HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT LYON COUNTY 10-0, CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED FRANKLIN SIMPSON 3-0, FORT CAMPBELL OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5-1, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-0, GRAVES COUNTY AND LONE OAK PLAYED TO A 4-4 TIE.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE AND 8^TH RANKED MURRAY PLAYED TO A 2-2 TIE, TODD CENTRAL SHUTOUT MONROE COUNTY 6-0, HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED APOLLO 3-2, OHIO COUNTY OVER GREENWOOD 2-1, REIDLAND AND CRITTENDEN COUNTY PLAYED TO A 1-1 TIE.

VOLLEYBALL: FORT CAMPBELL FALLS TO MADISONVILLE TWO SETS TO NONE, HOPKINSVILLE LOSES TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, RUSSELLVILLE LOSES TO WARREN CENTRAL 2-0.

TODAY’S SCHEDULE

BOYS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO OHIO COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

GIRLS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS BALLARD MEMORIAL, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO GRAVES COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO MUHLENBERG COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS AT UNION COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS OWENSBORO, LYON COUNTY HOSTS HEATH.

VOLLEYBALL: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS MADISONVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WELCOMES CRITTENDEN COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL PLAYS AT TRIGG COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE, MUHLENBERG COUNTY WELCOMES GRAYSON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS DAVIESS COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY ENTERTAINS HENDERSON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES UNION COUNTY.

GOLF: FIRST ROUND PLAY BEGINS TODAY AT THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB. HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S JACK GARDNER IS PLAYING AS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE EVENT.

PAIRINGS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 8^TH DISTRICT VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ACCORDING TO A STORY ON THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA’S WEBSITE. THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS MONDAY OCTOBER 10^TH AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WITH TOP SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING FOUR SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AT 5:30, WITH TWO SEED HOPKINSVILLE MEETING THREE SEED FORT CAMPBELL AT SEVEN P-M. THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 11^TH AT 7 P-M. THE WINNER AND RUNNER UP WILL PLAY IN THE 2^ND REGION TOURNAMENT TO BE HOSTED BY CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

CALDWELL COUNTY SENIOR AND DEFENDING GIRLS STATE GOLF CHAMP EMMA TALLEY HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A NATIONAL AWARD. W-P-S-D REPORTS ON ITS WEBSITE TALLEY HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ATHLETE OF THE MONTH AWARD. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR TALLEY, GO TO N-H-S-C-A DOT COM AND CLICK ON THE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH TAB. TALLEY WILL DEFEND HER STATE TITLE LATER THIS WEEK AT THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA GIRLS STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT IN BOWLING GREEN.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED FOURTH IN THIS WEEK’S ASSOCIATED PRESS FIVE A POLL, WHICH HAS BOWLING GREEN STILL NUMBER ONE. WARREN CENTRAL IS THIRD AND OHIO COUNTY REMAINS 10^TH THIS WEEK.

FORT CAMPBELL AND TRIGG COUNTY ARE TIED FOR 8^TH IN THIS WEEK’S THREE A POLL, WHICH HAS LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN 5^TH.

MADISONVILLE IS NINTH AND FRANKLIN SIMPSON 10^TH IN THE FOUR A POLL WHICH HAS HIGHLANDS FIRST.

OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS SECOND, MURRAY HIGH IS 7^TH IN THE TWO A POLL WHICH HAS NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FIRST.

MAYFIELD IS ATOP THE CLASS A POLL THIS WEEK, WITH TRINITY TOPPING THE SIX A POLL.

