HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM TUESDAY

GOLF 

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND HOPKINSVILLE MET DAVIESS COUNTY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND DAVIESS COUNTY TIED AT 154, HOWEVER, COUNTY WINS THE MATCH WITH THE FIFTH PLAYER SCORE BY TWO STROKES. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY T-J FERRY WHO HAD A ONE OVER 37, DREW PARMINTIER HAD 38, TRAVIS BROWN 39 AND JONATHAN GRABARA FIRED 40.

HOPKINSVILLE LOST TO DAVIESS COUNTY 154-168. DAYTON JONES LED THE TIGERS WITH 40, JACK GARDNER 41, DYLAN HENDERSON 43 AND T-J JANES AND WADE PERRY EACH HAD 44.  DAVIESS COUNTY’S WILL FOREMAN WAS MEDALIST WITH A ONE UNDER PAR 35.

U-H-A PLAYED AT TODD CENTRAL IN A BOYS AND GIRLS MATCH. TODD CENTRAL WON THE BOYS MATCH 84 TO 85. CAMERON ALLEN LED U-H-A WITH A 36, WHILE TODD CENTRAL WAS PACED BY CLAY STRADER WITH A 41.

U-H-A WON THE GIRLS MATCH 104 TO 109. ANNA MOORE LED U-H-A WITH 42, WHILE TODD CENTRAL WAS LED BY CHANDLER HAMPTON WITH 52.

VOLLEYBALL

TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED WEBSTER COUNTY 2-0, TODD CENTRAL ALSO SHUTOUT WEST CREEK, TN 2-0, WARREN CENTRAL OVER RUSSELLVILLE 2-0, LOGAN COUNTY OVER BOWLING GREEN 2-0, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER MADISONVILLE 2-0, CALDWELL COUNTY A 2-0 WINNER OVER MARSHALL COUNTY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

AUSTIN PEAY ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF CRAIG STEPHENS AS A GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH TUESDAY. STEPHENS HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS AS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR AND BASKETBALL COACH AT HENDERSONVILLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY. STEPHENS HAS ALSO COACHED AT BETHEL UNIVERSITY AND GOT HIS COACHING START AS AN UNDERGRAD ASSISTANT UNDER KERMIT DAVIS AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO AGREED LAST YEAR TO A CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH THE 2016-17 SEASON. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS THE FINANCIAL TERMS WERE ANNOUNCED TUESDAY. PITINO WILL RECEIVE A BASE SALARY OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS UNTIL THE 2013-14 SEASON WHEN THAT WILL INCREASE TO THREE POINT NINE MILLION.

PITINO WILL ALSO RECEIVE THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN LOYALTY BONUSES OVER THE NEXT TWO SEASONS.

FORMER TENNESSEE ASSISTANT COACH TONY JONES SAYS THE SCHOOL’S LEGAL COUNSEL ADVISED FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BASKETBALL STAFF TO ANSWER ONLY QUESTIONS ASKED BY THE NC-AA AND NOT TO ELABORATE IN THEIR INTERVIEWS WITH INVESTIGATORS LAST YEAR.

THAT’S ACCORDING TO A STORY IN THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL. JONES—THE BOYS COACH AT ALCOA HIGH SCHOOL—AND TWO OTHER ASSISTANTS WERE CHARGED WITH A MAJOR VIOLATION CONCERNING RECRUITING. IT WAS ONE OF EIGHT THAT LED TO THE FIRING OF THE BASKETBALL STAFF INCLUDING HEAD COACH BRUCE PEARL MARCH 21^ST.

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TENNESSEE TITANS PRO BOWL RUNNING BACK CHRIS JOHNSON CONTINUES HIS HOLDOUT. TUESDAY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT TO REPORT TO THEIR CLUBS IN ORDER TO EARN AN ACCRUED SEASON TOWARD FREE AGENCY.

JOHNSON HAS TWO YEARS LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT AND WANTS TO SECURE A LUCRATIVE LONG TERM DEAL. JOHNSON--WHO RUSHED FOR 13-HUNDRED 64 YARDS LAST SEASON--IS HEADING INTO HIS FOURTH YEAR AND IS TO MAKE 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS SEASON.

GOLF

SWAN LAKE GOLF COURSE WILL REOPEN TO THE PUBLIC AUGUST 24^TH. THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTED TUESDAY THE CLARKSVILLE COURSE’S GREENS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO CHAMPION BERMUDA GREENS WHICH IS A MORE HEAT TOLERANT GRASS AND WIDELY USED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U-S.

