HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 2-1 IN THE 2ND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE LADY STORM WILL FACE WALTON VERONA IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE KHSAA STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT NEXT THURSDAY IN OWENSBORO.

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY'S SOFTBALL TEAM IS ONE WIN AWAY FROM A KCAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS THE LADY WARRIORS ROUTED LAKESIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF MOREHEAD 15-3 IN SEMI FINAL ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT.  HERITAGE CHRISTIAN FACES BLUEGRASS CHRISTIAN AT NOON TODAY AT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY WILL PLAY IN THE KCAA STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.  THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS H-C-A WILL FACE LANCASTER CHRISTIAN TODAY AT GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY GOT ONE OF ITS BIGGEST WINS IN PROGRAM HISTORY, UPSETTING GEORGIA TECH 2-1 IN ITS FIRST GAME IN THE ATLANTA REGIONAL FRIDAY NIGHT. BOWLING GREEN'S JACK SNODGRASS PICKED UP THE WIN FOR AUSTIN PEAY, WHO PLAYS A WINNER'S BRACKET GAME AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE AT SIX THIS EVENING.

VANDERBILT DEFEATED BELMONT 10-0 IN THE NASHVILLE REGIONAL AND WILL FACE TROY UNIVERSITY OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE AT SEVEN THIS EVENING.  BELMONT PLAYS AN ELIMINATION GAME AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE THIS AFTERNOON.

SEC MEETINGS

PRESIDENTS AND CHANCELLORS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FRIDAY ADOPTED RULE CHANGES FOR FOOTBALL AND MEN'S BASKETBALL.  THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS THERE WILL NO LONGER BE DIVISIONAL PLAY IN BASKETBALL. AS REPORTED FRIDAY, THE NEW RULE WILL CALL FOR THE SEC TOURNAMENT TO BE SEEDED TEAMS 1-12, WITH THE TOP FOUR TEAMS RECEIVING FIRST ROUND BYE. 

IN FOOTBALL, THOUGH OPPOSED UNAMINOUSLY BY THE LEAGUE'S COACHES, FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASSES WILL BE REDUCED FROM 28 TO 25 PLAYERS EACH SCHOOL CAN SIGN THIS YEAR.  THE COACHES HAD VOTED EARLIER THIS WEEK TO LEAVE THE SIGNING CLASSES AT 28.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS REPORTEDLY PICKED UP ITS 8TH COMMITMENT FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.  THE BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS REPORTS O' KARO AKAMUNE IS THE THIRD PROSPECT OF THE SPRING FOR COACH KEN MCDONALD.  THE SIX-SEVEN AKAMUNE PLAYED LAST SEASON FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE LAST SEASON.  HE IS A NATIVE OF MIAMI, FLORIDA AND WILL HAVE THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING.

LONG TIME WARREN CENTRAL BOYS BASKETBALL COACH TIM RILEY WAS OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED FRIDAY AS A NEW ASSISTANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH AT WKU.  ALSO INTRODUCED WAS FORMER LADY TOPPER PLAYER CAMRYN WHITAKER WHO WILL COME BACK TO HER ALMA MATER AS AN ASSISTANT.  WHITAKER BEGAN HER COACHING CAREER AT AUSTIN PEAY AND SPENT THE LAST THREE SEASONS AT MISSOURI STATE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES OPENED OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A 8-3 WIN OVER THE OWENSBORO OILERS.  THE TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS AT SEVEN PM.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST THE OPENING GAME OF A SERIES WITH THE BELOIT SNAPPERS 6-1 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK.  THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN IN BOWLING GREEN THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS COMPLETED A SERIES WITH THE IOWA CUBS WITH A 5-1 WIN.  THE SOUNDS ARE ON THE ROAD THIS EVENING AT NEW ORLEANS.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

MAYFIELD EDGED CALLOWAY COUNTY 4-3 TO WIN THE FIRST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP. MAYFIELD WILL FACE APOLLO IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT MONDAY JUNE 13^TH AT 12:30 LOCAL TIME.

