HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE 2011 SEASON BEGINS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH THIS EVENING.

DEFENDING CLASS FIVE A RUNNER UP CHRISTIAN COUNTY OPENS ITS SEASON AT MADISONVILLE, WHO HAS DROPPED DOWN TO FOUR-A THIS YEAR. KICKOFF FROM MAROON STADIUM AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

ELSEWHERE THIS EVENING: THE FORT CAMPBELL FALCONS HOSt CLARKSVILLE HIGH, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS RUSSELLVILLE, CALDWELL COUNTY AT CALLOWAY COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OHIO COUNTY, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT LONE OAK, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC HOSTS APOLLO, OWENSBORO TRAVELS TO DAVIESS COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY GOES TO EVANSVILLE REITZ, MURRAY AT LAKE COUNTY, TENNESSEE, MAYFIELD AT GREENWOOD, LOGAN COUNTY AT BUTLER COUNTY.

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS OPEN THEIR SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST PULASKI COUNTY AT THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL AT LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE IN COLUMBIA.  KICKOFF AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

A REMINDER FOLLOWING TONIGHT’S GAMES YOU CAN CATCH UP ON ALL THE SCORES FROM ACROSS THE STATE ON THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD SHOW ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SCORES FROM THURSDAY

BOYS: U-H-A OVER TODD CENTRAL 5-4 IN DOUBLE OVERTIME, CHRISTIAN COUNTY EDGED MAYFIELD 2-1, LONE OAK DEFEATED FORT CAMPBELL 2-1, REIDLAND OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 3-0, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 7-0, MARSHALL COUNTY OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY 3-0, LYON COUNTY OVER UNION COUNTY 10-3, LOGAN COUNTY OVER HART COUNTY 10-0, OHIO COUNTY OVER SOUTH WARREN 2-0.

GIRLS: U-H-A OVER TODD CENTRAL 8-1, HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT CHRISTIAN COUNTY 6-0, REIDLAND EDGED DAWSON SPRINGS 4-3, HOPKINS CENTRAL OVER MCLEAN COUNTY 2-0, UNION COUNTY OVER LYON COUNTY 3-2, GRAVES COUNTY DEFEATS CALDWELL COUNTY 4-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER FRANKLIN SIMPSON 3-2, MURRAY OVER PADUCAH TILGHMAN 8-0.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IMPROVED TO 1-1 ON THE SEASON AND 1-0 IN DISTRICT PLAY WITH A TWO GAMES TO NONE WIN AT FORT CAMPBELL. HOPKINSVILLE DEFEATED HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0, WARREN EAST DEFEATED TODD CENTRAL TWO GAMES TO ONE, TRIGG COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0, OHIO COUNTY OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY OVER FRANKLIN SIMPSON 2-0.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MET CRITTENDEN COUNTY THURSDAY WITH THE BLAZERS WINNING 161-175. U-H-A WAS LED BY TADD SWITZER WITH 37. THE LADY BLAZERS DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 97-130 WITH ANNA MOORE LEADING THE WAY WITH 45.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY HAS LOST ANOTHER PLAYER ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE FOOTBALL. COACH JOKER PHILLIPS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY RESERVE CORNERBACK JERELL PRIESTER IS TRANSFERRING. TWO OTHER PLAYERS, QUA HUZZIE AND JOSH GIBBS LEFT THE TEAM LAST WEEK.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE RELEASED ITS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE THURSDAY AND KENTUCKY WILL MAKE 12 APPEARANCES THIS SEASON ON A NATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK. KENTUCKY WILL HAVE THREE GAMES ON CBS—JANUARY 21^ST HOSTING ALABAMA AND FEBRUARY 25^TH HOSTING VANDERBILT. KENTUCKY’S GAME AT FLORIDA MARCH 4^TH WILL ALSO BE ON CBS.