THE COURIER JOURNAL LITKENHOUS RANKINGS ARE ALSO OUT TODAY, WITH TRINITY AS NUMBER ONE THIS WEEK. BOWLING GREEN IS THIRD, WARREN CENTRAL 5^TH, MADISONVILLE 15^TH AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY 19^TH.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAYS HE IS LOOKING FOR A PLAYMAKER FOR THE WILDCATS. PHILLIPS ALSO SAYS TRUE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK THELTUS “BOOKIE” COBBINS WILL GET A CHANCE TO HELP. STARTING Q-B MORGAN NEWTON WAS BENCHED DURING SATURDAY’S LOSS AT L-S-U. THOUGH NEWTON LED KENTUCKY TO A TOUCHDOWN IN THE 4^TH QUARTER, PHILLIPS IS STILL NOT PLEASED WITH NEWTON’S PLAY. KENTUCKY PLAYS AT SOUTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

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THANKS TO A NEW QUARTERBACK IN MATT HASSELBECK AND A STINGY DEFENSE, THE TENNESSEE TITANS ARE OFF TO A THREE AND ONE START THIS SEASON. COACH MIKE MUNCHAK SAID MONDAY IT’S THE KIND OF START HE EXPECTED. MUNCHAK TELLS THE TENNESSEAN THE TEAM’S GOAL IS TO WIN THE A-F-C SOUTH AND THE CURRENT THREE GAME WIN STREAK HAS THEM ON TRACK. THE TITANS ARE TIED WITH HOUSTON ATOP THE DIVISION. TENNESSEE PLAYS AT PITTSBURGH SUNDAY.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS NASHVILLE PREDATORS FORWARD MIKE FISHER WILL MISS FRIDAY’S SEASON OPENER AT COLUMBUS. FISHER SKATED FOR THE FIRST TIME MONDAY SINCE OFF SEASON SHOULDER SURGERY. FISHER HAS NO TIMETABLE FOR HIS RETURN AND HAS NOT BEEN CLEARED FOR CONTACT.

IT WAS BY FAR THE MOST DIFFICULT WEEK IN THE MAX FUEL EXPRESS PICK THE WINNERS COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONTEST.  MOST CONTESTANTS MISSED FIVE OR SIX GAMES, BUT THERE WERE A FEW CARDS WITH ONE OR TWO MISSES.  THIS WEEK'S WINNERS ARE:

1ST PRIZE:  $30 GOES TO NADINE WILES OF MADISONVILLE

2ND PRIZE:  $15 GOES TO MITCHEL COLLEY OF CERULEAN

3RD PRIZE:  $10 GOES TO SANDY CAVANAH OF HOPKINSVILLE

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

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS LYON COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO FRANKLIN SIMPSON, FORT CAMPBELL AT PADUCAH TILGHMAN,TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES HOPKINS CENTRAL.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE WELCOMES MURRAY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY AT FRANKLIN SIMPSON, TODD CENTRAL PLAYS AT MONROE COUNTY.

VOLLEYBALL:   HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL AT MADISONVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY GOES TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS WARREN CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MCLEAN COUNTY.

GOLF: PRACTICE ROUNDS TAKE PLACE TODAY AT BOWLING GREEN COUNTRY CLUB FOR THE LEACHMAN/KHSAA BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW. HENDERSON COUNTY AND DAVIESS COUNTY WILL REPRESENT REGION TWO, WITH HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER PLAYING AS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S VOLLEYBALL TEAM IMPROVED TO 21-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER SOMERSET CHRISTIAN SATURDAY. THE LADY WARRIORS PLAY NEXT ON THURSDAY AGAINST TENNESSEE HEAT.

H-C-A’S SOCCER TEAM DEFEATED SOMERSET CHRISTIAN 1-0 SATURDAY AND NEEDS TO DEFEAT CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN IN ITS NEXT GAME NEXT SATURDAY TO SECURE THE TOP SEED FOR THE KC-AA STATE TOURNAMENT.

PAIRINGS FOR THE DISTRICT THREE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS TO BE PLAYED AT TODD CENTRAL HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED ACCORDING TO A STORY IN TODAY’S KENTUCKY NEW ERA.

THE GIRLS TOURNAMENT BEGINS OCTOBER 10^TH WITH FIVE SEED TODD CENTRAL PLAYING FOUR SEED FORT CAMPBELL, WITH THE WINNER TO PLAY TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE AT SEVEN P-M OCTOBER 11^TH. THE OTHER SEMI FINAL GAME PITS TWO SEED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS AGAINST THREE SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY OCTOBER 12^TH AT 5:30. THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS SET FOR OCTOBER 13^TH AT 7:30 P-M.