2^ND REGION CHAMPION UNION COUNTY NOW KNOWS ITS OPPONENT IN THE OPENING ROUND AS NORTH OLDHAM WON THE 8^TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP OVER OLDHAM COUNTY 13-4. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST ROUND GAME TUESDAY JUNE 14^TH AT 10 AM LOCAL TIME.

REGION FOUR CHAMP WARREN EAST WILL LEARN ITS FIRST ROUND OPPONENT AFTER KNOTT COUNTY CENTRAL AND LETCHER COUNTY CENTRAL PLAY FOR THE 14^TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP THIS EVENING. THAT FIRST ROUND GAME AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED AT 10 AM LOCAL TIME MONDAY JUNE 13^TH.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE SHUTOUT BOWLING GREEN 8-0 TO WIN THE 4^TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP.   THE LADY PATRIOTS WILL PLAY EAST JESSAMINE IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE KHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT IN OWENSBORO NEXT THURSDAY AT 5 PM.

MADISONVILLE AND HOPKINS CENTRAL WILL PLAY FOR THE 2^ND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT AT SIX IN MADISONVILLE, WITH THE WINNER TO GET WALTON-VERONA IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT NEXT THURSDAY AT FIVE PM.

FIRST REGION WINNER CALLOWAY COUNTY WILL GET THE WINNER OF THE ASHLAND-BOYD COUNTY GAME IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT. THOSE TEAMS PLAY FOR THE 16^TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP THIS EVENING.

THIRD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC WILL MATCHUP WITH LAFAYETTE IN THE FIRST ROUND NEXT THURSDAY AT SEVEN P-M.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

NCAA REGIONAL PLAY BEGINS TODAY AT VARIOUS SITES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IN THE ATLANTA REGIONAL, AUSTIN PEAY WILL FACE GEORGIA TECH THIS EVENING AT SIX.

IN THE NASHVILLE REGIONAL, VANDERBILT HAS A SIX P-M DATE WITH CROSSTOWN RIVAL BELMONT.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE TODAY AT ITS SPRING MEETINGS TO END DIVISION PLAY IN MEN’S BASKETBALL.

THE LEAGUE’S COACHES PROPOSED TO THE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS THIS WEEK TO INSTEAD OF HAVING DIVISIONAL PLAY, SEED THE S-E-C TOURNAMENT 1-12 WITH THE TOP FOUR TEAMS RECEIVING FIRST ROUND BYES.

IF THE MEASURE IS PASSED, IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE UPCOMING SEASON, WITH COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE SAYING LEAGUE PLAY WOULD EXPAND IN THE FOLLOWING SEASON.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES OPEN OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE PLAY THIS EVENING HOSTING THE OWENSBORO OILERS. FIRST PITCH IS AT SEVEN AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS LOST TO THE WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 6-3 THURSDAY AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. THE HOT RODS HOST THE BELOIT SNAPPERS THIS EVENING AT SEVEN.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS RALLIED FROM A SIX RUN DEFICIT TO DEFEAT THE IOWA CUBS 15-11. THE TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM.

GOLF

KENTUCKIANS J-B HOLMES AND KENNY PERRY ARE IN THE FIELD AT THIS WEEK’S EVENT—THE MEMORIAL IN DUBLIN, OHIO.

HOLMES OPENED WITH AN EVEN PAR 72, WHILE PERRY SHOT AN EIGHT OVER 80.

RORY MCELROY AND CHRIS RILEY ARE ATOP THE LEADERBOARD AFTER THE FIRST ROUND WITH SIX UNDER 66.

