Sports Headlines 11.7.11

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE ITS RUN IN THE CLASS FIVE A COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL. THE COLONELS MEET WARREN CENTRAL FRIDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN IN THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. YOU CAN HEAR THE GAME WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE'S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

FORT CAMPBELL WILL CONTNUE ITS RUN IN THE CLASS THREE A COMMOWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL AS THE FALCONS MEET EDMONSON COUNTY IN BROWNSVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT.

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HOPKINSVILLE’S BOYS AND GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS WILL ADVANCE TO THE K-H-S-A-A STATE MEET FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS THE BOYS TEAM TOOK FOURTH PLACE IN THE CLASS 2-A REGION ONE MEET SATURDAY AT UNION COUNTY, WHILE THE LADY TIGERS TOOK THIRD PLACE IN GIRLS COMPETITION.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S LOGAN HURD FINISHED TENTH OVERALL IN THE CLASS THREE A BOYS MEET WHICH QUALIFIED HIM FOR STATE AS AN INDIVIDUAL. THE COLONEL TEAM FINISHED NINTH. THE LADY COLONELS ALSO FINISHED NINTH IN THE GIRLS COMPETITION.

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KENTUCKY PLAYS ITS FINAL EXHIBITION GAME THIS EVENING AGAINST MOREHOUSE COLLEGE. TIP OFF AT SIX, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

MEANWHILE, KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI SAID SUNDAY HE WILL GIVE SOPHOMORE STACEY POOLE TIME TO DETERMINE HIS BASKETBALL FUTURE. CALIPARI TELLS THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER HE WOULD SUPPORT POOLE IF HE DECIDED TO STAY AT U-K OR GO ELSEWHERE. POOLE’S FATHER LAST WEEK SAID HE HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING HIS SON TO GO ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF THE TALENT KENTUCKY HAS IN ITS STOCKPILE.

AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS A DOUBLEHEADER THIS EVENING AT THE DUNN CENTER. THE LADY GOVERNORS PLAY THEIR LONE EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST CUMBERLAND AT 5:15, WHILE THE GOVERNORS WILL FACE MANCHESTER AT 7:30 THIS EVENING.

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A PROGRAMMING NOTE, DUE TO TONIGHT’S KENTUCKY BASKETBALL GAME, COACH JOKER PHILLIPS WILL HAVE HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT FIVE, WITH SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7. THE WILDCATS PLAY AT VANDERBILT SATURDAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 ON LITE 98.7.

THIS HAS TO BE A RARE ODDITY, AS WESTERN KENTUCKY HAD THREE PLAYERS FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL PART OF THE GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL WHICH LIFTED THE HILLTOPPERS 10-9 OVER FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY. KICKER CASEY TINIUS PLAYED FOR BOWLING GREEN HIGH, AS DID HOLDER RYAN BEARD AND SNAPPER RYAN WALLACE. THE HILLTOPPERS PUT THEIR FIVE GAME WIN STREAK ON THE LINE SATURDAY AT L-S-U.

MURRAY STATE KICKER/PUNTER KIENAN CULLEN WAS NAMED THE O-V-C SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK. THE SENIOR FROM LOUISVILLE SET THE O-V-C MARK FOR FIELD GOALS WITH HIS 53^RD OF HIS CAREER IN THE RACERS 38-37 WIN AT TENNESSEE TECH. CULLEN ALSO MADE ALL FIVE OF HIS EXTRA POINTS AND AVERAGED 41.5 YARDS PUNTING ON THE DAY.

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MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS THE CHICAGO BEARS IN PHILADELPHIA TO MEET THE EAGLES, WITH COVERAGE OF THE GAME AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

CHAMPIONS TOUR GOLF

FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY AND PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN TIED FOR 7^TH AT THE CHARLES SCHWAB CHAMPIONSHIP IN SAN FRANCISCO OVER THE WEEKEND. JAY DON BLAKE WON THE EVENT BY TWO STROKES.

Sports Headlines 11.4.11

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THE COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL BEGINS WITH OPENING ROUND GAMES ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING.

IN CLASS FIVE A: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS BARREN COUNTY AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR IN THE OPENING ROUND. BARREN COUNTY BRINGS A THREE GAME WIN STREAK INTO TONIGHT’S CONTEST, WHILE THE COLONELS SUFFERED THEIR ONLY LOSS OF THE SEASON LAST WEEK AT SOUTHWESTERN.

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. THE WINNER MEETS THE WINNER OF TONIGHT’S GRAVES COUNTY-WARREN CENTRAL GAME NEXT WEEK.  ELSEWHERE IN FIVE A: OHIO COUNTY HOSTS GREENWOOD, BOWLING GREEN TAKES ON APOLLO.

FORT CAMPBELL OPENS THREE A PLAY MEETING SOUTH WARREN AT FRYAR STADIUM, WHILE TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO MONROE COUNTY. MADISONVILLE WELCOMES ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE IN FOUR A PLAY, WHILE CALDWELL COUNTY ENTERTAINS BUTLER COUNTY IN TWO A ACTION.