RESERVATIONS FOR THE OPENING DAY CAN BE MADE AS EARLY AS AUGUST 17^TH BY CALLING 931-648-0479.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS RESULTS FROM MONDAY

GOLF

CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS PLAYED AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL, WITH THE BLAZERS WINNING BY A STROKE 156 TO 157.

U-H-A WAS LED BY TADD SWITZER WHO FIRED 36, CAMERON ALLEN HAD 38. CHRISTIAN COUNTY WAS LED BY T-J FERRY AND JONATHAN GRABARA WHO BOTH SHOT 38, TRAVIS BROWN WITH 39.  CHRISTIAN COUNTY, HOPKINSVILLE AND DAVIESS COUNTY ARE SCHEDULED TO PLAY A MATCH TODAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL.

FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR, PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY IS HEADED ACROSS THE POND TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED MONDAY TALLEY WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE U-S TEAM AT THE PING JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP SEPTEMBER 20-21 AT KNIGHTSBROOK HOTEL AND SPA GOLF CLUB IN TRIM, IRELAND.

TALLEY PLAYED ON THE VICTORIOUS U-S TEAM THAT WON THE JUNIOR RYDER CUP LAST YEAR IN GLENEAGLES, SCOTLAND. THE CALDWELL COUNTY HIGH SENIOR HAS HAD A BUSY SUMMER PLAYING IN THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN AND JUST FINISHING PLAY LAST WEEK AT THE JUNIOR P-G-A CHAMPIONSHIP.

VOLLEYBALL

TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED U-H-A TWO GAMES TO ONE, HENDERSON COUNTY SHUT OUT HOPKINS CENTRAL TWO GAMES TO NONE.

TODAY’S GAMES: TODD CENTRAL AT WEST CREEK, TENNESSEE, RUSSELLVILLE AT WARREN CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY AT WEBSTER COUNTY, CALDWELL COUNTY AT MARSHALL COUNTY, MADISONVILLE HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, CRITTENDEN COUNTY AT MCLEAN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY AT BOWLING GREEN.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED GAME TIMES MONDAY FOR THE RUSSELL ATHLETICS/COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL TO BE PLAYED FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR AT HOUCHENS-L-T SMITH STADIUM AT WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY IN BOWLING GREEN.

ACTION BEGINS FRIDAY DECEMBER 2^ND AT 11 A-M WITH THE CLASS A TITLE GAME, FOLLOWED BY THE TWO A GAME AT THREE P-M AND THE SIX-A GAME AT SEVEN P-M.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 3^RD GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT 11 A-M, THREE P-M AND SEVEN P-M WITH THE CLASS THREE A GAME FIRST, FOLLOWED BY FOUR A AND FIVE A.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE WRAPPED ITS CANADIAN TOUR WITH ITS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN MONDAY NIGHT. THE RACERS DEFEATED THE A-B-A ALL STARS 79-72. ED DANIEL LED FOUR RACERS IN DOUBLE FIGURES WITH 15 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS, ISAIAH CANNAN AND IVAN ASKA EACH HAD 11 POINTS AND ZAY JACKSON ADDED 10.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY RUNNING BACK BOBBY RAINEY IS ONE OF 50 PLAYERS ON THE WATCH LIST FOR THE PAUL HORNUNG AWARD, GIVEN BY THE LOUISVILLE SPORTS COMMISSION TO THE MOST VERSATILE PLAYER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.  IT’S THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR RAINEY HAS MADE THE LIST. RAINEY RUSHED FOR 16-HUNDRED 49 YARDS AND HAD 230 YARDS IN RECEPTIONS LAST SEASON FOR WKU.

THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTED MONDAY WKU WILL BE WITHOUT ITS PROBABLE BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR THE SEASON OPENER AGAINST KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER FIRST IN NASHVILLE.  COACH WILLIE TAGGART TOLD REPORTERS JUNIOR DEFENSIVE TACKLE JAMARCUS ALLEN WILL MISS THE GAME FOR VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES. ALLEN IS PRACTICING WITH THE HILLTOPPERS IN FALL CAMP.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SAFETY JANZEN JACKSON SAYS HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING TO THE GRIDIRON THIS SEASON. HOWEVER, JACKSON WOULD NOT DIVULGE TO THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL WHY PERSONAL PROBLEMS CAUSED HIM TO WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER. JACKSON SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO REJOIN THE TEAM FOR THE FALL, BUT EXPRESSED GRATITUDE TO BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE TEAM.

