Sports Headlines 7.25.11

GOLF

PADUCAH’S RUSS COCHRAN HAS WON HIS FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, WINNING THE SENIOR BRITISH OPEN SUNDAY.

THE 52-YEAR-OLD COCHRAN HAD SIX BIRIDIES IN HIS FINAL ROUND SUNDAY AT WALTON HILLS TO SHOOT A FIVE UNDER 67. COCHRAN FINISHED AT 12 UNDER PAR, TWO STROKES BETTER THAN MARK CALCAVECCHIA—WHO LED MOST OF THE TOURNAMENT—AND FAST FINISHING TOM WATSON. THE WIN IS COCHRAN’S THIRD ON THE CHAMPIONS TOUR, AND THE FIRST THIS SEASON.

CLOSER TO HOME, THE LINKS AT NOVADELL HAD THE CALLAWAY GOLF SENIOR TWO MAN SCRAMBLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT WINNERS: ROGER WARREN AND JUNIOR HOLT WITH 118.

FIRST FLIGHT: RAY COBB AND JOE SLOAN WITH 125.

SECOND FLIGHT: BOBBY CLYMER AND ROBBY PARRISH WITH 128.

THIRD FLIGHT: HENRY COVINGTON AND GAYLON ROSSON WITH 135.

FOURTH FLIGHT: TIM COCHRAN AND GLENN RAY WITH 140.

GRAHAM SLEIGH FIRED A FIVE UNDER 67 AT COLE PARK GOLF COURSE AT FORT CAMPBELL SUNDAY TO WIN THE CLARKSVILLE CITY AM BY ONE STROKE OVER JAMIE SCHACT AND AUSTIN PEAY GOLFER BRIAN BALTHROP. BALTHOP HELD THE LEAD HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND BEFORE SLEIGH PULLED OUT THE VICTORY.

THE PEPSI JUNIOR GOLF TOUR’S TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS BEGINS TODAY AT OXMOOR COUNTRY CLUB IN LOUISVILLE. HOPKINSVILLE HIGH’S DAYTON JONES AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S JONATHAN GRABARA ARE AMONG THOSE IN THE FIELD.

COMING UP THIS WEEKEND IS THE 2011 GARLAND NISSAN CITY AM CHAMPIONSHIP WITH PLAY BEGINNING FRIDAY AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL. FOLLOW THE TOURNAMENT THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND COURTESY OF BUDWEISER OF HOPKINSVILLE ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KENTUCKY SPORTS RADIO AND THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER ARE REPORTING U-K COACH JOHN CALIPARI IS ORGANIZING AN EXHIBITION GAME BETWEEN FORMER KENTUCKY PLAYERS AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TEAM CALIPARI IS COACHING FOR THE TOURNAMENT OF AMERICAS IN LATE AUGUST.

THE GAME—NOT SPONSORED BY U-K—IS TENATIVELY SET FOR AUGUST 15^TH. THE DOMINICAN TEAM WILL BE PRACTICING AT THE JOE CRAFT CENTER IN LEXINGTON IN PREPARING TO QUALIFY FOR THE OLYMPICS.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS FORMER TENNESSEE FOOTBALL COACH LANE KIFFIN AND HIS STAFF WERE EDUCATED ON ALL ASPECTS OF NC-AA RULES.

THE DOCUMENTATION IS PART OF U-T’S 190 PAGE RESPONSE TO THE NC-AA CONCERNING VIOLATIONS IN THE FOOTBALL AND MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAMS.

THE SCHOOL ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK IT HAS PLACED ITSSELF ON A TWO YEAR SELF IMPOSED PROBATION AND VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS CONCERING RECRUITING IN BOTH FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL.

THE SCHOOL IS AWAITING THE NC-AA’S RESPONSE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY AT MARION WAS RAINED OUT. THE PIRATES WILL BEGIN PLAYOFF ACTION LATER THIS WEEK AS THE FOUR SEED AND WILL MEET EITHER OWENSBORO OR FULTON IN THE FIRST ROUND.