GLASGOW NATIVE WHITNEY WADE HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE U-S WOMEN’S OPEN TO BE HELD JULY 7-10 AT THE BROADMOOR IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

WADE PLAYED COLLEGIATELY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND WON THE WOMEN’S KENTUCKY STATE AMATEUR AND THE KENTUCKY OPEN IN HER CAREER. SHE IS NOW PLAYING PROFESSIONALLY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

UNION COUNTY WILL HEAD TO THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL-KHSAA STATE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

THE BRAVES EDGED DEFENDING 2^ND REGION CHAMPION HOPKINSVILLE 2-1 IN THE 2^ND REGION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

IT WAS QUITE THE PITCHERS DUEL, AS HOPTOWN’S JOSH DRAKE RETIRED THE FIRST 15 BATTERS OF THE GAME BEFORE UNION COUNTY SCORED ITS TWO RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 6^TH INNING AFTER THE TIGERS PLATED A RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5^TH.

DRAKE STRUCK OUT 11 IN TAKING THE LOSS, WHILE UNION COUNTY’S AARON HEDGEPATH ALLOWED THREE HITS AND ONE RUN IN PICKING UP THE WIN.

UNION COUNTY WILL PLAY EITHER NORTH OLDHAM OR OLDHAM COUNTY IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE TOURNAMENT TUESDAY JUNE 14^TH AT 10 AM HOPKINSVILLE TIME. HOPKINSVILLE FINISHES THE SEASON WITH A 32-5 RECORD, WHILE UNION COUNTY IS 25-9.

MEMBERS OF THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM WERE: JOSH DRAKE, JAROD PERRY AND DAVID GARDNER OF HOPKINSVILLE, ALEX DAVIE OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY, AARON HEDGEPATH, BLAINE ALVEY, TAYLOR SHIREL AND TAYLOR DAVIS OF UNION COUNTY, ALEX SADLER AND R-J SHOLAR OF TRIGG COUNTY, SAM HIGGS OF HENDERSON COUNTY, HAYDEN MARKS OF MADISONVILLE, BRANDON SIGLER OF CALDWELL COUNTY AND BRIAN BERRY OF CRITTENDEN COUNTY.

APOLLO WON THE 3^RD REGION CHAMPIONSHIP DEFEATING HOST MUHLENBERG COUNTY 8-5 AND WARREN EAST WON THE 4^TH REGION TITLE WITH A 6-2 WIN OVER BOWLING GREEN.

THIS EVENING, MAYFIELD AND CALLOWAY COUNTY PLAY FOR THE 1^ST REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AT BROOKS STADIUM IN PADUCAH.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

1^ST REGION FINAL: CALLOWAY COUNTY EDGED REIDLAND 6-5.

3^RD REGION FINAL: OWENSBORO CATHOLIC DEFEATED BUTLER COUNTY 2-0 IN NINE INNINGS.

BOWLING GREEN FACES ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE FOR THE 4^TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP THIS EVENING IN BOWLING GREEN.

TRIGG COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BEGIN THE SEARCH FOR A NEW BASEBALL COACH. THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED WEDNESDAY COACH JACKIE SHOLAR RESIGNED AFTER FIVE SEASONS FOLLOWING TRIGG’S LOSS TO UNION COUNTY IN THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL SEMIFINALS TUESDAY NIGHT.

SHOLAR GUIDED TRIGG COUNTY TO A 25-8 RECORD THIS SEASON.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL STANDOUT CHRIS CRUTCHFIELD HAS BEEN HIRED AS AN ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTED CRUTCHFIELD WILL JOIN THE STAFF OF NEW COACH LON KRUGER. CRUTCHFIELD HAS SPENT THE LAST FOUR SEASONS AS AN ASSISTANT AT ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY.

AUSTIN PEAY COACH AND ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DAVE LOOS WILL BE HONORED WITH AN AMBASSADOR’S CHOICE AWARD SATURDAY BY THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD IN CLARKSVILLE DURING ITS CELEBRATION OF UNITY DAY.

