HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY

POST SEASON PLAY BEGINS TODAY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER AND VOLLEYBALL.

GIRLS SOCCER

DISTRICT 3 AT TODD CENTRAL: FORT CAMPBELL MEETS TODD CENTRAL AT 5:30, WITH THE WINNER TO FACE HOPKINSVILLE TUESDAY EVENING.

DISTRICT 4 AT CALDWELL COUNTY: DAWSON SPRINGS MEETS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, WITH THE WINNER TO FACE CALDWELL COUNTY TUESDAY EVENING.

BOYS SOCCER

DISTRICT 3 AT TODD CENTRAL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS TODD CENTRAL AT 7:00, WITH THE WINNER TO MEET HOPKINSVILLE TUESDAY EVENING.

DISTRICT 4 AT CALDWELL COUNTY: TRIGG COUNTY FACES LYON COUNTY AT 5:15, WITH DAWSON SPRINGS AND CALDWELL COUNTY TO FOLLOW. THE WINNERS PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP THURSDAY EVENING.

VOLLEYBALL

DISTRICT 8 AT HOPKINSVILLE: CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETS UHA AT 5:30, WITH HOPKINSVILLE AND FORT CAMPBELL TO FOLLOW. THE WINNERS PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TUESDAY EVENING.

DISTRICT 5 AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL: TRIGG COUNTY MEETS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL AT SIX, WITH CRITTENDEN COUNTY TO PLAY THE FIRST GAME WINNER AT 7:30.

DISTRICT 7 AT HOPKINS CENTRAL: MADISONVILLE PLAYS HOPKINS CENTRAL AT SIX, WITH CALDWELL COUNTY TO FACE THE WINNER AT 7:15.

DISTRICT 13 AT RUSSELLVILLE: FRANKLIN SIMPSON TO MEET LOGAN COUNTY AT SIX, WITH TODD CENTRAL AND RUSSELLVILLE TO FOLLOW, THEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT EIGHT P-M.

HIGH SCHOOL WEEKEND WRAP

CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR EMMA TALLEY WRAPPED UP HER HIGH SCHOOL GOLF CAREER IN GRAND STYLE SATURDAY, WINNING HER THIRD LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. TALLEY FIRED A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 138, TEN SHOTS BETTER THAN RUNNER UP AND LONG TIME RIVAL LYDIA GUMM OF NORTH HARDIN. SACRED HEART WON THE TEAM COMPETITION.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IMPROVED TO 24-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO ONE WIN OVER CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN OF SHELBYVILLE.

MEANWHILE, H-C-A’S SOCCER TEAM FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A PERFECT REGULAR SEASON AFTER AN 11-1 WIN OVER CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SATURDAY. H-C-A WILL HOST THE KENTUCKY CHRISTIAN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE TOURNAMENT THURSDAY. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN WILL PLAY CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN AGAIN IN THE FIRST ROUND.

HOPKINSVILLE’S GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TOOK THIRD AT THE MUHLENBERG INVITATIONAL OVER THE WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA, CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED FIFTH IN THE EVENT, WITH HOST MUHLENBERG COUNTY WINNING THE TITLE. CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED SIXTH IN THE BOYS EVENT, WITH HOPKINSVILLE FINISHING NINTH. PULASKI COUNTY WON THE BOYS TITLE.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE WEEKLY CANTRALL TOP 25 RANKINGS ARE OUT TODAY ON KENTUCKY.COM. TRINITY HEADS THIS WEEK’S POLL, WITH BOWLING GREEN THIRD, WARREN CENTRAL 8^TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 11^TH, MADISONVILLE 17^TH, MAYFIELD 20^TH, HENDERSON COUNTY 22^ND AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN 24^TH. BOTH CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE RETURN TO FOOTBALL ACTION FRIDAY, WITH THE TIGERS HOSTING OHIO COUNTY, WHILE THE COLONELS TRAVEL TO GRAVES COUNTY.

GOLF

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH GOLFER JONATHAN GRABARA WON THE WESTERN HILLS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH CONCLUDED SUNDAY. GRABARA FIRED A TWO DAY SCORE OF 156, TO DEFEAT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SENIOR DAYTON JONES BY ONE STROKE.  GRABARA ALSO CLAIMED THE JUNIOR DIVISION TITLE. U-H-A GOLFER ANNA MOORE WON THE WOMEN’S DIVISION, WITH DARRELL JOHNSON WINNING THE SENIOR DIVISION, JIM PUTTY WAS THE SUPER SENIOR WINNER AND HOWARD FULLER, THE SUPER-SUPER SENIOR DIVISION CHAMPION.