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TWO HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GIRLS PLAYERS AND ONE FROM TRIGG COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED ALL STATE HONORS. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS HOPTOWN JUNIOR LEXIE BOZELL WAS NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL STATE, WHILE TEAMMATE KELSEY HUMPRHIES AND TRIGG COUNTY’S LAUREN FRAZIER WERE NAMED HONORABLE MENTION. ALL THREE WILL PLAY IN THE KENTUCKY GIRLS ALL STAR SHOWCASE NOVEMBER 12^TH AT BOYLE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

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AUSTIN PEAY HAD SIX PLAYERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES AS THE GOVERNORS RALLIED FROM A 12 POINT FIRST HALF DEFICIT TO DEFEAT CENTRAL MISSOURI 107-96.  FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON HAD 16 POINTS, WHILE FORMER HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY STANDOUT JOHN FRALEY HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 15 POINTS, 11 REBOUNDS AND THREE BLOCKED SHOTS. THE GOVERNORS PLAY THEIR FINAL PRE SEASON TUNEUP MONDAY NIGHT AGAINST MANCHESTER.

LOUISVILLE HELD OFF IN TOWN RIVAL AND DEFENDING DIVISION TWO NATIONAL CHAMPION BELLARMINE 62-54. FORMER BOWLING GREEN HIGH STANDOUT CHANE BEHANAN WAS AMONG THE CARDS LEADING SCORERS WITH 14 POINTS.

TENNESSEE OPENED THE CUONZO MARTIN ERA DEFEATING CARSON NEWMAN 73-52 DESPITE THE FACE THE VOLS MISSED THEIR FIRST SIX SHOTS FROM THE FLOOR AND THEIR FIRST FOUR FREE THROWS OF THE GAME.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY FRESHMAN MAXWELL SMITH WILL START AT QUARTERBACK FOR THE WILDCATS WHEN THEY HOST OLE MISS SATURDAY.  PHILLIPS ALSO SAID FRESHMAN BOOKIE COBBINS WOULD BE THE BACKUP IF JUNIOR MORGAN NEWTON CANNOT PLAY. NEWTON HAS BEEN BOTHERED THIS WEEK BY A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN. PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT ONE P-M ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C: TENNESSEE TAKES ON MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND VANDERBILT GOES AGAINST GEORGIA.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT KEITH TANDY LEADS WEST VIRGINIA INTO A MATCHUP WITH LOUISVILLE, WHILE WESTERN KENTUCKY SEEKS ITS 5^TH STRAIGHT WIN AGAINST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL IN BOWLING GREEN.

IN THE O-V-C: AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS CENTRAL STATE AND MURRAY STATE PLAYS AT TENNESSEE TECH.

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ON HIS 29^TH BIRTHDAY AND THE DAY HE SIGNED A SEVEN YEAR-49 (M)ILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT, NASHVILLE PREDATORS GOALIE PEKKA RINNE PICKED UP A SHUTOUT AS THE PREDS DEFEATED PHOENIX 3-0. NASHVILLE IS AT SAN JOSE SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH COVERAGE OF THE GAME AT 9:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

Sports Update 11.3.11

KENTUCKY SPORTS RADIO REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE FRESHMAN MAX SMITH WILL START AT QUARTERBACK FOR KENTUCKY AGAINST OLE MISS SATURDAY.  COACH JOKER PHILLIPS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOLLOWING PRACTICE TODAY AND SAID BOOKIE COBBINS WILL BE SMITH'S BACKUP IF MORGAN NEWTON CANNOT PLAY SATURDAY.  NEWTON HAS BEEN DAY TO DAY THIS WEEK FOLLOWING AN ANKLE INJURY SUFFERED IN LAST WEEK'S LOSS TO MISSISSIPPI STATE.  YOU CAN HEAR SATURDAY'S GAME BEGINNING AT ONE P-M ON LITE 98.7.

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE HOLDING A LATE AFTERNOON NEWS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE SIGNING OF GOALIE PEKKA RINNE.  RINNE ON HIS 29TH BIRTHDAY TODAY HAS SIGNED A SEVEN YEAR CONTRACT WORTH 49 MILLION DOLLARS.  RINNE, ALONG WITH RYAN SUTER AND SHEA WEBER ARE TO BECOME FREE AGENTS FOLLOWING THIS SEASON.  THE PREDATORS ARE IN PHOENIX THIS EVENING TO MEET THE COYOTES, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING AT NINE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

Sports Headlines 11.3.11

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THE CLASS FIVE A COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL BEGINS FRIDAY NIGHT AS CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS BARREN COUNTY.  THE WINNER OF THIS GAME WILL MEET THE WINNER OF THE WARREN CENTRAL-GRAVES COUNTY GAME NEXT WEEK. KICKOFF AT SEVEN FROM THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

FORT CAMPBELL BEGINS PLAY IN THE THREE A PLAYOFFS HOSTING SOUTH WARREN, WHILE TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO MONROE COUNTY. IN TWO A ACTION, CALDWELL COUNTY WELCOMES BUTLER COUNTY AND IN CLASS FOUR A, MADISONVILLE HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE.

