WENT SEVEN AND TWO THIRDS INNINGS, ALLOWING FOUR RUNS ON EIGHT HITS, WALKING TWO AND STRIKING OUT TWO.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HOST VANCOUVER IN GAME THREE OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE SERIES TOMORROW NIGHT IN NASHVILLE. THE SERIES IS EVEN AT ONE GAME EACH AFTER THE PREDS WON IN DOUBLE OVERTIME SATURDAY NIGHT. COVERAGE BEGINS AT EIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.