AUSTIN PEAY’S LADY GOVERNORS ARE HOSTING THE F AND M/ APSU INTERCOLLEGIATE TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. TEN TEAMS ARE IN THE FIELD INCLUDING HOST AUSTIN PEAY, MURRAY STATE AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. PLAY BEGINS AT NINE A-M THIS MORNING.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW AT FIVE TONIGHT, WITH BIG BLUE SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7. KENTUCKY IS OFF THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A 54-3 LOSS AT SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY.

TENNESSEE VOLS QUARTERBACK TYLER BRAY WILL MISS THE NEXT SIX WEEKS AFTER BREAKING THE RIGHT THUMB ON HIS THROWING HAND LATE IN THE VOLS 20-12 LOSS TO GEORGIA. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS MATT SIMMS WILL RETURN TO THE STARTING LINEUP WHEN THE VOLS HOST L-S-U SATURDAY.

MEANWHILE, GEORGIA WILL NOT HAVE TOP RECEIVER MALCOMB MITCHELL WHEN THEY MEET VANDERBILT SATURDAY. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS MITCHELL SUFFERED A HAMSTRING INJURY IN SATURDAY’S WIN OVER TENNESSEE.

NFL

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS AN N-F-C NORTH BATTLE THIS EVENING AS THE CHICAGO BEARS TAKE ON THE DETROIT LIONS AT FORD FIELD. PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE OFF TO A 2-0 START AFTER ROAD WINS AT COLUMBUS AND ST. LOUIS OVER THE WEEKEND.  THE PREDS PLAY THEIR FIRST HOME GAME THURSDAY NIGHT AGAINST PHOENIX.  FIRST PUCK AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA DROPS AT SEVEN, WITH COVERAGE OF THE GAME ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

 Today, Randy Harrell, educator of physical education and head baseball coach at Hopkinsville High School, turns in his resignation as educator and coach. He wishes to resign from his positions because of personal reasons.

Harrell would like to thank Ms. Choice, Mr. Link, Mr. Watson, Mr. Kelly and all HHS administrators and teachers for all the support and professionalism that he has been shown throughout his time at Hopkinsville High School.

A posting of the physical education and head baseball coach position at Hopkinsville High School will take effect immediately.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS RETURN TO ACTION THIS EVENING ON THE ROAD AT APOLLO. THE 7-0 COLONELS ARE 2-0 IN DISTRICT ACTION, WHILE THE EAGLES ARE 2-4 AND 1-1 IN DISTRICT PLAY.  KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.   THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ARE IDLE THIS WEEK AND WILL HOST OHIO COUNTY NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.

OTHER GAMES THIS EVENING: TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO PADUCAH TILGHMAN, TODD CENTRAL GOES TO BUTLER COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MADISONVILLE, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY TRAVELS TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS HEATH, OWENSBORO MEETS CALLOWAY COUNTY, MURRAY ENTERTAINS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, UNION COUNTY HOSTS MCLEAN COUNTY, GRAVES COUNTY AT OHIO COUNTY.

CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCORES AND INTERVIEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW AFTER THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY BROADCAST THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

LAST NIGHT: MONROE COUNTY OVER SOUTH WARREN 42-10.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS SHUTOUT GRAYSON COUNTY 4-0, CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 2-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 3-2, TRIGG COUNTY OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 3-1.

GIRLS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 6-0, TODD CENTRAL SHUTOUT CRITTENDEN COUNTY 7-0, TRIGG COUNTY EDGED WEBSTER COUNTY 3-2, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER LYON COUNTY 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 1-0, GRAVES COUNTY OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 2-0.

VOLLEYBALL: TRIGG COUNTY OVER HOPKINSVILLE TWO SETS TO ONE, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 2-0, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY IMPROVED TO 22-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER TENNESSEE HEAT.

THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB. CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR EMMA TALLEY IS THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION AND WILL PLAY JUST AFTER ONE THIS AFTERNOON. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ANNA MOORE WILL PLAY JUST BEFORE 8:30 THIS MORNING.  OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND HENDERSON COUNTY ARE REPRESENTING REGION TWO IN THE TEAM COMPETITION, WHILE CALLOWAY COUNTY AND MARSHALL COUNTY REPRESENT THE FIRST REGION.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

IT TOOK TWO OVERTIMES FOR THE WESTERN KENTUCKY HILLTOPPERS TO GET THEIR FIRST WIN OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN MURFREESBORO LAST NIGHT SINCE 1980. THE HILLTOPPERS EDGED THE BLUE RAIDERS 36-33. BOBBY RAINEY CAUGHT A SEVEN YARD PASS FROM KAWUAN JAKES IN THE SECOND EXTRA PERION FOR THE WIN.  RAINEY ALSO RAN FOR 146 YARDS FOR THE HILLTOPPERS, NOW 1-4 ON THE SEASON AND 1-1 IN SUN BELT PLAY. WESTERN RETURNS TO ACTION OCTOBER 15^TH AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOOK TO GET A ROAD WIN TOMORROW AT SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF BEGINS PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 AM ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C: GEORGIA GOES TO KNOXVILLE TO MEET TENNESSEE, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT SIX P-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. FOLLOWING AN OFF WEEK, VANDERBILT TAKES ON ALABAMA.

IN THE O-V-C: AUSTIN PEAY LOOKS TO GO 3-0 IN LEAGUE PLAY AS THEY FACE UT MARTIN TOMORROW, WHILE MURRAY STATE STEPS OUT OF THE LEAGUE TO MEET GEORGIA STATE.

THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS HEAD EAST TO MEET AN ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT AS THEY PLAY AT NORTH CAROLINA.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS OPEN THE SEASON THIS EVENING IN COLUMBUS AGAINST THE BLUE JACKETS. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS GOALIE PEKKA RINNE HAS THE FLU, BUT IS EXPECTED TO PLAY THIS EVENING. FIRST PUCK DROPS JUST AFTER SIX P-M. THE PREDS WILL PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT ON THE ROAD AT ST. LOUIS.

NFL

THE TENNESSEEAN REPORTS TENNESSEE TITANS DEFENSIVE BACK CHRIS HOPE HAS HAD SURGERY ON HIS FRACTURED FOREARM. COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS HOPE WILL BE OUT 4-6 WEEKS. MEANWHILE, WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT IS PREPARING FOR KNEE SURGERY. BRITT—WHO WILL BE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON—WILL UNDERGO THE PROCEDURE NEXT WEEK.   THE TITANS ARE BACK IN ACTION SUNDAY AT PITTSBURGH.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT DAWSON SPRINGS, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS GRAYSON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS MUHLENBERG COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES MAYFIELD, HOPKINS CENTRAL TRAVELS TO LYON COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER:   UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT DAWSON SPRINGS, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MAYFIELD.

VOLLEYBALL: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO LOGAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT APOLLO, CRITTENDEN COUNTY AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

GOLF: THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT BEGINS TOMORROW AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB. DEFENDING STATE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION EMMA TALLEY OF CALDWELL COUNTY IS FAVORED AGAIN THIS YEAR. ALSO IN THE FIELD IS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS GOLFER ANNA MOORE. MARSHALL COUNTY AND CALLOWAY COUNTY ARE REPRESENTING REGION ONE, WHILE OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND HENDERSON COUNTY ARE REPRESENTING REGION TWO IN THE TEAM COMPETITION.

LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN WON THE BOYS TOURNAMENT WHICH CONCLUDED WEDNESDAY. L-C-A IN WINNING THE STATE TITLE FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR SCORED 614, WHICH WAS TWO STROKES BETTER THAN ST. MARY OF THE FIRST REGION. DAVIESS COUNTY REPRESENTING REGION TWO TIED FOR 11^TH. STEPHEN STALLINGS OF ST.X WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WINNER, WITH DUNCAN MCCORMICK OF UNION COUNTY TIED FOR NINTH.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY LOOKS FOR A MUCH NEEDED WIN AS THE HILLTOPPERS FACE MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN SUN BELT CONFERENCE ACTION THIS EVENING IN MURFREESBORO. BOTH TEAMS ARE COMING OFF LOSSES LAST WEEK--WESTERN TO ARKANSAS STATE, WHILE MIDDLE TENNESSEE FELL TO MEMPHIS. BOTH TEAMS WERE RIVALS FOR YEARS IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE, WITH WESTERN HAVING NOT WON IN MURFREESBORO SINCE 1980 WHEN JIMMY FEIX COACHED THE HILLTOPPERS.

