SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE AIRS THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON WILL HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES WHO WERE AT THE HOPKINSVILLE ROTARY CLUB TUESDAY AND WEEKLY VISITS WITH THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES.

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HOPKINSVILLE’S LADY TIGERS FELL IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE K-H-S-A-A GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENT TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS 3-1 TO BOWLING GREEN. THE LADY PURPLES SCORED ALL THEIR GOALS IN THE SECOND HALF. HOPKINSVILLE’S LONE GOAL CAME FROM KELSEY HUMPHRIES. HOPKINSVILLE FINISHES THE SEASON 16-4-4, WHILE BOWLING GREEN MOVES ON TO HOST DAVIESS COUNTY THURSDAY EVENING.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS BOYS SOCCER TEAM PLAYS ITS SECOND ROUND GAME THIS EVENING IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT AT HENDERSON COUNTY. THE TEAMS HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS SEASON. THE WINNER WILL MOVE TO THE STATE SEMI-FINALS AT PAUL DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN LEXINGTON NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TAKE TO THE COURT FOR A BLUE-WHITE SCRIMMAGE THIS EVENING AT RUPP ARENA. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ALSO PLAY THEIR FIRST EXHIBITION GAME THIS EVENING, TAKING ON DEFENDING N-A-I-A CHAMPION PIKEVILLE COLLEGE.

THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE HAD ITS BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY TUESDAY IN NASHVILLE. AUSTIN PEAY WAS THE PICK OF THE MEN’S COACHES AND SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS TO WIN THIS SEASON. MURRAY STATE WAS PICKED THIRD. AUSTIN PEAY’S TYSHWAN EDMONDSON AND ANTHONY CAMPBELL WERE NAMED TO THE PRE SEASON ALL O-V-C TEAM, ALONG WITH MURRAY STATE’S IVAN ASKA AND ISAIAH CANNAN.

TENNESSEE TECH WAS THE PICK OF THE WOMEN’S COACHES AND SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS TO WIN THE LEAGUE THIS SEASON. AUSTIN PEAY WAS PICKED 4^TH AND MURRAY STATE 6^TH. AUSTIN PEAY’S WHITNEY HANLEY WAS PICKED TO THE PRE SEASON ALL O-V-C TEAM, ALONG WITH MURRAY STATE’S MARIAH ROBINSON AND JESSICA WINFREY.

TENNESSEE’S LADY VOLS WERE A UNAMINOUS PICK BY MEDIA MEMBERS TO WIN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE. THE POLL RESULTS ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HAD KENTUCKY RANKED THIRD.

 THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE RELEASED ITS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL TUESDAY. WESTERN KENTUCKY WAS PICKED THIRD IN THE EAST DIVISION, WITH MIDDLE TENNESSEE PICKED TO WIN, WHILE DENVER WAS PICKED TO WIN IN THE WEST DIVISION.

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WHEN THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TAKE THE FIELD AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE SATURDAY NIGHT, THEY WILL DO SO IN NEW UNIFORMS. THEY WERE REVEALED TUESDAY AND WILL BE BLACK, WITH ROYAL BLUE TRIM ON THE JERSEY AND BLACK PANTS. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF AIRS AT 4:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON LITE 98.7.

AUSTIN PEAY WILL BE WITHOUT QUARTERBACK JAKE RYAN WHEN THE GOVERNORS HOST EASTERN ILLINOIS FOR HOMECOMING THIS WEEKEND. A NEWS RELEASE SAYS RYAN SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY IN LAST SATURDAY’S LOSS AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. RYAN—WHO SUSTAINED A SPRAINED M-C-L—IS LISTED AS WEEK TO WEEK. HE WILL BE REPLACED BY FRESHMAN LANDON CURTIS.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS OPENED A THREE GAME HOMESTAND WITH A 3-1 LOSS TO SAN JOSE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PREDATORS ARE BACK IN ACTION THURSDAY NIGHT HOSTING TAMPA BAY, WITH THE BROADCAST FROM BRIDGESTONE ARENA AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED GREENWOOD IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE K-H-S-A-A STATE TOURNAMENT 2-0 AND WILL FACE HENDERSON COUNTY IN THE SECOND ROUND WEDNESDAY EVENING. HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED HEATH 5-4 IN OVERTIME TO ADVANCE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.