THE OILERS HAVE A HALF GAME LEAD ON FULTON AS THE OILERS MEET MARION IN COMPLETION OF A SUSPENDED GAME THIS EVENING. THE GAME IS TIED 6-6 IN THE 11^TH INNING.

IF OWENSBORO WINS, THEY ARE THE TOP SEED, BUT IF MARION WINS THERE WILL BE A ONE GAME PLAYOFF BETWEEN OWENSBORO AND FULTON FOR THE TOP SEED.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS LOST TO THE IOWA CUBS 3-1 SUNDAY IN NASHVILLE, WITH THE FINALE OF THE SERIES TONIGHT AT GREER STADIUM.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED PEORIA 5-2 WITH THE SERIES FINALE TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

Sports Headlines 7.23.11

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL REACHED BACK INTO ITS PAST TO HIRE A NEW SOFTBALL COACH.

JIM PERRIN—WHO BEGAN THE PROGRAM IN 1984—WAS NAMED FRIDAY TO REPLACE DAVID JOINER.

PERRIN BEGAN COACHING AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN 1970 AND NOT ONLY COACHED SOFTBALL, BUT WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH WRESTLING AND FOOTBALL.

DURING HIS PERIOD AS SOFTBALL COACH, PERRIN WAS 633-147, WINNING 19 EIGHTH DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND EIGHT REGION TWO TITLES. PERRIN’S TEAMS WON THE SLOW PITCH STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1990, 91 AND 1994. PERRIN ALSO GUIDED THE LADY COLONELS TO THE 1996 STATE FAST PITCH CHAMPIONSHIP AND A RUNNER UP FINISH IN 1999.

PERRIN LEFT CHRISTIAN COUNTY AFTER THE 2003 SEASON AND COACHED AT AUSTIN PEAY FOR FOUR SEASONS BEFORE RESIGNING FOLLOWING THE 2008 SEASON.

PERRIN THEN WENT TO TRIGG COUNTY WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR SINCE 2008 AND ALSO COACHED SOFTBALL THERE ONE SEASON.

PERRIN IS ALSO ONE OF 12 PEOPLE WHO WILL MAKE UP THE 25^TH CLASS OF THE DAWAHARES/KHSAA HALL OF FAME THAT WILL BE INDUCTED NEXT APRIL IN LEXINGTON.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT HAS PLACED ITSELF ON A TWO YEAR SELF IMPOSED PROBATION. THE PROBATION IS PART OF A 191 PAGE RESPONSE TO NC-AA ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE SCHOOL.

THE UNIVERSITY IS AWAITING A FINAL RULING FROM THE NC-AA WHO COULD ALSO GIVE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WRAPPED UP ITS MEDIA DAYS FRIDAY IN BIRMINGHAM.

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WERE PICKED TO FINISH FIFTH IN THE S-E-C EAST, WITH SOUTH CAROLINA PICKED FIRST IN THE EAST, TENNESSEE FOURTH AND VANDERBILT SIXTH.

ALABAMA WAS PICKED TO WIN THE S-E-C WEST.

KENTUCKY OPENS ITS SEASON SEPTEMBER FIRST AT LP FIELD IN NASHVILLE AGAINST WESTERN KENTUCKY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE’S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE 2012 MAUI INVITATIONAL. A U OF L SPOKESMAN SAYS THE DECISION WAS MADE BY COACH RICK PITINO, WHO WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT.

AUSTIN PEAY RELEASED ITS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE 2011-12 SEASON FRIDAY. THE LADY GOVERNORS WILL OPEN PLAY HOSTING SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 11^TH.

ALSO ON THE SCHEDULE IS VANDERBILT, WHO WILL VISIT THE DUNN CENTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 NOVEMBER 30^TH. OTHER NOTABLE GAMES INCLUDE A ROAD GAME AT LOUISVILLE NOVEMBER 22^ND AND A HOME DATE WITH ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM DECEMBER 3^RD.

THE LADY GOVERNORS BEGIN OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAY DECEMBER 29^TH AT TENNESSEE STATE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES TRAIL OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE LEADER OWENSBORO BY FIVE GAMES AFTER A 2-1 LOSS TO FULTON FRIDAY NIGHT. MEANWHILE, OWENSBORO WON A TEN INNING GAME OVER MARION 5-4.