AUSTIN PEAY COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAYS THE GOVERNORS DEFENSE NEEDS TO CONTINUE FORCING TURNOVERS. LAST WEEK AGAINST TENNESSEE STATE, THE GOVERNORS FORCED A COUPLE OF CRUICIAL TURNOVERS WHICH LED TO 10 POINTS IN THE GOVERNORS 37-34 WIN OVER TENNESSEE STATE. AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS AT UT MARTIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THREE AUSTIN PEAY BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE RECEIVED PRE SEASON HONORS FROM COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS. FORMER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON WAS NAMED TO THE FIRST TEAM PRESEASON ALL O-V-C. JOHN FRALEY—WHO PLAYED FOR HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY—WAS NAMED THIRD TEAM PRE SEASON ALL O-V-C, WHILE ANTHONY CAMPBELL—WHO MISSED MOST OF LAST SEASON DUE TO A KNEE INJURY WAS SELECTED SECOND TEAM ALL O-V-C. AUSTIN PEAY COACH DAVE LOOS WAS NAMED PRESEASON COACH OF THE YEAR.

AUSTIN PEAY HAS ALSO LEARNED THEY WILL BE GUARANTEED AT LEAST TWO TELEVISION APPEARANCES ON ESPN U THIS BASKETBALL SEASON. THE GOVERNORS GAME AT MOREHEAD STATE DECEMBER 31^ST AND THE MURRAY STATE GAME IN CLARKSVILLE JANUARY 7^TH WILL AIR ON THE U.   MURRAY STATE’S GAME WITH TENNESSEE TECH AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER JANUARY 14^TH WILL ALSO BE TELEVISED BY ESPN U.

ATHLETIC DIRECTORS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MET IN BIRMINGHAM WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS SCHEDULING FOR NEXT YEAR WITH TEXAS A AND M JOINING THE LEAGUE. AN S-E-C SPOKESMAN SAYS THE TALKS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND THERE WERE NO DISCUSSIONS OF ADDING A 14^TH TEAM TO THE LEAGUE.

MEANWHILE, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI WHO IS LEAVING THE BIG 12, IS HOPING THE S-E-C WILL EXTEND THE SCHOOL AN INVITATION. PUBLISHED REPORTS WEDNESDAY INDICATED THE TIGERS WOULD HAVE RATHER PLAYED IN THE BIG 10, BUT A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE SITUATION SAYS UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS WOULD RATHER PLAY IN THE BIG 10 AS OPPOSED TO THE S-E-C, BUT THE BIG 10 HAS NO INTEREST.

THE MAN WHO BROUGHT MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO LEXINGTON IS STEPPING ASIDE. ALAN STEIN—WHO BROUGHT THE LEXINGTON LEGENDS INTO BEING IN 2001—ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE IS RETIRING AS PRESIDENT AND C-E-O OF THE LEGENDS. THE 59-YEAR-OLD TOLD THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER HE HAS BEEN CONSIDERING RETIREMENT FOR A YEAR. HE SAYS HE WILL TAKE SOME TIME OFF BEFORE BEGINNING ONE LAST ADVENTURE IN HIS BUSINESS CAREER.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE THIS EVENING AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON’S GUESTS WILL INCLUDE GRAVES COUNTY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DOUG GLOYD—WHO WILL TALK ABOUT AN U-K BARNSTORMING TOUR BASKETBALL GAME COMING TO GRAVES COUNTY OCTOBER 13^TH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY BOYS SOCCER COACH CLINT WILLIS AND HOPKINSVILLE COACH TYLER STALLONS WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR TEAMS, CHRISTIAN COUNTY VOLLEYBALL COACH RICK ERICKSON WILL ALSO STOP BY AND WEEKLY VISITS FROM THE LOCAL FOOTBALL COACHES.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 3-1, HOPKINSVILLE EDGED OHIO COUNTY 2-1, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED BALLARD MEMORIAL 9-0, DAWSON SPRINGS AND UNION COUNTY PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN 5-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER FRANKLIN SIMPSON 6-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 4-1, CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT BALLARD MEMORIAL 8-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AND TRIGG COUNTY PLAYED TO A 1-1 TIE, CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 3-1, UNION COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 7-1, HEATH OVER LYON COUNTY 6-1, OWENSBORO OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 6-0.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY LOST TO MADISONVILLE TWO SETS TO ONE, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER U-H-A TWO SETS TO NONE, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO NONE, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 2-1, GRAYSON COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 2-1.