LOOS WILL JOIN COMMANDING GENERAL AT FORT CAMPBELL MAJOR GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL AND RECORDING ARTIST PASTOR WESS MORGAN IN RECEIVING HONORS AT SIX P-M SATURDAY EVENING.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE AND MEMPHIS WILL RENEW THEIR LONG TIME BASKETBALL RIVALRY. THE CARDS WILL HOST THE TIGERS DECEMBER 17^TH AT THE KFC/YUM CENTER TO BENEFIT THE NAISMITH NATIONAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

THE THREE P-M LOCAL TIME GAME WILL BE TELEVISED BY C-B-S. IT WILL BE THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO SCHOOLS SINCE 2005.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY’S SARAH BETH BARNETTE IS LEAVING THE WOMEN’S PROGRAM. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS BARNETTE SAYING THE 2010 KENTUCKY MISS BASKETBALL WILL TRANSFER TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. BARNETTE—WHO PLAYED HER HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS FOR LEXINGTON CHRISTIAN—SAYS SHE IS LOOKING FOR A BETTER FIT THAN WHAT SHE HAD AT KENTUCKY.

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON SAYS HE IS READY TO FACE THE NC-AA’S COMMITTEE ON INFRACTIONS. HAMILTON TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL THAT NO ONE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MEETING, BUT THEY WILL PRESENT THEIR CASE.

ELEVEN OF 12 VIOLATIONS DISCOVERED BY THE NC-AA WERE PINNED ON FORMER BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL AND FORMER FOOTBALL COACH LANE KIFFIN WHO WILL BOTH APPEAR BEFORE THE COMMITTEE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY AND VANDERBILT ARE CONTINUING TO PREPARE FOR REGIONAL PLAY IN THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT BEGINNING TOMORROW.

THE GOVERNORS MEET GEORGIA TECH IN ATLANTA, WHILE VANDY HOSTS BELMONT IN NASHVILLE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES WILL OPEN THEIR SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT IN DAWSON SPRINGS HOSTING THE OWENSBORO OILERS. THE GAME AT RIVERSIDE PARK TAKES PLACE AT SEVEN P-M. THE TEAMS WILL PLAY AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE FANS ARE INVITED TO A MEET THE PIRATES DAY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT FOUR AT RIVERSIDE PARK.

THE PIRATES AND OILERS WILL PLAY A GAME IN HOPKINSVILLE THURSDAY JUNE 23^RD AT SEVEN P-M AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS DEFEATED THE WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS 8-6 AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK WEDNESDAY. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS FELL TO THE IOWA CUBS 7-5. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING AT GREER STADIUM IN NASHVILLE.

SEMI FINAL PLAY TOOK PLACE IN THE 2^ND REGION BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS TUESDAY NIGHT.

BASEBALL: THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS MOVED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR WITH A 7-3 WIN OVER HENDERSON COUNTY.

THE COLONELS TOOK A 1-0 AFTER THE FIRST INNING, BUT THE TIGERS SCORED THREE TIMES IN THE TOP OF THE 2^ND ON A BASES CLEARING TRIPLE BY HUTTON WHITE.

HENDERSON COUNTY WOULD TIE THE GAME AT THREE ON A TWO RUN HOME RUN BY CHRISTIAN MCHATTON IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD.

HOPTOWN WOULD THEN REGAIN THE LEAD WITH THREE RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 5^TH AND ADD AN INSURANCE RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 7^TH.

CLAYTON SMITHSON WOULD GET THE WIN FOR THE TIGERS NOW 32-4 ON THE SEASON. SAM HIGGS TOOK THE LOSS FOR HENDERSON COUNTY WHO FINISHES 22-13.

UNION COUNTY WON THE SECOND SEMI FINAL GAME 15-5 OVER TRIGG COUNTY.

HOPKINSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY PLAY FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT AT 7:30 AT COLONEL FIELD, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 7:15 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.

SOFTBALL: BOTH TEAMS FAVORED IN THE SEMI FINALS WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT WITH 1-0 LOSSES.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY SAW ITS SEASON END WITH A 1-0 11 INNING LOSS TO HOPKINS CENTRAL. THE STORM’S KAYLEE SMITH SCORED THE WINNING RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 11^TH ON A HIT BY HANNAH TOWELL.

