Joiner named Kentucky Miss Softball 6.11.11

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY SOFTBALL PLAYER GRIFFIN JOINER HAS BEEN NAMED KENTUCKY MISS SOFTBALL FOR 2011.  JOINER WAS NAMED AS KENTUCKY GATORADE SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR ON THURSDAY.  JOINER HAD AN OUTSTANDING SENIOR SEASON, WITH A .654 BATTING AVERAGE, WITH 18 HOME RUNS WHICH WAS A SCHOOL RECORD AND 66 RBI.  JOINER ALSO HAD A 20-2 RECORD PITCHING WITH A 1.73 EARNED RUN AVERAGE, STRIKING OUT 110 BATTERS IN 105 INNINGS PITCHED.  JOINER WILL CONTINUE HER SOFTBALL CAREER THIS FALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

Sports Headlines 6.11.11

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

DESPITE SEVERAL HEAT DELAYS, THE KHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL GAMES AT JACK FISHER PARK IN OWENSBORO ON FRIDAY.

2^ND REGION WINNER HOPKINS CENTRAL WAS ELIMINATED AFTER LOSING A PAIR OF GAMES. THE LADY STORM FELL TO CENTRAL HARDIN 4-0 AND ASHLAND PAUL BLAZER 1-0.

1^ST REGION WINNER CALLOWAY COUNTY WON THREE GAMES: DEFEATING RYLE 11-1, CENTRAL HARDIN 10-8 AND NORTH HARDIN 11-6.

3^RD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC WAS ELIMINATED IN ITS FIRST GAME OF THE DAY, FALLING TO ASHLAND PAUL BLAZER 7-6.

4^TH REGION WINNER ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE WON A PAIR OF GAMES, DEFEATING PLEASURE RIDGE PARK 14-5 AND CENTRAL HARDIN 2-0.

ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE WILL FACE BALLARD IN THE WINNER’S BRACKET SEMI FINAL THIS MORNING, WITH CALLOWAY COUNTY FACING PLEASURE RIDGE PARK IN THE LOSER’S BRACKET SEMI FINAL. THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SIGNEE MARQUIS TEAGUE HIT THE GAME WINNING JUMPER TO GIVE THE INDIANA ALL STARS A 105-103 WIN OVER THE KENTUCKY ALL STARS AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE FRIDAY NIGHT.

KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY FORMERLY OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY HAD 18 POINTS IN 36 MINUTES, WHILE FORMER TEAMMATE DONOVAN KATES HAD THREE POINTS IN SEVEN MINUTES. WESTERN KENTUCKY SIGNEE GEORGE FANT WHO PLAYED HIS PREP HOOPS AT WARREN CENTRAL HAD 18 POINTS.

THE KENTUCKY GIRLS DEFEATED INDIANA’S BEST 64-57. KENTUCKY MISS BASKETBALL AND UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SIGNEE SARA HAMMOND HAD 21 POINTS AND 14 REBOUNDS ALONG WITH THREE BLOCKED SHOTS TO LEAD KENTUCKY TO THE WIN.

THE ALL STAR GAMES CONTINUE THIS EVENING AT CONSECO FIELDHOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART AND UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR TOM JURICH ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE VACANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE.

BOTH MEN SAY THEY ARE FOCUSED ON THEIR JOBS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. TENNESSEE IS LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR MIKE HAMILTON, WHO ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION EARLIER THIS WEEK.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE NCAA COMMITTEE OF INFRACTIONS TODAY IN INDIANAPOLIS. OUTGOING ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MIKE HAMILTON WILL BE AMONG THOSE APPEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, ALONG WITH FORMER BASKETBALL COACH BRUCE PEARL AND FORMER FOOTBALL COACH LANE KIFFIN. THE HEARING IS PART OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO RECRUITING IMPROPRITIES AT TENNESSEE.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS KENTUCKY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART IS WORKING ON A CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR BASKETBALL COACH JOHN CALIPARI. BARNHART SENT WORD TO THE NEWSPAPER VIA TWITTER THAT BECAUSE OF CALIPARI’S SUCCESS THIS SEASON AND RECURITMENT OF THREE STRAIGHT NUMBER ONE CLASSES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY YEARS THAT BARNHART WILL REWORK CALIPARI’S CONTRACT. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A PAY RAISE, BUT BARNHART WANTS TO LENGTHEN CALIPARI’S CURRENT CONTRACT WHICH EXPIRES IN MARCH OF 2017.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE VANDERBILT COMMODORES WON THE FIRST GAME OF THE SUPER REGIONAL SERIES OVER OREGON STATE 11-1. GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS TONIGHT IN NASHVILLE. A COMMODORE WIN WILL SEND THEM TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES, BUT IF OREGON STATE WINS, THE SERIES WILL GO TO A THIRD GAME SUNDAY IN NASHVILLE.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES DROPPED THEIR THIRD GAME IN A ROW AT OWENSBORO, LOSING TO THE OILERS 6-5 FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PIRATES PLAY THIS EVENING AT MARION, BEFORE HOSTING FULTON IN A DOUBLEHEADER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT FIVE AT RIVERSIDE PARK IN DAWSON SPRINGS.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS OPENED A SERIES WITH A 6-4 WIN OVER THE CLINTON LUMBERJACKS. GAME TWO OF THE SERIES IS THIS EVENING IN CLINTON, IOWA.