TENNESSEE RELEASED ITS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE THURSDAY, WITH THE VOLS FACING 10 TEAMS WHO PLAYED IN LAST YEAR’S NC-AA TOURNAMENT. THE VOLS OPEN THE SEASON NOVEMBER 11^TH HOSTING NORTH CAROLINA GREENSBORO BEFORE GOING TO THE MAUI INVITATIONAL TO FACE DUKE NOVEMBER 21ST. THE VOLS WILL ALSO HOST PITTSBURGH DECEMBER 3^RD, AUSTIN PEAY DECEMBER 10^TH, AND PLAY AT MEMPHIS JANUARY 4^TH BEFORE OPENING S-E-C PLAY. CONNECTICUT WILL COME TO KNOXVILLE FOR A JANUARY 21^ST GAME.

AUSTIN PEAY KNOWS ITS OTHER THREE OPPONENTS IN THE C-B-E CLASSIC. THE GOVERNORS WILL OPEN THE TOURNAMENT WITH CAL NOVEMBER 15^TH, THEN PLAY BOWLING GREEN NOVEMBER 21^ST, GEORGE WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 22^ND AND DETROIT NOVEMBER 23^RD.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE COACH RICK PITINO SAYS FRESHMEN WAYNE BLACKSHER AND KEVIN WARE WILL BE ENROLLED IN CLASSES AND START INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION MONDAY. PITINO ALSO TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL FORWARD JARED SWOPSHIRE SHOULD BE 100 PERCENT IN TWO WEEKS. SWOPSHIRE HAS NOT PLAYED SINCE MARCH, 2010 BECAUSE OF A SEVERE GROIN INJURY. SWOPSHIRE HAD A SECOND SURGERY EARLIER THIS MONTH TO REMOVE SCAR TISSUE TWO WEEKS AGO.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WILL MAKE TWO NATIONAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES THIS SEASON. THE PREDS GAMES AT THE NEW YORK RANGERS JANUARY 17^TH AND AT CHICAGO MARCH 25^TH WILL BE PICKED UP BY THE NEW NBC SPORTS NETWORK—FORMERLY KNOWN AS VERSUS.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS MADISONVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY WELCOMES MAYFIELD, FORT CAMPBELL TRAVELS TO LONE OAK, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY WELCOMES HART COUNTY, DAWSON SPRINGS ENTERTAINS REIDLAND, LYON COUNTY TRAVELS TO UNION COUNTY, OHIO COUNTY GOES TO SOUTH WARREN, PADUCAH TILGHMAN WELCOMES MURRAY, MARSHALL COUNTY HOSTS CALLOWAY COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS HOPKINSVILLE, TRIGG COUNTY TRAVELS TO FORT CAMPBELL, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ENTERTAINS TODD CENTRAL, DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTS REIDLAND, HOPKINS CENTRAL GOES TO MCLEAN COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS GRAVES COUNTY,WEBSTER COUNTY AT OWENSBORO, PADUCAH TILGHMAN AT MURRAY, LYON COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, CALLOWAY COUNTY AT LONE OAK.

THERE WAS ONE GAME PLAYED IN THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH OWENSBORO CATHOLIC AND DAVIESS COUNTY PLAYING TO A TIE AT TWO.

VOLLEYBALL: HOPKINSVILLE PLAYS AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO FORT CAMPBELL, MADISONVILLE HOSTS CALDWELL COUNTY, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL TRAVELS TO WARREN EAST, LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS MET WEBSTER COUNTY IN THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CLASSIC WEDNESDAY, WITH THE LADY BLAZERS FALLING TWO GAMES TO NONE.

FOOTBALL:   THE 2011 SEASON OPENS FRIDAY NIGHT WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY ON THE ROAD AT MADISONVILLE FOR A SEVEN P-M GAME, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS CLARKSVILLE HIGH AND TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE AMONG OTHER GAMES. WE’LL PREVIEW THOSE GAMES ALONG WITH SATRUDAY NIGHT’S GAME BETWEEN HOPKINSVILLE AND PULASKI COUNTY AT THE DON FRANKLIN BOWL TOMORROW MORNING ON SPORTS.

