Sports Headlines 5.26.11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE 8^TH DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE THAT WAS TO HAVE BEEN PLAYED LAST NIGHT WAS CANCELLED.

THE TWO TEAMS ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY THIS EVENING AT SIX AT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY. WEATHER PERMITTING, THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AIRS 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

IF WEATHER FORCES CANCELLATION THIS EVENING, THE GAME WILL LIKELY BE PLAYED EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THE 6^TH DISTRICT BASEBALL FINAL BETWEEN HENDERSON COUNTY AND UNION COUNTY WILL BE PLAYED THIS EVENING AT WEBSTER COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

AS OF NOW, THE 8^TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL FINAL BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR SIX THIS EVENING AT U-H-A’S LADY BLAZER FIELD.

THE 6^TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL FINAL BETWEEN HENDERSON COUNTY AND UNION COUNTY WHICH WAS CANCELLED LAST NIGHT WILL BE PLAYED THIS EVENING AT UNION COUNTY.

NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE ON THE KHSAA WEBSITE ABOUT PLAY IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND SEVEN.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER NORTH CAROLINA STATE GUARD RYAN HARROW WILL BE TRANSFERRING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS HARROW WILL SIT OUT THE UPCOMING SEASON AND HAVE THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING.

THE MARIETTA, GEORGIA NATIVE SAYS PLAYING FOR KENTUCKY WILL HELP HIM ACHIEVE HIS GOALS FOR NOW AND LATER ON. HARROW ANNOUNCED HE WOULD TRANSFER AFTER FORMER N-C STATE COACH SIDNEY LOWE RESIGNED UNDER PRESSURE.

HARROW AVERAGED NINE POINT THREE POINTS AND THREE POINT THREE ASSISTS IN HIS FRESHMAN SEASON.

NEW TENNESSEE COACH CUONZO MARTIN HAS CLOSED THE BOOK ON HIS FIRST RECRUITING CLASS. THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS POST PLAYER YEMI MAKANJUOLA BECAME THE FIFTH SIGNEE WEDNESDAY.

THE SIX-NINE MAKANJUOLA IS A NATIVE OF NIGERIA AND PLAYED LAST SEASON FOR WORD OF GOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA. HE BECOMES THE 12^TH SCHOLARSHIP PLAYER ON THE U-T ROSTER THIS COMING SEASON.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

HOPKINSVILLE’S JUSTIN HAGEMAN PITCHED AN INNING AND TWO THIRDS OF RELIEF WEDNESDAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY IN THEIR 11-10 12 INNING WIN OVER FLORIDA ATLANTIC. HAGEMAN ALLOWED ONE RUN ON THREE HITS. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK AT THREE TODAY IN MONROE, LOUISIANA.

AT THE O-V-C TOURNAMENT: AUSTIN PEAY WILL FACE TENNESSEE TECH THIS EVENING. THE GOLDEN EAGLES BEAT EASTERN KENTUCKY 6-5 IN OPENING ROUND PLAY WEDNESDAY. EASTERN KENTUCKY AND UT-MARTIN PLAY AN ELIMINATION GAME TODAY. THE TOURNAMENT IS BEING PLAYED AT PRINGLES PARK IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

AT THE S-E-C TOURNAMENT: VANDY SHUT OUT GEORGIA 10-0 AND FACES SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING.

AT THE BIG EAST TOURNAMENT: LOUISVILLE LOST TO PITTSBURGH 7-2 AND PLAY CINCINNATI IN A LOSER’S BRACKET GAME TODAY.

HOCKEY

THERE’S SOME SPECULATION THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS MAY CHANGE FROM THE WESTERN CONFERENCE TO THE EASTERN CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS IF THE SALE OF THE ATLANTA THRASHERS TO A GROUP IN WINNIPEG, CANADA TAKES PLACE AND THE TEAM IS MOVED, THE PREDS WOULD BE THE CLOSEST TEAM TO THOSE WHO PLAY IN THE SOUTHEAST DIVISION.

PREDATORS GENERAL MANAGER DAVID POILE SAYS A MOVE IS SOMETHING THE PREDATORS SHOULD EXPLORE.