 

 

Sports Headlines 6.10.11

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

RECENT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE GRIFFIN JOINER WAS NAMED GATORADE’S KENTUCKY SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR THURSDAY.

JOINER HAD AN OUTSTANDING SENIOR YEAR, HITTING .654 WITH 18 DOUBLES, A SCHOOL RECORD 18 HOME RUNS, WITH 66 RBI. SHE ALSO HAD A 20-2 PITCHING RECORD WITH A 1.73 EARNED RUN AVERAGE, WITH 110 STRIKEOUTS IN 105 INNINGS PITCHED.

JOINER ALSO CONCLUDES HER PREP SOFTBALL CAREER WITH 30 HOME RUNS AND 216 RBI, WHICH ARE BOTH SECOND BEST IN STATE HISTORY.  JOINER WILL CONTINUE HER CAREER THIS FALL AS SHE ATTENDS THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

AT THE KHSAA STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT IN OWENSBORO THURSDAY:

2^ND REGION WINNER HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED WALTON VERONA 5-0, FIRST REGION WINNER CALLOWAY COUNTY OVER ASHLAND BLAZER 3-0, THIRD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC LOST TO LAFAYETTE 11-8 AND FOURTH REGION WINNER ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE DEFEATED EAST JESSAMINE 10-0 IN SIX INNINGS.

GAMES CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH WINNERS BRACKET PLAY AS HOPKINS CENTRAL GOES AGAINST CENTRAL HARDIN, CALLOWAY COUNTY MEETS LAFAYETTE, ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE PLAYS PLEASURE RIDGE PARK. OWENSBORO CATHOLIC TAKES ON ASHLAND BLAZER IN LOSERS BRACKET PLAY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

THE KENTUCKY/INDIANA ALL STAR SERIES TAKES PLACE THIS WEEKEND. THIS EVENING’S BOYS AND GIRLS GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE.

IN THE BOYS GAME, INDIANA IS FAVORED THANKS TO THREE MCDONALD’S ALL AMERICANS. THE HOOSIERS HAVE WON 22 OF THE LAST 25 GAMES IN THE SERIES.

THE KENTUCKY TEAM WILL FEATURE FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT ANTHONY HICKEY, JUNIOR—KENTUCKY’S MR. BASKETBALL AND TEAMMATE DONOVAN KATES. TIP OFF AT 6:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

INDIANA LEADS THE GIRLS SERIES 39-31 AFTER SPLITTING THE TWO MEETINGS LAST YEAR. THE GIRLS WILL TIP OFF AT 4:30 HOPKINSVILLE TIME.

THE GAMES WILL MOVE TO CONSECO FIELDHOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS SATURDAY.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ANNOUNCED THURSDAY RYAN HARROW IS TRANSFERRING FROM NORTH CAROLINA STATE TO PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS.

COACH JOHN CALIPARI TELLS THE COURIER JOURNAL HARROW HAS ENROLLED FOR SUMMER CLASSES. THE SIX-ONE HARROW AVERAGED NINE POINT THREE POINTS AND THREE POINT THREE ASSISTS LAST SEASON FOR THE WOLFPACK. HARROW ANNOUNCED HIS DECISION TO TRANSFER AFTER COACH SIDNEY LOWE RESIGNED.

HARROW WILL SIT OUT THE UPCOMING SEASON AND HAVE THREE YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS MONTORI HUGHES IS NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S FOOTBALL TEAM.

HUGHES CAME TO KNOXVILLE IN 2009 AND PLAYED DEFENSIVE TACKLE. HE WAS DISMISSED WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL REASON BY COACH DEREK DOOLEY THURSDAY.

HOWEVER, REPORTS INDICATE HUGHES’ DISMISSAL WAS DUE TO ACADEMIC ISSUES AND A VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES WHICH KEPT HIM OUT OF THE FIRST TWO PRACTICES THIS SPRING.

IN OTHER U-T NEWS:  JOAN CRONAN WAS NAMED THURSDAY AS INTERIM ATHLETICS DIRECTOR. CRONAN HAS SERVED AS THE LONGTIME WOMEN’S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. MIKE HAMILTON ANNOUNCED HIS RESIGNATION EARLIER THIS WEEK, EFFECTIVE JUNE 30^TH.