HOPKINSVILLE’S GAME KICKS OFF FROM LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE SATURDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER HAS RELEASED ITS PRE SEASON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLLS.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD IS NUMBER ONE, RUSSELLVILLE 6^TH.

CLASS 2A: NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FIRST, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND, GLASGOW 6^TH.

CLASS 3A: LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST, PADUCAH TILGHMAN 2^ND, FORT CAMPBELL 7^TH.

CLASS 4A: HIGHLANDS NUMBER ONE, LONE OAK 5^TH, ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE 6^TH, OWENSBORO 7^TH.

CLASS 5A: BOWLING GREEN FIRST, WARREN CENTRAL 4^TH, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7^TH.

CLASS 6A: TRINITY NUMBER ONE, HENDERSON COUNTY 9^TH.

THE NC-AA’S INVESTIGATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI’S FOOTBALL PROGRAM HAS SOME RIPPLE EFFECTS IN KENTUCKY. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE NCAA WANTS TO SPEAK WITH LOUISVILLE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH CLINT HURTT ABOUT HIS SUPPOSED ROLE.

YAHOO SPORTS BROKE A STORY WEDNESDAY SAYING CONVICTED FELON NEVIN SHAPIRO—SERVING A 20 YEAR JAIL TERM FOR INVOLVMENT IN A PONZI SCHEME—SAID HURTT BROUGHT RECRUITS TO HIS HOUSE AND THAT HE PAID FOR MEALS FOR HURTT AND RECRUITS AND LOANED HIM MONEY TWICE, WHICH HE SAID HURTT PAID BACK. COACH CHARLIE STRONG SAID FOLLOWING PRACTICE WEDNESDAY HE WOULD LET ATHLETICS DIRECTOR TOM JURICH DETERMINE HURTT’S STATUS WITH THE LOUISVILLE PROGRAM.

MEANWHILE, THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED WEDNESDAY WESTERN KENTUCKY ASSISTANT MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH JAKE MORTON WAS NAMED IN THE YAHOO STORY. THE STORY SAYS MORTON WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE GIVEN A RECRUIT’S FAMILY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ASSURE A VERBAL COMMITMENT TO MIAMI. WKU ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ROSS BJORK ISSUED A STATEMENT EXPLAINING MORTON HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE THROUGH THE PROCEEDINGS. ALSO NAMED IN THE STORY WAS FORMER MURRAY STATE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH JOE PANNUNZIO.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS SPENT MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES SINCE BEING SERVED ITS NOTICE BY THE NC-AA LAST FEBRUARY. THE NC-AA INVESTIGATED RECRUITING VIOLATIONS IN THE FOOTBALL, MEN’S BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL PROGRAMS. THE SCHOOL IS STILL AWAITING THE NC-AA’S RULING. THE INVESTIGATION LED TO THE FIRING OF BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL AND HIS STAFF EARLIER THIS YEAR.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KYLE KURIC, CHRIS SMITH AND PAYTON SIVA HAVE BEEN NAMED CO CAPTAINS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE THIS SEASON.

LOUISVILLE’S BASKETBALL GAME WITH WESTERN KENTUCKY DECEMBER 23^RD IN THE KFC YUM CENTER WILL BE TELEVISED BY ESPN TWO AT SIX P-M HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

FORMER LOUISVILLE COACH DENNY CRUM WILL BE ONE OF SIX COACHES INDUCTED INTO THE MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE HALL OF FAME NEXT MARCH. LOUISVILLE PLAYED IN THE VALLEY THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF CRUM’S TENURE.