THE LADY COLONELS DID NOT GET A HIT IN THE EXTRA INNINGS AND HAD JUST FIVE FOR THE GAME. MAGGIE GLASS TOOK THE LOSS FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY WHILE ALI AUSTIN WAS THE WINNER FOR HOPKINS CENTRAL. CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHED THE SEASON 31-4, WHILE HOPKINS CENTRAL IS 27-10.

MADISONVILLE ADVANCED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 1-0 WIN OVER HENDERSON COUNTY. THE LADY MAROONS MOVE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH A 15-15 RECORD, WHILE HENDERSON COUNTY FINISHES 24-8.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY NIGHT.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ONE OF KENTUCKY’S WELL KNOWN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES WILL BE MOVING TO THE COLLEGE RANKS.

WARREN CENTRAL’S TIM RILEY RESIGNED FROM HIS JOB TUESDAY AND WILL BE NAMED AS A NEW ASSISTANT COACH FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY’S WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM FRIDAY ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS IN BOWLING GREEN.

RILEY LED WARREN CENTRAL TO THE 2004 BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND A RUNNER UP FINISH IN 2005. RILEY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES COURT OF HONOR IN 2010.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS ROWAN COUNTY’S ADAM WING HAS MADE A SWITCH ON HIS COLLEGE COMMITMENT AND HIS SPORT.

WING—WHO HAD COMMITTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL FOR MARSHALL UNIVERSITY—WILL NOW ATTEND OKLAHOMA STATE AND PLAY BASKETBALL.

WING HIT SEVEN OF EIGHT THREE POINTERS AND SCORED 31 POINTS IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST CHRISTIAN COUNTY WHICH ROWAN COUNTY LOST 65-63 IN DOUBLE OVERTIME.

WING WAS OFFERED A SCHOLARSHIP TUESDAY NIGHT BY COACH TRAVIS FORD.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

TENNESSEE VOLS COACH DEREK DOOLEY SAYS DEFENSIVE TACKLE JACQUES SMITH UNDERWENT A SECOND FOOT SURGERY AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE.

DOOLEY TELLS THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL THE SURGERY WAS TO TAKE CARE OF A MINOR STRESS FRACTURE. SMITH—WHO HAD 24 TACKLES AND TWO SACKS IN HIS FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN—MISSED THE ORANGE/WHITE GAME THIS SPRING AFTER AN INJURY HE SUSTAINED IN HIS RIGHT FOOT.

IT WAS A LONG DAY IN THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECOND REGION BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENTS MONDAY.

BASEBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS ENDURED ALMOST THREE HOURS IN DELAYS BECAUSE OF HEAT, BUT DEFEATED CRITTENDEN COUNTY 16-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

THE TIGERS HAD A SIX RUN SECOND AND A SEVEN RUN FOURTH INNING TO CRUISE TO THEIR 30^TH VICTORY OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH FOUR LOSSES. CRITTENDEN COUNTY FINISHED THE SEASON SIX AND 22.

HOPKINSVILLE WILL PLAY HENDERSON COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE COLONELS DEFEATED MADISONVILLE 6-2 IN THE TOURNAMENT’S OPENING GAME.

COVERAGE OF TONIGHT’S FIRST SEMI FINAL GAME AT SIX, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW AT 5:45 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOP AM.COM.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY SAW ITS SEASON END LAST NIGHT WITH A 5-3 LOSS TO UNION COUNTY. THE COLONELS TOOK AN EARLY 2-0 LEAD BEFORE THE BRAVES SCORED FOUR RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 2^ND AND ADDED A RUN IN THE 7^TH FOR THE WIN. CHRISTIAN COUNTY FINISHES THE SEASON 18-17, UNION COUNTY IMPROVES TO 23-9.