U-T CHANCELLOR JIMMY CHEEK SAYS THE SCHOOL IS IN A NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR HAMILTON’S REPLACEMENT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO LAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS ACCORDING TO THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL.

NFL

TENNESSEE TITANS WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT HAS BEEN ARRESTED AGAIN.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS ONE DAY AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CHARGES OF RECKLESS DRIVING IN HIS HOMESTATE OF NEW JERSEY, BRITT WAS ARRESTED AT A HOBOKEN CAR WASH AFTER UNDERCOVER OFFICERS NOTICED A SMELL OF MARIJUANA AND SAW BRITT WITH A CIGAR WHICH CONTAINED SUSPECTED MARIJUANA.

BRITT THEN GOT INTO A SCUFFLE WITH THE OFFICERS. IT’S BRITT’S 6^TH ARREST SINCE BEING DRAFTED BY THE TITANS IN 2009.

NHL

THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS INTRODUCED LANE LAMBERT AS A NEW ASSISTANT COACH THURSDAY. LAMBERT HAD BEEN HEAD COACH OF THE PREDATORS AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE AFFILIATE—THE MILWUAKEE ADMIRALS. LAMBERT REPLACES BRENT PETERSON, WHO WILL GIVE UP HIS COACHING DUTIES BECAUSE OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE.

GOLF

MURRAY STATE’S PATRICK NEWCOMB OF BENTON WON THE 100^TH KENTUCKY STATE AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT IN LEXINGTON THURSDAY.

NEWCOMB FINISHED AT SEVEN UNDER PAR 209 AND WON BY TWO STROKES.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

THE VANDERBILT COMMODORES OPEN SUPER REGIONAL PLAY THIS EVENING HOSTING OREGON STATE IN THE FIRST OF A BEST TWO OUT OF THREE SERIES. GAME TIME AT HAWKINS FIELD IS EIGHT P-M.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES LOST THEIR SECOND GAME IN A ROW LAST NIGHT, FALLING TO THE OWENSBORO OILERS 5-4. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT IN OWENSBORO.

ELSEWHERE IN THE OHIO VALLEY LEAGUE: FULTON DEFEATED MARION 7-3 WITH THE TWO TEAMS TO PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING IN MARION.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS WON THEIR SECOND GAME IN A ROW 6-4 OVER KANE COUNTY. THE HOT RODS OPEN A SERIES TONIGHT AGAINST THE CLINTON LUMBERKINGS IN CLINTON, IOWA.

THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS OPENED A SERIES AT ALBUQUERQUE WITH A 14-1 WIN. THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AGAIN THIS EVENING.

 

 

 

 

Joiner named Kentucky Gatorade Softball Player of the Year 6.9.11

CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE GRIFFIN JOINER HAS BEEN SELECTED AS KENTUCKY'S GATORADE SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

JOINER LED THE LADY COLONELS TO THE SECOND REGION SEMIFINALS THIS SEASON.  SHE HIT .654 WITH 18 DOUBLES, 18 HOME RUNS (A SCHOOL RECORD) AND HAD 66 RBI.  IN THE CIRCLE, JOINER WAS 20-2 WITH A 1.73 EARNED RUN AVERAGE.  JOINER STRUCK OUT 110 BATTERS IN 105 INNINGS PITCHED.  JOINER WAS A 2010 FIRST TEAM ALL STATE AND FINISHED HER HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH 30 HOME RUNS AND 216 RBI, WHICH PLACED HER SECOND IN STATE HISTORY IN BOTH CATEGORIES.

JOINER--WHO WAS ALSO SALUTATORIAN OF THE 2011 GRADUATING CLASS--WILL ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY THIS FALL TO CONTINUE HER SOFTBALL CAREER.

Sports Headlines 6.9.11

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

THE KHSAA STATE TOURNAMENT BEGINS WITH A NEW FORMAT TODAY AT JACK FISHER PARK IN OWENSBORO.

ALL FIRST ROUND GAMES ARE BEING PLAYED TODAY, WITH 2^ND REGION CHAMPION HOPKINS CENTRAL MEETING WALTON VERONA AT FIVE P-M. ALSO AT FIVE, 4^TH REGION CHAMPION ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE TAKES ON EAST JESSAMINE.

IN THE SEVEN P-M GAMES: 1^ST REGION CHAMPION CALLOWAY COUNTY TAKES ON ASHLAND BLAZER AND 3^RD REGION WINNER OWENSBORO CATHOLIC TAKES ON LAFAYETTE.

THE TOURNAMENT RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

RECENT HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GRADUATE SHIKEYA MILLER SIGNED WEDNESDAY TO PLAY COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR LINDSEY WILSON COLLEGE.  MILLER IS THE SECOND LADY TIGER IN AS MANY YEARS TO SIGN COLLEGIATELY.