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TENNESSEE TITANS DEFENSIVE BACK CORTLAND FINNEGAN APOLOGIZED MONDAY FOR LEAVING TRAINING CAMP OVER THE WEEKEND. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS FINNEGAN CONFESSED HE DID NOT LEAVE CAMP FOR PERSONAL REASONS, RATHER FAILURE TO RECEIVE A NEW LONG TERM CONTRACT.

FINNEGAN IS IN THE FINAL YEAR OF HIS CONTRACT AND WILL MAKE THREE POINT 79 MILLION DOLLARS THIS SEASON.   COACH MIKE MUNCHAK ACCEPTED FINNEGAN’S APOLOGY, BUT WOULD FINE THE SIXTH YEAR PLAYER FOR LEAVING CAMP. UNDER THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, THE FINE COULD BE 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS.

MEANWHILE, TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT SAW HIS FIRST ACTION OF TRAINING CAMP MONDAY. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS BRITT HAS BEEN BATTLING A SORE HAMSTRING, WHICH HE FIRST INJURED LAST SEASON.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS HAVE ADDED DEFENSEMAN JACK HILLEN. HILLEN SPENT HIS FIRST THREE PROFESSIONAL SEASONS WITH THE NEW YORK ISLANDERS. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THE ONE YEAR, TWO WAY CONTRACT WILL PAY HILLEN 650-THOUSAND DOLLARS AT THE N-H-L LEVEL, 150-THOUSAND AT THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE LEVEL.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOLS PLAYED IN THE MADISONVILLE-NORTH HOPKINS INVITATIONAL SATURDAY AT LAKESHORE COUNTRY CLUB. AFTER A FOUR HOUR RAIN DELAY, HOST MADISONVILLE WON THE EVENT AT 325, FOLLOWED BY HOPKINS CENTRAL WHO DEFEATED U-H-A IN A SCORECARD PLAYOFF. BOTH TEAMS SHOT 327. HOPKINSVILLE WAS FOURTH AT 331, CHRISTIAN COUNTY 7^TH AT 334.

U-H-A’S TADD SWITZER TIED FOR THIRD LOW INDIVIDUAL AT 74, HOPKINSVILLE’S JACK GARDNER AND DAYTON JONES TIED FOR 5^TH AT 75, WITH CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S T-J FERRY AND U-H-A’S CAMERON ALLEN TYING FOR 6^TH AT 76.

TODAY’S MATCH: HOPKINSVILLE, DAVIESS COUNTY AND MUHLENBERG COUNTY TRAVEL TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS OPENS ITS SEASON AT TRIGG COUNTY. HOPKINS CENTRAL ALSO OPENS ITS SEASON TODAY AT HENDERSON COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN KENTUCKY IN THE 2013 CLASS HAS REOPENED HIS RECRUITMENT. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LESS THAN FOUR MONTHS AFTER COMMITTING TO PURDUE, BULLITT EAST STANDOUT DEREK WILLIS IS RE-OPENING THE RECRUITING PROCESS  WILLIS’ FATHER SAYS HIS SON STILL LIKES PURDUE, BUT WANTS TO SEE WHAT OTHER SCHOOLS MIGHT RECRUIT HIM. THE YOUNGER WILLIS LED THE CHARGERS TO THE BOYS SWEET 16 LAST SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

MURRAY STATE WON ITS SECOND GAME IN CANADA SUNDAY, DEFEATING A-GAME HOOPS 76-60. THE RACERS WERE LED IN SCORING BY LATREZE MUSHATT WITH 15 POINTS, DONTE POOLE ADDED 11, WITH ED DANIEL ADDING 11 POINTS AND TEN REBOUNDS.  THE RACERS CONCLUDE THE CANADIAN TOUR THIS EVENING AGAINST THE CANADIAN A-B-A ALL STARS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY FOOTBALL RECRUIT GLENN FAULKNER HAS RECEIVED ACADEMIC CLEARANCE TO PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS THIS FALL.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS FAULKNER WAS RECENTLY RULED ELIGIBLE BY THE NC-AA CLEARINGHOUSE. FAULKNER—FROM EAST ST. LOUIS—WAS THE TOP PROSPECT IN ILLINOIS BY RIVALS.COM. FAULKNER IS EXPECTED TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT AT FREE SAFETY.

AUSTIN PEAY BEGINS FALL PRACTICE TODAY, AFTER MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME SUNDAY FOR A TEAM MEAL ACCORDING TO THE LEAF CHRONICLE. COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAYS ALL EYES WILL NOW BEGIN GETTING READY FOR THE GOVERNORS SEASON OPENER AT CINCINNATI SEPTEMBER THIRD.