GOLF

VALHALLA GOLF CLUB WILL RECEIVE SOME MORE TWEAKING BEFORE HOSTING THE 2014 P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE GREENS AT VALHALLA WILL BE REPLACED WITH A MORE HEAT TOLERANT BENT GRASS AND THE 25 YEAR OLD IRRIGATION SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED. PGA OF AMERICA C-E-O JOE STERNAKA SAYS THE WORK WILL BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY NEXT SUMMER.

SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE MAKES ITS SEASON DEBUT TONIGHT AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP. TONIGHT’S GUESTS INCLUDE: HOPKINSVILLE FOOTBALL COACH MARC CLARK, CHRISTIAN COUNTY COACH STEVE LOVELACE, FORT CAMPBELL COACH SHAWN BERNER, TRIGG COUNTY COACH COBY LEWIS AND WKU FOOTBALL COACH WILLIE TAGGART.

TUESDAY’S HIGH SCHOOL SCORES

BOYS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE EDGED OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 1-0, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER TODD CENTRAL 8-6, MADISONVILLE DEFEATED MURRAY 3-1, MUHLENBERG COUNTY SHUTOUT HOPKINS CENTRAL 3-0, LOGAN COUNTY OVER HART COUNTY 8-2, MARSHALL COUNTY SHUTOUT LONE OAK 2-0, DAVIESS COUNTY EDGED OHIO COUNTY 1-0.

GIRLS SOCCER: HOPKINSVILLE SHUTOUT HENDERSON COUNTY 4-0, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WAS A SHUTOUT WINNER OVER HEATH 5-0, FORT CAMPBELL OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 4-1, WEBSTER COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 10-0, FRANKLIN SIMPSON DEFEATED LOGAN COUNTY 5-0, BOWLING GREEN OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 10-1.

VOLLEYBALL:   13^TH RANKED OWENSBORO CATHOLIC SHUTOUT CHRISTIAN COUNTY TWO GAMES TO NONE, SOUTH WARREN WAS A TWO GAMES TO NONE WINNER OVER HOPKINSVILLE, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER FORT CAMPBELL 2-0, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-1, MADISONVILLE OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 2-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER BUTLER COUNTY 2-0, MARSHALL COUNTY OVER CALLOWAY COUNTY 2-0.

GOLF:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYED UHA, HOPKINSVILLE AND MADISONVILLE AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL TUESDAY.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND UHA TIED AT 156, BUT THE COLONELS WON ON THE FIFTH PLAYER SCORE BY TWO STROKES.  HOPKINSVILLE SHOT 161, WHILE MADISONVILLE SHOT 168.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY'S T-J FERRY AND CAMERON ALLEN OF UHA TIED FOR LOW SCORE WITH 35, HOPKINSVILLE WAS LED BY DAYTON JONES WITH 36.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER COMMITMENT FOR THE 2012 CLASS. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS ST. JOHN’S FLORIDA NATIVE JORDAN SWINDLE BECOMES THE SIXTH OFFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR NEXT YEAR. SWINDLE CHOSE KENTUCKY OVER SEVERAL SCHOOLS INCLUDING LOUISVILLE, VANDERBILT AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SWINDLE IS THE 19^TH COMMITMENT FOR THE 2012 CLASS.

MEANWHILE, COACH JOKER PHILLIPS SAID FOLLOWING TUESDAY’S PRACTICE, THE WILDCATS NEED TO REMAIN FOCUSED AND PRACTICE SMARTER. PHILLIPS SAID THERE WERE TOO MANY TURNOVERS AND FALSE START PENALTIES IN TUESDAY’S PRACTICE. PHILLIPS WAS PLEASED WITH THE EFFORT OF THE DEFENSE, WHO FORCED TURNOVERS. PHILLIPS ADDED MOST OF THE OFFENSIVE TURNOVERS WERE COMMITTED BY INEXPERIENCED PLAYERS, BUT ADDED TURNOVERS AND MISTAKES ARE CONTAGIOUS AND NEED TO BE STOPPED.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HAS NAMED AUSTIN JOHNSON AS ITS STARTING MIDDLE LINEBACKER FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON. COACH DEREK DOOLEY TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HE FEELS JOHNSON’S EXPERIENCE AND BEST COMMAND OF THE CALLS FOR THE DEFENSE WARRANTS JOHNSON THE POSITION.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY WILL MAKE FOUR APPEARANCES ON E-S-P-N’S SUPER TUESDAY SCHEDULE THIS SEASON. THOSE GAMES ARE: JANUARY 17^TH HOSTING ARKANSAS, JANUARY 24^TH AT GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 7^TH HOSTING FLORIDA AND FEBRUARY 21^ST AT MISSISSIPPI STATE.