THE KENTUCKY/INDIANA ALL STAR BASKETBALL SERIES RESUMES TOMORROW NIGHT AT BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY IN LOUISVILLE.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY HAS YET TO PRACTICE WITH THE ALL STARS AS HE HAS BEEN ENROLLING IN CLASSES THIS WEEK AT L-S-U.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT DONOVAN KATES IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE KENTUCKY ALL STAR TEAM.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

KENTUCKY HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER COMMITMENT FOR THE 2012 CLASS. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS INDIANAPOLIS PIKE HIGH SCHOOL CORNERBACK JONATHON REED HAS VERBALLY COMMITTED TO THE WILDCATS.

REED IS FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL AS FELLOW FOOTBALLER DAKOTAH TYLER AND INCOMING KENTUCKY FRESHMAN POINT GUARD MARQUIS TEAGUE.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

FORMER HOPKINSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT JUSTIN HAGEMAN WAS NAMED AS A LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN ANNOUNCED BY COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WEDNESDAY. THE WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HURLER WAS THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR.

HAGEMAN WENT 8-5 WITH A THREE POINT 22 EARNED RUN AVERAGE WITH 85 STRIKEOUTS. HAGEMAN IS THE LONE SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEMBER OF THE LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN TEAM.

AUSTIN PEAY ALSO HAD A PLAYER SELECTED AS A LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN. SECOND BASEMAN JORDAN HANKINS LED THE GOVERNORS WITH A 351 BATTING AVERAGE ALONG WITH FOUR HOME RUNS AND 31 R-B-I.

TWO MORE MEMBERS OF AUSTIN PEAY’S BASEBALL TEAM WERE SELECTED IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT WEDNESDAY.

LEFT HANDED PITCHER JEREMY DOBBS—THE OVC PITCHER OF THE YEAR—WAS TAKEN IN THE 33^RD ROUND BY THE SEATTLE MARINERS, WHILE CLOSER RYNE HARPER WAS TAKEN IN THE 37^TH ROUND BY THE ATLANTA BRAVES.

FORMER UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE FOOTBALL COACH PHILLIP FULMER MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S JOB AT TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY.

FULMER TOLD THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL HE IS NOT RULING OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SEEKING THE JOB VACATED EARLIER THIS WEEK BY MIKE HAMILTON.

TENNESSEE IS EXPECTED TO NAME AN INTERIM A-D BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

THE TRADEWATER PIRATES CLUBBED THE FULTON RAILROADERS 16-3 WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN FULTON. THE PIRATES OPEN A TWO GAME SERIES AT OWENSBORO THIS EVENING.

THE BOWLING GREEN HOT RODS GOT BACK ON THE WINNING WAYS WITH A 13-7 WIN AT KANE COUNTY. THE TWO TEAMS CLOSE OUT THE SERIES THIS EVENING.

AFTER AN OFF DAY, THE NASHVILLE SOUNDS OPEN A SERIES TONIGHT AT ALBUQUERQUE.

GOLF

MURRAY STATE GOLFER PATRICK NEWCOMB OF BENTON HAS A TWO SHOT LEAD HEADING INTO THE FINAL ROUND OF THE KENTUCKY STATE AMATEUR GOLF TOURNAMENT IN LEXINGTON.

NEWCOMB FIRED A 69 FOR A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 137. HOPKINSVILLE’S LOGAN LOFTUS FIRED AN EVEN PAR 72 FOR A TWO DAY TOTAL OF 153, JUST MISSING THE CUT BY ONE STROKE. RUSSELVILLE’S PAUL SANSOM IS AT 139 AFTER THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS.

THE GO JUNIOR SERIES BEGAN WITH ITS FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON WEDNESDAY AT MADISONVILLE COUNTRY CLUB.

IN THE BOYS 13-15 DIVISION, HOPKINSVILLE’S TADD SWITZER FIRED A 79, TWO STROKES BEHIND WINNER BRANDON BLAKE OF OWENSBORO WHO HAD 77. T-J JANES HAD AN 86 AND GRANT STAMPER HAD A 104.

IN THE GIRLS 11-12 YEAR OLD DIVISION—9 HOLE PLAY—HOPKINSVILLE’S JESSICA SHELTON WAS THIRD WITH A 60 SCORE.

HOPKINSVILLE HIGH GOLFER DAYTON JONES HAD A 76 AND FINISHED TIED FOR SECOND IN THE BOYS 17-18 DIVISION AT THE PEPSI TOUR STOP WEDNESDAY AT CHERRY BLOSSOM GOLF CLUB IN GEORGETOWN.

JONES PICKED UP 75 POINTS AND NOW HAS 275 POINTS ON THE SEASON, WHICH IS TOPS IN THE 17-18 DIVISION.