GOLF

TEE TIMES ARE BEING DELAYED 90 MINUTES THIS MORNING AT THE SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP AT VALHALLA GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.

HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG STORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH LOUISVILLE LAST NIGHT IS FORCING THE DELAY. THE STORMS DID MINOR DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND TREES AT VALHALLA.

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY IS AMONG THE PLAYERS COMPETING THIS WEEK.

PRINCETON'S EMMA TALLEY PLAYED IN A U-S WOMEN'S OPEN QUALIFIER EARLIER THIS WEEK IN WILMETTE, ILLINOIS.  THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTED WEDNESDAY THE CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR TO BE AND FUTURE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GOLFER FINISHED AT TWO OVER PAR 148, JUST ONE SHOT BEHIND THE FOUR QUALIFIERS.

HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL A CHANCE TALLEY COULD PLAY IN THE EVENT, AS SHE IS THE FIRST ALTERNATE FROM THE QUALIFIER.  THE U-S WOMEN'S OPEN WILL BE PLAYED JULY 7-10 AT THE BROADMOOR EAST COURSE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

TALLEY WILL TRY TO QUALIFY FOR THE L-P-G-A'S STATE FARM CLASSIC JUNE 5TH AT PANTHER CREEK COUNTRY CLUB IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.  THE STATE FARM CLASSIC WILL BE PLAYED IN SPRINGFIELD JUNE 9-12.

8th District Baseball Update 5/25/11

THE 8TH DISTRICT BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DICK WEAVER SAYS THE GAME HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AT SIX AT CHRIS SIMMONS FIELD.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE 8TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ALSO BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS SCHEDULED FOR SIX TOMORROW EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.  IT'S NOT CURRENTLY KNOWN IF THAT GAME WILL BE PLAYED AS SCHEDULED OR BE MOVED TO ANOTHER TIME.

Sports Headlines 5/25/11

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

8^TH DISTRICT: HOPKINSVILLE COMPLETED ITS SUSPENDED GAME WITH FORT CAMPBELL AND CAME AWAY WITH A 13-0 FIVE INNING WIN. DAVID GARDNER HIT A GRAND SLAM IN A FOUR RUN THIRD INNING FOR THE TIGERS, WHO ADDED THREE MORE RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 4^TH .

THE TIGERS ARE NOW 29-4 ON THE SEASON, FORT CAMPBELL FINISHES 7-24.

THE NIGHTCAP SAW CHRISTIAN COUNTY USE A SEVEN RUN FOURTH INNING IN DEFEATING UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 9-0. COLONEL PITCHER KYLE SPENCER AND TWO RELIEVERS COMBINED ON A ONE HITTER.

THE LONE HIT WAS A LEADOFF INFIELD SINGLE BY BLAZER SECOND BASEMAN WADE WILLEN. SPENCER ALSO STRUCK OUT 10 IN THE GAME.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVES TO 18-15 ON THE SEASON, WHILE U-H-A FINISHES 11-15.

THE 8^TH DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS SET FOR TONIGHT AT SIX, WITH A SITE TO BE DETERMINED DEPENDING ON WEATHER. COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE TUESDAY

5^TH DISTRICT: CRITTENDEN COUNTY EDGED LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 3-2.

6^TH DISTRICT: HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY 3-1, WITH COLONEL PITCHER CHRISTIAN MCHATTON THROWING A NO HITTER AND STRIKING OUT 13.

7^TH DISTRICT:   CALDWELL COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-2.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

8^TH DISTRICT: THE HOPKINSVILLE LADY TIGERS EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 3-2 AS TAYLOR UNDERWOOD SCORED THE GAME WINNING RUN ON A BASE HIT BY CALLIE TACKETT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7^TH INNING. HOPKINSVILLE MOVES TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 13-16 RECORD, WHILE U-H-A CONCLUDES ITS SEASON 5-13.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY TOOK THE NIGHTCAP IN THREE INNINGS DEFEATING FORT CAMPBELL 15-0. THE LADY COLONELS HAD ONLY THREE HITS. GRIFFIN JOINER AND MAGGIE GLASS COMBINED FOR A NO HIT SHUTOUT.