VANDERBILT WILL MAKE TWO SUPER TUESDAY APPEARANCES: JANUARY 31^ST AT ARKANSAS AND FEBRUARY 28^TH HOSTING FLORIDA.

THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM COACHED BY KENTUCKY’S JOHN CALIPARI DEFEATED A TEAM OF FORMER KENTUCKY STARS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT NIGHT 91-86 AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

BOYS SOCCER: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 1-0, FORT CAMPBELL OVER TRIGG COUNTY 4-2, DAWSON SPRINGS DEFEATED UNION COUNTY 3-1, WARREN CENTRAL OVER APOLLO 2-1, ST. MARY DEFEATED REIDLAND 3-1.

TODAY’S GAMES: HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS TRAVELS TO BALLARD MEMORIAL, TODD CENTRAL GOES TO CALDWELL COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT HART COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES MUHLENBERG COUNTY, LONE OAK HOSTS MARSHALL COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS MURRAY, OHIO COUNTY ENTERTAINS DAVIESS COUNTY.

GIRLS SOCCER: CALDWELL COUNTY DEFEATED CHRISTIAN COUNTY 4-2, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED MAYFIELD 2-1, UNION COUNTY OVER DAWSON SPRINGS 6-1, MADISONVILLE SHUTOUT SOUTH WARREN 5-0, MARSHALL COUNTY AND PADUCAH TILGHMAN PLAYED TO A SCORELESS TIE, DAVIESS COUNTY SHUTOUT OWENSBORO 3-0, OHIO COUNTY SHUTOUT MCLEAN COUNTY 10-0, WARREN CENTRAL OVER BARREN COUNTY 6-4.

TODAY’S GAMES:   UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS HEATH, HOPKINSVILLE ENTERTAINS HENDERSON COUNTY, FORT CAMPBELL GOES TO CRITTENDEN COUNTY, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS HOPKINS CENTRAL, LYON COUNTY WELCOMES CALLOWAY COUNTY, MUHLENBERG COUNTY TRAVELS TO BOWLING GREEN.

VOLLEYBALL: UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE TWO GAMES TO NONE, RUSSELLVILLE OVER TRIGG COUNTY 2-0, EVANSVILLE BOSSE OVER HENDERSON COUNTY 2-1, CALDWELL COUNTY DEFEATS LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 2-0 IN THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CLASSIC.

TODAY’S GAMES: CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS OWENSBORO CATHOLIC, HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO SOUTH WARREN, FORT CAMPBELL AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY HOSTS CRITTENDEN COUNTY, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES WEBSTER COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, MADISONVILLE AT HOPKINS CENTRAL, DAVIESS COUNTY AT OWENSBORO.

GOLF: CHRISTIAN COUNTY MET U-H-A AND BUTLER COUNTY IN A MATCH MONDAY AT NOVADELL. THE COLONELS SET A NINE HOLE SCHOOL RECORD SHOOTING 144, WHILE U-H-A SHOT 163 AND BUTLER COUNTY HAD 184. JONATHAN GRABARA WAS THE MEDALIST FOR THE COLONELS WITH A THREE UNDER PAR 33, T-J FERRY FIRED A ONE UNDER 35, WITH TRAVIS BROWN, DREW PARMINTIER AND MITCHELL MORRIS EACH SCORING 38. NO INDIVIDUAL SCORES FOR U-H-A WERE REPORTED.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL HAS RELEASED ITS PRE SEASON HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLLS.

