MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR ALLEN WARD ANNOUNCED TODAY THE RACER MEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE ITS SERIES WITH LONG TIME RIVAL WESTERN KENTUCKY.  THE TWO SCHOOLS HAVE SIGNED A NEW FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WHICH WILL BEGIN DECEMBER FIRST OF THIS YEAR WHEN THE TWO TEAMS PLAY AT E-A DIDDLE ARENA IN BOWLING GREEN.  THE TWO WILL PLAY AT THE C-F-S-B CENTER ON DECEMBER 1, 2012, WITH DATES FOR THE 2013 GAME IN BOWLING GREEN AND 2014 IN MURRAY TO BE DETERMINED LATER.

MURRAY STATE HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED ITS 2011 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.  THE RACERS WILL OPEN THE SEASON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER FIRST WITH A GAME AT LOUISVILLE TO BE TELEVISED ON ESPN U AT SIX P-M.  THE RACERS WILL THEN PLAY SEPTEMBER 10TH AT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE BEFORE OPENING THE HOME PORTION OF THE SEASON THUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH HOSTING TENNESSEE STATE.

OTHER HOME GAMES:  JACKSONVILLE STATE--OCTOBER 1ST AT 6PM, EASTERN ILLINOIS WILL BE THE HOMECOMING OPPONENT OCTOBER 15TH AT 3 PM, EASTERN KENTUCKY OCTOBER 29TH AT 1 PM AND THE HOME FINALE WITH AUSTIN PEAY WILL BE NOVEMBER 12TH AT 1 PM.

OTHER ROAD GAMES:  UT MARTIN SEPTEMBER 22ND AT 6 PM,  OCTOBER 8TH AT GEORGIA STATE WITH TIME TO BE DETERMINED, NOVEMBER 5TH AT TENNESSEE TECH WITH TIME TO BE DETERMINED AND NOVEMBER 19TH AT SOUTHEAST MISSOURI WITH KICKOFF AT ONE PM.

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WEDNESDAY’S SCORES:   RUSSELLVILLE OVER TODD CENTRAL 14-0 IN FIVE INNINGS AND LOGAN COUNTY DEFEATED FRANKLIN SIMPSON 8-1.

TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE TRAVELS TO LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, CHRISTIAN COUNTY TRAVELS TO HENDERSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS TODD CENTRAL, TRIGG COUNTY WELCOMES MAYFIELD, CALDWELL COUNTY HOSTS MADISONVILLE, DAWSON SPRINGS TRAVELS TO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS UNION COUNTY.

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TODAY’S GAMES:  HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS LOGAN COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS HOSTS CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN 8^TH DISTRICT PLAY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS CAVERNA, HOPKINS CENTRAL HOSTS MADISONVILLE, CALDWELL COUNTY GOES TO LYON COUNTY, MURRAY PLAYS AT CALLOWAY COUNTY.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY IS RANKED THIRD IN THE LATEST KENTUCKY SOFTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION TOP 25 WHICH HAS ALLEN COUNTY SCOTTSVILLE FIRST AGAIN THIS WEEK.

ELSEWHERE: OWENSBORO CATHOLIC IS 6^TH, GREENWOOD 9^TH, REIDLAND 13^TH, LONE OAK 16^TH, CALLOWAY COUNTY 20^TH, HEATH AND MARSHALL COUNTY TIED FOR 21^ST, UNION COUNTY IS 24^TH.

MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S BASKETBALL TEAM WERE AT STATON’S ART AND FRAMING WEDNESDAY SIGNING COPIES OF THE NEW JAMES CAIN, JUNIOR PRINT “PRIDE OF THE COUNTY”. 

VEONTAE LEWIS SAID HE PLANS TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL FOR ANGELINA JUNIOR COLLEGE IN TEXAS.

DONOVAN KATES SAID HE HAS NARROWED HIS COLLEGE CHOICES TO THREE, AND SAYS HE WILL MAKE AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO MANHATTAN COLLEGE NEXT WEEK. 

NICK RILEY SAYS HE IS LOOKING AT A JUNIOR COLLEGE IN MINNESOTA TO PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL.

RILEY SAYS HE HAS NOT MADE A DECISION WHILE KATES, LEWIS AND ANTHONY HICKEY WILL MAKE THEIR COLLEGE DECISIONS OFFICIAL MAY 6^TH. 

KENTUCKY MR. BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY IS IN LOUISVILLE PREPARING TO PLAY IN THE DERBY FESTIVAL ALL STAR CLASSIC.  THE GAME IS FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE K-F-C YUM CENTER.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY BASKETBALLER COREY WILFORD HAS SIGNED TO PLAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.  WILFORD HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO SEASONS AT CONNORS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHERE THIS PAST SEASON HE AVERAGED 18 POINTS, FOUR REBOUNDS AND THREE ASSISTS.

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KENTUCKY PLAYERS DEANDRE LIGGINS ALONG WITH FRESHMEN BRANDON KNIGHT AND TERRENCE JONES ALL DECLARED FOR THE N-B-A DRAFT WEDNESDAY.  ALL THREE SAY THEY HAVE NOT AND CURRENTLY HAVE NO PLANS TO SIGN WITH AN AGENT, LEAVING THE DOOR OPEN TO RETURN TO U-K NEXT SEASON.

MEANWHILE, THE OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER QUOTES TERRENCE JONES HIGH SCHOOL COACH AS SAYING HE’S NOT SURE JONES WILL STAY IN THE N-B-A DRAFT.  PAT STRICKLAND SAYS JONES MIGHT LEAVE IF HE IS ONE OF THE TOP SEVEN PICKS IN THE DRAFT.

AS FAR AS BRANDON KNIGHT GOES, THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS KNIGHT’S MOTHER AS SAYING HE HAS MADE A DECISION ON HIS FUTURE, BUT IT WASN’T FOR HER TO ANNOUNCE.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS VANDERBILT COACH KEVIN STALLINGS AS SAYING WEDNESDAY FORWARD JEFFERY TAYLOR, CENTER FESTUS EZELI AND GUARD JOHN JENKINS WILL ALL RETURN FOR THE COMMODORES NEXT SEASON.  THE THREE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING TESTING THE WATERS OF THE N-B-A DRAFT.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS JOSH RICHARDSON—WHO HAD VERBALLY COMMITTED TO TENNESSEE SUNDAY—SIGNED HIS NATIONAL LETTER WEDNESDAY.  RICHARDSON IS A SIX-FIVE COMBO GUARD FROM SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA.

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THE ANAHEIM DUCKS GOT TWO QUICK GOALS EARLY IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO BREAK A TIE WITH NASHVILLE, THEN DEFEATED THE PREDATORS 6-3 IN GAME FOUR OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  THE SERIES IS TWO GAMES APIECE WITH GAME FIVE SUNDAY IN ANAHEIM.

WKYT TV IN LEXINGTON REPORTS KENTUCKY JUNIOR DEANDRE LIGGINS AND FRESHMEN TERRENCE JONES AND BRANDON KNIGHT HAVE DECLARED FOR THE N-B-A DRAFT.

NONE OF THE THREE HAVE SIGNED OR ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SIGN WITH AN AGENT, LEAVING THE POSSIBILITY OPEN THEY WILL RETURN TO UK NEXT SEASON.  UNDERCLASSMEN HAVE UNTIL APRIL 24TH TO DECLARE FOR THE DRAFT AND MAY 8TH TO WITHDRAW THEIR NAMES, PROVIDED THEY HAVE NOT SIGNED WITH AN AGENT.

LIGGINS WAS CONSIDERED KENTUCKY'S DEFENSIVE STOPPER THIS PAST SEASON, WHILE JONES WAS NAMED S-E-C FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR BY THE LEAGUE'S COACHES AND S-E-C NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.  KNIGHT WAS A FRESHMAN ALL AMERICAN THIS PAST SEASON. 

COACH JOHN CALIPARI SAID IN A STATEMENT THE THREE WERE A JOY TO COACH THIS YEAR AND WOULD LOVE TO COACH THEM AGAINST NEXT SEASON.  CALIPARI ADDED HE WOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT HIS PLAYERS IN WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS AND DOING WHAT IS PERSONALLY BEST FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ON THE HEELS OF DORON LAMB'S ANNOUNCEMENT TUESDAY HE PLANS TO RETURN TO KENTUCKY FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON.

CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE AT STATON’S ART AND FRAMING ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD THIS AFTERNOON, SIGNING COPIES OF THE NEW JAMES CAIN, JUNIOR PRINT “PRIDE OF THE COUNTY”. 