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PRE SEASON RANKED NUMBER TWO KENTUCKY OPENED EXHIBITION PLAY WITH A 97-53 WIN OVER TRANSYLVANIA AT RUPP ARENA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TERRRENCE JONES HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE WITH 22 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS TO LEAD THE WILDCATS, WITH FRESHMAN MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST ADDING 19 AND FELLOW ROOKIE ANTHONY DAVIS BLOCKING EIGHT SHOTS.  THE WILDCATS MEET MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IN THEIR FINAL PRE SEASON TUNEUP MONDAY EVENING AT SIX, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

TONIGHT’S GAMES: AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS ITS FIRST EXHIBITION GAME HOSTING CENTRAL MISSOURI AT SEVEN IN THE DUNN CENTER, TENNESSEE HOSTS CARSON NEWMAN AT THOMPSON BOILING ARENA AND LOUISVILLE ENTERTAINS BELLARMINE IN ITS FINAL PRE SEASON GAME AT THE K-F-C/YUM CENTER.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE BACK IN ACTION TONIGHT AT PHOENIX. FORWARD MIKE FISHER IS EXPECTED BACK FOR NASHVILLE AFTER SUFFERING AN UPPER BODY INJURY AGAINST ANAHEIM LAST SATURDAY. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS AT NINE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

Sports Headlines 11.2.11

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE IS ON THE AIR AT 5:08 THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TODD HAMILTON WILL VISIT WITH HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY VOLLEYBALL COACH ELDRIDGE ROGERS, A PREVIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY-BARREN COUNTY FOOTBALL GAME WITH COACH STEVE LOVELACE AND TAYLOR SPARKS, GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AT UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY.

BUD HUDSON YOUTH FOOTBALL WILL HAVE ITS CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES SATURDAY AT THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS. ACTIVITIES BEGIN AT 9:00 A-M AND WILL INCLUDE SIX FOOTBALL GAMES AND A SILENT AUCTION.   INCLUDED IN THE AUCTION ARE ITEMS FROM THE TENNESSEE TITANS AND INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, ALONG WITH TWO PAIRS OF TICKETS TO THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MUSIC CITY BOWL.

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KENTUCKY PLAYS ITS FIRST EXHIBITION GAME THIS EVENING AGAINST TRANSYLVANIA AT RUPP ARENA. PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE FATHER OF KENTUCKY’S STACEY POOLE SAYS HE WILL COME TO LEXINGTON THIS WEEKEND TO DISCUSS WITH HIS SON ABOUT WHETHER HE WILL STAY AT KENTUCKY. THE SENIOR POOLE IS UPSET OVER HIS SON’S LACK OF PLAYING TIME AND SAYS HE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGING HIS SON TO LEAVE BECAUSE OF THE TALENT COACH JOHN CALIPARI HAS STOCKPILED. CALIPARI SAYS THERE’S NOTHING TO COMMENT ON.

LOUISVILLE COACH RICK PITINO TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL FRESHMAN WAYNE BLACKSHEAR COULD PLAY THIS SEASON AFTER ALL. THE CHICAGO NATIVE TORE THE LABRUM IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER IN PRACTICE RECENTLY. BLACKSHEAR HAD SURGERY TUESDAY, WITH PITINO SAYING IF ALL GOES WELL, HE COULD BE BACK IN SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.  MEANWHILE, GUARD PEYTON SIVA IS SUFFERING FROM A CONCUSSION AND WILL NOT PLAY IN THURSDAY NIGHT’S EXHIBITION AGAINST BELLARMINE.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE COACH CUONZO MARTIN SAYS THE STARTING LINEUP FOR THE VOLS FIRST PRE SEASON TUNEUP WITH CARSON NEWMAN THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE A GAME TIME DECISION. MARTIN SAYS HIS PLAYERS HAVE BEEN BATTLING FOR POSITIONS AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE IN PRACTICE BEFORE ANNOUNCING HIS LINEUP.

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TENNESSEE COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS JUSTIN WORLEY WILL START AS QUARTERBACK SATURDAY WHEN THE VOLS FACE MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN KNOXVILLE. WORLEY GOT THE START OVER SENIOR MATT SIMMS IN LAST WEEK’S LOSS TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

WESTERN KENTUCKY COACH WILLIE TAGGART SAYS THE HILLTOPPERS HAVE TO KEEP IMPROVING DEPSITE A FOUR GAME WIN STREAK. THE HILLTOPPERS LOOK FOR THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT WIN SATURDAY WHEN THEY HOST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL.