SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE ORIGINATES FROM THE NEWLY REMODELED MCDONALD’S ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD THIS EVENING ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.  JOIN TODD HAMILTON AT 5:08 AS HE VISITS WITH CHAMPIONS TOUR GOLFER KENNY PERRY, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE NEW INDUCTEES INTO THE HERITAGE BANK-CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME.

THE 2011 HERITAGE BANK-CHRISTIAN COUNTY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES WERE ANNOUNCED AT A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE.

THIS YEAR’S HONOREES ARE: THE 1982 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM, FORMER BASKETBALL COACH KERRY STOVALL, LONGTIME SUPPORTER RED GRAHAM, CHEERLEADING-DANCE-COLOR GUARD COACH SHIRLEY PRUNITSCH, SOFTBALLER AMY SNEAD, FOOTBALL AND WRESTLER RON SEBREE, FOOTBALL PLAYER, GOLFER AND WEIGHT LIFTER STEVE PARDUE, CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK STANDOUT ROGER VOLK AND BASKETBALL AND TENNIS STANDOUT SHELLY JONES.

THE HONOREES WILL BE RECOGNIZED AT HALFTIME OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY/PADUCAH TILGHMAN BASKETBALL GAME DECEMBER 9^TH AND THEN BE INDUCTED DURING CEREMONIES TO BE HELD AT NOON DECEMBER 10^TH AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA.  TICKETS ARE 10 DOLLARS FOR THE EVENT AND ARE ON SALE AT HERITAGE BANK LOCATIONS, REMAX ADVANTAGE REALTORS AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

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HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S TEAMS PLAYED AT CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY TUESDAY NIGHT.  THE WARRIORS MADE A LATE RUN, BUT FELL TO THE COUGARS 51-43. ALEX WALKER LED H-C-A WITH 16 POINTS, ALEX LITTLE ADDED NINE AND KENNETH MORRIS PITCHED IN EIGHT. THE WARRIORS ARE NOW 3-1 ON THE SEASON.   THE LADY WARRIORS FELL TO THE LADY COUGARS IN THEIR SEASON OPENER 58-23. GRACE WALDRON LED THE WAY FOR H-C-A WITH NINE POINTS.

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KENTUCKY DEFEATED KANSAS 75-65 IN THE STATE FARM CHAMPIONS CLASSIC AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN NEW YORK. DORON LAMB LED U-K WITH 17 POINTS, TERRENCE JONES PITCHED IN 15 FOR KENTUCKY, NOW 2-0 ON THE SEASON. THE WILDCATS WILL PLAY PENN STATE SATURDAY, IN A GAME YOU CAN HEAR AT 3:30 ON LITE 98.7.

ELSEWHERE IN THE S-E-C: ANTHONY HICKEY SCORED FIVE POINTS IN 28 MINUTES AS L-S-U LOST TO COASTAL CAROLINA 71-63 AND NUMBER 18 VANDERBILT GOT BACK ON THE WINNING WAYS WITH A 80-68 WIN OVER BUCKNELL.

NUMBER 23 CAL HELD AUSTIN PEAY TO 17 AND A HALF PERCENT SHOOTING IN THE FIRST HALF IN DOWNING THE GOVERNORS 72-55. FORMER U-H-A STANDOUT TYSHWAN EDMONDSON SCORED ONLY FOUR POINTS IN 30 MINUTES. THE GOVERNORS WERE WITHOUT JOHN FRALEY, WHO SUFFERED A CONCUSSION AGAINST MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND WILL BE OUT FOR A MONTH. AUSTIN PEAY PLAYS AT ORAL ROBERTS SATURDAY.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: WESTERN KENTUCKY LOST AT NORTHWESTERN 71-57,  KENTUCKY ROLLED OVER JACKSONVILLE STATE 100-25, LOUISVILLE FALLS TO DEFENDING NATIONAL CHAMP TEXAS A AND M 76-58,TENNESSEE DEFEATED MIAMI 92-78.