THE PLAYERS AND COACHING STAFF WILL SIGN THE PRINT BETWEEN 4-7 PM.  A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF THE PRINT WILL GO TO THE C-C-H-S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

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TUESDAY’S SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY DEFEATED GREENWOOD 8-5, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6-5, TRIGG COUNTY DEFEATED LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 11-3, RUSSELLVILLE OVER TODD CENTRAL 14-4 IN FIVE INNINGS, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER HOPKINS CENTRAL 8-6, HENDERSON COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 9-2.

TODAY’S GAMES:  LOGAN COUNTY HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, TODD CENTRAL WELCOMES RUSSELLVILLE.

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TUESDAY’S SCORES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHUTOUT FORT CAMPBELL 15-0, MADISONVILLE OVER HOPKINSVILLE 5-1, FRANKLIN SIMPSON OVER RUSSELLVILLE 20-0 IN FOUR INNINGS, HENDERSON COUNTY EDGED UNION COUNTY 6-5, MARSHALL COUNTY EDGED MURRAY 1-0, MUHLENBERG COUNTY OVER OHIO COUNTY 6-2.

IN THE 2^ND REGION ALL A CLASSIC:  LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CALDWELL COUNTY 13-1 IN FIVE INNINGS AND DAWSON SPRINGS DEFEATED LYON COUNTY 7-1.

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ESPN ANALYST AND FORMER INDIANA BASKETBALL COACH BOB KNIGHT APOLOGIZED TUESDAY FOR REMARKS HE MADE OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT KENTUCKY’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

DURING A SPEECH IN WABASH, INDIANA, KNIGHT SAID FIVE PLAYERS WHO PLAYED IN THE 2010 NC-AA TOURNAMENT FOR KENTUCKY DID NOT ATTEND CLASSES THAT SEMESTER.

IN AN ESPN.COM STORY TUESDAY, KNIGHT SAID HIS OVERALL POINT WAS THAT ONE AND DONES WERE NOT HEALTHY FOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL.  HE ADDED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT PERSONAL TO KENTUCKY AND ITS PLAYERS AND APOLOGIZED. 

WHILE WE’RE ON KENTUCKY BASKETBALL, DORON LAMB ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HE WILL RETURN FOR HIS SOPHOMORE SEASON WITH THE WILDCATS.  LAMB CITED THE CHANCE TO COMPETE FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR ONE OF HIS REASONS TO RETURN TO KENTUCKY.  LAMB AVERAGED 12 POINT THREE POINTS PER GAME THIS PAST SEASON FOR THE WILDCATS, WHO LOST TO NATIONAL CHAMPION CONNECTICUT IN THE FINAL FOUR.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS HUNTINGTON PREP’S NEGUS WEBSTER-CHAN HAS BACKED OFF HIS COMMITMENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.  WEBSTER-CHAN COMMITTED TO THE CARDS LAST FALL.  HIS COACH ROB FULFORD SAYS WEBSTER-CHAN WILL VISIT FIVE SCHOOLS THIS SPRING BEFORE CHOOSING A COLLEGE.

AUSTIN PEAY’S WOMEN’S PROGRAM HAS PICKED UP ANOTHER SIGNEE.  SOMALIA MCKENNEY, A SIX FOOT FORWARD FROM CHARLOTTE NORTH CAROLINA SIGNED TUESDAY.

MCKENNEY HELPED LEAD HER HIGH SCHOOL TO THE NORTH CAROLINA CLASS FOUR A FINAL FOUR, WHERE THEY LOST TO THE EVENTUAL CHAMPION.  SHE AVERAGED 14 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS IN A SHORTNED SENIOR SEASON DUE TO A KNEE INJURY.  MCKENNEY WAS ALSO RECRUITED BY NORTH CAROLINA STATE, JAMES MADISON AND CLEMSON.

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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LINEBACKER JEWELL RATLIFF WAS DISMISSED FROM THE TEAM TUESDAY FOR UNSPECIFIED VIOLATION OF TEAM RULES.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS RATLIFF—FROM NEW ORLEANS—ENTERED SPRING PRACTICE AS THE BACKUP AT WEAKSIDE LINEBACKER TO DANNY TREVETHAN.  RATLIFF IS THE SECOND PLAYER TO BE DISMISSED THIS SPRING.

