CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE AT STATON’S ART AND FRAMING ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD THIS AFTERNOON, SIGNING COPIES OF THE NEW JAMES CAIN, JUNIOR PRINT “PRIDE OF THE COUNTY”. 

THE PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF WILL SIGN THE PRINT BETWEEN 4-7 PM.  A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF THE PRINT WILL GO TO THE C-C-H-S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

TUESDAY’S SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED GREENWOOD 8-5, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6-5, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 11-3, RUSSELLVILLE OVER TODD CENTRAL 14-4 IN FIVE INNINGS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-6, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 9-2.

TODAY’S GAMES:  LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

TUESDAY’S SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT FORT CAMPBELL 15-0, MADISONVILLE OVER HOPKINSVILLE 5-1, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 20-0 IN FOUR INNINGS, HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED UNION COUNTY 6-5, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MURRAY 1-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 6-2.

IN THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CLASSIC:  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 13-1 IN FIVE INNINGS AND DAWSON SPRINGS DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 7-1.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ESPN ANALYST AND FORMER INDIANA BASKETBALL COACH BOB KNIGHT APOLOGIZED TUESDAY FOR REMARKS HE MADE OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT KENTUCKY’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

DURING A SPEECH IN WABASH, INDIANA, KNIGHT SAID FIVE PLAYERS WHO PLAYED IN THE 2010 NC-AA TOURNAMENT FOR KENTUCKY DID NOT ATTEND CLASSES THAT SEMESTER.

IN AN ESPN.COM STORY TUESDAY, KNIGHT SAID HIS OVERALL POINT WAS THAT ONE AND DONES WERE NOT HEALTHY FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL.  HE ADDED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT PERSONAL TO KENTUCKY AND ITS PLAYERS AND APOLOGIZED. 

WHILE WE’RE ON KENTUCKY BASKETBALL, DORON LAMB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON WITH THE WILDCATS.  LAMB CITED THE CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ONE OF HIS REASONS TO RETURN TO KENTUCKY.  LAMB AVERAGED 12 POINT THREE POINTS PER GAME THIS PAST SEASON FOR THE WILDCATS, WHO LOST TO NATIONAL CHAMPION CONNECTICUT IN THE FINAL FOUR.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS HUNTINGTON PREP’S NEGUS WEBSTER-CHAN HAS BACKED OFF HIS COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.  WEBSTER-CHAN COMMITTED TO THE CARDS LAST FALL.  HIS COACH ROB FULFORD SAYS WEBSTER-CHAN WILL VISIT FIVE SCHOOLS THIS SPRING BEFORE CHOOSING A COLLEGE.

AUSTIN PEAY’S WOMEN’S PROGRAM HAS PICKED UP ANOTHER SIGNEE.  SOMALIA MCKENNEY, A SIX FOOT FORWARD FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA SIGNED TUESDAY.

MCKENNEY HELPED LEAD HER HIGH SCHOOL TO THE NORTH CAROLINA CLASS FOUR A FINAL FOUR, WHERE THEY LOST TO THE EVENTUAL CHAMPION.  SHE AVERAGED 14 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS IN A SHORTNED SENIOR SEASON DUE TO A KNEE INJURY.  MCKENNEY WAS ALSO RECRUITED BY NORTH CAROLINA STATE, JAMES MADISON AND CLEMSON.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LINEBACKER JEWELL RATLIFF WAS DISMISSED FROM THE TEAM TUESDAY FOR UNSPECIFIED VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS RATLIFF—FROM NEW ORLEANS—ENTERED SPRING PRACTICE AS THE BACKUP AT WEAKSIDE LINEBACKER TO DANNY TREVETHAN.  RATLIFF IS THE SECOND PLAYER TO BE DISMISSED THIS SPRING.

A REMINDER, KENTUCKY’S SPRING GAME IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH COVERAGE AT 1:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CORNERBACK DARIUS ASHLEY PLEADED GUILTY TO D-U-I CHARGES TUESDAY STEMMING FROM HIS ARREST IN DECEMBER.  ASHLEY HAD HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED 30 DAYS AND IS REQUIRED TO WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR.  ASHLEY’S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS JUNE 17^TH. 

ASHLEY WAS PUNISHED PRIVATELY BY COACH CHARLIE STRONG AND DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN SPRING DRILLS AFTER SHOULDER SURGERY. 