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THERE WAS DRAMA THIS WEEKEND AT TENNESSEE TITANS TRAINING CAMP. THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS SAFETY CORTLAND FINNEGAN’S ABSENCE SATURDAY WAS APPROVED BY THE TEAM. FINNEGAN WENT ON TWITTER SUNDAY TO SAY HE LEFT FOR A PERSONAL MATTER KNOWN TO TEAM OFFICIALS, NOT A CONTRACT DISPUTE. HE ALSO BLAMED THE MEDIA FOR BLOWING THE STORY OUT OF PROPORTION.

HOWEVER, TEAM OFFICIALS SAY FINNEGAN’S ABSENCE WASN’T KNOWN BY NEITHER COACH MIKE MUNCHAK NOR GENERAL MANAGER MIKE REINFELDT.

REINFELDT SAYS HE PLANS TO REPORT FINNEGAN’S ABSENCE TO THE N-F-L AND IS OPERATING UNDER THE BELIEF FINNEGAN BOLTED BECAUSE TALKS FOR A NEW LONG TERM CONTRACT BROKE DOWN LAST WEEK.

PGA/CHAMPIONS TOUR

NASHVILLE’S BRANDT SNEDEKER FINISHED TIED FOR 33^RD AT 280 AT THE W-G-C-BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL IN AKRON, OHIO. ADAM SCOTT WAS A FOUR STROKE WINNER AT THE P-G-A TOUR EVENT.

ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR, FRANKLIN’S KENNY PERRY FINISHED SECOND AT THE 3-M CHAMPIONSHIP OUTSIDE MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY. PERRY FIRED 202, ONE STROKE BEHIND WINNER JAY HAAS. PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN FINISHED TIED FOR 64^TH AT 216.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WILL HOST ITS “MEET THE TIGERS” NIGHT FOR ALL FALL SPORTS THIS EVENING.   THE EVENT TAKES PLACE AT SIX AT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH.

TRIGG COUNTY NAMED A NEW FOOTBALL COACH FRIDAY. COLBY LEWIS—WHO HAD BEEN AN ASSISTANT UNDER FORMER TRIGG HEAD COACHES CURTIS HIGGINS AND SHANNON BURCHAM—WILL TAKE OVER THE WILDCAT PROGRAM. THE SEARCH FOR AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT TRIGG COUNTY IS CONTINUING, WITH INTERVIEWS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY HAS HIRED A NEW SOFTBALL COACH. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED FRIDAY KEITH O’ DANIEL HAS BEEN NAMED TO REPLACE FORMER COACH TERRY HUDSON.

THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCED FRIDAY THE COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES WILL BE PLAYED IN BOWLING GREEN THROUGH 2014. THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES ALSO HAVE A NEW TITLE SPONSOR IN RUSSELL ATHLETICS. THE GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT HOUCHENS-L.T. SMITH STADIUM ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.

 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HAD ITS FOOTBALL MEDIA DAY FRIDAY IN LEXINGTON. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS COACH JOKER PHILLIPS INDICATED SEVERAL FRESHMEN WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY EARLY IN THE SEASON. THE WILDCATS BEGIN FALL WORKOUTS TODAY.

 THE WOMAN CONVICTED OF TRYING TO EXTORT LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL COACH RICK PITINO HAS FILED AN APPEAL. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS ATTORNEYS FOR KAREN SYPHER FILED A BRIEF WITH THE U-S 6^TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS THURSDAY NIGHT. SYPHER CLAIMS A BROAD CONSPIRACY INVOLVING PITINO, THE FEDERAL JUDGE WHO HEARD THE CASE AND SYPHER’S FORMER ATTORNEY TO ENSURE SHE WOULD BE FOUND GUILTY. SYPHER IS CURRENTLY SERVING A SEVEN YEAR PRISON TERM.

 PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY SHOT A FINAL ROUND 76 FOR A FOUR DAY TOTAL OF 295 FOR A 7^TH PLACE FINISH IN THE GIRLS DIVISION AT THE JUNIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH CONCLUDED FRIDAY AT SYCAMORE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

TRIGG COUNTY HAS NAMED COLBY LEWIS AS THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  LEWIS HAD SERVED AS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AND OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR UNDER FORMER TRIGG COUNTY COACH SHANNON BURCHAM WHO WAS RECENTLY NAMED PRINCIPAL AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

TRIGG COUNTY OPENS ITS SEASON AUGUST 19TH HOSTING RUSSELLVILLE AT PERDUE FIELD IN CADIZ.  COMMENTS FROM COACH LEWIS WILL BE HEARD LATER TODAY ON THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.