THE LADY COLONELS ARE NOW 29-3 ON THE SEASON, FORT CAMPBELL FINISHES 1-12. HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THURSDAY NIGHT AT SIX, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE TUESDAY

5^TH DISTRICT: LIVINGSTON CENTRAL WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP 7-0 OVER LYON COUNTY.

7^TH DISTRICT: HOPKINS CENTRAL SHUT OUT DAWSON SPRINGS 6-0 AND MADISONVILLE DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 11-1 IN SIX INNINGS.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASEBALLER KYLE SPENCER HAS CHOSEN WHERE HE WILL PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASEBALL. SPENCER ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE.  SPENCER WILL JOIN FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY PITCHER COLE ISOM ON THE PURPLE ACES SQUAD.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN HAS BEEN NAMED THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR.

THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HURLER HAS HAD A STELLAR ROOKIE SEASON GOING 8-5 WITH A THREE POINT 22 EARNED RUN AVERAGE. HE LEADS THE HILLTOPPERS WITH 81 STRIKEOUTS. HAGEMAN HAS ALSO THROWN TWO COMPLETE GAMES THIS SEASON.

WESTERN KENTUCKY BEGINS PLAY TODAY IN THE SUN BELT TOURNAMENT AGAINST FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT 11 A-M IN MONROE, LOUISIANA.

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AT PRINGLES PARK IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE.

OPENING ROUND GAMES HAVE TENNESSEE TECH MEETING EASTERN KENTUCKY AT 11 A-M AND JACKSONVILLE STATE MEETS U-T MARTIN AT THREE P-M. GAME TIMES HAVE BEEN MOVED UP IN ANTICIPATION OF WEATHER.

AUSTIN PEAY WILL PLAY ITS FIRST GAME THURSDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN.

AUSTIN PEAY STARTING PITCHER JEREMY DOBBS WAS NOT ONLY NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL OVC TUESDAY, HE WAS ALSO NAMED THE LEAGUE’S PITCHER OF THE YEAR.

DOBBS WAS JOINED ON THE FIRST TEAM BY FIRST BASEMAN JOHN HOGAN AND SHORTSTOP REED HARPER.

AUSTIN PEAY COACH GARY MCCLURE WAS ALSO NAMED O-V-C COACH OF THE YEAR.

GOLF

PADUCAH'S RUSS COCHRAN HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE SENIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH BEGINS THURSDAY AT VALHALLA GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE.  COCHRAN HAS BEEN BOTHERED BY A WRIST INJURY AND THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS COCHRAN WILL BE OUT OF ACTION UNTIL AT LEAST MID JUNE.

8th District Softball Update 5.24.11

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DICK WEAVER SAYS THE 8TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT GAMES SCHEDULED AT UHA WILL GO ON AS SCHEDULED THIS AFTERNOON.

THE OPENING GAME AT 5:30 HAS HOST UHA MEETING HOPKINSVILLE, WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO TAKE ON FORT CAMPBELL IN THE NIGHTCAP.

ADMISSION TO THE GAMES IS FIVE DOLLARS.

8th District Baseball Update 5.24.11

CHRISTIAN COUNTY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR KERRY STOVALL TELLS WHOP SPORTS THE 8TH DISTRICT BASEBALL TOURNAMENT GAMES SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING AT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY HAVE BEEN MOVED TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

TONIGHT'S ACTION WILL BEGIN AT 5:30 WITH THE COMPLETETION OF THE SUSPENDED GAME BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND FORT CAMPBELL WITH THE TIGERS LEADING 6-0 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WILL PLAY THEIR GAME 30 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST GAME CONCLUDES.

FANS WHO ARE COMING TO THE GAMES THIS EVENING ARE ADVISED TO ENTER THE GAME VIA GLASS AVENUE AS NORTH DRIVE WILL BE BLOCKED THIS EVENING.

WEATHER PERMITTING, WE WILL HAVE THE GAMES WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE 8TH DISTRICT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TODAY AT U-H-A, BUT THERE'S NO WORD ON WHETHER THOSE GAMES WOULD BE PLAYED.

IF THERE ARE MORE CHANGES OR CANCELLATIONS, WE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS AND ONLINE.