FULTON IS A HALF GAME BACK, WHILE MARION IS TWO GAMES BACK.

TONIGHT IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE: TRADEWATER IS AT OWENSBORO, WHILE FULTON WELCOMES MARION.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS CONCLUDED A SERIES WITH BURLINGTON WITH A 2-0 VICTORY AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. THE HOT RODS OPEN A SERIES WITH THE PEORIA CHIEFS THIS EVENING IN BOWLING GREEN.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR FIFTH GAME IN AS MANY NIGHTS OVER THE IOWA CUBS 5-2 AT GREER STADIUM. GAME TWO OF THE FOUR GAME SET IS TONIGHT IN THE MUSIC CITY.

CCHS names softball coach

A LEGENDARY CHRISTIAN COUNTY COLONEL COACH IS RETURNING TO COACH THE SCHOOL'S SOFTBALL PROGRAM.  JIM PERRIN--WHO BEGAN THE PROGRAM IN 1984 AND LED CHRISTIAN COUNTY TO A FAST PITCH STATE TITLE IN 1996 AND RUNNER UP HONORS IN 1999 WILL REPLACE DAVID JOINER.  PERRIN'S RECORD AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS 633-147, WHICH INCLUDES FOUR SLOW PITCH STATE TOURNAMENT TITLES IN 1990, 1991 AND 1996.  PERRIN COACHED FOUR SEASONS AT AUSTIN PEAY AFTER LEAVING CHRISTIAN COUNTY, COMPILING A 85-136 RECORD IN THAT SPAN.  PERRIN HAS BEEN WORKING RECENTLY AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  COMMENTS FROM COACH PERRIN THIS AFTERNOON DURING THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

Sports Headlines 7.22.11

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL NAME DAVID JOINER’S SUCCESSOR AS SOFTBALL COACH TODAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE AT 9:30 THIS MORNING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.  WE'LL HAVE THE FULL STORY THIS AFTERNOON DURING THE BUDWEISER SPORTS FLASH ON THE WHOP FAMILY OF STATIONS.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY FOOTBALL COACH JOKER PHILLIPS APPEARED AT THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MEDIA DAYS THURSDAY.

THE SECOND YEAR HEAD COACH SAID THE WILDCATS SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE IN THE S-E-C’S EAST DIVISION THIS SEASON. THE WILDCATS FINISHED SIX AND SEVEN LAST SEASON, AND LOST TO PITTSBURGH IN THE B-B-V-A COMPASS BOWL. KENTUCKY RETURNS 15 STARTERS THAT MADE THE SCHOOL’S FIFTH STRAIGHT BOWL APPEARANCE LAST SEASON.

TENNESSEE’S DEREK DOOLEY IS ALSO BEGINNING HIS SECOND SEASON AS VOLS COACH. DOOLEY COMMENTED AT THE S-E-C MEDIA DAYS THURSDAY THAT DEPSITE HAVING JUST TEN SENIORS, THERE’S NO USE IN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SHORTCOMINGS. THE VOLS FINISHED SIX AND SEVEN LAST SEASON AND PLAYED IN THE MUSIC CITY BOWL.

THE VOLS RETURN 13 STARTERS FROM A TEAM THAT ENDED THE SEASON WITH A FOUR GAME WIN STREAK.

AUSTIN PEAY PLACEKICKER STEVEN STANSELL HAS BEEN NAMED TO THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS PLACE KICKER WATCH LIST.

THE ATHENS, TENNESSEE JUNIOR HAS ALSO BEEN NAMED TO THE FRED MITCHELL OUTSTANDING PLACEKICKER NOMINEE LIST.

STANSELL HAS KICKED 21 FIELD GOALS IN TWO SEASONS FOR THE GOVERNORS, WHICH IS THIRD BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY LOST IN HER SECOND ROUND MATCH THURSDAY AT THE U-S GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS AT OLYMPIA FIELDS OUTSIDE CHICAGO.