VOLLEYBALL: HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WON THE K-C-A-A FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER GLASGOW CHRISTIAN MONDAY NIGHT. THE LADY WARRIORS HEAD TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT WITH A 27-0 RECORD AND WILL FACE THE REGION THREE WINNER IN LOUISVILLE FRIDAY.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

GIRLS SOCCER: THE HOPKINSVILLE LADY TIGERS MEET BOWLING GREEN IN THEIR FIRST MATCH IN THE K-H-S-A-A STATE TOURNAMENT AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAS RELEASED ITS WEEKLY RANKINGS AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO SPEAK OF THIS WEEK.

CLASS 5-A: CHRISTIAN COUNTY REMAINS RANKED 4^TH BEHIND NUMBER ONE BOWLING GREEN, WARREN CENTRAL IS 5^TH AND OHIO COUNTY 7^TH.

CLASS 4-A: FRANKLIN SIMPSON IS 5^TH, MADISONVILLE 9^TH, LONE OAK TIED FOR 10^TH AS HIGHLANDS REMAINS FIRST.

CLASS 3-A: FORT CAMPBELL IS 8^TH, PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5^TH THIS WEEK AS LOUISVILLE CENTRAL REMAINS NUMBER ONE.

CLASS 2-A: OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS STILL 2^ND, MURRAY HIGH IS 4^TH AS NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC REMAINS NUMBER ONE.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD REMAINS NUMBER ONE.

CLASS 6-A: HENDERSON COUNTY IS 10^TH, TRINITY REMAINS NUMBER ONE.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASKETBALL COACH KERRY STOVALL WAS IN TOWN LAST NIGHT TO RECEIVE A HOMETOWN HERO AWARD FROM THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA.  STOVALL—WHO LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EARLIER THIS YEAR—SAYS HE HAS BEEN BUSY SINCE LEAVING BASKETBALL. 

SPEAKING OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL, THE THREE LOCAL BOYS COACHES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE THE SPEAKERS AT THE HOPKINSVILLE ROTARY CLUB TODAY.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS ARE A HEAVY FAVORITE TO WIN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE THIS YEAR. A PANEL OF NATIONAL AND LEAGUE MEDIA MONDAY GAVE THE WILDCATS 18 OF 23 FIRST PLACE VOTES, WITH VANDERBILT RECEIVING FOUR FIRST PLACE VOTES AND FLORIDA THE OTHER.   KENTUCKY’S TERRENCE JONES WAS ALSO SELECTED AS PRE SEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR. JONES WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM PRE SEASON S-E-C ALONG WITH VANDERBILT’S JOHN JENKINS AND JEFFREY TAYLOR, ALABAMA’S JAMYCHAL GREEN AND MISSISSIPPI STATE’S DEE BOST.

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ACCOLADES CONTINUED TO POUR IN MONDAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY SENIOR RUNNING BACK BOBBY RAINEY. THE GRIFFIN, GEORGIA SENIOR WAS NAMED SUN BELT OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER HIS 203 YARD PERFORMANCE IN WESTERN’S 42-23 WIN OVER LOUISIANA’S RAGIN CAJUNS. THE HILLTOPPERS GO FOR THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN SATURDAY AT LOUISIANA MONROE.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS FRESHMAN JUSTIN WORLEY WILL START AT QUARTERBACK WHEN THE VOLS MEET SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY. MATT SIMMS--WHO REPLACED THE INJURED TYLER BRAY TWO WEEKS AGO-- THREW THREE INTERCEPTIONS IN THE LAST TWO GAMES WHICH WERE LOSSES TO L-S-U AND ALABAMA.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK WILL NOT BENCH RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON OR SWAP OUT OFFENSIVE LINEMAN TO MAKE THE TITANS RUNNING GAME MORE PRODUCTIVE. JOHNSON HAD 10 CARRIES FOR 18 YARDS IN SUNDAY’S LOSS TO HOUSTON. THE TITANS HOST WINLESS INDIANAPOLIS SUNDAY AT L-P FIELD.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS BEGIN A THREE GAME HOMESTAND THIS EVENING HOSTING THE SAN JOSE SHARKS. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RUNNING BACK BOBBY RAINEY CONTINUES TO BRING IN HONORS AFTER HIS PERFORMANCE SATURDAY.  THE SENIOR FROM GRIFFIN GEORGIA HAD 206 YARDS IN WESTERN'S 42-23 HOMECOMING VICTORY OVER LOUISIANA'S RAGIN CAJUNS.  RAINEY WAS NAMED SUN BELT CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK TODAY, AND RECEIVED A HELMET STICKER FROM ESPN'S COLLEGE GAMEDAY FINAL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND WAS NAMED THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS NATIONAL RUNNING BACK OF THE WEEK SUNDAY.