COLLEGE BASEBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY RALLIED FOR AN 11-8 WIN OVER KENTUCKY AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. 

AUSTIN PEAY WAS A 16-15 WINNER OVER LIPSCOMB IN A GAME WHICH TOOK OVER FOUR HOURS AT RAYMOND C. HAND PARK.

NFL

THE TENNESSEE TITANS 2011 SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.  THE TITANS WILL OPEN THE REGULAR SEASON AT JACKSONVILLE SEPTEMBER 11^TH AND WILL PLAY BALTIMORE IN THE HOME OPENER ONE WEEK LATER. 

THE OTHER HOME GAMES ARE: DENVER, HOUSTON, INDINAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, TAMPA BAY, NEW ORLEANS AND JACKSONVILLE.  THE SCHEDULE IS CONTINGIENT THE N-F-L LOCKOUT IS STILL NOT GOING ON.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TITAN WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT’S CASE IN NEW JERSEY WAS REFERRED TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TUESDAY PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

BRITT WAS ARRESTED APRIL 12^TH AFTER A CAR CHASE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY ON SEVERAL CHARGES.  BRITT MADE A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY, BUT NEITHER HE OR HIS ATTORNEY OFFERED COMMENT.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND ANAHEIM DUCKS PLAY GAME FOUR OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL SERIES THIS EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN IN THE SERIES WHICH THE PREDS LEAD TWO GAMES TO ONE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS TOOK THE OUTRIGHT LEAD IN THE 8^TH DISTRICT BASEBALL RACE AGAINST CHRISTIAN COUNTY MONDAY NIGHT, BUT IT TOOK EXTRA INNINGS TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THE TIGERS DEFEATED THE COLONELS 6-5 IN NINE INNINGS.  THE TIGERS ARE NOW 2-0 IN THE DISTRICT RACE, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY FALLS TO TWO AND TWO.

ELSEWHERE:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED CALDWELL COUNTY 6-5, RUSSELLVILLE OVER FORT CAMPBELL 7-2, MADISONVILLE OVER HENDERSON COUNTY 7-5, HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED DAWSON SPRINGS 12-2, OWENSBORO OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 9-1, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 11-1 IN SIX INNINGS, CALLOWAY COUNTY SHUTOUT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 15-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS AT GREENWOOD, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS CLARKSVILLE NORTHWEST, CALDWELL COUNTY AT DAWSON SPRINGS, TRIGG COUNTY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL AT RUSSELLVILLE, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

WARREN EAST DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 8-1, DAWSON SPRINGS EDGED TODD CENTRAL 1-0 IN EIGHT INNINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6-1, MADISONVILLE OVER UNION COUNTY 5-4, LYON COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 7-6, METCALFE COUNTY DEFEATED RUSSELLVILLE 20-0 IN THREE INNINGS, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 12-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION, HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS MADISONVILLE.

ELSEWHERE:  TODD CENTRAL AT LOGAN COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY HOSTS MURRAY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OHIO COUNTY. 

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

FORMER WESTERN KENTUCKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH STEVE SMALL IS GOING BACK TO THE SIDELINES. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS SMALL HAS BEEN NAMED THE GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AT LOUISVILLE ASSUMPTION.  SMALL SPENT 17 SEASONS AT WESTERN, 13 AS AN ASSISTANT.  SMALL WAS 88-40 IN FOUR SEASONS AS LADY TOPPER HEAD COACH BEFORE STEPPING DOWN IN 2001.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART SHOT BACK MONDAY AT A REMARK MADE ABOUT THE PROGRAM OVER THE WEEKEND BY ESPN ANALYST AND FORMER INDIANA COACH BOB KNIGHT.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS IN A SPEECH MADE OVER THE WEEKEND, KNIGHT SAID KENTUCKY IN THE 2009-10 SEASON PLAYED FIVE PLAYERS IN THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT THAT HE SAID “HAD NOT BEEN TO CLASS ALL SEMESTER”. 

IN A RELEASED STATEMENT, BARNHART CALLED KNIGHT’S COMMENT BLATENTLY ERRONEOUS AND THAT ALL FIVE WERE IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, WITH PATRICK PATTERSON GRADUATING IN THREE YEARS, DARIUS MILLER STILL ON THE TEAM AND DEMARCUS COUSINS, JOHN WALL AND ERIC BLEDSOE ONE AND DONE PLAYERS WHO ARE NOW IN THE NBA.

S-E-C COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE SAID MONDAY IT WAS TOUGH TO SEE BRUCE PEARL’S RUN AT TENNESSEE END AS IT DID WITH PEARL’S FIRING.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL SAYS SLIVE TOLD REPORTERS IN BIRMINGHAM AT AN ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITORS CONFERENCE HE HAD TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH PEARL BEFORE AND AFTER HIS FIRING.  SLIVE ADDED NO MEMBER OF THE S-E-C OFFICE TRIED TO INFLUENCE U-T’S DECISION TO FIRE PEARL.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE TENNESEEAN REPORTS THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL WILL BE PLAYED FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30^TH AT 5:40 P-M AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.

THIS YEAR WILL MARK THE 6^TH TIME TEAMS FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST AND SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCES WILL PLAY.  LAST YEAR, A RECORD CROWD OF 69-THOUSAND 143 PEOPLE WATCHED NORTH CAROLINA EDGE TENNESSEE 30-27.

GOLF

CLARKSVILLE NATIVE MASON RUDOLPH DIED MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 76.  RUDOLPH HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA SINCE LAST WEEKEND.

RUDOLPH WAS THE 1959 PGA TOUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND A MEMBER OF THE 1971 RYDER UP TEAM.  HE WON FIVE PGA TOUR EVENTS AND FINISHED FOURTH IN THE 1965 MASTERS.  AS AN AMATEUR, RUDOLPH WAS AN OUTSTANDING GOLFER FOR CLARKSVILLE HIGH AND HE WON THE TENNESSEE STATE OPEN FIVE TIMES.

BOSTON MARATHON

HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR KEVIN FELTON RAN IN THE BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY.  FELTON RAN THE RACE IN THREE HOURS 49 MINUTES AND 57 SECONDS.  GEOFFREY MUTAI WON THE MEN’S DIVISION, WHILE CAROLINE KILEL WON THE WOMEN’S DIVISION.

THE KENTUCKY ALL STAR BASKETBALL TEAMS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE KENTUCKY-INDIANA ALL STAR GAMES JUNE 10-11.

BOYS:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL BE REPRESENTED BY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY ALONG WITH TEAMMATE DONOVAN KATES.  WARREN CENTRAL'S GEORGE FANT IS ALSO ON THE TEAM WITH LOUISVILLE EASTERN'S REMY ABELL, LYONELL GAINES, ARMAN MARKS AND KAMERON WOODS.  OTHER TEAM MEMBERS  JORDAN GILBERT AND TREG SETTY OF MASON COUNTY, ZACK PRICE OF JEFFERSONTOWN, COREY ROGERS OF CLARK COUNTY AND RYAN TAYLOR OF LOUISVILLE WESTERN.

GIRLS:  ROCKCASTLE COUNTY'S SARA HAMMOND IS MISS BASKETBALL AND IS JOINED FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY BY AVEREE FIELDS OF CALLOWAY COUNTY, CHASTITY GOOCH OF FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CARLA BOOTH OF SHELDON CLARK, DANAY FOTHERGILL OF SOUTHWESTERN, NATALIE GREENWELL OF ELIZABETHTOWN, MECHAEL GUESS OF MANUAL, JULIANN MILLER OF MERCY, MADDIE PEABODY OF SACRED HEART, CARPISHA ROGERS OF CLARK COUNTY ALONG WITH KRISTEN STAINBACK AND LAUREN TIBBS OF SCOTT COUNTY.

THE KENTUCKY PORTION OF THE ALL STAR GAMES WILL BE PLAYED JUNE 10TH AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE AND JUNE 11TH AT CONSECO FIELDHOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS LOOK TO TAKE THE LEAD IN THE 8^TH DISTRICT RACE OUTRIGHT THIS EVENING AS THEY HOST CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN GAME TWO OF THE DISTRICT SERIES.  SATURDAY, THE TIGERS DEFEATED THE COLONELS 7-4 AT COLONEL FIELD.  FIRST PITCH IS AT SIX P-M.