TONIGHT’S GAME: TENNESSEE ENTERTAINS LOUISIANA MONROE.

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INJURIES ARE CUTTING INTO THE KENTUCKY DEFENSIVE PLAYERS FOR SATURDAY’S GAME AT GEORGIA. THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS STRONG SAFETY MARTAVIUS NELOMS IS PROBABLY DOUBTFUL AFTER SUFFERING A HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN IN LAST WEEK’S LOSS AT VANDERBILT. COVERAGE OF SATURDAY’S GAME AT GEORGIA BEGINS AT 9:30 ON LITE 98.7.

TENNESSEE QUARTERBACK TYLER BRAY PRACTICED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BREAKING HIS THUMB AGAINST GEORGIA TUESDAY. DESPITE SHAKING OFF SOME OF THE RUST, BRAY REMAINS QUESTIONABLE FOR SATURDAY’S GAME AGAINST VANDERBILT.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS GOT A 3-1 WIN OVER THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA. COLIN WILSON’S GOAL WITH 24 POINT THREE SECOND LEFT CAPPED A WILD COMEBACK FOR THE PREDS. PEKKA RINNE STOPPED 39 OF 40 SHOTS ON GOAL. NASHVILLE CONTINUES ITS HOMESTAND THURSDAY NIGHT HOSTING THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS.

THIS WAS THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MAX FUEL EXPRESS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK THE WINNERS CONTEST.  TWO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SAME RESIDENCE WERE AMONG THE WINNERS THIS WEEK.

$30 FIRST PRIZE---SANDRA BROWN, 406 HILLAIRE DRIVE, HOPKINSVILLE

$15 SECOND PRIZE---ADDISON BROWN, 406 HILLAIRE DRIVE, HOPKINSVILLE

$10 THIRD PRIZE---KENT COLLEY, 3225 WITTY LANE, HOPKINSVILLE

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS WEEK'S WINNERS AND TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS AND PARTICIPANTS THIS SEASON.  WE'LL DO THIS AGAIN IN 2012, THANKS TO MAX FUEL EXPRESS FOR BEING THIS YEAR'S SPONSOR ONCE AGAIN!

THE INDUCTEES FOR THE 2011 HERITAGE BANK-CHRISTIAN COUNTY ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME WERE ANNOUNCED IN A NEWS CONFERENCE TUESDAY MORNING AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS YEAR'S INDUCTEES ARE:  AMY SNEAD--WHO PLAYED SOFTBALL FROM 1987-91, RONALD "RED" GRAHAM--WHO WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF THE CCHS ATHLETICS PROGRAM, RON SEBREE--WHO PLAYED FOOTBALL AND WRESTLED FOR THE COLONELS IN THE MID 1970'S, STEVE PARDUE--WHO PLAYED FOOTBALL, GOLF AND WAS PART OF THE WEIGHT LIFTING PROGRAM IN THE EARLY 1980'S, ROGER VOLK--WHO RAN TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY IN THE MID 1970'S, SHELLY JONES--GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYER AND TENNIS PLAYER IN THE MID 1980'S, SHIRLEY PRUNITSCH--WHO SERVED AS CHEERLEADING COACH, DANCE TEAM AND COLOR GUARD COACH FROM 1974-86, KERRY STOVALL--WHO COACHED BASKEBALL FROM 2001-11 CAPPING OFF HIS CAREER WITH A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR AND THE 1982 CLASS FOUR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM COACHED BY CCHS ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME MEMBER DAN GOBLE.

THE INDUCTEES WILL BE HONORED AT HALFTIME OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY-PADUCAH TILGHMAN BASKETBALL GAME DECEMBER 9TH AND WILL TAKE PART IN A BANQUET TO BE HELD AT NOON SATURDAY DECEMBER 10TH AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.  TICKETS ARE $10 AND AVAILABLE AT HERITAGE BANK, REMAX ADVANTAGE REALTORS AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

HERITAGE BANK AND CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE HOSTING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11 A-M AT CHRISTIAN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.

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HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S WARRIORS AND LADY WARRIORS ARE IN ACTION THIS EVENING AT CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FOR THE GIRLS GAME AT 6:10 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

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FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT DONOVAN KATES SCORED ONE POINT, HAD TWO REBOUNDS AND THREE ASSISTS IN 26 MINUTES AS MANHATTAN LOST TO SYRACUSE IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE N-I-T 92-56.   INCIDENTIALLY, KATES WAS NAMED THE METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING HIS TEN POINT PERFORMANCE AGAINST N-J-I-T ON SATURDAY.

ELSEWHERE MONDAY NIGHT: MURRAY STATE GOT 23 POINTS FROM ISAIAH CANNAN AND 21 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS FROM IVAN ASKA AS THE RACERS DEFEATED MORGAN STATE 80-69.  WESTERN KENTUCKY EDGED TENNESSEE STATE IN DIDDLE ARENA 52-49. JAMAL CROOK SCORED 13 POINTS, INCLUDING THE LAST SEVEN FOR THE HILLTOPPERS IN THE WIN.

WOMEN’S GAMES: MURRAY STATE LOST AT INDIANA 70-67 AND AUSTIN PEAY DEFEATED LIPSCOMB 61-58.

TONIGHT’S GAMES: THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS FACE THEIR FIRST BIG TEST OF THE SEASON AS THEY MEET KANSAS IN NEW YORK’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 6:30 ON LITE 98.7.

AUSTIN PEAY IS ALSO IN ACTION THIS EVENING AS THE GOVERNORS MEET CAL IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE PROGRESSIVE COLLEGE BASKETBALL EXPERIENCE AND 18^TH RANKED VANDERBILT TAKES ON BUCKNELL.

KENTUCKY SOPHOMORE STACEY POOLE JUNIOR IS LEAVING THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM. COACH JOHN CALIPARI ANNOUNCED ON HIS WEBSITE MONDAY HE FELT IF POOLE STAYED HE WOULD HAVE HAD A BREAKTHROUGH AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOR THE WILDCATS. POOLE’S FATHER HAD BEEN SUGGESTING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS THAT HE TRANSFER ELSEWHERE BECAUSE OF THE TALENT KENTUCKY HAS STOCKPILED.

KENTUCKY’S ANTHONY DAVIS WAS NAMED S-E-C FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK MONDAY AFTER SCORING 21 POINTS IN THE WILDCATS SEASON OPENING VICTORY OVER MARIST. TENNESSEE GUARD TRAE GOLDEN WAS NAMED THE S-E-C PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING HIS 29 POINT PERFORMANCE AGAINST UNC-GREENSBORO.

THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTS LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL ANNOUNCED MONDAY FRESHMAN GUARD KEVIN WARE HAS MET NC-AA INITIAL REQUIREMENTS AND WILL JOIN THE TEAM IN MID DECEMBER. WARE’S ENTRANCE COMES AS THE CARDS HAVE LOST GUARD MIKE MARRA FOR THE SEASON WITH A TORN A-C-L IN HIS LEFT KNEE, SUFFERED IN SUNDAY’S WIN OVER LAMAR.

THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL REPORTS TENNESSEE FRESHMAN QUINTON CHIEVOUS HAS COME TO A MUTUAL DECISION WITH COACH CUONZO MARTIN TO ENTER TENATIVE REDSHIRT STATUS FOR THIS SEASON. MARTIN SAYS HOLDING MARTIN OUT OF GAME ACTION CAN ALLOW HIM TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH HIS PLAY.

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VANDERBILT IS PREPARING FOR THIS WEEK’S MATCHUP WITH TENNESSEE AS IF TYLER BRAY WILL BE BACK AT QUARTERBACK FOR THE VOLS. BRAY HAS NOT PLAYED SINCE BREAKING THE THUMB ON HIS THROWING HAND EARLIER THIS SEASON AGAINST GEORGIA. BRAY IS EXPECTED TO PRACTICE THIS WEEK.

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THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS ARE IN ACTION THIS EVENING AGAINST THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS. FIRST PUCK AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA DROPS AT SEVEN P-M.

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CHAMPIONS TOUR MEMBER KENNY PERRY SAYS FORMER WORLD NUMBER ONE TIGER WOODS IS GOING THROUGH SOME CHANGES IN HIS GAME RIGHT NOW. PERRY—WHO WAS AT FORT CAMPBELL SATURDAY—SAYS WOODS WILL WIN ON TOUR AGAIN. TODD HAMILTON’S COMPLETE INTERVIEW WITH KENNY PERRY WILL BE PART OF SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 5:08 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM FROM MCDONALD’S ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD.

WEEKEND WRAP

HOPKINSVILLE’S GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FINISHED 11^TH AT THE K-H-S-A-A CLASS TWO A MEET IN LEXINGTON OVER THE WEEKEND. SOPHOMORE AUNYE CHRISTIAN FINISHED 8^TH INDIVIDUALLY. MEANWHILE THE HOPTOWN BOYS WERE 25^TH IN THE MEET, WHILE TRIGG COUNTY FINISHED 30^TH.

FORT CAMPBELL FINISHED 13^TH ON THE GIRLS SIDE AND 20^TH ON THE BOYS SIDE IN THE CLASS A MEET, WHILE CHRISTIAN COUNTY’S LOGAN HURD FINISHED 40^TH IN THE CLASS THREE A MEET.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS ACADEMY HOSTED THE TIM FRENCH INVITATIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT SATURDAY. CHRISTIAN COUNTY PLACED 22 OF 33 WRESTLERS ENTERED WITH TWO FIRST PLACE FINISHERS, CAMERIN COLE AT 121 AND ANGEL SILVA AT 190. HOPKINSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAD A FIRST PLACE FINISHER AT 152 WITH ISAIAH LAWSON. NO RESULTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE U-H-A TEAM.

FORMER CHRISTIAN COUNTY STANDOUT AND KENTUCKY MISTER BASKETBALL ANTHONY HICKEY HAD 14 POINTS IN LEADING L-S-U TO A 96-74 WIN OVER NICHOLLS STATE SATURDAY.

ONE OF HICKEY’S FORMER TEAMMATES, DONOVAN KATES, HAD 10 POINTS IN MANHATTAN UNIVERSITY’S 62-48 WIN OVER N-J-I-T SATURDAY. THE JASPERS WILL BE ON THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TONIGHT AS THEY FACE SYRACUSE AT SIX ON E-S-P-N U.

P-G-A TOUR AND CHAMPIONS TOUR GOLFER KENNY PERRY WAS AT FORT CAMPBELL SATURDAY. PERRY AND HIS WIFE SANDY WERE ON HAND ON BEHALF OF OPERATION SHOWER AND BIRDIES FOR THE BRAVE IN HOSTING A BABY SHOWER FOR WIVES OF SOLDIERS DEPLOYED OVERSEAS. THE MOTHERS WERE SERVED A CATERED LUNCH AND GIVEN A NUMBER OF GIFTS, INCLUDING BABY CRIBS FOR THEIR NEWBORNS.  

THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW WITH KENNY PERRY WILL BE PART OF SPORTS WEEKLY PRESENTED BY TOYOTA OF HOPKINSVILLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 5:08 FROM MCDONALD’S ON FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.

WHILE WE’RE ON GOLF, THE PRINCETON TIMES LEADER REPORTED SATURDAY THAT THREE TIME GIRLS STATE CHAMPION GOLFER EMMA TALLEY FROM CALDWELL COUNTY SIGNED HER NATIONAL LETTER LATE LAST WEEK TO PLAY COLLEGIATELY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

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FORT CAMPBELL REMAINS ALIVE IN THE COMMONWEALTH GRIDIRON BOWL. THE FALCONS WILL MEET PADUCAH TILGHMAN IN THREE A REGIONAL FINAL ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT.  HENDERSON COUNTY MEETS BUTLER IN SIX-A, OWENSBORO CATHOLIC TRAVELS TO MURRAY IN TWO A ACTION, MAYFIELD MEETS LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSS IN CLASS A, FRANKLIN SIMPSON GOES TO LONE OAK IN FOUR A AND BOWLING GREEN MEETS WARREN CENTRAL IN FIVE A.