THE BOYS TOURNAMENT BEGINS OCTOBER 10^TH AT SEVEN P-M WITH FIVE SEED CHRISTIAN COUNTY MEETING HOST TODD CENTRAL. THE WINNER PLAYS TOP SEED HOPKINSVILLE OCTOBER 11^TH AT 5:30. THE OTHER SEMIFINAL MATCH WILL PIT TWO SEED FORT CAMPBELL AGAINST THREE SEED U-H-A AT SEVEN P-M OCTOBER 12^TH, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SET FOR OCTOBER 13^TH AT 5:30 P-M.

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HIGHLANDS IS NUMBER ONE IN THE CANTRALL RANKINGS ON KENTUCKY.COM. BOWLING GREEN IS SECOND, WARREN CENTRAL 7^TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 11^TH, MADISONVILLE 16^TH, MAYFIELD 19^TH, HENDERSON COUNTY 22^ND AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN IS 23^RD THIS WEEK.

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THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS HOPE TO GET BACK ON THE WINNING WAYS THIS WEEK AT SOUTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY’S GAME WILL BE ANOTHER MIDDAY GAME, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 ON LITE 98.7.  A REMINDER COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW TONIGHT AT FIVE, SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7.

GEORGIA WILL BE WITHOUT LINEBACKER CORNELIUS WASHINGTON WHEN IT PLAYS TENNESSEE THIS WEEK. THE TENNESEEAN REPORTS WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED ON D-U-I AND SPEEDING CHARGES EARLY SUNDAY.

TWO MEMBERS OF AUSTIN PEAY’S FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE BEEN HONORED BY THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE. JAKE RYAN, WHO HAD HIS FIRST CAREER 300 YARD PASSING DAY IN THE GOVERNORS 37-34 COME FROM BEHIND WIN OVER TENNESSEE STATE SATURDAY WAS NAMED THE O-V-C CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK.  KICKER STEVEN STANSELL—WHO HIT THE GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL WITH TEN SECONDS LEFT--WAS NAMED O-V-C SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK. THE GAME WINNER WAS ONE OF THREE FIELD GOALS STANSELL KICKED IN THE GAME.

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CHRIS JOHNSON FINALLY BROKE THE 100 YARD BARRIER IN RUSHING, WITH 101 YARDS AS THE TENNESSEE TITANS IMPROVED TO THREE AND ONE ON THE SEASON WITH A 31-13 OVER THE CLEVELAND BROWNS SUNDAY. MATT HASSELBACK THREW FOR 220 YARDS AND THREE SCORES FOR THE TITANS, WHO PLAY AT PITTSBURGH NEXT SUNDAY.

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS INDIANAPOLIS AT TAMPA BAY, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY--STRUGGLING WITH GRIEF FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS SISTER KAY FROM CANCER LATE SATURDAY—WON THE SAS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY FOR HIS FIRST CHAMPIONS TOUR VICTORY. PERRY SAID FOLLOWING THE ROUND HE ALMOST WITHDREW, BUT HIS FATHER TOLD HIM TO REPRESENT HIS SISTER AND PLAY. PERRY SANK A 30 FOOT EAGLE PUTT ON THE 17^TH HOLE TO PULL OUT A ONE SHOT WIN OVER JEFF SLUMAN AND JOHN HUSTON.

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THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONELS AND THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS RETURN TO CLASS FIVE A DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING.

THE COLONELS PUT THEIR 6-0/1-0 DISTRICT PLAY MARK ON THE LINE AT OHIO COUNTY, WHO IS 5-0 ON THE SEASON AND PLAYING ITS FIRST DISTRICT GAME.  KICKOFF FROM EAGLE STADIUM AT SEVEN THIS EVENING, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ARE ALSO IN DISTRICT ACTION THIS EVENING, MEETING 1-4 APOLLO WHO LIKE THE TIGERS OPENED DISTRICT PLAY WITH A LOSS AT GRAVES COUNTY LAST WEEK. KICKOFF FROM THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO PADUCAH TILGHMAN, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, CALDWELL COUNTY AT REIDLAND, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS FULTON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY TANGLES WITH BOWLING GREEN, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT GRAVES COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY AT CRITTENDEN COUNTY, MAYFIELD HOSTS FULTON CITY, OWENSBORO AT LONE OAK, UNION COUNTY HOSTS BUTLER COUNTY.

CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCORES FROM ACROSS THE STATE ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW FOLLOWING THE HOPKINSVILLE GAME TONIGHT ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: MURRAY DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 2-0, FORT CAMPBELL DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 5-1, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED CALDWELL COUNTY 2-1, TRIGG COUNTY WAS ALSO A 2-1 WINNER OVER CHRISTIAN COUNTY, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 10-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: CALDWELL COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 2-1, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT HOPKINSVILLE 3-0, TRIGG COUNTY SHUTOUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 5-0, BOWLING GREEN OVER LOGAN COUNTY 10-0.

VOLLEYBALL:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED TRIGG COUNTY TWO SETS TO NONE, TODD CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO ONE, SOUTH WARREN OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0.  HERITAGE CHRISTIAN IMPROVED TO 20-0 ON THE SEASON WITH A TWO SETS TO NONE WIN OVER FRANKLIN CLASSICAL OF FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE.

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NUMBER ONE L-S-U AWAITS THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN BATON ROUGE. COVERAGE OF THE GAME BEGINS WITH COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C TOMORROW: FLORIDA TANGLES WITH ALABAMA, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TENNESSEE IS BACK IN ACTION AFTER A BYE WEEK, AS THE VOLS HOST THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO. VANDERBILT IS IDLE THIS WEEK.

FOLLOWING AN OFF WEEK, THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ARE BACK IN ACTION HOSTING MARSHALL.  WESTERN KENTUCKY OPENS SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAY HOSTING ARKANSAS STATE, AS THE HILLTOPPERS TRY TO SNAP THE NATION’S LONGEST HOME LOSING STREAK AT 17 GAMES.

IN THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE: AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS TENNESSEE STATE, MURRAY STATE ENTERTAINS JACKSONVILLE STATE AND UT MARTIN WELCOMES TENNESSEE TECH.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DAVE HART FEELS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WILL EXPAND SOME MORE. HART SAYS AT SOME POINT THE LEAGUE WILL NEED MORE THAN 13 TEAMS, BUT DECLINED TO SAY WHO THE 14^TH TEAM WOULD BE. TEXAS A AND M WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK AS THE 13^TH TEAM WHO WILL BEGIN PLAY NEXT YEAR. HART SAYS SOME CONVERSATIONS COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS CONCERNING SCHEDULING AND OTHER ASPECTS WILL HELP COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE DETERMINE THE FUTURE OF THE CONFERENCE.

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THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS AUSTIN PEAY HAS RECEIVED A BASKETBALL COMMITMENT FOR 2012. SIX-FIVE GUARD CORY ARENTSEN OF BREESE, ILLINOIS ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS THURSDAY. ARENTSEN CHOSE AUSTIN PEAY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, JACKSONVILLE, MISSOURI STATE AND INDIANA STATE. ARENTSEN AVERAGED 14 POINT TWO POINTS A GAME DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR YEAR.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL PLAY THEIR FINAL TWO PRESEASON GAMES IN AS MANY NIGHTS AS THE PREDS PLAY AT THE WINNEPEG JETS THIS EVENING, THEN HOST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AT SEVEN TOMORROW EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.

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BOYS SOCCER:   UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOST CALDWELL COUNTY, CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELCOMES TRIGG COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT MURRAY HIGH, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS LYON COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO BUTLER COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT BOWLING GREEN, CALLOWAY COUNTY HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO MADISONVILLE, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS WEST CREEK, TN., TRIGG COUNTY AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS BOWLING GREEN, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS WEBSTER COUNTY, MURRAY HIGH IS AT MARSHALL COUNTY.