RAINEY IS THIRD IN FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION IN RUSHING, AVERAGING 130 YARDS PER GAME AND IS 90 YARDS AWAY FROM HIS SECOND CONSECUTIVE 1,000 YARD RUSHING SEASON.  THE HILLTOPPERS GO FOR THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT VICTORY SATURDAY AT LOUISANA MONROE.

YOU COULD MISS A GAME AND STILL BE A WINNER IN THE MAX FUEL EXPRESS PICK THE WINNERS CONTEST.

1^ST PRIZE OF $30: FREDA STEVENSON, 106 MARK DRIVE, HOPKINSVILLE

2^ND PRIZE OF $15: HOUSTON GROGAN, 3669 BRADY LANE, HOPKINSVILLE

3^RD PRIZE OF $10: CASEY NORTH, 305 WAYSIDE DRIVE, HOPKINSVILLE

PICK UP YOUR CARD FOR THIS WEEK’S GAMES AT ANY HOPKINSVILLE MAX FUEL EXPRESS LOCATION.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY

SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MEETS GREENWOOD IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE KHSAA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT TONIGHT IN BOWLING GREEN. U-H-A BRINGS A 15-5-1 RECORD INTO THE MATCH, WHILE GREENWOOD IS 16-6-1.

PLAY BEGINS FOR THE HOPKINSVILLE LADY TIGERS IN THE KHSAA GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. THE LADY TIGERS BRING A 16-3-4 RECORD INTO THEIR FIRST ROUND MATCH AGAINST BOWLING GREEN.

VOLLEYBALL: HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY PLAYS IN ITS REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN GLASGOW TONIGHT AGAINST THE WINNER OF THE GLASGOW CHRISTIAN-VICTORY CHRISTIAN MATCH WHICH ALSO WILL BE PLAYED THIS EVENING.

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IT’S THE FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON AND IN CLASS FIVE A THERE ARE SIX UNDEFEATED TEAMS. CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS ONE OF THEM AND THE COLONELS WILL PLAY AT SOUTHWESTERN AS PART OF THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT SEVEN ON LITE 98.7.  THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS CLOSE OUT THE FOOTBALL SEASON FRIDAY AT FORT CAMPBELL, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

WEEKEND WRAP

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TOOK THIRD AT THE C-C-H-S INVITATIONAL HELD SATURDAY AT HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. ST. MARY WON THE TEAM TITLE, WITH HOPKINSVILLE 7^TH AND FORT CAMPBELL 12^TH.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S J-V VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON THE K-C-A-C STATE TOURNAMENT OVER THE WEEKEND. THE LADY WARRIORS WON FOUR MATCHES IN THE DOUBLE ELIMINATION EVENT TO FINISH THE SEASON WITH A PERFECT 20-0 RECORD.

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AFTER A CONVINCING WIN OVER JACKSONVILLE STATE SATURDAY, KENTUCKY RETURNS TO THE S-E-C WARS THIS WEEK HOSTING MISSISSIPPI STATE. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW AT FIVE, WITH BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX THIS EVENING ON LITE 98.7.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS COACH PHILLIPS AS SAYING SOPHOMORE RUNNING BACK RAYMOND SANDERS COULD MISS SATURDAY’S GAME WITH MISSISSIPPI STATE AFTER SUFFERING A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN EARLY IN LAST WEEK’S GAME WITH JACKSONVILLE STATE.  PHILLIPS ON SUNDAY ALSO DISCOUNTED INTERNET RUMORS THAT TRUE FRESHMAN RUNNING BACK JOSH CLEMONS—LOST FOR THE SEASON DUE TO A KNEE INJURY—IS UNHAPPY. PHILLIPS NOTED IT WAS AN UNKNOWN RUMOR STARTED BY SOMEONE.

THE NATION’S LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK ENDED AT 18 GAMES SATURDAY AS WESTERN KENTUCKY DEFEATED LOUISIANA’S RAGIN CAJUNS 42-23 THANKS TO A BIG PERFORMACE FROM BOBBY RAINEY. RAINEY RUSHED FOR 206 YARDS AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS. IT WAS WESTERN’S FIRST HOME WIN OVER A FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION OPPONENT. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY THIS WEEK AT LOUISIANA MONROE.

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MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS THE BALTIMORE RAVENS MEETING THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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FOLLOWING A THREE GAME CANADIAN ROAD TRIP, THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS RETURN TO BRIDGESTONE ARENA TUESDAY EVENING. THE PREDS TAKE ON SAN JOSE AT SEVEN AND YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.