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HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY'S BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM OPENED THEIR SEASON THIS WEEKEND WINNING THE KC-AA TIP OFF TOURNAMENT AT WARRIOR GYM.  H-C-A DEFEATED ACADEMY 93-33, NORTH HARDIN CHRISTIAN 60-43 AND COMMUNITY 58-55.  ALEX LITTLE WAS NAMED TO THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM ALONG WITH BEING NAMED M-V-P.  LITTLE WAS JOINED ON THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM BY ALEX WALKER.

NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP WILL BROADCAST SEVERAL HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BASKETBALL GAMES THIS SEASON, WITH THE FIRST GAMES TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE WARRIORS AND LADY WARRIORS PLAY AT CLARKSVILLE ACADEMY. HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINS FOR THE GIRLS GAME AT 6:15.

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KENTUCKY COACH JOKER PHILLIPS HAS HIS WEEKLY CALL IN SHOW AT FIVE THIS EVENING, WITH SPORTS NIGHTLY AT SIX ON LITE 98.7. KENTUCKY SAW ITS BOWL CHANCES DWINDLE AFTER A LOSS SATURDAY AT VANDERBILT. THE WILDCATS PLAY AT GEORGIA THIS SATURDAY.

WESTERN KENTUCKY GAVE L-S-U A BATTLE FOR NEARLY THREE QUARTERS, BUT FELL 42-9 TO THE TOP RANKED TIGERS SATURDAY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NEWS OFF THE FIELD FOR THE HILLTOPPERS AS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR LANCE GUIDRY WAS ARRESTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ON D-W-I CHARGES.  GUIDRY DID COACH IN THE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT. WESTERN COACH WILLIE TAGGART ISSUED A STATEMENT SUNDAY SAYING THERE WOULD BE DISCIPLINARY MEASURES AS A RESULT OF GUIDRY’S ARREST.

FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK, MURRAY STATE KICKER-PUNTER KIENAN CULLEN WAS NAMED THE O-V-C SPECIALIST OF THE WEEK. THE LOUISVILLE SENIOR HAD FIVE FIELD GOALS IN SATURDAY’S WIN OVER AUSTIN PEAY.

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LOUISVILLE IMPROVED TO 2-0 ON THE YOUNG SEASON WITH A 68-48 WIN OVER LAMAR. FORMER BOWLING GREEN HIGH PLAYER CHANE BEHANAN HAD 10 POINTS IN THE WIN.  THE COURIER JOURNAL REPORTS LOUISVILLE HAS LOST MIKE MARRA FOR THE BASKETBALL SEASON. MARRA TORE THE A-C-L IN HIS LEFT KNEE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME.

NUMBER SEVEN VANDERBILT WAS SHOCKED AT HOME SUNDAY BY CLEVELAND STATE 71-58.

TONIGHT’S GAMES:   MURRAY STATE’S RACERS AND LADY RACERS ARE IN ACTION, WITH THE RACERS PLAYING AT MORGAN STATE, WHILE THE LADY RACERS ARE AT INDIANA.  AUSTIN PEAY'S LADY GOVERNORS ARE IN ACTION THIS EVENING AT LIPSCOMB.  WESTERN KENTUCKY IS ALSO IN ACTION, AS THE HILLTOPPERS HOST TENNESSEE STATE.

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THE TRADEWATER PIRATES HAVE ANNOUNCED COACHING CHANGES FOR THE 2012 SEASON. STEVE FOWLER WILL SERVE AS COACH, AND WILL BE ASSISTED BY AARON CLARK AS PITCHING COACH, SEAN WATTS AS HITTING COACH, AND ERIC BARNES WILL BE THE DEFENSIVE COACH.