TALLEY FELL TO DOTTIE ARDINA OF THE PHILLIPINES TWO UP. THE MATCH WENT ALL SQUARE AT THE 12^TH HOLE, TALLEY THEN BOGIED 17 THEN ARDINA BIRDIED THE FINAL HOLE TO WIN THE MATCH BY TWO HOLES.

HOPKINSVILLE’S DAYTON JONES WON THE 17-18 BOYS DIVISION AT THE PEPSI TOUR STOP AT THE WILDCAT CLUB IN LEXINGTON THURSDAY. JONES FIRED 69 TO WIN BY FOUR STROKES.

SEVERAL LOCAL GOLFERS QUALIFIED FOR NEXT MONTH'S POWERBILT KENTUCKY OPEN THURSDAY.  QUALIFYING FOLLOWING PLAY AT PAXTON PARK IN PADUCAH WERE TYLER MITCHELL OF CADIZ, WHO HAD THE LOW ROUND OF 69.  HOPKINSVILLE'S LOGAN LOFTUS WHO PLAYS FOR AUSTIN PEAY SHOT 70 AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH'S JONATHAN GRABARA FIRED A 74.  HOPKINSVILLE'S MITCHELL MOORE QUALIFIED IN THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION WITH A 72, WHILE LINKS AT NOVADELL PRO BARRY PAYNE IS AN ALTERNATE AFTER FIRING 75.

IT’S A BUSY GOLF WEEKEND IN THE AREA, WITH THE CALLAWAY GOLF SENIOR TWO MAN AT THE LINKS AT NOVADELL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE CLARKSVILLE CITY AM BEGINS ITS THREE ROUNDS TODAY AT COLE PARK GOLF COURSE AT FORT CAMPBELL, WHERE IT WILL BE PLAYED THE ENTIRE WEEKEND.

ALSO, THE OLDEST CONSECUTIVE RUNNING MATCH PLAY TOURNAMENT BEGINS TODAY AS THE T-V-G-A TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE AT HOPKINSVILLE GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST A DOUBLEHEADER AT FULTON, 4-3 AND 13-9 TO FALL FOUR GAMES BEHIND OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE LEADER OWENSBORO, WHO SPILIT A PAIR OF GAMES WITH MARION, LOSING THE OPENER 5-4 AND WINNING THE NIGHTCAP 8-7.

THE PIRATES PLAY IN FULTON AGAIN THIS EVENING, WHILE OWENSBORO HOSTS MARION.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME OVER THE IOWA CUBS IN DES MOINES 8-7. THE SAME TWO TEAMS OPEN A FOUR GAME SERIES TONIGHT IN NASHVILLE.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS EDGED BURLINGTON 6-5, WITH THE FINALE OF THE SERIES THIS EVENING AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.

Sports Headlines 7.21.11

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS WILL BE WITHOUT BACKUP SAFETY DAKOTAH TYLER THIS COMING SEASON.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS A UNIVERSITY SPOKESMAN SAYS TYLER IS NOT ENROLLED IN SCHOOL THIS FALL, BUT COULD RETURN TO THE PROGRAM. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. TYLER HAD 13 TACKLES IN 11 GAMES LAST SEASON AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN.

TWO MEMBERS OF AUSTIN PEAY’S FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE BEEN NAMED TO PHIL STEELE’S PRE SEASON ALL OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM. SENIOR RUNNING BACK RYAN WHITE AND SENIOR SAFETY AMIUS SMITH WERE NAMED TO THE TEAM WEDNESDAY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

AUSTIN PEAY HAS RELEASED ITS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR THE 2011-12 SEASON.

THE GOVERNORS HAVE 15 HOME GAMES IN THE NEW SEASON, INCLUDING HOME AND HOME DATES WITH BELMONT AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE GOVERNORS OPEN THE SEASON NOVEMBER 11^TH AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE, WITH THE FIRST HOME GAME ALSO AGAINST MIDDLE TENNESSEE NOVEMBER 26^TH.

THE GOVERNORS WILL ALSO PLAY IN THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE IN NOVEMBER AND HAVE GAMES AT MEMPHIS DECEMBER 3^RD AND TENNESSEE DECEMBER 10^TH.

AUSTIN PEAY OPENS OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAY WITH A TWO GAME ROAD SWING THROUGH DEATH VALLEY AT EASTERN KENTUCKY AND MOREHEAD STATE DECEMBER 29^TH AND 31^ST.

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS ALSO RELEASED ITS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE. THE HILLTOPPERS OPEN THE SEASON NOVEMBER 11^TH HOSTING ST. JOSEPH’S, AND WILL ALSO WELCOME FINAL FOUR PARTICIPANT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH TO E-A DIDDLE ARENA NOVEMBER 23^RD. W-K-U WILL ALSO PLAY MURRAY STATE DECEMBER FIRST AND PLAYS AT LOUISVILLE DECEMBER 23^RD.

MURRAY STATE HAS STARTED PRACTICE FOR ITS CANADIAN TRIP EARLY NEXT MONTH. NEW RACER COACH STEVE PROHM SAYS IT’S BEEN A BUSY JULY, GETTING TEN PRACTICES IN BEFORE TAKING THE FIRST FOREIGN TRIP SINCE 2005. THE RACERS BEGIN ACTION IN CANADA AUGUST 5^TH.

OKLAHOMA STATE—COACHED BY FORMER MADISIONVILLE PRODUCT TRAVIS FORD AND ASSISTED BY HOPKINSVILLE NATIVE TOMMY WADE—WILL HEADLINE THE FIELD OF 16 TEAMS FOR THE NIT SEASON TIP OFF.

OKLAHOMA STATE WILL JOIN SYRACUSE, VIRGINIA TECH AND STANFORD IN HOSTING FIRST AND SECOND ROUND GAMES NOVEMBER 14-16, WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK NOVEMBER 23-25.

NFL

FORMER TENNESSEE TITANS QUARTERBACK KERRY COLLINS TELLS THE TENNESSEAN HE IS AT PEACE WITH HIS DECISION TO RETIRE. THE 38-YEAR-OLD COLLINS SAYS HE WILL NOT PULL A BRETT FARVE AND RENEGE ON HIS DECISION.

COLLINS SAYS HIS ONLY REGRET IN HIS 16 SEASONS WAS TO NOT WIN A SUPER BOWL. COLLINS ADDED HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND HE HOPES HIS SONG WRITING CAREER WILL TAKE OFF.

NHL

WITH THE ATLANTA THRASHERS NOW OFF TO WINNIPEG, THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE HOPING TO FILL THE ATLANTA MARKET’S VOID OF NOT HAVING AN N-H-L TEAM.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS PREDATORS C-E-O JEFF COGEN IS OFFERING ATLANTA FANS A PACKAGE CALLED “THRASH TO SMASH”. THE PACKAGE INVOLVES TICKETS AND HOTEL PACKAGES FOR CERTAIN WEEKEND GAMES ON THE PREDS SCHEDULE. COGEN SAYS THE TEAM IS EXPLORING PUTTING SOME OF ITS STAFF IN ATLANTA TO SELL THE PACKAGES.

GOLF

PRINCETON’S EMMA TALLEY WON HER FIRST ROUND MATCH AT THE U-S GIRLS JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT WEDNESDAY AT OLYMPIA FIELDS COUNTRY CLUB OUTSIDE CHICAGO.

TALLEY DEFEATED ANDREA UNSON OF THE PHILLIPINES FIVE AND THREE, AND WILL FACE DOTTIE ARDINA OF THE PHILLIPINES THIS MORNING. IF TALLEY WINS, SHE WILL PLAY A SECOND MATCH THIS AFTERNOON.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST TO MARION 6-5 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES WILL PLAY IN OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE ACTION AT FULTON THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS WON THEIR THIRD STRAIGHT GAME OVER THE IOWA CUBS 10-2, WITH THE TEAMS CLOSING OUT THE SERIES THIS EVENING IN DES MOINES.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED THE BURLINGTON BEES 7-1, WITH GAME TWO OF THE SERIES TONIGHT AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.