VOLLEYBALL:   CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS TRIGG COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MURRAY HIGH, WEBSTER COUNTY PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OWENSBORO, MADISONVILLE AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL.

IN VOLLEYBALL ACTION FROM WEDNESDAY: WEST CREEK, TN. DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL TWO SETS TO ONE.

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CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE ARE WINDING DOWN PREPARATIONS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT DISTRICT FOOTBALL GAMES. THE COLONELS ARE AT OHIO COUNTY AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7. HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS APOLLO AT SEVEN AT 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.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDERBILT WILL STICK WITH LARRY SMITH AT QUARTERBACK WHEN THE COMMODORES PLAY AT ALABAMA NEXT WEEK. SMITH DID NOT PRACTICE WEDNESDAY AFTER RECEIVING A NECK “STINGER” AT SOUTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK. COACH JAMES FRANKLIN ALSO RULED OUT A QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY, SAYING HE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH SMITH RUNNING THE COMMODORE OFFENSE.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE VOLS SOPHOMORE WIDE RECEIVER JUSTIN HUNTER HAD SUCCESSFUL KNEE SURGERY WEDNESDAY. HUNTER TORE THE A-C-L IN HIS LEFT KNEE IN TENNESSEE’S LOSS AT FLORIDA.   MEANWHILE, COACH DEREK DOOLEY IS STILL EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VOLS RUNNING GAME AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SATURDAY IN KNOXVILLE.

KENTUCKY CONTINUES ITS PREPARATIONS FOR A MIDDAY GAME SATURDAY AT L-S-U, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE AT 9:30 A-M ON LITE 98.7. LOUISVILLE READIES FOR MARSHALL, WHILE WESTERN KENTUCKY MEETS ARKANSAS STATE IN ITS SUN BELT OPENER SATURDAY IN BOWLING GREEN. IN THE O-V-C, AUSTIN PEAY HOSTS TENNESSEE STATE, MURRAY STATE WELCOMES JACKSONVILLE STATE AND UT MARTIN HOSTS TENNESSEE TECH.

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THE COURIER JOURNAL—CITING A RIVALS.COM REPORT—SAYS MURRAY STATE HAS LANDED A BASKETBALL COMMITMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. SIX-FIVE SHOOTING GUARD JEFFREY MOSS FROM MADISON, ALABAMA ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY HE WILL PLAY FOR COACH STEVE PROHM’S RACERS. MOSS SELECTED MURRAY STATE OVER U-A-B, AUBURN, ALABAMA AND JACKSONVILLE.

ELEVEN OF THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS OF THE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 10^TH ANNUAL SEARS BRACKET BUSTERS WHICH PITS POTENTIAL NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS AGAINST EACH OTHER FEBRUARY 17-19 OF NEXT YEAR. AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE WILL BE AMONG THE O-V-C SCHOOLS HOSTING GAMES, WHILE U-T MARTIN WILL BE PLAYING A ROAD GAME.

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THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS KENNY BRITT’S SEASON ENDING KNEE INJURY WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR TENNESSEE TITANS SECOND YEAR RECEIVER DAMIAN WILLIAMS TO FILL THE HOLE LEFT BY BRITT’S ABSENCE. BRITT WAS PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE WEDNESDAY. THE TITANS PLAY AT THE CLEVELAND BROWNS SUNDAY.

MEANWHILE, THE TITANS ARE LAST IN THE N-F-L IN RUSHING AND RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON ACCEPTS THE BLAME IN PART FOR IT. JOHNSON TOLD THE TENNESSEAN WEDNESDAY HE AND THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN HAVE TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE. JOHNSON—WHO HELD OUT FOR 35 DAYS IN THE PRE SEASON—HAS ONLY 98 YARDS ON 46 ATTEMPTS THROUGH THREE GAMES.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS IMPROVED TO FIVE AND ONE ON THE PRE SEASON WITH A 4-1 WIN OVER WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PREDS PLAY AT WINNEPEG FRIDAY NIGHT AND RETURN TO BRIDGESTONE ARENA FOR A SATURDAY EVENING GAME WITH THE CAROLINA HURRICANES.