UNION COUNTY WILL MEET TRIGG COUNTY IN THE SECOND SEMI FINAL THIS EVENING AT 8:30. THE WILDCATS DEFEATED CALDWELL COUNTY 5-3 IN THE FINAL OPENING ROUND GAME.

SOFTBALL

DEFENDING 2^ND REGION CHAMPION CHRISTIAN COUNTY PICKED UP ITS 31^ST WIN OF THE SEASON TO GO WITH THREE LOSSES IN DEFEATING UNION COUNTY 15-0 IN FOUR INNINGS.

THE LADY COLONELS WILL FACE HOPKINS CENTRAL IN THE SECOND SEMI FINAL GAME TONIGHT, AS THE STORM DEFEATED LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 8-6. TONIGHT’S GAME BEGINS AT 8:30 AT MADISONVILLE, WITH COVERAGE FOLLOWING BASEBALL ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

HOPKINSVILLE’S SEASON ENDED WITH A 7-1 LOSS TO MADISONVILLE. THE LADY TIGERS FINISH THE SEASON 13-17. MADISONVILLE FACES HENDERSON COUNTY IN THE FIRST SEMI FINAL AT SIX THIS EVENING. HENDERSON COUNTY DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 13-1 IN OPENING ROUND ACTION.

FOR OTHER REGIONAL SCORES FROM ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY GO TO KHSAA.ORG

COLLEGE BASEBALL

AUSTIN PEAY WILL FACE GEORGIA TECH IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE ATLANTA REGIONAL FRIDAY EVENING. THE GAME BEGINS AT SIX P-M. MISSISSIPPI STATE AND SOUTHERN MISS WILL PLAY THE OTHER GAME IN THE ATLANTA REGIONAL.

VANDERBILT WILL HOST BELMONT IN THE NASHVILLE REGIONAL AT SIX FRIDAY EVENING. THE TEAMS HAVE PLAYED DURING THE SEASON WITH VANDY DEFEATING BELMONT 6-2 ON FEBRUARY 23^RD.

THE OTHER TEAMS IN THE NASHVILLE REGIONAL ARE OKLAHOMA STATE AND TROY OF THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE.

THE COMMODORES WERE ALSO GIVEN THE NUMBER SIX NATIONAL SEED. VIRGINIA WAS THE NATIONAL TOP SEED.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KEVIN WARE—WHO ONCE PLANNED TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE HOOPS AT TENNESSEE—WILL NOW BECOME A LOUISVILLE CARDINAL.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS WARE’S MOTHER AS SAYING HE WILL ENROLL IN CLASSES AT LOUISVILLE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT MONTH. WARE CHOSE LOUISVILLE OVER GEORGIA AFTER REOPENING HIS RECRUITING PROCESS AFTER BRUCE PEARL WAS DISMISSED AT TENNESSEE.

THE SIX-FOUR WARE PLAYED IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL CLASSIC. WARE IS FROM ROCKDALE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL IN CONYERS, GEORGIA.

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SPRING MEETINGS BEGIN TODAY IN DESTIN, FLORIDA.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE WILL TALK ABOUT “ROSTER MANAGEMENT” FOR FOOTBALL TODAY.

COMMISSIONER SLIVE WILL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION WHICH WILL CURB THE UNPOPULAR PRACTICE OF “GRAYSHIRTING” BY LIMITING FOOTBALL COACHES TO HAVE SIGNING CLASSES OF 25 INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 28.

FORMER KENTUCKY FOOTBALL PLAYER T-C DRAKE IS HOSPITALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER A CAR HIT HIS MOTORCYCLE.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS DRAKE WAS THROWN FROM HIS BIKE AROUND NINE P-M SUNDAY WHEN A CAR MADE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF HIM ON U-S 62 IN NELSON COUNTY.

AUTHORTIES SAY DRAKE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR—35-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER REED—WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.

DRAKE—A BARDSTOWN NATIVE—WAS A WALK ON AT KENTUCKY AND PLAYED FROM 2006-2009.