CLASS A: MAYFIELD FIRST, RUSSELLVILLE RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS 2A: NEWPORT CENTRAL CATHOLIC FIRST, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC 2^ND, MURRAY 8^TH WITH CALDWELL COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY AND UNION COUNTY RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS 3A: LOUISVILLE CENTRAL FIRST, PADUCAH TILGHMAN 4^TH, FORT CAMPBELL 8^TH, WITH TRIGG COUNTY RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS 4A: HIGHLANDS FIRST, ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE 5^TH, LONE OAK 7^TH, OWENSBORO 10^TH WITH FRANKLIN SIMPSON AND MADISONVILLE RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS 5A: BOWLING GREEN FIRST, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 3^RD, WARREN CENTRAL 5^TH WITH GREENWOOD AND GRAVES COUNTY RECEIVING VOTES.

CLASS 6A: TRINITY IS NUMBER ONE WITH HENDERSON COUNTY RECEIVING VOTES.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE WORD INCONSISTENT WAS THE DOMINATE THEME IN AUSTIN PEAY’S FIRST FALL SCRIMMAGE MONDAY. COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAID OVERALL HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE SCRIMMAGE, BUT FELT THE TEAM WAS NOT IN THE PHYSICAL SHAPE IT NEEDED TO BE.

THE OFFENSE HAD 13 FIRST DOWNS AND THREE SCORES, WHILE THE DEFENSE HAD 16 PLAYS WITH NEGATIVE YARDAGE. HOWEVER, THE DEFENSE DID NOT PRODUCE A TURNOVER DESPITE BLOCKING A FIELD GOAL.  PRACTICE CONTINUES TODAY, WITH THE SECOND SCRIMMAGE SET FOR SATURDAY MORNING.

JACKSONVILLE STATE IS RANKED NINTH AND FIVE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SCHOOLS RECEIVED VOTES IN THE SPORTS NETWORK/FATHEAD.COM PRE SEASON F-C-S TOP 25 POLL.

DEFENDING O-V-C CHAMP SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, MURRAY STATE, EASTERN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE TECH AND U-T MARTIN ALL RECEIVED VOTES. DEFENDING F-C-S NATIONAL CHAMPION EASTERN WASHINGTON IS NUMBER ONE IN THE PRE SEASON POLL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

24-THOUSAND FANS PACKED RUPP ARENA MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE EXHIBITION GAME BETWEEN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE KENTUCKY PROS, WITH THE DOMINICANS WINNING 106-88.

DEMARCUS COUSINS LED THE FORMER WILDCATS WITH 28, WHILE FORMER LOUISVILLE PLAYERS FRANCISCO GARCIA AND EDGAR SOSA LED THE DOMINICANS WITH 30 AND 29 POINTS RESPECTIVELY. KENTUCKY COACH JOHN CALIPARI—WHO IS COACHING THE DOMINICANS—KEPT HIS UNBEATEN STREAK IN RUPP ARENA IN TACT ALSO.  THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT THE KFC YUM CENTER IN LOUISVILLE.

KENTUCKY’S DARIUS MILLER HAD EIGHT POINTS AND FIVE REBOUNDS AS THE U-S DEFEATED SOUTH KOREA MONDAY 112-68 AT THE WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES IN CHINA. VANDERBILT’S JOHN JENKINS HAD 12 POINTS FOR THE U-S, WHO PLAYS FINLAND TOMORROW MORNING.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS CLARKSVILLE NORTHEAST BASKETBALL STANDOUT ALEX POYTHRESS HAS NARROWED HIS COLLEGE CHOICES TO FIVE WHICH INCLUDE KENTUCKY, VANDERBILT, FLORIDA, MEMPHIS AND DUKE.