A REMINDER, KENTUCKY’S SPRING GAME IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON, WITH COVERAGE AT 1:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE CORNERBACK DARIUS ASHLEY PLEADED GUILTY TO D-U-I CHARGES TUESDAY STEMMING FROM HIS ARREST IN DECEMBER.  ASHLEY HAD HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED 30 DAYS AND IS REQUIRED TO WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR.  ASHLEY’S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS JUNE 17^TH. 

ASHLEY WAS PUNISHED PRIVATELY BY COACH CHARLIE STRONG AND DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN SPRING DRILLS AFTER SHOULDER SURGERY. 

COLLEGE BASEBALL

WESTERN KENTUCKY RALLIED FOR AN 11-8 WIN OVER KENTUCKY AT BOWLING GREEN BALLPARK. 

AUSTIN PEAY WAS A 16-15 WINNER OVER LIPSCOMB IN A GAME WHICH TOOK OVER FOUR HOURS AT RAYMOND C. HAND PARK.

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THE TENNESSEE TITANS 2011 SCHEDULE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.  THE TITANS WILL OPEN THE REGULAR SEASON AT JACKSONVILLE SEPTEMBER 11^TH AND WILL PLAY BALTIMORE IN THE HOME OPENER ONE WEEK LATER. 

THE OTHER HOME GAMES ARE: DENVER, HOUSTON, INDINAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, TAMPA BAY, NEW ORLEANS AND JACKSONVILLE.  THE SCHEDULE IS CONTINGIENT THE N-F-L LOCKOUT IS STILL NOT GOING ON.

THE TENNESSEAN REPORTS TITAN WIDE RECEIVER KENNY BRITT’S CASE IN NEW JERSEY WAS REFERRED TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TUESDAY PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

BRITT WAS ARRESTED APRIL 12^TH AFTER A CAR CHASE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY ON SEVERAL CHARGES.  BRITT MADE A BRIEF COURT APPEARANCE TUESDAY, BUT NEITHER HE OR HIS ATTORNEY OFFERED COMMENT.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS AND ANAHEIM DUCKS PLAY GAME FOUR OF THEIR WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINAL SERIES THIS EVENING AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA.  FIRST PUCK DROPS AT SEVEN IN THE SERIES WHICH THE PREDS LEAD TWO GAMES TO ONE.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

THE HOPKINSVILLE TIGERS TOOK THE OUTRIGHT LEAD IN THE 8^TH DISTRICT BASEBALL RACE AGAINST CHRISTIAN COUNTY MONDAY NIGHT, BUT IT TOOK EXTRA INNINGS TO GET THE JOB DONE.

THE TIGERS DEFEATED THE COLONELS 6-5 IN NINE INNINGS.  THE TIGERS ARE NOW 2-0 IN THE DISTRICT RACE, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY FALLS TO TWO AND TWO.

ELSEWHERE:  UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS EDGED CALDWELL COUNTY 6-5, RUSSELLVILLE OVER FORT CAMPBELL 7-2, MADISONVILLE OVER HENDERSON COUNTY 7-5, HOPKINS CENTRAL DEFEATED DAWSON SPRINGS 12-2, OWENSBORO OVER MUHLENBERG COUNTY 9-1, CRITTENDEN COUNTY OVER WEBSTER COUNTY 11-1 IN SIX INNINGS, CALLOWAY COUNTY SHUTOUT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL 15-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLAYS AT GREENWOOD, FORT CAMPBELL HOSTS CLARKSVILLE NORTHWEST, CALDWELL COUNTY AT DAWSON SPRINGS, TRIGG COUNTY AT LIVINGSTON CENTRAL, TODD CENTRAL AT RUSSELLVILLE, WEBSTER COUNTY HOSTS HENDERSON COUNTY, HOPKINS CENTRAL AT MUHLENBERG COUNTY.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

WARREN EAST DEFEATED HOPKINSVILLE 8-1, DAWSON SPRINGS EDGED TODD CENTRAL 1-0 IN EIGHT INNINGS, CALDWELL COUNTY OVER UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS 6-1, MADISONVILLE OVER UNION COUNTY 5-4, LYON COUNTY OVER TRIGG COUNTY 7-6, METCALFE COUNTY DEFEATED RUSSELLVILLE 20-0 IN THREE INNINGS, LIVINGSTON CENTRAL OVER CRITTENDEN COUNTY 12-0 IN FIVE INNINGS.