ELSEWHERE:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL TAKES ON RUSSELLVILLE, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OWENSBORO, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, MADISONVILLE AT HENDERSON COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY CLAIMED THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE LADY COLONEL CLASSIC SATURDAY AT TIE BREAKER PARK.  IN FIVE GAMES, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED UNION COUNTY TWICE, MALE, ST. MARY AND EDMONSON COUNTY TO TAKE THE TITLE.

HOPKINSVILLE ALSO PARTICPATED IN THE TOURNAMENT AND DEFEATED ST. MARY 8-2, BUT LOST TO UNION COUNTY 12-6.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO WARREN EAST, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS DAWSON SPRINGS, LOGAN COUNTY AT WARREN CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY AT LYON COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE AT METCALFE COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS UNION COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASEBALL/SOFTBALL

BASEBALL: FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH PITCHER JUSTIN HAGEMAN HAD ANOTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AS THEY DEFEATED ARKANSAS STATE SATURDAY 13-2.  HAGEMAN WENT EIGHT INNINGS, ALLOWED FOUR HITS AND STRUCK OUT EIGHT.  HAGEMAN RETIRED 18 OF THE LAST 21 BATTERS HE FACED. 

ON SUNDAY, THE HILLTOPPERS LOST TO ARKANSAS STATE 4-3 IN 10 INNINGS.  WKU MEETS KENTUCKY TUESDAY AT SIX AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

AUSTIN PEAY DEFEATED JACKSONVILLE STATE SUNDAY 7-2 AND MOVED INTO A FIRST PLACE TIE WITH SOUTHEAST MISSOURI FOR THE O-V-C LEAD.

MURRAY STATE LOST TO SIU-EDWARDSVILLE SUNDAY 15-4.  THE COUGARS GOT A SERIES SWEEPT WITH THE WIN.

SOFTBALL:  MURRAY STATE DEFEATED SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 9-7, WHILE AUSTIN PEAY WAS NO HIT FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON IN LOSING TO JACKSONVILLE STATE 1-0 IN NINE INNINGS.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TENNESSEE GETS ANOTHER BASKETBALL COMMITMENT.  THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS SIX-FIVE COMBO GUARD JOSH RICHARDSON OF SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA HAS COMMITTED TO PLAY FOR NEW COACH CUONZO MARTIN.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WILL HAVE THEIR ANNUAL BLUE/WHITE GAME THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN LEXINGTON.  COACH JOKER PHILLIPS WILL HAVE A SPECIAL CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, FOLLOWED BY BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

THE SPRING GAME WILL ALSO BE HEARD SATURDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS TOOK A 2-1 LEAD IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE SERIES WITH ANAHEIM WITH A 4-3 WIN SUNDAY AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  MIKE FISHER SCORED THE GAME WINNING GOAL FOR THE PREDS.  THE SERIES CONTINUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR KEVIN FELTON WILL RUN IN HIS 8^TH BOSTON MARATHON TODAY.  FELTON’S RACE NUMBER IS 15876 AND YOU CAN FOLLOW HIS PROGRESS ONLINE AT B-A-A.ORG. 

CHAMPIONS TOUR

PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN FINISHED IN A TIE FOR THIRD AT THE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE PRO-AM SUNDAY IN TAMPA FLORIDA.  COCHRAN HAD A THREE OVER 74 AND FINISHED TWO SHOTS BEHIND JOHN COOK AND JAY DON BLAKE.  COOK WON ON THE FIRST PLAYOFF HOLE.

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FINISHED TIED FOR 20^TH.

PGA TOUR

NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER FINISHED THIRD AT SIX UNDER AT THE VALERO TEXAS OPEN.  SNEDEKER WAS TWO SHOTS BACK OF WINNER BRENDAN STEELE.  KENTUCKIAN J-B HOLMES FINISHED AT TWO UNDER PAR, STEVE FLESCH FINISHED ONE UNDER PAR.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE WILL PLAY BASEBALL TODAY, ONE GAME ONLY AT COLONEL FIELD AT 1 PM.  COVERAGE WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 12:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.  THE GAME AT HOPKINSVILLE WILL BE PLAYED MONDAY AT 6 PM.

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY LADY COLONEL SOFTBALL CLASSIC IS BEING PLAYED TODAY AT TIE BREAKER PARK,  WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE PARTICIPATING.