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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
CHRISTIAN COUNTY GOES THROUGH FINAL PREPARATIONS TODAY FOR ITS CLASS FIVE A SECOND ROUND PLAYOFF GAME WITH WARREN CENTRAL FRIDAY NIGHT. KICKOFF AT SEVEN FROM THE STADIUM OF CHAMPIONS, WITH THE HERITAGE BANK PRE GAME SHOW FROM THE APPLEBEE’S BROADCAST BOOTH AT 6:30 ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP AND WHOPAM.COM.
FORT CAMPBELL RETURNS TO ACTION FRIDAY NIGHT IN CLASS THREE A PLAY AT EDMONSON COUNTY.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
THE KENTUCKY NEW ERA REPORTS UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS WILL HAVE A NEW VOLLEYBALL COACH NEXT SEASON. FAYE HENDRICKS WILL BE REPLACED BY KEITH SAGE, WHO WAS THE LADY BLAZER ASSISTANT THIS PAST SEASON. BEFORE COMING TO U-H-A, SAGE LED HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY TO THE 2010 K-C-A-A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
W-P-S-D REPORTED ON ITS WEBSITE WEDNESDAY CALLOWAY COUNTY WILL BE LOOKING FOR A NEW FOOTBALL COACH. JOSH MCKEEL—WHO HAS BEEN THE LAKER HEAD COACH THE PAST SEVEN SEASONS—WILL SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS FAMILY, BUT WILL REMAIN AS THE SCHOOL’S ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. MCKEEL WAS 31-49 DURING HIS TENURE.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
FORMER UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ALL AMERICAN KENNY “SKY” WALKER WAS THE FEATURED SPEAKER AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY UK ALUMNI CLUB’S BASKETBALL TIP OFF DINNER WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WALKER SAYS WITH THE INCOMING FRESHMAN CLASS, IT COULD BE AN OUTSTANDING YEAR FOR WILDCAT BASKETBALL. KENTUCKY OPENS THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT HOSTING MARIST, WITH PRE GAME COVERAGE BEGINNING AT 4:30 ON LITE 98.7.
THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE COACHES PRE SEASON TEAM WAS RELEASED WEDNESDAY, WITH KENTUCKY’S TERRENCE JONES A MEMBER. JONES WAS JOINED ON THE FIRST TEAM BY VANDERBILT’S JOHN JENKINS, FESTUS EZELI AND JEFFERY TAYLOR. U-K’S DORON LAMB AND DARIUS MILLER WERE ON THE SECOND TEAM.
IT WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THE NATIONAL SIGNING PERIOD WEDNESDAY, WITH AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE BOTH REPORTING SIGNINGS.
AUSTIN PEAY SIGNED SIX-FIVE GUARD CORY ARENTSEN FROM BREESE, ILLINOIS AND SIX-SEVEN FORWARD PRESTON HERRING FROM LESTER, ALABAMA. MURRAY STATE SIGNED SIX-EIGHT FORWARD ZAY HENDERSON FROM MONROE, LOUISANA AND SIX-SEVEN FORWARD ERIC MCKREE FROM WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA.
AUSTIN PEAY AND MURRAY STATE ALSO RECEIVED WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SIGNINGS WEDNESDAY. SIX-FOOT CENTER ASPRONIA GILBERT OF MYRTLE, MISSISSIPPI SIGNED FOR THE LADY GOVERNORS, WHILE THE LADY RACERS SIGNED FIVE-SIX GUARD ERIKA SISK FROM MEMPHIS AND SIX-THREE CENTER KELSEY DIRKS FROM ROBINSON, ILLINOIS.
TODAY IS THE DAY WE LEARN WHERE CLARKSVILLE NORTHEAST STANDOUT ALEX POYTHRESS WILL PLAY HIS COLLEGE BASKETBALL. THE SHORT LIST IS KENTUCKY, FLORIDA, VANDERBILT AND MEMPHIS.
NEW TENNESSEE COACH CUONZO MARTIN ANNOUNCED TWO SIGNINGS WEDNESDAY. SIX SEVEN DEREK REESE FROM OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA AND SIX-SIX D'MONTRE EDWARDS FROM BREVARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN FLORIDA. EDWARDS WILL HAVE TWO YEARS OF ELIGIBILITY REMAINING WHEN HE JOINS THE VOLS IN 2012.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
THE LEAF CHRONICLE REPORTS THERE’S A CHANCE AUSTIN PEAY QUARTERBACK JAKE RYAN COULD PLAY AGAINST MURRAY STATE SATURDAY. RYAN HAS MISSED THE LAST TWO GAMES DUE TO A SPRAINED M-C-L IN HIS LEFT KNEE. RYAN WORKED OUT IN PRACTICE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, BUT COACH RICK CHRISTOPHEL SAYS IT DEPENDS ON HOW RYAN FEELS IF HE WILL PLAY SATURDAY.
NHL
THE NASHVILLE PREDATORS WRAPPED UP THEIR WEST COAST ROADSWING WITH A 4-2 WIN AT ANAHEIM WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE PREDATORS HOST MONTREAL SATURDAY AT BRIDGESTONE ARENA, WITH COVERAGE BEGINNING AT SIX P-M ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.
NFL
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL RETURNS THIS EVENING AS THE OAKLAND RAIDERS MEET THE SAN DIEGO CHARGERS, WITH COVERAGE AT SEVEN ON NEWSTALK 95.3 FM/1230 AM WHOP.
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