TODAY’S GAMES:  CHRISTIAN COUNTY HOSTS FORT CAMPBELL IN 8^TH DISTRICT ACTION, HOPKINSVILLE HOSTS MADISONVILLE.

ELSEWHERE:  TODD CENTRAL AT LOGAN COUNTY, MARSHALL COUNTY HOSTS MURRAY, HOPKINS CENTRAL WELCOMES CALDWELL COUNTY, HENDERSON COUNTY AT UNION COUNTY, RUSSELLVILLE HOSTS FRANKLIN SIMPSON, MUHLENBERG COUNTY AT OHIO COUNTY. 

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

FORMER WESTERN KENTUCKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH STEVE SMALL IS GOING BACK TO THE SIDELINES. THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS SMALL HAS BEEN NAMED THE GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH AT LOUISVILLE ASSUMPTION.  SMALL SPENT 17 SEASONS AT WESTERN, 13 AS AN ASSISTANT.  SMALL WAS 88-40 IN FOUR SEASONS AS LADY TOPPER HEAD COACH BEFORE STEPPING DOWN IN 2001.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MITCH BARNHART SHOT BACK MONDAY AT A REMARK MADE ABOUT THE PROGRAM OVER THE WEEKEND BY ESPN ANALYST AND FORMER INDIANA COACH BOB KNIGHT.

THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS IN A SPEECH MADE OVER THE WEEKEND, KNIGHT SAID KENTUCKY IN THE 2009-10 SEASON PLAYED FIVE PLAYERS IN THE NC-AA TOURNAMENT THAT HE SAID “HAD NOT BEEN TO CLASS ALL SEMESTER”. 

IN A RELEASED STATEMENT, BARNHART CALLED KNIGHT’S COMMENT BLATENTLY ERRONEOUS AND THAT ALL FIVE WERE IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING, WITH PATRICK PATTERSON GRADUATING IN THREE YEARS, DARIUS MILLER STILL ON THE TEAM AND DEMARCUS COUSINS, JOHN WALL AND ERIC BLEDSOE ONE AND DONE PLAYERS WHO ARE NOW IN THE NBA.

S-E-C COMMISSIONER MIKE SLIVE SAID MONDAY IT WAS TOUGH TO SEE BRUCE PEARL’S RUN AT TENNESSEE END AS IT DID WITH PEARL’S FIRING.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL SAYS SLIVE TOLD REPORTERS IN BIRMINGHAM AT AN ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITORS CONFERENCE HE HAD TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS WITH PEARL BEFORE AND AFTER HIS FIRING.  SLIVE ADDED NO MEMBER OF THE S-E-C OFFICE TRIED TO INFLUENCE U-T’S DECISION TO FIRE PEARL.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

THE TENNESEEAN REPORTS THE FRANKLIN AMERICAN MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL WILL BE PLAYED FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30^TH AT 5:40 P-M AT L-P FIELD IN NASHVILLE.

THIS YEAR WILL MARK THE 6^TH TIME TEAMS FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST AND SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCES WILL PLAY.  LAST YEAR, A RECORD CROWD OF 69-THOUSAND 143 PEOPLE WATCHED NORTH CAROLINA EDGE TENNESSEE 30-27.

GOLF

CLARKSVILLE NATIVE MASON RUDOLPH DIED MONDAY AT THE AGE OF 76.  RUDOLPH HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED IN TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA SINCE LAST WEEKEND.

RUDOLPH WAS THE 1959 PGA TOUR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND A MEMBER OF THE 1971 RYDER UP TEAM.  HE WON FIVE PGA TOUR EVENTS AND FINISHED FOURTH IN THE 1965 MASTERS.  AS AN AMATEUR, RUDOLPH WAS AN OUTSTANDING GOLFER FOR CLARKSVILLE HIGH AND HE WON THE TENNESSEE STATE OPEN FIVE TIMES.

BOSTON MARATHON

HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR KEVIN FELTON RAN IN THE BOSTON MARATHON MONDAY.  FELTON RAN THE RACE IN THREE HOURS 49 MINUTES AND 57 SECONDS.  GEOFFREY MUTAI WON THE MEN’S DIVISION, WHILE CAROLINE KILEL WON THE WOMEN’S DIVISION.