GOLF: HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER FIRED AN 85, BUT DID NOT MAKE THE CUT FOR THE FINAL ROUND OF THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB.  LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN LEADS THE TEAM COMPETITION WITH A 306 SCORE, SIX STROKES BETTER THAN ST. MARY OF REGION ONE. DAVIESS COUNTY SCORED 334 WHICH IS GOOD FOR 12^TH PLACE AND THEY WILL PLAY THE FINAL ROUND TODAY. HENDERSON COUNTY SCORED 352 AND DID NOT MAKE THE CUT NOR DID THE OTHER FIRST REGION REPRESENTATIVE CALLOWAY COUNTY.

CROSS COUNTRY: CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED SECOND IN THE FENTON DAWSON INVITATIONAL AT LAKE BARKLEY STATE PARK TUESDAY ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA. GRAVES COUNTY WON THE EVENT, WITH TRIGG COUNTY FINISHING FIFTH AND HOPKINSVILLE FINISHING SEVENTH.  GRAVES COUNTY ALSO WON THE GIRLS RACE, HOPKINSVILLE SECOND, FORT CAMPBELL THIRD, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 15^TH AND TRIGG COUNTY 19^TH.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S MIDDLE SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM FINISHED FOURTH IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEKEND IN OWENSBORO. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS GRAVES COUNTY WON THE STATE TITLE, REIDLAND WAS SECOND, WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC THIRD.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY RUNNING BACK RAYMOND SANDERS WAS BACK IN PRACTICE TUESDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE ARTHOSCOPIC SURGERY ON HIS RIGHT KNEE SEPTEMBER 15^TH. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL IF SANDERS HAS NO SWELLING IN THE KNEE, HE WILL SEE SOME PLAYING TIME SATURDAY AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA. PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 SATURDAY MORNING ON LITE 98.7.

LOUISVILLE COACH CHARLIE STRONG WAS NOT HAPPY WITH PRACTICES LAST WEEK LEADING TO THE MARSHALL GAME. HOWEVER, PLAYERS SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE TUESDAY THE TEMPO WAS MUCH BETTER. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS CARDS QUARTERBACK WILL STEIN AS SAYING HIS INJURED SHOULDER WAS MUCH BETTER AND HE’S READY TO PLAY AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS FORMER FORT CAMPBELL STANDOUT ANTONIO ANDREWS HAS AN INJURED RIGHT ANKLE AND IS LISTED AS DAY TO DAY FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANDREWS INJURED THE ANKLE IN SATURDAY’S LOSS TO ARKANSAS STATE. THE HILLTOPPERS PLAY TOMORROW NIGHT AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY PLAYERS LIKE BEING 2-0 IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE, BUT KNOW THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO DO. THE GOVERNORS WILL LOOK TO GO 3-0 IN THE LEAGUE FOR ONLY THE THIRD TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY WHEN THEY TRAVEL TO UT-MARTIN SATURDAY.

FOLLOWING A MEETING IN ST. LOUIS, CURATORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HAVE AUTHORIZED CHANCELLOR BRADY DEATON THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THE SCHOOL’S CONFERENCE AFFILIATION. FOLLOWING THE MEETING, DEATON RESIGNED AS CHAIR OF THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A POSITION HE HELD TO KEEP THE CONFERENCE TOGETHER FOR THE LAST MONTH AS OTHER SCHOOLS EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF LEAVING.

IT’S BEEN WIDELY RUMORED MISSOURI WOULD BECOME THE 14^TH MEMBER OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE, JOINING TEXAS A AND M WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY WOULD PLAY IN THE S-E-C NEXT YEAR.

TENNESSEE TITANS COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAYS SAFETY CHRIS HOPE WILL HAVE SURGERY THIS WEEK ON HIS BROKEN LEFT FOREARM AND WILL BE OUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.  HOPE SUFFERED THE INJURY IN THE TITANS 31-14 WIN AT CLEVELAND SUNDAY.  THE TITANS PLAY AT PITTSBURGH THIS SUNDAY.